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Westlife The Complete Guide

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Contents Articles Overview

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Westlife

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Past members

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Nicky Byrne

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Kian Egan

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Mark Feehily

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Shane Filan

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Brian McFadden

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Discography Westlife discography

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Studio albums

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Westlife

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Coast to Coast

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World of Our Own

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Turnaround

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Allow Us to Be Frank

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Face to Face

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The Love Album

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Back Home

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Where We Are

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Gravity

Compilation albums

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Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

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Greatest Hits

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Singles

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"Swear It Again"

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"If I Let You Go"

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"Flying Without Wings"

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"I Have a Dream"]]/[[Seasons in the Sun|"Seasons in the Sun"

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"Fool Again"

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"Against All Odds"

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"My Love"

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"What Makes a Man"

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"I Lay My Love on You"

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"Uptown Girl"

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"When You're Looking Like That"

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"Queen of My Heart"

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"World of Our Own"]]/[[Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)|"Angel"

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"Bop Bop Baby"

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"Unbreakable"

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"Tonight"/"Miss You Nights"

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"Hey Whatever"

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"Mandy"

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"Obvious"

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"Smile"

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"Fly Me to the Moon"

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"Ain't That a Kick in the Head"

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"You Raise Me Up"

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"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

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"Amazing"

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"The Rose"

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"Home"

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"Us Against the World"

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"Something Right"

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"What About Now"

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"Safe"

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"Lighthouse"

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Songs

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"Evergreen"

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"All Out of Love"

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"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"

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"I'm Already There"

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"Everybody Hurts"

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Song lists List of songs recorded by Westlife

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List of original Westlife songs

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List of Westlife covers

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Tours List of Westlife concert tours

Concert tours

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Where Dreams Come True Tour

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World of Our Own Tour

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Unbreakable Tour

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Turnaround Tour

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No. 1's Tour

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Face to Face Tour

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The Love Tour

313

Back Home Tour

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Where We Are Tour

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Gravity Tour

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Greatest Hits Tour

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Videography

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The Karaoke Collection

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Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2

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Bibliography Westlife: Our Story

Awards List of awards and nominations received by Westlife

Associated acts

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Wonderland

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Associated people

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Simon Cowell

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Louis Walsh

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Ronan Keating

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Jodi Albert

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Kevin McDaid

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Related articles

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Other compilation albums of Westlife

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References Article Sources and Contributors

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Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Article Licenses License

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Overview Westlife Westlife

Westlife performing live on Gravity Tour in October 2011 in Hanoi, Vietnam Background information Origin

Dublin, Ireland

Genres

Pop

Years active

1998–2012 Hiatus: 2008-2009

Labels

RCA, Syco, Sony, BMG

Associated acts

Mariah Carey, Diana Ross, Boyzone

Website

www.westlife.com

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Past members Nicky Byrne Kian Egan Mark Feehily Shane Filan Brian McFadden

Westlife were an Irish boy band formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2012. Originally signed by Simon Cowell and managed by Louis Walsh, the group's final line-up consisted of Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan. Brian McFadden was a member from 1998 until his departure in 2004. Westlife sold over 50 million[2] records worldwide, a total that included studio albums, singles, video release, and compilation albums.[3] The group accumulated 14 number-one singles in the United Kingdom (the third-highest in UK history, tying with Cliff Richard and only behind The Beatles and Elvis Presley) and 26 top ten singles over their 14 year career.[4] In the Guinness World Records, they are the top-selling album group of the 21st century in the UK as of 2010.[5] They are also the most frequent act to win The Record of the Year—the only music award in the UK based on public votes—with four awards. In 2012, the Official Charts Company listed Westlife 34th among the biggest-selling singles artists in British music.[6] Despite their European and Asian success, Westlife didn't manage to break the U.S. market, having only one hit single, "Swear It Again", which peaked in 2000. In October 2011, Westlife announced they would split up in 2012 after finishing their Greatest Hits Tour, following the release of Greatest Hits. The boyband's last concerts were held 22 and 23 June 2012 at Croke Park Stadium in Dublin, with the first 85,000 capacity concert sold out in record-breaking 5 minutes and the latter screened live in

Westlife cinemas worldwide.[7][8]

History Origins Prior to becoming successful, Egan, Feehily, and Filan along with fellow Sligo men Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron, and Michael Garrett, were part of a six-member pop vocal group called Six as One and was later changed to IOYOU in 1997. Managed by choreographer Mary McDonagh along with two other informal managers, they released a single titled "Together Girl Forever". Walsh, the manager of the 1990s boy-band Boyzone, was contacted by Filan's mother and came to know about the group. However, the group did not meet Cowell's approval for a record deal with BMG, and thus changes were needed. Cowell told Walsh, "You are going to have to fire at least three of them. They have great voices, but they are the ugliest band I have ever seen in my life."[9] Three members of the band were told they would not be part of the new group, and auditions were held in Dublin where Byrne and McFadden were The band was originally signed by Simon Cowell. recruited. The new group, formed on 3 July 1998, was renamed Westside but as the name was already taken by another band, it was later changed to Westlife. In Westlife – Our Story, Byrne revealed he was keen to change the name to West High but the others wanted Westlife. McFadden also changed the spelling of his name to Bryan to make it easier to sign autographs. Boyzone singer Ronan Keating was brought in to co-manage the group with Walsh. The band then released an EP titled Swear It Again.

Debut album, Coast to Coast, World Of Our Own: 1999–2002 Westlife's first big break came in 1998 when they opened for the Boyzone and Backstreet Boys' concerts in Dublin. Later Act' award at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party.[10] In April 1999, the group released their first single, "Swear It Again" which immediately topped the charts in Ireland and in the UK for two weeks.[10] Their second single, "If I Let You Go", was released in August 1999 along with the highly acclaimed "Flying Without Wings" produced by Steve Mac and written by Wayne Hector (their first 'Record of the Year'), released in October the same year, also followed suit. "Flying Without Wings" was also included on the soundtrack of the Warner Brothers film, Pokémon: The Movie 2000. Their first album, simply titled Westlife, was released in November 1999 and peaked at No. 2 in the UK. Ironically, the album was the biggest chart dropper on the top 40 in UK music history when, in its 58th week on the charts it leapt from No. 79 to No. 3 before falling to No. 37 the following week. This is the only album to have five no.1 singles in less than a year.((cn)) In December 1999, the double a side fourth single was released,"I Have A Dream"/"Seasons In The Sun", knocked Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" off the top spot and earned them the 1999 UK Christmas number-one single.[11][12] The fifth and last single from the album, "Fool Again", also peaked at #1.[13] Then the group went on a short UK, US[14] and Asian tour in support of their debut album before releasing a second album. Coast to Coast was released a year later and was another No. 1 UK album beating the Spice Girls' Forever album. It became the country's 4th biggest selling album of 2000.[15][16] The album was preceded by a duet with Mariah Carey on the Phil Collins' classic "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" and the original song, "My Love" (the song that bagged their second 'Record of the Year' award). Both singles reached No. 1 on the UK charts.[17][18] With this, Westlife broke an unexpected record of the most consecutive number one singles in the UK, having their first seven singles debut at the top. However, in December 2000, they failed to secure their eighth chart-topper in a row with their UK and Ireland only single "What Makes A Man" when kid's favourite, Bob The Builder's "Can We Fix It", was crowned as the Christmas number-one single of that year.[19] Outside the UK/Ireland territories, they have

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Westlife released "I Lay My Love on You" and "When You're Looking Like That" and gained chart success. In 2001, they launched their first world tour, "Where Dreams Come True Tour", unofficially nicknamed "The No Stools Tour" due to the group's reputation of performing while perched on stools.[10][20] Westlife released World Of Our Own, their third album, in November 2001. "Uptown Girl", "Queen of My Heart" and "World of Our Own" were released as singles, all of which peaked at No. 1 in the UK.[21][22][23] "Bop Bop Baby" was also released as a single but it peaked at No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2002, Westlife went on their second world tour, the World Of Our Own Tour (In The Round).[10]

Unbreakable, Turn Around, and the departure of McFadden: 2002–04 The group released their eleventh UK No. 1 single, "Unbreakable", in 2002.[24] Amidst rumours of a split, Westlife released their first greatest hits album in November that same year entitled, Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1, which zoomed all the way to No. 1 in the UK. The release was followed by the double a side single, "Tonight/Miss You Nights", which debuted at No. 3 in the UK.[25] At this time, Because Films Inspire... made a TV Documentary titled "Wild Westlife," directed by Iain MacDonald and starred the group itself. It revealed how their musical life was on a daily basis and when they were on tour.[26] In 2003, Westlife went on their third world tour, The Greatest Hits Tour, shrugging off rumours of a split.[27] In September 2003, Westlife released "Hey Whatever", which peaked at No. 4 on the UK Charts.[28] Their fourth studio album, Turnaround, was then released in November, earning the group another UK No. 1 album. "Mandy", a cover of the Barry Manilow hit, was released in November 2003. Their version won them their third Record of the Year award in under five years.[29] Their version of Brian McFadden left Westlife for his family and children. Mandy is also considered the single with the highest to leap to the top (from [30] No. 200 to #1) in UK music history. "Obvious" was released as the final [31] single from the album, charting at #3. On 9 March 2004, just three weeks prior to embarking on their fourth world tour, Brian McFadden left the group to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. On that day, a press conference was held where all the group's members were present and gave emotional individual speeches. McFadden's final public performance as part of Westlife was at Newcastle upon Tyne's Powerhouse nightclub on 27 February 2004.[32][33] He subsequently began a solo career, deciding to revert the spelling of his first name back to its original 'Brian'. He released his first solo single, "Real To Me" which entered the UK chart at No. 1 and soon after, he released his first solo album Irish Son under Sony Music.[34] McFadden later released more singles, but only with moderate success.

