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( April 2011 ) `` Sit Down '' Single by James B - side `` Sky Is Falling '' Released June 1989, March 1991, November 1998 Format 7 '' single, cassette and CD single Recorded Autumn 1988 Genre Madchester Length 4 : 05 ( original form 7 : 39 ) Label Rough Trade / Mercury Songwriter ( s ) Jim Glennie, Larry Gott, Tim Booth, Gavan Whelan Producer ( s ) Gil Norton James singles chronology `` Ya Ho '' ( 1988 ) `` Sit Down '' ( 1989 ) `` Come Home '' ( 1989 ) `` Ya Ho '' ( 1988 ) `` Sit Down '' ( 1989 ) `` Come Home '' ( 1989 ) Re-release cover Cover of the 1991 release on Mercury James re-release singles chronology `` Lose Control '' ( 1990 ) Lose Control 1990 `` Sit Down '' ( Re-recording ) ( 1991 ) String Module Error : Match not found1991 `` Sound '' ( 1991 ) Sound 1991 James Late 1990s singles chronology `` Runaground '' ( 1998 ) Runaground 1998 `` Sit Down ' 98 '' ( Apollo 440 Mix ) ( 1998 ) String Module Error : Match not found1998 `` I Know What I 'm Here For '' ( 1999 ) I Know What I 'm Here For 1999 `` Sit Down '' is a song by English band James, originally released in 1989 by Rough Trade Records. In its seven - and - a-half - minute original form, the song only reached number 77 in the UK Singles Chart ( although it did make number 8 in John Peel 's Festive Fifty of that year ). Due to this unimpressive performance their record label 's managing director, Geoff Travis, told the band they were not a viable commercial proposition beyond an audience of 20,000. The song 's lyrics were written in the autumn of 1988 as a homage to author Doris Lessing and singer Patti Smith, who had inspired Tim Booth. After experiencing success as part of the Madchester music scene, a new version was released in March 1991 that was shorter and with new lyrics. It reached number 2 in the Singles Chart, spending three weeks there. It was the 20th best - selling single of 1991 in the UK, one of the highest selling singles of the year not to reach number one. After the release of their ' Best Of ' album, the song was remixed by Apollo 440 and released as a single for a third time in November 1998, reaching number 7, making it their biggest hit since the 1991 release. The band had to sell the rights to the song to Mercury Records to help pay off debts to the record company. In 2006, Sit Down was used as a featured song in BBC Three 's Manchester Passion, in which lead singer, Tim Booth, also appeared as Judas Iscariot. Darren Morfitt in the role of Jesus sang a less upbeat rendition of the piece to his resting disciples while the presenter signalled the audience to sit down. Booth sang the song in an encore after the credits. In 2013, the song placed 4th in a poll by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company to find the greatest track to miss out on the number one spot in the UK charts. In the same year, James performed the song with Peter Kay for Comic Relief. On March 30, 2017 a version of the song was used in the promo of the seventh season of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones. Contents 1 1989 original release 2 1991 release 3 Sit Down ' 98 4 External links 5 References 1989 original release `` Sit Down '' ( 7 '' and 8 : 31 extended version on 12 `` ) `` Goin ' Away '' ( 12 '' and CD ) `` Sound Investment '' ( 12 '' and CD ) `` Sky Is Falling '' ( 7 ``, 12 '' and CD ) 1991 release `` Sit Down '' ( new version ) ( 7 ``, 12 '' and CD ) `` Tonight '' ( 12 '' and CD ) `` Sunday Morning '' ( Canadian CD ) `` Sit Down '' ( live at G - Mex ) ( 7 ``, 12 '' and CD ) Sit Down ' 98 CD1 : `` Sit Down ' 98 '' ( Apollo 440 remix ) `` Sit Down '' ( original ) `` China Girl '' ( Radio One Iggy Pop tribute ) CD2 : `` Sit Down ' 98 '' ( Apollo 440 remix ) `` What For '' ( Glr Session ) `` Sit Down '' ( Glr Session ) 12 '' promo : `` Sit Down ' 98 '' ( Apollo 440 Remix ) `` Sit Down ' 98 '' ( Oh Zidane Oh Zidane ) External links One of the Three Single Details One of the Three Single Details ( 1989 Version ) Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics References Jump up ^ `` UK Top 100 Singles of 1991 ''. Jump up ^ `` Ultravox 's Vienna tops ' number two ' poll ''. BBC News. Jump up ^ Roots, Kimberly ( March 30, 2017 ). `` Game of Thrones : Watch the Haunting First Season 7 Teaser Trailer Now ''. TVLine. Retrieved March 30, 2017. James Jim Glennie Tim Booth Larry Gott David Baynton - Power Saul Davies Mark Hunter Andy Diagram Paul Gilbertson Gavan Whelan Adrian Oxaal Michael Kulas Studio albums Stutter Strip - mine Gold Mother Seven Laid Wah Wah Whiplash Millionaires Pleased to Meet You Hey Ma The Night Before The Morning After La Petite Mort Girl at the End of the World Singles `` Chain Mail '' `` So Many Ways '' `` What For '' `` Sit Down '' `` Come Home '' `` Sound '' `` Born of Frustration '' `` Laid '' `` She 's a Star '' `` Waltzing Along '' `` Destiny Calling '' `` Runaground '' `` I Know What I 'm Here For '' `` Waterfall '' EPs Jimone James II Village Fire Live albums One Man Clapping Getting Away with It... Live Live in 2008 Compilations The Best Of B - Sides Ultra The Collection Fresh as a Daisy - The Singles Related articles Discography Booth and the Bad Angel Booth and the Bad Angel ( album ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sit_Down_(song)&oldid=798392908 '' Categories : James ( band ) songs 1989 singles 1991 singles 1998 singles 1988 songs Rough Trade Records singles Mercury Records singles Song recordings produced by Gil Norton Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from April 2011 All articles needing additional references Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Português ไทย Edit links This page was last edited on 1 September 2017, at 17 : 19. 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Question: who sings oh sit down next to me
Answer: English band James