# I Get Weak
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{{Short description|1988 single by Belinda Carlisle}}
{{About|the song by Belinda Carlisle|the song by Westlife|Gravity (Westlife album)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox song
| name = I Get Weak
| cover = I Get Weak.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [Belinda Carlisle](/source/Belinda_Carlisle)
| album = [Heaven on Earth](/source/Heaven_on_Earth_(Belinda_Carlisle_album))
| B-side = Should I Let You In?
| released = January 1988
| recorded =
| studio = [Ocean Way](/source/Ocean_Way_Recording) (Hollywood, California)
| genre =
| length =
* 4:52 (album version)
* 4:20 (single edit)
| label = [MCA](/source/MCA_Records)
| writer = [Diane Warren](/source/Diane_Warren)
| producer = [Rick Nowels](/source/Rick_Nowels)
| prev_title = [Heaven Is a Place on Earth](/source/Heaven_Is_a_Place_on_Earth)
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [Circle in the Sand](/source/Circle_in_the_Sand)
| next_year = 1988
}}
"'''I Get Weak'''" is a song by American singer [Belinda Carlisle](/source/Belinda_Carlisle) from her second studio album, ''[Heaven on Earth](/source/Heaven_on_Earth_(Belinda_Carlisle_album))'' (1987). Written by [Diane Warren](/source/Diane_Warren) and produced by [Rick Nowels](/source/Rick_Nowels), the song was released as the second single from ''Heaven on Earth'' in January 1988. "I Get Weak" reached number two on the US [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100), number four on Canada's ''[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))'' 100 Singles chart, and number 10 on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).
==Background==
After completing the song, songwriter Diane Warren "initially had [Stevie Nicks](/source/Stevie_Nicks) in mind – a suggestion she made to producer Rick Nowels, who felt it would be a better fit for Carlisle."[Liner notes, ''Heaven on Earth: Special Edition'' (2013 reissue)]
==Critical reception==
Jerry Smith of ''[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)'' called "I Get Weak" a "smooth and rather sanitised track" which "will need plenty of support if it's to make much impression".[{{cite magazine|first=Jerry |last=Smith |title= Singles |magazine= [Music Week](/source/Music_Week) |date=February 27, 1988 |page=19 |access-date=August 28, 2023 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-02-27.pdf}}]
==Music video==
The accompanying music video for the song features a combination of color and black-and-white shots in the same frames. It was directed by actress [Diane Keaton](/source/Diane_Keaton) (who also directed her previous "[Heaven Is a Place on Earth](/source/Heaven_Is_a_Place_on_Earth)" video), and featured model and actor [Tony Ward](/source/Tony_Ward_(entertainer)), who later appeared in [Madonna](/source/Madonna_(entertainer))'s video for "[Justify My Love](/source/Justify_My_Love)".
==Track listings==
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'''7-inch and US cassette single'''[{{cite AV media notes|title=I Get Weak|year=1988|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=[MCA Records](/source/MCA_Records)|id=MCA-53242}}][{{cite AV media notes|title=I Get Weak|year=1988|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=MCA Records|id=MCAC-53242}}]
# "I Get Weak" – 3:58
# "Should I Let You In?" – 4:15
'''12-inch and UK cassette single'''[{{cite AV media notes|title=I Get Weak|year=1988|type=US 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=MCA Records|id=MCA-23824}}][{{cite AV media notes|title=I Get Weak|year=1988|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=[Virgin Records](/source/Virgin_Records)|id=VSTC1046}}]
# "I Get Weak" (12-inch version) – 7:25
# "I Get Weak" (7-inch version) – 4:39
# "I Get Weak" (instrumental version) – 7:32
'''UK CD single'''[{{cite AV media notes|title=I Get Weak|year=1988|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VSCD 1046}}]
# "I Get Weak" (7-inch version)
# "Should I Let You In?"
# "I Get Weak" (12-inch version)
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'''Australian cassette single'''[{{cite AV media notes|title=I Get Weak|year=1988|type=Australian cassette single sleeve|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VSC 1046}}]
:A1. "I Get Weak"
:A2. "Should I Let You In?"
:B1. "I Get Weak" (12-inch version)
:A2. "Should I Let You In?"