Quintet to quartet, Allow Us to Be Frank, Face to Face, The Love Album, and Back Home: 2004–08 Less than a month after McFadden's departure, the group kicked off their "Turnaround Tour". A live version from the said tour of "Flying Without Wings" was released as an official UK download, earning them the title of the very first UK Downloads #1. In September 2004, they performed on the World Music Awards, where they were recognized as the Best Irish Act of that year. They then released a Rat Pack-inspired album, ...Allow Us to Be Frank, which peaked at #3. No singles from this album were released in the UK. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head", accompanied with a music video, was released as a physical single in other European countries. "Smile" and "Fly Me to the Moon", both with music videos as well, were released as digital downloads only. Prior to the album release, Westlife scouted for "the perfect fan" to help promote their album from their one-season special show "She's the One", presented by Kate Thornton.[35] After X Factor-style auditions, they found Joanne Hindley, who recorded

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Westlife "The Way You Look Tonight" with the group.[10] To mark this special collaboration, a special programme was televised, showing auditions and live performances. Performers included Joanne, Westlife members' fathers and glamour model Katie Price, Il Divo and Kevin Spacey. Westlife continued to tour Europe as part of their "The Number Ones Tour", before taking a four-month break.[36] On 4 May 2005, Westlife lost their battle for European trademark from the German trademark "West".[37] In October 2005, Westlife returned with their comeback single, "You Raise Me Up", which was taken from their Face to Face album. On 5 November 2005, both the album and the single were at No. 1 in the UK at the same time during the second week of the single. It was the first time that Westlife held both the top album and the top single position in the same week.[38][39] "You Raise Me Up" was awarded as their fourth Record of the Year in the UK for 2005. In December of that year, the group released "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", a duet with Diana Ross, as the second single and it debuted at its peak position of #2.[40] Westlife then released a third single, "Amazing", which debuted at No. 4 and marked as the group's lowest-selling single yet.[41] After that, Westlife embarked on the "Face to Face Tour", travelling extensively to the UK, Ireland, Australia and Asia. This tour marked the first time that Westlife travelled to mainland China for a concert.[42][43] In late 2006, Westlife signed a brand new five-album deal with Sony BMG. Their eighth album, The Love Album, was a "love" concept album which consisted of popular love song covers. The album outsold other compilation albums by Oasis, The Beatles, and U2 in its first week of release and went straight to #1. The first single from The Love Album was a cover version of Bette Midler's classic, "The Rose", which became their 14th UK No. 1 single.[44] This made Westlife the third act (along with Cliff Richard) in the UK to have the most No. 1 singles, tailing behind Elvis Presley (21) and The Beatles (17). Westlife then kicked off their eighth world tour, "The Love Tour", in Perth, Australia.[45] The group then went on to other Australian cities before moving on to South Africa, the UK and Ireland. On 5 November 2007, Westlife released their ninth album, Back Home, The band on their 2006 concert tour which contained nine new original songs along with three cover songs. The album debuted at No. 1 on the UK Music Charts and it was also 2007's fifth biggest selling album in the UK.[46] The first single released from the album was a cover of Michael Bublé's "Home", which peaked at No. 3 in the UK.[47][48] "I'm Already There", not released as a single, managed to chart in the UK based on downloads alone, following a performance on an The X Factor episode. On 15 December 2007, they had a two-hour show called The Westlife Show where they performed 10 of their songs, some of which were voted online by fans and some from Back Home. It was hosted by Holly Willoughby.[49] This time, Westlife together with Tesco brought out "The Definitive Westlife Quiz" that asked about the whole history of the group.[50] It was watched and participated by thousands of fans worldwide. Months later, "Us Against the World" was announced and released as their second single in UK and Ireland. Before the release of the second single, they embarked on the Back Home Tour on 25 February 2008. This tour marked the first time that the group had travelled and performed in New Zealand, performing four sold-out shows in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth and Christchurch. Meanwhile, "Something Right" was released as the second single and "Us Against the World" became the third single in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Both songs performed well on several music charts. Music Week revealed on their website that Westlife were the official third top touring act within the years 2005–2008, while they were the seventh top touring act of 2008.[51] Also in 2008, they were declared Ireland's ninth-richest celebrities under 30 years old and thirteenth in general, with 36 million euros as a group. In 2009, they

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Westlife dropped to the sixteenth richest Irish with estimated 8 million euros each.

10 years anniversary and last two studio albums: 2008–11 To mark their tenth year in music, Westlife staged a special 10 Years of Westlife, a sold-out concert at the world's thirty-third biggest and Europe's fourth biggest stadium,[52] Croke Park, on 1 June 2008.[53] Shayne Ward filled in as a support act for the concert,[54] which Egan described to be a "pop extravaganza".[55] Filan confirmed that a corresponding live concert DVD would be released. The group announced that they would be on hiatus for a year after their Back Home Tour[56] and that there would not be an album release in 2008 as they would be spending more time on the production of their tenth album.[57] As promised, the group's official website confirmed on 27 September 2008 the release of a DVD on 24 November 2008 entitled 10 Years of Westlife – Live at Croke Park Stadium which went straight to No. 1 on UK, Ireland, South African, Hong Kong and New Zealand Music DVD charts. As the group ended another successful tour, Louis Walsh announced in the show Xpose that 1 July 2008 would be the official start of the longest hiatus of the group. He said that it will be a one-year break, from that day up to 1 July 2009. On 13 December 2008, while on a break, Westlife made an unexpected appearance on X Factor Final Performance Night where they performed "Flying Without Wings" with JLS. After the presentation, Filan and Byrne were interviewed on The Xtra Factor with Ronan Keating and Stephen Gately of Boyzone. As JLS also performed, "I'm Already There", Westlife's version of the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 63 while a new entry on Ireland Singles Chart at No. 47 due to extensive downloads only. On the last week of January 2009, a DVD entitled The Karaoke Collection was released. It contained some of their music video hits. In the 27 February 2009 issue of Herald Ireland, Louis Walsh revealed that Simon Cowell already picked three new songs which he reckoned to be instant hits. Byrne spread the word on 8 March 2009 that Westlife would come back to music charts when they start recording in June 2009 when he received his VIP Style Awards as the Most Stylish Man on X-pose, TV3. On 18 March 2009, they won the Best Irish Pop Act on the 2009 Meteor Awards for the ninth consecutive time. Their tenth album, Where We Are, was released on 30 November 2009 in the UK and peaked at No. 2 on both Irish and UK Albums Charts. The new single, "What About Now", was released a few weeks earlier on 23 October 2009, with digital downloads being available the day before. The said single peaked at# 2 on both Irish and UK Singles Chart. Daughtry's original version of the song gained exposure on the audition rounds of The X Factor prior to Westlife's release. They were also part of the Haiti charity single in early 2010 with, "Everybody Hurts", an R.E.M. cover which was organised by Cowell.[58] The tour in support of this album was called, "The Where We Are Tour". The video album for this said tour was released on DVD and Blu-ray format in 29 November 2010.[59][60] The eleventh album was recorded and processed with songwriter/producer John Shanks in London and Los Angeles and was entirely produced by Shanks.[61] On 19 September 2010, the single "Safe" was heard first on X Factor as a snippet and the group later performed the song on the show on 14 November 2010. The single was released on 14 November 2010. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 21 November at No. 10, giving the group their 25th Top 10 single in the United Kingdom. It was also their lowest charting lead single to date in the country. The new album titled Gravity was released on 22 November 2010.[62] It went to No. 1 in Ireland and No. 3 in the UK. In March 2011, they started their eleventh major concert tour, the Gravity Tour. This tour marked the first time the group travelled to Oman, Namibia, Guangzhou and Vietnam for concerts. Westlife was named the fourth most hard-working music artist in the UK by PRS in 2010.[63] In August 2011, it was reported in the Irish Examiner that the profits of the band's firm grew five-fold in 2010.[64]

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Greatest Hits and split: 2011–12 On 14 March 2011, Westlife confirmed that they had left Cowell after 13 years and his record label Syco Music after nine years. The group cited Syco's decision not to release a second single from Gravity as the reason Byrne felt it as another reason of being unloved, "We signed to Simon back in 1998 and he was brilliant, but then came the development of The X Factor and American Idol. Simon became famous himself and his interests went that way rather than on Westlife. We almost felt a little bit unloved with Simon Cowell, if I was to be honest. We had it (full time support) with Simon but he got so busy and would do it at the very last minute and we needed someone who was on it all the time."[65] After going back to RCA Records full-time for a one year album contract, they announced their Greatest Hits album to be released on 21 November 2011. It debuted at number 1 in Ireland and number 4 in the UK. The first and lead single, "Lighthouse"[66] was released on 14 November 2011. On 17 October 2011, Irish Daily Mail reported that their former bandmate McFadden would reunite with them for a show, An Evening with Westlife, in support of the greatest hits album.[67] Paddy Power added their bets if McFadden would rejoin the group permanently and the next world tour after the report was out.[68] Egan later denied it and said: "All the rumours about Brian re-joining Westlife are untrue. We have been a 4 piece for too long now. We love Brian but it's not going to be. That includes any TV performances."[69] With a new compilation album coming out, it was highly speculated Westlife would be doing a new greatest hits tour. According to the The Mirror, a source close to the band revealed plans for them to play either the Aviva Stadium or another Croke Park gig in mid-2012.[70] They were scheduled to headline ChildLine Concert in Dublin on 12 November 2011 and to have another exclusive gig on O2 Blueroom, also in Dublin on 24 November.[71][72] In September 2011, Stereoboard.com announced the concert tour for 2012 would start in May of that year.[73] But the official site of the band stated: "Despite untrustworthy websites announcing Westlife dates for a 2012 tour, there is no definite tour plan. As soon as there is, the group will make an official announcement. Until then, please disregard any websites claiming they have tickets on sale this Friday."[74] A UK Tour was first officially announced on 18 October, with dates confirmed for May 2012 and it was titled, The Greatest Hits Tour or The Farewell Tour. The said tour was sold-out in minutes. Stereoboard.com added: "After a massive rush, tickets for Westlife's May 2012 tour were snapped-up almost immediately as fans flocked to the Internet to try and get their hands on tickets for the final performances of the legendary Irish boy band."[75] As part of it, ITV commissioned a unique one-off music spectacular that would mark Westlife’s final TV appearance as they took to the stage to sing some of their greatest hits, it was entitled "Westlife: For the Last Time".[76] Another show entitled, "The Westlife Show: Live", was broadcast from Studio One of London Studios on the same channel on 1 November 2011.[77] Then they had a live guesting on The Late Late Show.[78] On 19 October 2011, Westlife officially announced they were splitting after a Greatest Hits album and a farewell tour.[79] After 14 years, 26 top ten hits including 14 number one singles, 11 top 5 albums, 7 of which hit the top spot and have collectively sold over 44 million copies around the world, 10 sell out tours and countless memories that we will forever cherish, we today announce our plan to go our separate ways after a greatest hits collection this Christmas and a farewell tour next year. The decision is entirely amicable and after spending all of our adult life together so far, we want to have a well-earned break and look at new ventures. We see the greatest hits collection and the farewell tour as the perfect way to celebrate our incredible career along with our fans. We are really looking forward to getting out on the tour and seeing our fans one last time. Over the years Westlife has become so much more to us than just a band. Westlife are a family. We would like to thank our fans who have been with us on this amazing journey and are part of our family too. We never imagined when we started out in 1998 that 14 years later we would still be recording, touring and having hits together. It has been a dream come true for all of us. Kian, Mark, Nicky and Shane[80]

