Just a Little (Liberty X song)


"Just a Little" is a song recorded 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. During Celebrity Big Brother 6, Michelle Heaton, who performed a version of the song wearing a tight PVC catsuit for a Big Brother task, revealed that she did not contribute vocals to "Just a Little" because she "wasn't good enough to cut it".
"Just a Little" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. A music video was made for the song, featuring the group as a gang of professional burglars who steal a diamond from a building in London.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart in May 2002 when released, selling 153,000 copies in its first week. It stayed at number one for only a week, being replaced by Eminem's "Without Me". Despite this, the record remained in the chart all summer and ended 2002 as the seventh best-selling single of the year; it also ended the decade as the 87th best-selling single. The song has sold over 600,000 copies in the UK, allowing it to become a platinum-selling hit, and it also won the Best British Single award at the 2003 BRIT Awards. To date, it is the group's only number one anywhere; after the success of "Just a Little", the band had a gradual fall from success and follow-up singles failed to reach the top.
Outside the UK, the song experienced major 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, behind Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" and Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles". "Just a Little" also charted strongly in Australia, the Netherlands and Ireland, reaching numbers four, three and two, respectively.

Track listings and formats

UK CD1
  1. "Just a Little"
  2. "Breathe"
  3. "Thinking It Over"
UK CD2
  1. "Just a Little"
  2. "Wanting Me Tonight"
  3. "Just a Little"
UK cassette
  1. "Just a Little"
  2. "Just a Little"
  3. "Thinking It Over"
Australia CD
  1. "Just a Little"
  2. "Just a Little"
  3. "Wanting Me Tonight"
  4. "Breathe"
  5. "Thinking It Over"

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Covers

Swedish girl group Play covered "Just a Little" on their 2003 album, Replay.

In popular culture

In July 2015, the song was used in an advert for MoneySuperMarket.