"Shoulda Woulda Coulda" is a song by English singer

Beverley Knight Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist and musical theatre actress. She released her first album, '' The B-Funk'', in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and ...

, released as the second single from her third studio album, '' Who I Am'' (2002). Written about the breakup of her long-term relationship because she decided to put her career first, the song became Knight's first top-10 single in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 10 on the

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and topping the

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Music video

The song's

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was shot in the

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area of

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, South Africa, and directed by Douglas Avery. The location for the video was of special significance to Knight. She had visited previously in connection with her charity work in bringing awareness to HIV in South Africa. It was also the location of the video to her single "

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", released in 2007.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (featuring ) # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" UK CD2 # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" # "Special Kinda Cool" UK cassette single # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda" (featuring ) # "Shoulda Woulda Coulda"

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from the UK CD2 liner notes. *

– writing, vocals *

Craig Wiseman Craig Michael Wiseman is an American Country music songwriter and producer, and the owner/founder of the Big Loud enterprise. He has been writing since the late 1980s, and his songs have been recorded by Lorrie Morgan, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, ...

– writing *

Mike Spencer Michael Spencer is an English record producer and recording engineer, who has worked with pop acts ranging from Newton Faulkner to Emeli Sandé. Many of his productions have achieved platinum certification, and have won MOBO and Brit Awards, a ...

, Tony Briscoe – production * Mike 'Spike' Drake – additional production, mixing * Jack Clark – mixing assistant * YoYo – additional programming

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2002 singles 2002 songs Beverley Knight songs Parlophone singles Songs written by Craig Wiseman

Music video

Track listings

Personnel

Charts

See also

References