Gotta Get Thru This (song)


"Gotta Get Thru This" is the debut single by Daniel Bedingfield. It was released in November 2001 as the lead single from his debut studio album of the same name. The track, along with some others, was recorded in Bedingfield's bedroom with his PC and a microphone, using the music software Reason.
The single went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in both 2001 and 2002, making it one of Bedingfield's most successful singles on the chart. Outside the United Kingdom, the single peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada and the United States. In the latter country, it received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording but lost to "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas. The single became Britain's sixteenth biggest-selling single of 2001 and has since been certified platinum.

Song background

Bedingfield was inspired to write this while walking across Tower Bridge in London frustrated at being separated from a girl he was in love with from Leeds, in the north of England. The girl was a red-haired American dancer named Gina, and he was upset that the distance between them was preventing him from pursuing her.

Music video

The music video features Bedingfield looking for a woman in a number of locations in London, most notably West India Quay, a bridge connecting West India to Canary Wharf, and the Canary Wharf Docklands area. He is pursuing a woman he may know and comes inches close while chasing her around Docklands Light Railway, and eventually meets her at Canary Wharf. Canadian director Little X directed the video.
A second version of the video, also directed by Little X, was created for North America. In the beginning of the North American music video, an acoustic version of "Gotta Get Thru This" is featured and then the official D&D version starts playing after.

Track listing

UK CD1
  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 2:43
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 4:14
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 7:33
  4. "Gotta Get Thru This"
UK CD2 – The Remixes
  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 2:43
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 3:39
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 4:14
  4. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 3:49
  5. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 6:35
  6. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 6:27
  7. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 9:09
  8. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 6:33
Australian CD single
  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 2:43
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 4:14
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 3:49
  4. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 7:33
American CD single
  1. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 2:47
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 3:27
  3. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 3:36
  4. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 6:12
  5. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 6:11
  6. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 7:33
  7. "Gotta Get Thru This" – 7:35

    Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Australia 84
Australia Dance 16
Europe 70
UK Singles 63
US Billboard Hot 10061

Decade-end charts

Certifications