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Just a Little (Liberty X song)

{{Short description|2002 single by Liberty X}}

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{{EngvarB|date=July 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Just a Little

| cover = libertyxjustalittle.jpg

| type = single

| artist = Liberty X

| album = Thinking It Over

| B-side =

  • "Breathe"
  • "Wanting Me Tonight"

| released = {{start date|2002|5|13|df=y}}

| recorded =

| length = 3.55

| label = V2

| writer =

  • Michelle Escoffery
  • George Hammond Hagan
  • John Hammond Hagan

| producer = The BigPockets

| prev_title = Doin' It

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Got to Have Your Love

| next_year = 2002

}}

"Just a Little" is a song by English-Irish pop group Liberty X. Written by singer Michelle Escoffery and produced by the BigPockets, it was released on 13 May 2002 as the third single from the group's debut studio album, Thinking It Over. The song proved to be Liberty X's breakthrough to mainstream and critical success, in the process overtaking fellow Popstars alumni Hear'Say in terms of success.

The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The music video features the group as a gang of professional burglars (with two of its members, Jessica Taylor and Kelli Young, wearing tight black latex catsuits) who steal a diamond from an atrium at the Vintners' Hall in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/kelli-young-michelle-heaton-and-jessica-taylor-of-pop-group-news-photo/2084464?adppopup=true|title=Liberty X Video Shoot 'Just A Little'|publisher=Getty Images|first=John|last=Rogers|date=16 March 2002|accessdate=4 December 2022}}

Chart performance

Following its release on 13 May 2002,{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-06-22.pdf|title=Airborne|last=Stavenes Dove|first=Siri|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=26|page=17|date=22 June 2002|access-date=25 October 2020}} the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 19 May 2002, selling 153,000 copies in its first week. It stayed at number one for only a week, being replaced by Eminem's "Without Me".{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20020526/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 26 May 2002 – 01 June 2002|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=3 December 2019}} The record ended 2002 as the seventh-best-selling single of the year and has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK, allowing it to become a platinum-selling hit. At the 2003 BRIT Awards, the song won the Best British Single award.{{cite web|url=https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2003|title=BRIT Winners 2003|publisher=BRITs|access-date=20 February 2019|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165617/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2003|url-status=dead}} Outside the UK, the song experienced success in New Zealand, where it reached number two and stayed there for six non-consecutive weeks, ending the year as the third-best-selling single. It also charted within the top five in Australia, the Netherlands and Ireland, reaching numbers four, three and two, respectively.

Live performances

On occasions where the group has performed the song live on television, both Taylor and Young wear their catsuits from the original music video.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=822EFKULgKU|title=Just A Little - Liberty X TOTPs 24th May 2002|publisher=YouTube|first=John|last=Bailey|date=12 January 2009|accessdate=10 December 2002}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01tzumnfWmA|title=Liberty X – Just A Little – CDUK 2002|publisher=YouTube|work=POPWORLDUK|date=7 August 2019|accessdate=10 December 2002}} In 2013, when the group performed during the Big Reunion, both members wore a different design of their catsuits.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2PePgnOITg|title=Liberty X - Just a Little - The Big Reunion Tour - Glasgow SECC - 7TH MAY 2013|publisher=YouTube|first=Karen|last=Stevenson|date=8 May 2013|accessdate=10 December 2022}}

Track listings

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UK CD1{{cite AV media notes|title=Just a Little|others=Liberty X|year=2002|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=V2 Records|id=VVR5018963}}

  1. "Just a Little" – 3:56
  2. "Breathe" – 3:47
  3. "Thinking It Over" (Radio 1 acoustic session) – 3:55

UK CD2 (The Mixes){{cite AV media notes|title=Just a Little (The Mixes)|others=Liberty X|year=2002|type=UK CD2 compact disc|publisher=V2 Records|id=VVR5018968}}

  1. "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock club mix) – 5:31
  2. "Wanting Me Tonight" (Wookie full vocal mix) – 4:27
  3. "Just a Little" (Almighty mix) – 6:50

UK 12-inch vinyl{{cite AV media notes|title=Just a Little|others=Liberty X|year=2002|type=UK 12-inch vinyl disc|publisher=V2 Records|id=VVR5018960P}}

  1. "Just a Little" (Almighty mix) – 6:50
  2. "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock club mix) – 5:31

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UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Just a Little|others=Liberty X|year=2002|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=V2 Records|id=VVR5018965}}

