"Until I Die" is a pop

Pop music

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 song performed by Swedish

Sweden

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 singer September

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. The song was written by Anoo Bhagavan, Jonas von der Burg and Niklas von der Burg for September's third album Dancing Shoes

Dancing Shoes (album)

Dancing Shoes is the third album by Swedish pop singer, September. It was released on 26 September 2007 worldwide under Catchy Tunes label. It was her highest peaking album yet, peaking in Sweden at number 12 on the Swedish Album Charts...

(2007). It was released as the album's second single

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 on 7 November 2007 in Sweden.

Hard2Beat Records announced that Until I Die was due to be released on 27 July 2009, as the third single from her debut UK album, Cry For You - The Album

Cry for You (album)

Cry For You - The Album is the début album by Swedish singer September in the United Kingdom. The album was released on 2 August as a digital download. The album features the UK singles 'Satellites', 'Cry For You', 'Can't Get Over' & 'Until I Die'...

. However, it has been announced that the song's release has been cancelled due to lack of radio play. Rumours circulating the internet suggest that the song failing to make BBC Radio 1

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's playlist resulted in Hard2Beat scrapping the release.

Chart performance

"Until I Die" was officially released in Sweden on 7 November 2007. The song debuted on the Swedish Singles Chart on 13 November 2007 at number five It remained on the singles chart for five weeks, exiting on 11 December 2007, becoming September's least successful single released in Sweden so far.

In Finland

Finland

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, the track debuted at number sixteen on 8 January 2008. Five weeks after its debut, "Until I Die" reached its peak position at number six. The song remained on the Finnish Singles Chart for thirteen weeks, exiting on 1 April 2008, becoming the first single of September's to remain on the Finnish Top 20 charts for more than one week.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Until I Die".

• Catchy Tunes (2007)
• Silver Angel Records (2008)
• Hard2Beat Records (2009)

Swedish CD Single

(CATCHY #080; Released )

1. "Until I Die" (Radio edit) – 3:46
2. "Until I Die" (Extended mix) – 6:09
3. "Until I Die" (Short club mix) – 3:53
4. "Until I Die" (Long club mix) – 6:47

Dutch CD Single

1. "Until I Die" (Radio Edit) 3:42
2. "Until I Die" (Extended) 6:04
3. "Until I Die" (Jakal Short Clubmix) 3:48
4. "Until I Die" (Jakal Long Clubmix) 6:26

UK Promo CD

1. "Until I Die" (UK Radio Edit)
2. "Until I Die" (The Real Booty Babes Edit)
3. "Until I Die" (Jason Nevins Edit)
4. "Until I Die" (Feed Me Remix)
5. "Until I Die" (The Real Booty Babes Trance Remix)
6. "Until I Die" (Jason Nevins Remix)
7. "Until I Die" (Dave Ramone Club Mix)

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Czech Airplay Chart	30
Dutch Top 100 Singles Chart Mega Single Top 100 The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is...	91
Finnish Singles Chart	6
Polish Airplay Chart	2
Romania Top 100	29
Slovakia Airplay Chart	25
Swedish Singles Chart	5

Personnel

The following people contributed to "Until I Die":

• September – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Anoo Bhagavan, Jeanette von der Burg – backing vocals
• Jonas von der Burg – production
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  , mixing
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  , keyboards
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  , programming
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• Björn Axelsson, Niklas von der Burg – additional keyboards
• Björn Engelmann – Cutting Room Studios
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   mastering
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• Michel Petré – photography
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• Andrea Kellerman – artwork