<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Runaground" (1998) Runaground 1998 </Td> <Td> "Sit Down' 98" (Apollo 440 Mix) (1998) String Module Error: Match not found1998 </Td> <Td> "I Know What I'm Here For" (1999) I Know What I'm Here For 1999 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Runaground" (1998) Runaground 1998 </Td> <Td> "Sit Down' 98" (Apollo 440 Mix) (1998) String Module Error: Match not found1998 </Td> <Td> "I Know What I'm Here For" (1999) I Know What I'm Here For 1999 </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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