  1. "Just a Little" – 3:56
  2. "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex radio edit) – 3:22
  3. "Thinking It Over" (The Wideboys featuring Fat Jack and Miss Shorty) – 5:15

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Just a Little|others=Liberty X|year=2002|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=V2 Records|id=VVR5020343}}

  1. "Just a Little" – 3:56
  2. "Just a Little" (Bump & Flex Electro Shock club mix) – 5:31
  3. "Just a Little" (Almighty mix) – 6:50
  4. "Breathe" – 3:47
  5. "Wanting Me Tonight" (Wookie Full vocal mix) – 4:27

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (2002)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|4|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true|refname="aus"}}
{{single chart|Australiaurban|1|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222434/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20021002-0000/Issue656.pdf|urltitle=Issue 656|rowheader=true|access-date=25 October 2020}}
{{single chart|Flanders|11|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|5|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-06-01.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=23|page=19|date=1 June 2002|access-date=11 February 2020}}

|12

{{single chart|France|12|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Germany|24|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|songid=5216|rowheader=true|access-date=24 November 2018}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true|access-date=13 April 2018|refname="ire"}}
{{single chart|Italy|26|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true|access-date=6 March 2018}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=2002|week=33|rowheader=true|access-date=24 November 2018|refname="d40"}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|5|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true|access-date=6 March 2018}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true|refname="nz"}}
scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10024.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 23, saptamina 10.06–16.06, 2002|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050215113415/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10024.html|archive-date=15 February 2005|access-date=10 May 2020}}

|92

{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=20020525|rowheader=true|access-date=6 March 2018}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|16|artist=Liberty X|song=Just a Little|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|1|date=20020525|rowheader=true|access-date=6 March 2018|refname="uk"}}
{{single chart|UKindie|1|date=20020525|rowheader=true|access-date=24 November 2018}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (2002)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2002/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002|publisher=ARIA|access-date=17 September 2020}}

|34

scope="row"|Australian Urban (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-singles-2002.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Urban Singles 2002|publisher=ARIA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415012252/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-singles-2002.htm|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=17 September 2020}}

| 17

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2002|title=Jaaroverzichten 2002|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=15 October 2009}}

| 44

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-01-11.pdf|title=Year in Review – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2002|magazine=Music & Media|volume=21|issue=2–3|page=14|date=11 January 2003|access-date=10 February 2020}}

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scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2002|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2002|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=17 September 2020}}

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scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2002.html|title=Top 100 Songs of 2002|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|year=2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602113021/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2002.html|archive-date=2 June 2004|access-date=16 March 2022}}

| 21

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2002|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2002|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=28 March 2020}}

| 11

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2002&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2002|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=12 April 2018}}

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scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2002-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 2002|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=3 December 2019}}

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scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2002.pdf|title=2002 Year-end Charts|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=26 November 2015}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2002|certyear=2002|access-date=25 January 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Liberty X|title=Just a Little|award=Gold|relyear=2002|certyear=2002|access-date=25 January 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Liberty X|title=Just a Little|award=Gold|relyear=2002|id=2002-08-30|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=2002}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Liberty X|title=Just a Little|award=Platinum|relyear=2002|certyear=2019|id=3554-650-1|salesamount=600,000|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-flashback-2002-liberty-x-just-a-little__22990/|title=Official Charts Flashback 2002:Liberty X – Just A Little|last=Myers|first=Justin|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=24 May 2018|access-date=11 July 2019}}|access-date=20 September 2019|refname="ukcert"}}

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Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|{{start date|2002|5|13|df=y}}

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="5"|V2

|align="center"|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-05-11.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 13 May 2002: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=11 May 2002|access-date=26 August 2021}}

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Continental Europe

|{{start date|2002|6|10|df=y}}

|rowspan="3"|CD

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rowspan="2"|{{start date|2002|6|17|df=y}}

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scope="row"|Australia

|align="center"|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue642.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 17th June 2002|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=17 June 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020626140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020627/www.aria.com.au/Issue642.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2002|access-date=30 April 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|United States

|{{start date|2002|7|29|df=y}}

|Contemporary hit radio

|align="center"|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-07-26.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1463|page=29|date=26 July 2002|access-date=4 May 2021}}

References

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Category:2002 songs

Category:2002 singles

Category:Liberty X songs

Category:British contemporary R&B songs

Category:Brit Award for British Single

Category:Songs written by Michelle Escoffery

Category:UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles

Category:UK singles chart number-one singles

Category:V2 Records singles