I Won't Let You Down is a 1982

1982 in music

This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....

 single by British band Ph.D.

Ph.D. (band)

Ph.D. is a British group that managed a UK Top 10 hit with "I Won't Let You Down" in April 1982, although the song had been a hit the previous year throughout Europe...

. It reached number 3 on the UK charts

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 in April 1982. The band consisted of Jim Diamond

Jim Diamond (Scottish musician)

James "Jim" Diamond is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Diamond is best known for his three Top 5 hits. The first was "I Won't Let You Down" , as the lead singer in the trio Ph.D., with Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips. His solo performance, "I Should Have Known Better", was a United Kingdom number one...

 who was the lead vocalist, Tony Hymas

Tony Hymas

Anthony 'Tony' Hymas is an English keyboard player, pianist, composer and is well known for being a founding member of Ph.D. He is a very versatile musician and contributes in different styles of music....

 on keyboards and Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips

Simon Phillips is an English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in his father's Dixieland band for four years. He was then offered the chance to play in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar...

 on drums. It went on to become the 23rd best-selling single of 1982 in the UK.

Chart positions

Country	Peak position
UK	3
Australia	5
Netherlands	1
Germany	14
Belgium	1

Cover versions

Other artists who have covered "I Won't Let You Down":

• Kate Ceberano
  Kate Ceberano
  Kate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...
  
  
• Blue Lagoon
  Blue Lagoon (band)
  Blue Lagoon is a German pop group featuring Estrella and David O'Joseph.- Studio albums :-Singles:Others* "Allright"...
  
  
• Blue Nature featuring Natalie
• 2 Boys
• Zucchero
  Zucchero
  Adelmo Fornaciari, Commander , more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero /ˈtsukkero/, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces.Zucchero is the...
  
  
• Phunkless
• Jay Frog
• Angel City
• WIP featuring Emmie
  Emmie (singer)
  Emma Sarah Morton-Smith is an English singer-songwriter and presenter.-Music career:...
  
  
• Ingrid Peters
  Ingrid Peters
  Ingrid Peters is a German singer.She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen. Her song, Über die Brücke geh'n was placed eight. Peters had made previous attempts to represent Germany. In 1979 she performed a song called Du bist nicht frei and in 1983 was runner-up in...
  
  
• Jackie Moore

Uses

"I Won't Let You Down" was the final song played on the Irish pirate radio station Radio Nova

Radio Nova (Ireland)

Radio Nova was a pirate radio station broadcasting from Dublin, Ireland. Owned and operated by the UK pirate radio veteran Chris Cary, the station’s first broadcasts were during the summer of 1981 on 88.5mhz FM and 819khz AM.-Early history:...

, and it was also used in the promos during the closedown in 1983.