Westlife They described the split as an "amicable" one and they wanted a "well-earned break".[81][82][83] However, later reports from the Daily Record said there was an "irreparable rift" in the band,[84] but was later denied by a source close to the band saying: "There's no bad blood in the band, they're still great pals. But all good things come to an end and they are all keen to do their own thing."[85] Later, the band also denied it and called the split a "united decision".[86] A more comprehensive story behind the split was discussed by Daily Mail and Daily Star.[87] A second statement was issued through their official site, saying the fans were continuing to be the best support system.[88][89] Fans immediately took to social networks to comment on the decision to break up; some fans describe themselves as feeling "devastated", and referred to it as "the day the music died."[90][91] Some media predicted a possible reunion in the future,[83] but Westlife put an end to that speculation by vowing they would never reunite.[92] A live stream Q&A was announced for 28 October 2011 as a thank you to their fans,[93] but was moved to 3 November due to schedule conflicts. The band had their final concert on 23 June 2012 at Croke Park Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. The 82,300 capacity show was sold out in 5 minutes. Due to this popular demand, an extra date was added at Croke Park on 22 June 2012.[8] Their last concert was also screened live in more than 200 cinemas worldwide across the UK, Ireland, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, and South Africa.[7] Three months after the split, Byrne revealed that members of the group fought with one another more and more often in the latter years leading up to the split and he felt that it was the right time to end their time together.[94]

Musical style Over years of their career, Westlife's music had evolved from teen pop to a pop sound, with an emphasis on ballads. The band identified themselves as a pop band recording pop songs which sometimes comprises ballads and love songs. Westlife is known for their teen pop songs during their early days with slow, mid, and uptempo songs. Albums of theirs known for teen pop sound include, Westlife, Coast to Coast, World of Our Own and Turnaround. As the years progressed they tried different genres such as jazz and big band with their Allow Us to Be Frank album in 2004 and pop-rock in 2009 with their album Where We Are. As they matured, they verged into adult contemporary, most evident on their cover album, The Love Album. Matured pop songs are also found on their LPs, Face to Face and Back Home, and Gravity. Filan answered when he was asked about the radical change in their music: "We’ve definitely changed – our music has evolved, but not drastically. Westlife is never going to drastically change, but I think we can get more exciting, different and more fun for the fans."[95] During their starting days, the band's musical content was mostly about love and inspirational songs but as they grew older, they took the chance to have songs that were from an individual's everyday experience in life. Most of the group's hits were composed by experienced songwriters, most notably Steve Mac and Wayne Hector. The group's influences included Michael Jackson, Backstreet Boys, and Boyzone.

Popularity Their début album and single coincided with the apogee of boyband popularity, and their success was most apparent in their homeland and the UK. They had 12 worldwide concert tours over their 14 year career. Over the course of their career, they performed to some highly significant people, including Queen Elizabeth II on 19 May 2011 and then to U.S. president Barack Obama on 23 May 2011. They also gave a private performance for Pope John Paul II in 2001 at the Vatican (the first pop act to top the bill at the church) and for the Sultan of Brunei, an occasion on which they were paid £2.5 million to play a private concert of seven songs. They also performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2000, and in 2005 with the songs "World Of Our Own" and "You Raise Me Up" with Rolf Løvland and Fionnuala Sherry, and in 2009 with "What About Now" and "You Raise Me Up" featuring Ragnhild Hemsing.

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Despite their success worldwide, Westlife were unable to break into the U.S. market. They had only one hit single in the United States, "Swear It Again", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000. The band made an appearance on MTV's Total Request Live and the U.S. edition of their debut album, Westlife was released, but it didn't meet with success. In 2002, with the two most prominent boy bands in the US, the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, going on hiatus that year, an attempt was made to promote and release a US version of World Of Our Own, but was never successful. "We sent over a CD of World Of Our Own with no name on it. They didn't know it was Westlife and every single radio station in the States - all came back and said that this is an absolutely huge hit. They said it was great for radio and people are gonna love it, especially as there's just a slight bit of rock guitar to it. But as soon as we revealed it was Westlife, the radio pluggers all went, 'Whoa, not Westlife - it's a boyband.' And we cannot break that down, no matter what song we come out with. The problem with America is that it's all radio and you've got to break into radio first. And currently radio doesn't want to play boy bands or pop music. If Bono wrote a song with us tomorrow and it was the biggest hit in the world, if Westlife's name is put to it, it won't be a hit in America because radio will not play us."[96] —Nicky Byrne "Flying Without Wings" peaked at No.2 in the USA when American Idol Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard recorded and released it as his debut single. In 2003, Westlife went to Nashville to film a TV documentary. While they were there, they gave a live performance of the song "Daytime Friends", originally by country music legend Kenny Rogers. The band also had "tribute bands" performing their songs like Westlives[97] and That's Life.[98] On the other hand, Westlife also paid tribute to their co-boybands as one of the tour setlists in 2007.[99] Several celebrities like Chris Martin of Coldplay and Alexandra Burke have stated that they're fond of Westlife.[100][101] Later pop bands such as One Direction, The Wanted, and JLS expressed such adoration for the group over their respective music careers. Some well-known music artists like Ronan Keating, Will Young, Shayne Ward, Ruben Studdard, also have covered their songs.

Collaboration The group has recorded studio and live performances with some of the most renowned music acts: Mariah Carey ("Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"), Lulu ("Back at One"), Joanne Hindley ("The Way You Look Tonight"), Diana Ross ("When You Tell Me That You Love Me"), Donna Summer ("No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"), and Delta Goodrem ("All Out of Love"). They have also collaborated on "If I Had Words" with The Vards, "I Have A Dream" with Indonesian child-star Sherina, and "My Love" with Amr Diab. These songs were also recorded and included on various albums. In 2002, Westlife re-recorded their hit song "Flying Without Wings" with Cristian Castro and with Korean singer BoA as two separate duets. Westlife has performed live duets with some of the biggest names in the music industry including: Sinéad O'Connor ("Silent Night"), Donny Osmond ("Crazy Horses"), Mariah Carey ("Never Too Far/Hero Medley"), Secret Garden ("You Raise Me Up"), Lionel Richie ("Easy"), Ronan Keating ("The Dance"), Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries ("Little Drummer Boy"), Roy Orbison ("Pretty Woman "), Delta Goodrem ("All Out Of Love"), Raymond Quinn ("That's Life"), Leehom Wang ("You Raise Me Up"), Mary Black ("Walking in the Air"), Kevin Spacey ("Fly Me to the Moon"), Do ("Heaven"), Boyzone ("No Matter What"), Various artists "All-Stars" ("That's What Friends Are For"; "Merry Christmas Everybody"; "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"), and even their fathers ("That's Life"). They also performed as a guest star with previous X Factor contestants such as JLS where they performed their hit ' Flying Without Wings '.

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Products and endorsements Some of the products that Westlife officially released included books, calendars (from 2001–present), and tour merchandise such as T-shirts, and fragrances. They have had their own webpage for their official merchandises since 2008, available for men and women.[102] They also received sponsorship for their concert tours from Adidas in 2002 and Volkswagen in 2011. They have official and unofficial books released. The lone book written by the members of Westlife was released on 16 June 2008 by HarperCollins UK Publishing entitled, 'Westlife - Our Story', as part of their 10th year celebration.[103][104] The book was said to be written by each group member for three months. It contains the life they have had for the past ten years in the business. It also features some private pictures from the lads. On 28 May 2009, they re-released the autobiography, adding their Croke Park experience and for the first time, in a paperback edition. Also at that time, the band released a 3-piece perfume set entitled "X". It leaked on December 2008 and was formally released on November 2009.[105] In September 2010, they released their second fragrance entitled "With Love".[106]

Philanthropy While each member of the group has had their own individual humanitarian advocacies and activities, Westlife has been supporting various projects for a charity cause from the start. One of which was when the group had their song "I Have A Dream" remastered to include Indonesian child singer Sherina Munaf for a UNICEF fundraiser in 2000. They were also involved with the Helping For Haiti charity single that was released 8 February 2010 in the UK. Aside from that, the group released their cover version of "Uptown Girl" as a Comic Relief single, which was one of their biggest selling singles to date. On 4 November 2005, they performed together with Christina Aguilera and Diana Ross at Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg, South Africa for The “Unite of the Stars” Gala Banquet charity concert that supported four charities: the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, Unite Against Hunger, St. Mary’s Hospital and the Topsy Foundation. They also performed live for charity for Sports Relief, Macmillan Cancer Support, Croí, Western Alzheimer’s, O’Dwyer Cheshire Home, Mayo Cancer Support Group, Marie Keating Foundation, Outward Bound Trust, ChildLine, Children in Need, and Sheffield's Children Hospital.[107][108][109][110] They've also participated in Royal British Legion and Galway's Irish Water Safety Campaign by doing an advertisement.[111][112] They also helped with auctions for the Meningitis Research Foundation, Carlton Celebrity Auction (for Centrepoint (for the homeless), the N.S.P.C.C., and The Samaritans), Zutto charity painting, Pushing The Envelope (for National Literacy Trust) and Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS).[113][114][115][116][117] They've also visited the Great Osmond Street Hospital for charity.[118][119] They've been involved with the following organisations: Free Tibet, Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID), Cancer Research UK, Byrne for Heart Attack and asthma awareness campaigns, Daily Star’s Reclaim Our Streets crusade, Filan for Irish Red Cross (by Sligo Rover's Showgrounds football match), Byrne for Oxfam's East Africa Famine appeal (by Celtic v Manchester United football match), Filan and Byrne for Soccer Aid, JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am, One World Beat, Egan for Strandhill Indonesian Relief Fund (SIRF, in aid of the South Asian tsunami victims), World Food Programme (WFP), Muscle Help Foundation, Feehily for Aware, Byrne for Children’s Hospice South West (by Truro charity football match), Global Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign and Real Man campaign. They were also included as ambassadors for The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC).[120] As part of IPSCC, Feehily signed up for their anti-bullying campaign, "Join the Fight for Children's Rights".[121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134]

