"Sit Down" is a song by
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.