Before you go
| Before you go | |
|---|---|
| Xavier Naidoo | |
| publication | June 2, 2002 |
| length | 5:15 min. |
| Genre (s) | Contemporary R&B |
| Author (s) | Xavier Naidoo |
| music | Michael Herberger, Xavier Naidoo |
| Label | Naidoo Records |
| album | Interlude - Everything for the Lord |
Before you go is a song by the German soul singer Xavier Naidoo . It was released on June 2, 2002 as the second single from his second studio album Interlude - Everything for the Lord . It was written by Xavier Naidoo in May 2001 and produced by him in collaboration with Michael Herberger. The single was released under his own label Naidoo Records.
Contributors
- Xavier Naidoo - vocals, songwriter, producer, beat
- Michael Herberger - producer, keyboard, brass recording
- Kosho - guitar
- Robbee Mariano - bass
- Joo Kraus - trumpet
- Philippe van Eecke - Wind recording
- Rainer Sell - trombone
success
In Germany, the song stayed in the single charts for seventeen weeks, seven of them in the top 10. For two weeks in total, the song took 5th place there and is behind its predecessor Where do you want to go? already the second top 10 single Naidoos in 2002 and the fifth overall. In Austria the song reached number 14 and stayed in the charts for 32 weeks. In Switzerland, the song took 29th place and stayed there for sixteen weeks in the local single charts.
| Charts | placement | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
 Germany
|
5 | 17th |
 Austria
|
14th | 32 |
 Switzerland
|
29 | 16 |