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Discography • • • • • • • • • •

Westlife (1999) Coast to Coast (2000) World of Our Own (2001) Turnaround (2003) Allow Us to Be Frank (2004) Face to Face (2005) The Love Album (2006) Back Home (2007) Where We Are (2009) Gravity (2010)

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Westlife [115] (http:/ / london. jollypeople. com/ ?p=889) [116] "Pushing the Envelope 2009 – A unique charity auction for the National Literacy Trust supported by Pitney Bowes" (http:/ / www. pushingtheenvelope. info/ whos_involved. asp). Pushingtheenvelope.info. 2 November 2009. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [117] "Art lovers give Westlife the brush off as band's charity painting fails to win one bid" (https:/ / www. facebook. com/ note. php?note_id=255315666501). Facebook. 13 January 2010. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [118] "Westlife" (http:/ / www. gosh. org/ gen/ christmas/ daily-star/ celebrity-support/ westlife/ ). Gosh.org. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [119] "Sean's Charity projects" (http:/ / www. themightybean. com/ seanscharityprojects. htm). The Mighty Bean. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [120] "ISPCC" (http:/ / www. ispcc. ie/ Media/ Current-News/ ISPCC-Ambassadors. aspx). Ispcc.ie. . Retrieved 29 April 2012. [121] "Mark in Anti-bullying campaign for children" (http:/ / markevin. fan-sites. org/ wordpress/ ?p=7205). Markevin.fan-sites.org. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [122] "Debenhams Blog | The Debenhams news, fashion and lifestyle blog" (http:/ / blog. debenhams. com). Blog.debenhams.com. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [123] "Simply The Best 7 Days A Week::" (http:/ / www. dailystar. co. uk/ reclaimourstreets). Daily Star. 2 November 2010. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [124] (http:/ / www. astrazeneca. ca/ en/ news/ release. asp?id=2004093001) [125] "Celebrity supporters in 2007 : Cancer Research UK" (http:/ / info. cancerresearchuk. org/ news/ celebritynoticeboard/ 2007/ ). Info.cancerresearchuk.org. 25 September 2009. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [126] "Sligo Rovers and Westlife star promote Aware" (http:/ / www. sligorovers. com/ latest-news-news-menu-inside-246/ 1137-sligo-rovers-and-westlife-star-promote-aware). Sligorovers.com. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [127] "Nicky Byrne to play in charity match at Truro – We are TheCommitted... Committed to Westlife" (http:/ / www. thecommitted. com/ cgi-bin/ index. cgi?action=forum& board=news& op=display& num=14404& start=0). Thecommitted.com. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [128] "Official News (GLOBAL) – Westlife Support The WFP" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ at/ news/ global/ 2010/ 01/ 11/ westlife_support_the_wfp). Westlife. 11 January 2010. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [129] (http:/ / www. sligotoday. ie/ details. php?id=5441) [130] "Kian is flying without wings for Indonesia – News" (http:/ / www. sligochampion. ie/ news/ kian-is-flying-without-wings-for-indonesia-571815. html). Sligochampion.ie. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [131] "Michael Douglas lends his support to charity golf tournament" (http:/ / www. limerickpost. ie/ index. php/ navigation-mainmenu-30/ entertainment/ 1865-michael-douglas-lends-his-support-to-charity-golf-tournament. html?page=4). Limerickpost.ie. 4 June 2010. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [132] "Nicky Byrne Launches New Heart Campaign " 98FM: Dublin's Best Music Mix" (http:/ / www. 98fm. com/ 2011/ category-news-sport/ nicky-byrne-launches-new-heart-campaign/ ). 98fm.com. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [133] "Official News (GLOBAL) – Westlife Support The Outward Bound Trust" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ news/ global/ 2010/ 09/ 23/ westlife_support_the_outward_bound_trust). Westlife. 23 September 2010. . Retrieved 13 October 2011. [134] "Muscle Help Foundation | Charities | Leap" (http:/ / www. leapanywhere. com/ charities/ muscular-help-foundation). Leapanywhere.com. . Retrieved 13 October 2011.

External links • Official website (http://westlife.com)

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Past members Nicky Byrne Nicky Byrne

Nicky Byrne in 2009. Background information Birth name

Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne Jr

Born

9 October 1978 Dublin, Ireland

Genres

Pop

Occupations

Singer, songwriter, radio presenter, dancer, TV presenter, footballer

Instruments

Vocal

Years active

1998–present

Associated acts Westlife

Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne Jr (born 9 October 1978) is a singer-songwriter, radio and TV presenter, dancer and former footballer, best known for being a member of Irish music band Westlife; he was the band's oldest member. Before his music career, he played professional football, representing Republic of Ireland at several junior levels. Since then he has had a successful TV presenting career. His wife Georgina is the daughter of former Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and they have twin sons called Rocco Bertie Byrne and Jay Nicky Byrne. On 7 September 2012, it was announced that Byrne would be a contestant for the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Nicky Byrne

Career Football Byrne was a footballer and played for Home Farm and St. Kevins Boys in North Dublin.[1] He became a professional player, and joined Leeds United as a goalkeeper in 1995, and was a squad member of the FA Youth Cup winning team of 1997.[2] He played for Leeds for two years, leaving when his contract expired in June 1997. He played in a reserve game for Scarborough F.C. and in a trial game with Cambridge United before returning to join Dublin club Shelbourne. He then signed for Cobh Ramblers playing 11 games, then St. Francis F.C., all in Ireland's League of Ireland.[3] On 14 May 2009 Byrne was a substitute for a Liverpool F.C. Legends XI that played against an All Star XI in a Hillsborough Memorial match to mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. All the proceeds from the match went to the Marina Dalglish appeal. He represented the Republic of Ireland at U15, U16 and U18 levels. He is a fan of Celtic FC, and on 9 August 2011 played in a Celtic Legends XI at Celtic Park in front of a 54,000 crowd against a Manchester Utd Legends team. In 2010, Byrne participated and won Soccer Aid, a British charity football match, alongside bandmate Shane Filan and the Rest of the World Team.

Music In June 1998, Byrne attended an audition for new Irish boyband, where Boyzone manager Louis Walsh approached him to join his new venture, Westlife. Byrne joined Westlife along with Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Brian McFadden. Byrne revealed in Westlife: Our Story that he had wanted to change the name of the band to West High; but the others preferred Westlife. Westlife, Byrne has had 25 top ten UK singles, 14 of which, were number one, 7 number one albums and has sold in excess of over 45 million records worldwide. It is certified that Westlife have sold 20.2 million records and videos in the UK across their 14-year career - 6.8 million singles, 11.9 million albums and 1.5 million videos. Byrne also had a number one single in Ireland in 2002, alongside the Republic of Ireland national football team and Dustin the Turkey with the Irish 2002 FIFA World Cup anthem, "Here Come The Good Times (Ireland)". He also co-wrote many of Westlife's songs.

Presenting In 2002, Byrne guest-hosted an edition of CD:UK with Cat Deeley. Byrne hosted the closing ceremony of the Special Olympics live from Dublin's Croke Park in front of 80,000 spectators. Throughout the years, Nicky has appeared on Children in Need and Comic Relief several times. In 2001, he co-hosted Children in Need live from Belfast and in 2011 and co-hosted a BBC Radio 2 radio special with Patrick Kielty for the cause. Nicky has narrated stage shows such as The Snowman Christmas Special and the Picture of You documentary dedicated to former Boyzone member Stephen Gately who died on October 10, 2009. Byrne has also hosted the Cheerios ChildLine Concert, a record, seven times, which was broadcast on RTÉ2, and in more recent years TV3 (Ireland). In addition, Byrne presented several editions of the Celebrity Sunday radio programme on RTÉ 2fm in 2010.[4] Listeners tuned in from as far and wide as Mexico, Chile, England, Scotland, Philippines and Indonesia. The fourth and final edition of the programme, broadcast on February 14, 2010, trended worldwide on Twitter.[5] FM104 publicly offered him a job the day Westlife announced their split.[6] In October 2012, Byrne will host the RTÉ reality TV show Football's Next Star. The series will follow ten young hopefuls competing for a chance to win a place with Celtic Football Club's youth squad.[7]

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Nicky Byrne

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Personal life Nicky was born to parents Yvonne and Nicholas. He has an older sister, Gillian, and a younger brother, Adam. Byrne married his teenage sweetheart Georgina Ahern, whom he met when they were about 15 years old, on 5 August 2003 at the Wicklow Register Office, Wicklow, County Wicklow.[8] The civil ceremony was followed on 9 August by a church blessing at the Roman Catholic Church of St Pierre et St Paul in Gallardon, Eure-et-Loir, France and a reception at the nearby 16th century Château d'Esclimont.[9] Georgina gave birth to fraternal twin sons, Jay and Rocco, on 20 April 2007, almost eight weeks prematurely. The children were christened on 15 July 2007 in the Saint Sylvester Roman Catholic Church in Malahide, County Dublin.[10] Godparents for the children are Nicky's sister Gillian Byrne and her husband Mark Gallagher and Georgina's sister Cecelia Ahern and Nicky's brother Adam McGarry Byrne.[11] Nicky's father, Nikki Byrne Sr., died on 3 November 2009, from a heart attack. Westlife's promotional tour of the Nicky Byrne in 2011. UK was cancelled as Nicky flew to Dublin to be with his family.[12] Byrne Sr. sang part-time on Dublin's cabaret and karaoke scene and was presented with a Harley-Davidson motorbike by his son on his sixtieth birthday party the year before his death.[13]

Philanthropy In 2010, Byrne and his family organised the 'Nikki Byrne Twilight Ball', a fundraising event, in memory of their father who died in November 2009. The event raised over €200,000 and completely funded a television and radio heart attack awareness campaign in connection with 'The Irish Heart Foundation'.[14] Nicky, and his wife Georgina, are keen supporters of the Irish Premature Babies charity. Nicky also supports UNICEF and has taken part in several Unicef Campaigns, such as the Unicef 'Euro for Zero' campaign where the goal was to raise as much money as possible in November 2010 for Child Survival Programmes.

