"Won't Go Quietly" is a song by British recording artist

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 Example. This is the second single from Example's second album, Won't Go Quietly

Won't Go Quietly

-Singles:* The first single to be released from the album was "Watch The Sun Come Up" and was released on 20 September 2009. The single peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number 3 on the UK Dance Chart....

. The song was available to download on 17 January 2010, with a physical single release on 18 January 2010. The song was used on 29 January 2010 by Channel 4

Channel 4

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 on Celebrity Big Brother 2010

Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK)

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 as Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham is a British television, film and theatre actress. Making her film debut in 1971's The Nightcomers opposite Marlon Brando and becoming more well-known on British television in the BBC series Tenko and the ITV series Connie , her worldwide breakthrough came as a result of playing...

's "Best Bits" song after her eviction and in France

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 by W9 on the opening sequence of the French TV reality show Dilemme

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 between 20 May and 15 July 2010.

Critical reception

Digital Spy gave the following review along with a three-star rating:

• "Well, he's clearly gunning for that all-important breakthrough hit with 'Won't Go Quietly', which combines a memorable enough pop hook ("She's electric, she's the current running through my veins") with throbbing beats and a jagged bassline. Truth be told, it's hard to see where the "dysfunctional" element comes in and, if anything, this has a whiff of budget Calvin Harris
  Calvin Harris
  Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...
  
   to it. Still, if it's chart success Example is after, that could prove just the ticket."

BBC Chart Blog gave this review along with a four-star rating:

• "'Won't Go Quietly' is a very nowadays sort of a song, aimed at the same brainial pleasure receptors as almost everything Calvin Harris has released, with some smashing lyrics about not really wanting to get close to a lady, because she's probably going to turn out to be bad news, but going ahead and snuggling up anyway. It's not art, and it's not amazing but it'll do for now. Some songs are just here to help you pass the time in as enjoyable way as possible, until teacher gets back from the staff room."

Chart performance

"Won't Go Quietly" was released on 18 January 2010, and after strong radio airplay received increasing amounts of digital downloads.

Following the increased sales, the single entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 on 24 January 2010, reaching a peak of number six. This makes "Won't Go Quietly" Example's first top-ten single. On 31 January 2010, "Won't Go Quietly" dropped three places to number nine, limiting his stay in the top ten for two weeks.

On 5 February 2010, the single entered the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

 for the first time, reaching number 36 for Example's first hit in Ireland.

Music video

The music video for "Won't Go Quietly", directed by Ben Newman

Ben Newman

Ben Newman is an award winning music video, short film and television commercial director based in London, England.Having worked on numerous music shows for the BBC, Channel 4 and MTV in the early 2000's, Newman made a number of budget videos for artists he'd had contact with during this time...

, features Example as a DJ rapping in front of a huge group of people dancing to the music.

Charts

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Chart (2010/11)	Peak position

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
UK Singles Chart	94