'''Japanese mini-CD single'''[{{cite AV media notes|title=I Get Weak|year=1988|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=VJD-12002}}]
# "I Get Weak"
# "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (extended mix)
# "I Get Weak" (extended mix)
# "Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
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==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ {{sro|Weekly chart performance for "I Get Weak"}}
! scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Peak
position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([Australian Music Report](/source/Australian_Music_Report))[{{cite book|title=[Australian Chart Book 1970–1992](/source/Kent_Music_Report)|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[St Ives, NSW](/source/St_Ives%2C_New_South_Wales)|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}]
| 34
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|4|chartid=0956|rowheader=true|access-date=February 22, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|14|chartid=8948|rowheader=true|access-date=February 22, 2021}}
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([Eurochart Hot 100 Singles](/source/Eurochart_Hot_100_Singles))[{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/88/M&M-1988-04-02-OCR-Page-0014.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|volume=5|issue=14|date=April 2, 1988|page=39|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History}}]
| 33
|-
! scope="row"| European Airplay (''[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)'')[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-04-09.pdf|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=[Music & Media](/source/Music_%26_Media)|volume=5|issue=15|date=April 9, 1988|page=39|access-date=October 27, 2024}}]
| 4
|-
! scope="row"| Finland ([Suomen virallinen lista](/source/Suomen_virallinen_lista))[{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=42|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Belinda Carlisle|page=42|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=June 23, 2022|language=fi}}]
| 25
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|5|song=I Get Weak|rowheader=true|access-date=February 22, 2021}}
|-
! scope="row"| Italy (''[Musica e dischi](/source/Musica_e_dischi)'')[{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[Musica e dischi](/source/Musica_e_dischi)|language=it|access-date=June 3, 2022}} ''Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Belinda Carlisle" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca".'']
| 16
|-
! scope="row"| Luxembourg ([Radio Luxembourg](/source/Radio_Luxembourg))[{{cite web |url= http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDay=&ChMonth=&ChYear=&ChBand=belinda+carlisle&ChSong= |title=Radio Luxembourg Singles |publisher=umdmusic.com|access-date=9 June 2025}}]
| 7
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|77|artist=Belinda Carlisle|song=I Get Weak|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|11|artist=Belinda Carlisle|song=I Get Weak|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"| Quebec ([ADISQ](/source/ADISQ))[{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=[BAnQ](/source/Biblioth%C3%A8que_et_Archives_nationales_du_Qu%C3%A9bec)|date=27 February 1988|access-date=21 June 2025|archive-date=29 November 2015|language=fr|url-status=dead}}]
| 4
|-
! scope="row"| South Africa ([Springbok Radio](/source/Springbok_Radio))[{{cite web|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(C).html|title=SA Charts 1965–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts C|website=The South African Rock Encyclopedia|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503073851/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(C).html|archive-date=May 3, 2018}}]
| 14
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|24|artist=Belinda Carlisle|song=I Get Weak|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|10|artist=Belinda Carlisle|artistid=24617|rowheader=true|access-date=August 15, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Belinda Carlisle|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|9|artist=Belinda Carlisle|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"| US ''[Cash Box](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))'' Top 100 Singles[{{cite web|url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19880319.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending March 19, 1988|work=[Cash Box](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))|access-date=June 4, 2022|archive-date=June 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604060939/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19880319.html|url-status=dead}}]
| 3
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|38|songid=1762|artist=Belinda Carlisle|song=I Get Weak|rowheader=true|access-date=March 31, 2020}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ {{sro|Year-end chart performance for "I Get Weak"}}
! scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')[{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/80s/RPM-1988-12-24-OCR-Page-0009.pdf|title=Top 100 Singles of '88|magazine=RPM|volume=49|issue=10|date=December 24, 1988|page=9|issn=0033-7064|via=World Radio History}}]
| 57
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 1988|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512032915/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-100-songs|archive-date=May 12, 2021}}]
| 57
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Cash Box'' Top 100 Singles[{{cite web|url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1988YESP.html|title=The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1988 – Top 50 Pop Singles|work=Cash Box|date=December 31, 1988|access-date=June 4, 2022|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804131552/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1988YESP.html|url-status=dead}}]
| 35
|}
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==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sro|Release dates and formats for "I Get Weak"}}
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format(s)
! scope="col"| Label(s)
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| January 1988
| {{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|cassette}}
| [MCA](/source/MCA_Records)
|
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| February 15, 1988
| {{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl}}
| rowspan="2"| [Virgin](/source/Virgin_Records)
| [{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)|page=31|date=February 13, 1988}}]
|-
! scope="row"| Japan
| April 21, 1988
| Mini-CD
| [{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/150885/products/298150/1/|title=アイ・ゲット・ウィーク {{!}} ベリンダ・カーライル|trans-title=I Get Weak {{!}} Belinda Carlisle|publisher=[Oricon](/source/Oricon)|language=ja|access-date=January 29, 2024}}]
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmMCXLdNrz8 Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak] music video posted on [YouTube](/source/YouTube) by [Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group).
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Category:1987 songs
Category:1988 singles
Category:Belinda Carlisle songs
Category:MCA Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Rick Nowels
Category:Songs written by Diane Warren
Category:Virgin Records singles
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