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"Home Farm F.C." (http:/ / www. homefarmfc. ie/ news. php). . "Nicky Byrne — Biography" (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0970757/ bio). . "Club History" (http:/ / www. cobhramblers. com/ history. htm). . "Nicky Byrne hosts 2fm's Celebrity Sunday" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ arts/ 2010/ 0205/ byrnen. html). RTÉ Entertainment. 5 February 2010. . Retrieved 2010-02-05. [5] "Nicky Byrne signs for extra 2fm shows" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ arts/ 2010/ 0215/ byrnen. html). RTÉ Entertainment. 15 February 2010. . Retrieved 2010-02-15. [6] "Job offer for Westlife's Nicky Byrne" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ ten/ 2011/ 1021/ byrnen. html). RTÉ Entertainment. 21 October 2011. . Retrieved 2011-10-21. [7] Final Whistle For 'Football’s Next Star', Series Posts at ScreenScene | The Irish Film & Television Network (http:/ / www. iftn. ie/ broadcast/ BroadcastNews/ ?act1=record& only=1& aid=73& rid=4284879& tpl=archnews& force=1) [8] BBC News (9 August 2003). "Westlife star's French wedding" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ showbiz/ 3135709. stm) (Website). BBC News. . Retrieved 2007-12-22. [9] "Taoiseach becomes grandad to twin boys" (http:/ / www. irishtimes. com/ newspaper/ frontpage/ 2007/ 0421/ 1176455026505. html). The Irish Times. 4 April 2007. . [10] "Westlifer Nicky Byrne's twin babies are christened" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ pages/ live/ articles/ news/ worldnews. html?in_article_id=468674& in_page_id=1811). London: Daily Mail. 16 July 2007. . [11] Heffernan, Breda (16 July 2007). "Bertie's a double winner" (http:/ / www. independent. ie/ national-news/ berties-a-double-winner-1038154. html). Irish Independent. . Breda Heffernan, Monday 16 July 2007.

Nicky Byrne [12] Ben Todd and Eva Marie Gibney. Westlife star Nicky Byrne puts on a brave face as he comforts his mother after father's death (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-1225001/ Westlife-star-Nicky-Byrnes-father-dies-suddenly. html). Daily Mail. 4 November 2009. [13] "Nicky Byrne mourns death of father" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ arts/ 2009/ 1104/ byrnen. html). RTÉ Entertainment. 4 November 2009. . Retrieved 2009-11-04. [14] "Heart Attack Awareness Campaign" (https:/ / www. irishheart. ie/ iopen24/ heart-attack-awareness-campaign-t-937. html). The Irish Heart Foundation. 16 August 2011. . Retrieved 2011-08-16.

External links • Official website (http://westlife.co.uk) • Nicky Byrne (https://twitter.com/nickybyrneoffic) on Twitter

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Kian Egan

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Kian Egan Kian Egan

Kian Egan at The Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2009 Background information Birth name

Kian John Francis Egan

Born

29 April 1980 Sligo, Ireland

Genres

Pop

Occupations

Singer, songwriter

Instruments

Vocals, drums, piano, guitar

Years active

1998–present

Associated acts Westlife, Wonderland, Jodi Albert

Kian John Francis Egan (born 29 April 1980) is an Irish musician. He was a member of the boyband Westlife and a coach on The Voice of Ireland.

Music career He was also in a pop group called IOYOU with fellow Westlife members Mark Feehily and Shane Filan, as well as Graham Keighron, Michael "Miggles" Garrett and Derrick Lacey. Egan plays many instruments inside and outside the group, including the piano and guitar and was a former member of Sligo punk rock group Skrod. Aside from being a member of Irish boy band Westlife, Kian, (during a year long hiatus from the group on 2008) launched a new venture along with Louis Walsh to put together and co-manage girlband, Wonderland, their debut album reached number 6 in Ireland and number 8 in the UK; just 4 months later, however, they were dropped by Mercury Records. Egan has also co-written a few songs, including; • • • • • • • •

"Too Hard To Say Goodbye" "Closer" "Don't Let Me Go" "When You Come Around" "Imaginary Diva" "Reason For Living" "Crying Girl" "You Don't Know"

Kian Egan • • • • • • •

"Never Knew I Was Losing You" "Where We Belong" "Singing Forever" "I Won't Let You Down" "You See Friends (I See Lovers)" "I'm Missing Loving You" "When It Comes to Love"

"Timeless" for the pop band D-Side.

TV career He has been on Celebrity Juice along with Amanda Byram, Paddy McGuinness and Laura Whitmore. He is one of the four coaches on The Voice of Ireland.[1] However, his dreams of winning the show went to tatters as he threw his lot in with Jim Devine, a Northern Irishman. This immediately put him at a disadvantage to the other contestants as, ahead of the final, people in Northern Ireland could not download his single, the tally of which contributed to his vote. Egan was left fuming and in need of support from Sharon Corr as he whinged about the unfairness of it all and had "huge rows" about it but to no avail.[2][3] In June Kian announced in an interview with the Sunday Life that he was "looking at doing a TV show in the next few weeks with Sky on surfing". Later reports suggested that the show would be eight episodes long and would broadcast on Sky One later in the year.[4] In July 2012, he presented This Morning's Hub. In October 2012 Kian began giving weekly reports on This Morning about the remaining contestants in the ninth series of The X Factor. Kian reports every Friday morning, before the competitions live shows at the weekend. On 21 October 2012 Kian became a co-presenter of the new revamped version of Surprise, Surprise.

Personal life Egan was born to Patricia and Kevin (d. 2009). He has three brothers; Tom, Gavin and Colm, and three sisters; Marielle, Vivienne and Fenella. He is the fifth of 7 children. He attended Summerhill College secondary school in Sligo, where he met fellow band members Mark Feehily and Shane Filan. Egan married actress/singer Jodi Albert on 8 May 2009 in Barbados. Along with a selection of friends, including Jodi’s former co-stars of the Channel 4 television show Hollyoaks, Kian and Jodi enjoyed time together at a Caribbean resort before tying the knot at Turtle Beach Great House. Sadly, Kian’s father was unable to attend the wedding after being diagnosed with a brain tumour and died not long after. Egan spoke of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa but said he would not go after Thierry Henry knocked out the Republic of Ireland national football team with his hand in Paris.[5] On 31 July 2011 he and Jodi announced they were expecting their first baby.[6] Kian announced through Westlife's official Facebook page that Jodi had given birth to a baby boy named Koa at 18:10 on 20 December 2011. In his free time, he enjoys surfing.[7]

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Kian Egan

References [1] Finn, Melanie (28 October 2011). "Bressie's in the hotseat in search for the Voice" (http:/ / www. herald. ie/ entertainment/ tv-radio/ bressies-in-the-hotseat-in-search-for-the-voice-2919863. html). Evening Herald. . Retrieved 28 October 2011. [2] "Kian Egan “fuming” over Voice scandal" (http:/ / www. 98fm. com/ 2012/ category-entertainment/ gossipgirl/ category-showbiz/ kian-egan-fuming-over-voice-scandal/ ). 98FM (Communicorp - owned by Denis O'Brien). 26 April 2012. . Retrieved 26 April 2012. [3] "Sharon offers Kian support" (http:/ / www. 98fm. com/ 2012/ category-entertainment/ gossipgirl/ category-showbiz/ sharon-offers-kian-support/ ). 98FM (Communicorp - owned by Denis O'Brien). 27 April 2012. . Retrieved 27 April 2012. [4] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=pIm_GI-6bns [5] Nadia Neophytou. Westlife looks forward to World Cup (http:/ / www. eyewitnessnews. co. za/ articleprog. aspx?id=35315). Eyewitness News. [6] "Westlife's Kian Egan and wife Jodi Albert are expecting their first child" (http:/ / www. heatworld. com/ Celeb-News/ 2011/ 07/ Westlifes-Kian-Egan-and-wife-Jodi-Albert-expecting-their-first-child/ ). heatworld.com. . Retrieved 2011-10-13. [7] "No Westlife wipeout! Kian Egan can more than hold his own on a surfboard as he takes to the waves in Barbados" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-1343141/ No-Westlife-wipeout-Kian-Egan-hold-surfboard-takes-waves-Barbados. html). Dailymail.co.uk. 2010-12-31. . Retrieved 2011-10-13.

External links • Kian Egan (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969070/) at the Internet Movie Database • Official website of Westlife (http://westlife.com) • One Breathe Westlife (http://onebreathewestlife.tripod.com) • Westlife Forever - fansite (http://www.freewebs.com/westlife-forever)

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Mark Feehily

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Mark Feehily Mark Feehily

Mark Feehily performing live on Gravity Tour in October 2011 Background information Birth name

Marcus Michael Patrick Feehily

Born

28 May 1980 Sligo, Ireland

Genres

Pop

Occupations

Singer, songwriter

Instruments

Vocals, piano, tin-whistle

Years active

1998–present

Associated acts

Westlife

Website

www.westlife.com

[1]

Mark Feehily (born Marcus Michael Patrick Feehily, 28 May 1980) is one of the lead singers of the former Irish boyband Westlife.

Early life Mark Feehily was born in Sligo, Ireland, to Verdon and Oliver Feehily. He has two brothers, Barry (born 1985) and Colin (born 1989).

Career He rose to fame as one of the two lead singers of the boyband Westlife. He shared lead vocals with Shane Filan. Before Westlife, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Kian Egan came from the band IOYOU, which released the single "Together Girl Forever".[2] Louis Walsh, the manager of the 1990s boy-band Boyzone, was contacted by Filan's mother and came to know about the group. The group was established on 3 July 1998 with the addition of two more members, Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden. Boyzone singer Ronan Keating was brought in to co-manage the group with Walsh. Mark has also co-written songs, some with the other band members.

Mark Feehily Mark has sung completely solo on songs for the band in some instances: • "Imaginary Diva" (from the World of Our Own album) • "Talk Me Down" (from the Where We Are album) • "Before It's Too Late" (from the Gravity album). During live performances, he also sang completely solo for the songs "Oh Holy Night", "Imaginary Diva", "Talk Me Down", "Before It's Too Late", and "Il Adore". He has also co-written songs, some with the other band members. Mark is banned for life from the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles following an incident during which he got drunk and threw some items from a window of the hotel.[3] Mark has spoken to The Boston Globe of his embarrassment about Westlife's Rat Pack-tribute album, Allow Us to Be Frank; he blamed Westlife's label for forcing them to record it after Robbie Williams had success with this type of music. He dismissed the instance as a "weird time" in Westlife's career.[4] Mark intends to have a solo career after Westlife and wishes to write a book and an album.[5]

Personal life In August 2005, he publicly revealed he was gay during an interview with the British tabloid The Sun.[6] Mark had recognized his sexual orientation when he was 14 or 15 years old.[7] His family, band mates and close friends knew his sexual orientation.[3][6] Westlife's manager Louis Walsh, however, was unaware of Mark's sexual orientation when he began managing the group.[8] As the only gay member in Westlife, Mark kept his sexual orientation private and never had a boyfriend.[2] Unlike his band mates, Mark did not discuss his private life in interviews, although he had dated women prior to his coming out.[2][9] He was shown with girlfriends in the press "in order to avoid speculation".[2] In yet another interview, he told The Sydney Morning Herald that despite the fact that the majority of Westlife's fans are female, there had really been no negative reaction.[10] During the interview with The Sun, Mark also announced his romantic relationship with British fashion photographer Kevin McDaid, a member of the now-defunct British boy band V.[6] The pair, who lived together,[2] had been dating since January 2005 after having met at a Cheerios Childline Concert in Ireland. Mark said that while he did not intend on getting married right away, he was happy to know he could form a civil partnership in Britain with the recent passing of the Civil Partnership Act.[10] In December 2007, Mark and Kevin appeared on the cover of Attitude. After five years together, the couple was engaged in February 2010, which was confirmed by Mark himself via the social networking website Twitter.[11] In 2011, Mark discussed the couple's plans concerning having children together and discussed their marriage plans.[7] On 31 December 2011, he announced via his Twitter account that he and Kevin had split up.[12] Mark is interested in charity works and supports the charity group Aware. He was shortlisted in 2011 as one of the top 50 most influential gays in United Kingdom.[13] He congratulated his local football club Sligo Rovers on its victory in the 2011 FAI Cup Final.[14]

References [1] http:/ / www. westlife. com/ [2] Hinton, Laura (2009-11-28). "Mark Feehily Opens Up On Westlife" (http:/ / www. femalefirst. co. uk/ entertainment/ Westlife-74034. html). Female First. First Active Media Ltd. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [3] Newton, Victoria (2007-11-09). "Mark: I'm so glad I came out" (http:/ / www. thesun. co. uk/ sol/ homepage/ showbiz/ bizarre/ celeb_interviews/ article443424. ece) (Email Adds). The Sun (London: News Group Newspapers). . Retrieved 2010-05-08. [4] "Mark Feehily embarrassed by LP" (http:/ / www. boston. com/ ae/ celebrity/ articles/ 2009/ 11/ 28/ mark_feehily_embarrassed_by_lp/ ). The Boston Globe (NY Times Co.). 2009-11-28. . Retrieved 2011-08-29. [5] "Westlife's Mark Feehily to launch solo career" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ ten/ 2011/ 1106/ westlife2. html). RTÉ Ten. 6 November 2011. [6] "Westlife singer reveals 'I'm gay'" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ hi/ entertainment/ 4166046. stm). BBC. 2005-08-19. . Retrieved 2011-08-29. [7] "Music News Westlife star wants to be a father" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ ten/ 2011/ 0326/ westlife. html). RTÉ. 2011-03-26. . Retrieved 2011-08-29.

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Mark Feehily [8] "Louis 'mightn't have picked' gay Gately" (http:/ / www. independent. ie/ entertainment/ news-gossip/ louis-mightnt-have-picked-gay-gately-1550151. html). Irish Independent. 2008-11-23. . Retrieved 2008-11-25. [9] "Mark Feehily's Jolie desires" (http:/ / www. femalefirst. co. uk/ celebrity/ Mark+ Feehily-7923. html). Female First. First Active Media Ltd. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [10] "Feehily happy to be a gay role" (http:/ / www. smh. com. au/ news/ music/ feehily-happy-to-be-a-gay-role/ 2006/ 03/ 02/ 1141191772581. html). The Sydney Morning Herald: pp. 2006-03-02. 2006-03-02. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [11] "Mark Feehily: 'I want to have children'" (http:/ / www. new-magazine. co. uk/ celebinterview/ view/ 20146/ Mark-Feehily-I-want-to-have-children-/ ). New!. Northern and Shell Media Publications. 2010-03-11. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [12] "Mark Feehily split: Westlife singer and boyfriend Kevin McDaid break up after 7 years" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-2080700/ Mark-Feehily-split-Westlife-singer-boyfriend-Kevin-McDaid-break-7-years. html). 2012-01-01. . Retrieved 2012-08-11. [13] Marrs, John (2011-08-12). "The DS 50 – The Most Influential Gays 2011" (http:/ / www. differentscene. co. uk/ ?p=2839). Different Scene. . Retrieved 2011-08-29. [14] Feehily, Markus (2011-11-06). "Congratulations Sligo Rovers" (https:/ / twitter. com/ #!/ MarkusFeehily/ status/ 133247270228475904). . Retrieved 2011-11-06.

External links • Mark Feehily (https://twitter.com/markusfeehily) on Twitter • Mark Feehily (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969111/) at the Internet Movie Database • Official website of Westlife (http://westlife.com)

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Shane Filan

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Shane Filan Shane Filan

Shane Filan at The Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2009 Background information Birth name

Shane Steven Filan

Born

5 July 1979

Origin

Sligo, Ireland

Genres

Pop

Occupations

Singer, songwriter

Instruments

Vocals

Labels

SonyBMG UK/Ireland

Associated acts

Westlife

Shane Steven Filan (born 5 July 1979) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He was one of the lead singers of an Irish boy band Westlife before the group disbanded in 2012.

Biography Filan was born on 5 July 1979 to Peter and Mae Filan, and grew up in Sligo, a busy commercial town in the northwest of Ireland. The youngest of seven children, he has three brothers and three sisters: Finbarr, Peter Jr, Yvonne, Liam, Denise and Mairead. His parents owned a diner in Sligo named Carlton Café located on Castle Street and Shane used to work there as a waiter from a very early age. Filan attended Summerhill College, a Catholic school, with Kian Egan and Mark Feehily. All three of them participated in a school production of Grease when they were about 12. The Hawkswell Theatre became a significant part of their careers. Filan was a fan of Michael Jackson as a child, and claimed the singer inspired him to pursue a career in music.[1]

Shane Filan

Musical career IOYOU and Westlife Before Westlife, Egan and Feehily were with Filan in a band known as I.O.U. with other Sligonians Derrick Lacey, Graham Keighron and Michael "Miggles" Garrett. He partly wrote the IOYOU's song Together Girl Forever. For 6 months, Shane's mum, Mae Filan, tried to phone Louis Walsh (who is also the manager of Boyzone). Eventually, she was able to speak to him and talked about her son's band. 3 of them were dropped and the other 3, Shane, Kian and Mark, joined ventures to finding 2 more slots for the band. Then they were joined by Nicky Byrne and Brian McFadden to form Westside. The name of the band then changed to Westlife as there were already a number of bands with the name Westside. Filan, along with Mark Feehily, was the lead singer in Westlife. Their first album was released in November, 1999, titled Westlife. With Westlife, Filan has received twenty-eight platinum discs and sold 40 million records worldwide.[2] Filan has also co-written a few songs, along with the other band members, including: • Fragile Heart • Bop Bop Baby (Became a hit single and made it into #5 in U.K. singles charts) • Don't Say It's Too Late • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

I wanna grow old with you I'm missing loving you Singing Forever Where we belong Never knew I was losing you Love Crime How Does It Feel Crying Girl Reason For Living Miss You When I'm Dreaming A Little Part of Me / Little Part of Me / Extraordinary LoveA Love Ain't WarA This LifeA Closer Too Hard To Say Goodbye Last Mile of the way .

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Songs were found to be Filan's co-written songs. No other details whether it's for Westlife or not.

He has also written songs for other artists, (together with his former bandmate McFadden): • • • •

Listen Girl sung by John Ostberg Let Me Be the One sung by Simon Casey (the song written by only Shane himself) Sei Parte Ormai Di Me sung by Il Divo [3] The Music Won't Last / Music Won't Last by Jerry Given

In the week beginning 26 April 2010, an unreleased solo song by Filan called "Beautiful In White" leaked onto the Internet, but it was credited as being recorded by Shayne Ward instead of Filan.

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Shane Filan Solo career In 20 October 2011, Westlife announced and decided to split and go separate ways until the end of their 2012 Farewell Tour. Filan showed interest of being a solo music artist as his daily living. In December 2011, press said Filan is close to sealing a solo deal as several UK record labels are battling it out to sign the singer. Shane and his manager Louis Walsh, have been in talks with several record companies in London that month. "There's four, possibly five labels so far who have made it clear that they want to sign Shane," said a music source. "He's an incredible singer and he already has a very good idea of the kind of album he wants to make. He and Louis have been in meeting after meeting this week and are looking at their options. It's looking very good for Shane - he has his choice of record deals." Louis Walsh added: "Shane Filan has one of the greatest voices out there," "He's a complete natural - he's never, ever out of tune. He wants to do an album of modern, contemporary songs along the lines of Michael Buble something that would have wide appeal. He can tackle any music really simply because he has the voice."[4] “I'm going to manage Shane Filan. He's going for the Michael Buble market,” Louis said on Irish TV over the weekend. “They're all good but I can only manage one. I love Shane's voice. I love Mark's voice too. The other boys are going to do TV and different stuff and radio. They are going out on a high,” “[He] is going to be a big artist. I will only manage someone if I believe in them. If I get someone amazing I will manage them.”[5] On 4 March 2012, it was updated that three major labels battling to sign him including Simon Cowell's record label, Syco Records.[6] The Irish Daily Mirror can reveal the singer has a number of multi-million euro offers and is currently deciding which to go with. Songs are already being picked out for Shane’s debut album which could see him become one of the biggest singers to come out of Ireland since Ronan Keating. An insider said: “Everything seems to be going perfect for Shane right now. Having three labels fighting over you is about as good as it gets. It’s going to be a tough decision picking who he goes for as the offers are all extremely good. But for Shane a lot of it is coming down to what they can offer him. He wants to be sure there is good promotion waiting for when he begins as a solo artist. Behind the scenes his team are already eyeing up the songs that will go on his first record. They want to make sure the album is absolutely perfect. It seems to have been decided that Michael Buble is the person Shane should aim towards becoming. If a tenth of the people who bought a Buble album buy Shane’s first album he’ll be an immediate success. This is going to be a hugely hectic year for Shane. The hope is to get his album out towards the end of the year when there’s still a buzz after Westlife.”[7] On a 14 March 2012 interview with Melanie Finn, Filan said he'll be signing on the dotted line in the next few weeks and he admitted that the nerves are jangling at the thought of going it alone and didn't want to rush on things. "It's exciting but, of course, I'll be nervous. It's only natural when you're coming out of a band after 14 years, you don't know where your life's going to take you," "But all I want to do is sing, sing great songs and see where it goes. It's down to the songs." I'm just working out now exactly what's happening, there's different things happening and we'll work it out in the next month or two. Obviously I want to make the right decision," he said.[8] Back in 2008, Filan showed no interest on planning a solo career.[9]

Personal life Filan married his childhood sweetheart, Gillian on 28 December 2003 at Ballintubber Abbey, followed by a reception at Ashford Castle, Ireland.[10] Gillian gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Nicole Rose, at Sligo General Hospital on 23 July 2005. Their second child, a son, Patrick Michael, was born at Sligo General Hospital on 15 September 2008. On 5 July 2009 (the day of his 30th birthday) Shane announced that he and Gillian were having their third child. Shane Peter, named after his father, was born at 9.34pm on 22 January 2010 weighing in at 6 lbs 9oz.

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Shane Filan Shane likes to play golf in his spare time, but loves horses much more. He and his family own more than 70 of them, and used to compete at horse tournaments. All of Shane's horses are named Carlton something (e.g. Carlton Flight, Carlton Clover Association of Ireland). A massive Manchester United fan, Filan and bandmate Nicky Byrne proudly wore their Man Utd scarves as they were half time guests at Old Trafford for the game between United and Bolton Wanderers. In 2010, Filan participated and won Soccer Aid, a British charity football match, alongside bandmate Nicky Byrne and the Rest of the World Team. Following in the footsteps of his bandmate, Kian, Filan appeared as Walsh's guest judge in the groups category of The X Factor. He and his eldest brother, Finbarr, run Shafin Developments – a property development company. The company was placed in receivership in May 2012[11] and Filan was declared bankrupt a little over a month later after suffering losses in Ireland's property crash.[12]

References [1] "Westlife's Shane: I was a Jacko nut" (http:/ / musicnews. virginmedia. com/ entertainment/ news/ music/ 2009/ 10/ 30/ westlifes_shane_i_was_a_jacko_nut). Virgin Media: music news. 30 October 2009. . Retrieved 5 November 2009. [2] Dublin Tourism - Concerts & Gigs - Westlife `Back Home Tour' 2008 with Special Guest Star Shayne Ward (http:/ / www. visitdublin. com/ Events/ AllDublinEvents/ Detail. aspx?id=237& mid=3217) [3] Sei Parte Ormai Di Me by Il Divo - Rhapsody Online (http:/ / www. rhapsody. com/ ildivo/ ildivo/ seiparteormaidime/ lyrics. html) [4] "Westlife's Shane Filan close to a solo deal - Clickonline.com - Get Movies, Games, Tech and Entertainment - News, Reviews, Previews and Interviews" (http:/ / www. clickonline. com/ music/ westlifes-shane-filan-close-to-a-solo-deal/ 5174/ ). Clickonline.com. 2011-12-16. . Retrieved 2012-05-24. [5] "Westlife’s Shane Filan wants to be the new Michael Buble" (http:/ / www. heatworld. com/ Entertainment/ Music/ 2011/ 12/ Westlifes-Shane-Filan-wants-to-be-the-new-Michael-Buble/ ). heatworld.com. . Retrieved 2012-05-24. [6] "Westlife.Gr" (http:/ / westlife. gr/ wordpress/ ?p=4569). Westlife.gr. . Retrieved 2012-05-24. [7] "Westlife.Gr" (http:/ / westlife. gr/ wordpress/ ?p=4387). Westlife.gr. . Retrieved 2012-05-24. [8] Horoscopes. "Shane joins festival fans as he faces final hurdle in his first solo record deal - Around Town, Entertainment" (http:/ / www. herald. ie/ entertainment/ around-town/ shane-joins-festival-fans-as-he-faces-final-hurdle-in-his-first-solo-record-deal-3050229. html). Herald.ie. . Retrieved 2012-05-24. [9] "SHANE: I will never go solo; EXCLUSIVE WESTLIFE STAR ON WHY HE WON'T QUIT LIKE BRIAN. - Free Online Library" (http:/ / www. thefreelibrary. com/ SHANE:+ I+ will+ never+ go+ solo;+ EXCLUSIVE+ WESTLIFE+ STAR+ ON+ WHY+ HE+ WON'T. . . -a0177542864). Thefreelibrary.com. . Retrieved 2012-05-24. [10] "Shane & Gillian Marry in Mayo..." (http:/ / www. showbiz. ie/ news/ december03/ 29-westlife56. shtml). ShowBiz Ireland. 2003-12-29. . Retrieved 2008-10-05. [11] "Westlife singer Shane Filan's company in receivership" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ world-europe-17940860). 2012-05-03. . [12] "Westlife singer Shane Filan is declared bankrupt" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ world-europe-18438032). 2012-06-14. .

External links • Official Website (http://www.westlife.com) • Shane Filan (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0969126/) at the Internet Movie Database

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Brian McFadden

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Brian McFadden Brian McFadden

McFadden at the 2012 APRA Music Awards. Background information Birth name

Brian Nicholas McFadden

Born

12 April 1980 Dublin, Ireland

Genres

Pop, soft rock

Occupations

Singer-songwriter

Instruments

Vocals, guitar, piano

Years active

1998–present

Labels

Sony BMG (2004–07) BMF (2007–present) Universal (2008–present)

Associated acts Westlife Kerry Katona Delta Goodrem Website

[brianmcfadden.com brianmcfadden.com]

Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife. He is now a judge on Australia's Got Talent. Following his departure from Westlife, McFadden released his debut solo album, Irish Son which peaked within the top 5 on both the Danish and Irish Albums Charts, and produced his first two No. 1 solo singles "Real to Me" in four European countries[1] and also "Almost Here", a duet with his now ex-fiancée Delta Goodrem which gained a platinum accreditation in Australia.[2] "Like Only a Woman Can", the lead single from his second album, Set in Stone (2008), became his third No. 1 single as a solo artist.[3] In 2010, McFadden scored his fourth No. 1 with the hit single, "Just Say So" featuring American rapper, Kevin Rudolf and gained his second Australian platinum accreditation.[4] The single received a nomination at the 2010 ARIA Music Awards for Most Popular Australian Single.[5]

Brian McFadden

Early life McFadden was born in Dublin, Ireland and was raised Catholic.[6] Throughout his younger years, he always had an interest in singing, dancing and football.[7] Along with his sister Susan, McFadden attended the Billie Barry Stage School in Dublin[7] which led him to doing stage and TV roles, including a role in the Irish TV show Finbar's Class, a comedy revolving around a group of student-swingers.[8] In early 1998, he formed a pop-R&B group with his friends, Tim and Darragh called Cartel, and performed live gigs in Dublin pubs.[7]

Music career 1998–2004: Westlife In June 1998, McFadden auditioned for the new Irish male band (at the time), Westlife with Nicky Byrne and eventually both joined the group alongside Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan. After joining, he changed the spelling of his name Brian to Bryan to make it easier to sign autographs. With McFadden as part of the group, Westlife released four Irish No. 1 studio albums and a No. 1 greatest hits album. They also released seventeen Irish top 5 singles including the hit single, "Uptown Girl" which peaked within the top 10 in seven European countries and also in Australia and New Zealand. In March 2004, McFadden left the group to spend more time with his family and work on solo projects. He subsequently began a solo career and decided to revert the spelling of his first name back to its original, 'Brian'. Before launching his solo career he co-wrote the song "If My World Stopped Turning" which was sung by Ireland's entry Chris Doran in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

2004–06: Irish Son Following his departure from Westlife, McFadden signed to major record label, Sony BMG.[9] In September 2004, he released his debut solo single "Real to Me", which became his first solo No. 1 single in Britain, Ireland, Denmark and Norway.[1] His second single and title track, "Irish Son" peaked within the top 10 on the British and Ireland Singles Charts. Following the release of the two singles, McFadden released his debut solo album, Irish Son in November 2004 and peaked within the top 10 on the Irish Albums Chart. McFadden co-wrote most of the songs on the album with Guy Chambers, best known for his successful collaboration with Robbie Williams and INXS. The third single "Almost Here", a duet with Australian singer Delta Goodrem became McFadden's second No. 1 single in Ireland as a solo artist and his first in Australia[10] and gained a platinum accreditation there.[2] The fourth and final single, "Demons" peaked within the top 30 on the charts in Ireland and Britain. McFadden continued writing songs for artists such as, Il Divo and Girls Aloud, as well as co-writing the theme song "Together We Are One" for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.[7] That same year, McFadden collaborated with American singer LeAnn Rimes on the song, "Everybody's Someone".

2007–08: Label change and Set in Stone While working on the second album, McFadden's record label, Sony BMG insisted that he work with an A&R man, after a disappointing amount of sales in his last album, which only sold 800,000 copies worldwide.[9] However, there were claims that McFadden's A&R man did not want McFadden to work with Guy Chambers, who had previously worked with McFadden on his last album and fought about his songs and musical direction.[9] His A&R man wanted him to make songs like James Morrison, Paolo Nutini and the Scissor Sisters but McFadden insisted he make songs that are of his style.[9] It was later revealed in March 2007 that McFadden parted ways with Sony BMG. Later that year, he set up his own record label under the name of BMF Records and released his new single "Like Only a Woman Can" in Ireland, through the label. "Like Only a Woman Can" became his third Irish No. 1 single as a solo artist.[3] In early 2008, McFadden signed to Universal Music Australia[11] and released the single there in April 2008, which peaked within the ARIA top 15.[3] Following the release of "Like Only a Woman Can", McFadden released his second studio album, Set in Stone. The album peaked in Australia at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[12] Other

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Brian McFadden singles released from the album, "Twisted", peaked within the top 30 on the ARIA Singles Chart[13] and "Everything But You" failed to chart the ARIA top 50.

2010: Wall of Soundz In April 2010, McFadden released "Just Say So", which features American rapper Kevin Rudolf. The single debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at No. 1 and stayed there for three weeks.[14] It spent seven weeks in the ARIA top ten and thirteen weeks in the ARIA top 50 and gained a platinum accreditation.[4][14] Following the release of "Just Say So", McFadden release his third studio album, Wall of Soundz in Australia on 23 April 2010. The album was originally going to be released as a side-project McFadden embarked on with American songwriter Rob Conley but both decided to release it as McFadden's third solo album.[15] It debuted at No. 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent only three weeks in the ARIA top 50.[16] "Chemical Rush" was the second single released from the album in June 2010 and peaked at No. 12 on the charts.[17] In September 2010, McFadden released the third single titled, "Mistakes", a duet with his then fiancé Delta Goodrem. Brian also recorded a duet with Ronan Keating on Ronan's duet album, a cover of Bee Gees' To Love Somebody.

2011–2012: Single and The Hit On 25 February 2011, McFadden released a new single "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)". The song has been criticised as a glorification of date rape.[18] McFadden's cancelled the shooting of a proposal pop video for the song; McFadden asked that the song not be played on the radio and pledged via his Twitter account to donate all proceeds from the song to rape victims.[19] "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number sixty-one on 8 March 2011, and peaked at number forty-nine the next week.[20][21] In June 2011, McFadden appeared on Australian radio show The Kyle & Jackie O Show to launch both of his brand new singles Come Party and That's How Life Goes which was co-written by multi-platinum singer, songwriter and producer Ray Ruffin. Despite heavy promotion and appearances on TV shows like Dancing With the Stars the new singles have failed to impact the charts at all, which is surprising considering his high profile appearances on Australia's Got Talent. Some of this has been attributed to the negative press surrounding his previous single "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" . This, as well as his much-publicized split with Delta Goodrem, appear to have had a negative impact on his music career. There is speculation that the release of his fourth album may be put on hold. [22] McFadden released his new single "Wrap My Arms" on 20 January 2012 in Australia.[23] The song was used in a Promo for Home and Away and it managed to peak at 70 in the ARIA top 100.[24] On 6th September 2012, McFadden took part in a brand new Irish Television show, The Hit, in the show both McFadden and band Royseven both sang songs from two Irish Writers which would be put on iTunes after the show aired and the one which the highest position won. McFaddens song, Invisible was his first international single release since 2005.

2012–present: The Irish Connection On 13 September 2012, McFadden announced the release of his fourth studio album, The Irish Connection. The Album will feature covers of his favourite Irish songs as well as duets with Ronan Keating and Sinéad O'Connor, The album was recorded in both Sydney and Dublin but will currently only be released in Australia. This album features none of McFaddens past five single releases which don't appear on an Album format to date. On 18 September 2012 Ronan Keating announced that McFadden would be joining him on his 2013 UK Fires Tour. [25] This will be McFadden's first UK appearance in seven years.

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Television and radio career In 2008, McFadden took on the role of television presenter as co-host of FOX8's Football Superstar in Australia. He reprised his role for the second season in 2009. In August 2009, McFadden appeared as a guest judge on Australian Idol. In 2010, McFadden became one of the new judges on Australia's Got Talent alongside Kyle Sandilands and Dannii Minogue. He has been a Judge from three seasons, it is been widely reported that he may not return for the Shows 7th series. [26] In late 2008, McFadden teamed up with singer Ricki-Lee Coulter and former Big Brother host Mike Goldman to present the Summer Breakfast Show on 2Day FM. In September 2009, McFadden returned to radio by co-hosting on the breakfast show on 2dayFM with Jackie O and Andrew G, replacing host Kyle Sandilands for a short period of time.

Personal life McFadden married former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona on 5 January 2002 in Rathfeigh County Meath, Ireland. They have two daughters: Molly Marie McFadden (born 31 August 2001) and Lilly-Sue McFadden (born 3 February 2003). Katona and McFadden announced their separation in September 2004 and their divorce was finalised in December 2006. In 2004, McFadden began dating Australian singer and actress Delta Goodrem, with whom he collaborated on the duet "Almost Here". On 29 November 2007, McFadden announced his engagement to Goodrem. In his book, McFadden wrote that he proposed to her on a trip to Bali. On 1 April 2011, McFadden and Goodrem released a joint statement announcing that they had broken up, and that their engagement had been called off. In the statement they stated that they wished each other every success and happiness in the future. Since May 2011, he has been together with Irish DJ and reality star Vogue Williams and their engagement was announced on 12 January 2012. They were married on 2 September 2012 in Florence, Italy.

Views on homosexuality In August 2008, GayNZ.com drew attention to a number of disparaging remarks about gays and lesbians McFadden made while he co-hosted the breakfast show on More FM in Auckland, New Zealand stating, Saying pink is a form of red is the same as saying homosexual is a form of male. In the old days there was no such thing as gay. It was frowned upon. The church would burn you at the stake. Modern day, if you are not gay, a man should not be wearing pink. Unless of course you're in the Americas Cup and you're one of these pansies who walk around with Gant t-shirts with your collars up, and you wear pink and you wear white trousers with those dirty brown slip-on shoes. Then you're just an idiot.[27] McFadden's comments made headlines in news reports, gossip websites and weblogs worldwide, provoking considerable condemnation from the LGBT community.[28] He later denied he was homophobic, saying through his publicist that his comments had been "taken out of context".[29]

Discography Studio albums

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Released: 2 November 2012 Label: BMF, Island Format: CD, digital download

"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Awards and nominations Year

Type

Award

Result

2010 ARIA Music Awards Most Popular Australian Single ("Just Say So")[5] Nominated Most Popular Australian Artist

Nominated

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Discography Westlife discography Westlife discography

Releases ↙Studio albums

10

↙Compilation albums

2

↙Singles

32

↙Box sets

2

The discography of the Irish pop quartet Westlife contains ten studio albums, one compilation album, two box sets, twenty-nine singles. Official Charts Company certified sales show that Westlife have sold 20.2 million records and videos in the United Kingdom alone across their 14-year career - 6.8 million singles, 11.9 million albums and 1.5 million videos. Their biggest selling album is their first ‘Unbreakable’ compilation, followed by ‘Coast To Coast’, with six of their albums selling one million copies or more. Their biggest selling video is ‘Where Dreams Come True’, which has sold 240,000 copies to date.[1]

Albums Studio albums List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title

Album details

Peak chart positions

Certifications

UK IRE AUS AUT GER NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI [11] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Westlife

• • •

Released: 1 November 1999 Label: BMG Formats: CD, cassette

1

15

—

55

8

5

1

5

25

2

• • • • •

[12] AUS: Gold [13] NLD: Gold [14] NZ: 2× Platinum [15] SWE: Platinum [16] UK: 4× Platinum

Westlife discography

36

Coast to Coast

• • •

Released: 6 November 2000 Label: BMG Formats: CD, cassette

1

40

59

19

13

2

6

3

38

1

• • • • • • •

[17] AUS: Gold [18] GER: Gold [13] NLD: Gold [19] NZ: 4× Platinum [15] SWE: Platinum [20] SWI: Gold [16] UK: 6× Platinum

World of Our Own

• • •

Released: 12 November 2001 Label: BMG Formats: CD, cassette

1

—

9

8

10

3

7

1

19

1

• • • • • • •

[21] AUT: Gold [18] GER: Gold [13] NLD: Gold [22] NZ: 2× Platinum [23] SWE: Platinum [20] SWI: Gold [16] UK: 4× Platinum

Turnaround

• • •

Released: 24 November 2003 Label: BMG Formats: CD, cassette

1

—

42

20

33

42

37

5

24

1

• •

[24] SWE: Gold [16] UK: 2× Platinum

Allow Us to Be Frank

• • •

Released: 6 November 2004 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download

2

—

—

30

32

—

—

5

75

3

•

UK: 2× Platinum

Face to Face

• • •

Released: 31 October 2005 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download

1

1

—

18

30

—

7

9

14

1

• • • •

[25] IRE: 8× Platinum [26] AUS: Platinum [27] SWE: Gold [16] UK: 4× Platinum

The Love Album

• • •

Released: 20 November 2006 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download

1

11

49

34

49

2

1

3

27

1

•

Back Home

• • •

Released: 5 November 2007 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download

1

14

65

45

48

12

18

33

19

Where We Are

• • •

Released: 30 November 2009 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download

2

—

53

42

—

13

—

8

Gravity

• • •

Released: 22 November 2010 Label: Sony Formats: CD, digital download

1

—

—

—

76

22

—

46

"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

[16]

• • •

IRE: 10× [28] Platinum [26] AUS: Platinum [29] NZ: 3× Platinum [16] UK: 3× Platinum

1

• • • •

[30] IRE: 5× Platinum [31] NZ: Gold [32] SWE: Gold [16] UK: Platinum

25

2

• • • •

[33] IRE: 3× Platinum [31] NZ: Gold [34] SWE: Gold [16] UK: 2× Platinum

50

3

•

IRE: 2× Platinum

[33]

Westlife discography

37

Compilation albums Title

Album details

Peak chart positions

Certifications

IRE AUS AUT GER NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

• • •

Released: 11 November 2002 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, cassette

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

1

66

14

7

3

1

10

2

[10] [11] 14

1

• • • • • •

Greatest Hits

• • •

Release: 18 November 2011 Label: Sony, RCA Formats: CD, digital download

1

—

—

75

64

17

31

46

96

4

•

[18] GER: Gold [13] NLD: Gold NZ: 2× [31] Platinum SWE: [35] Platinum [20] SWI: Gold UK: 4x [16] Platinum IRE: 3× [36] Platinum

Box sets Title

Album details

Coast to Coast / World of our Own

• • •

Released: 28 September 2007 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download

Westlife / Turnaround • • •

Released: 5 October 2009 Label: Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download

Singles List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Single

Year

Peak chart positions

"If I Let You Go"

1999

Album

NZ NOR SWE SWI UK AUT GER NLD [9] [10] [11] [4] [39] [40] [7] [8]

IRE

AUS

1

12

—

—

23

1

—

12

25

1

• •

[41] AUS: Gold [16] UK: Gold

1

13

—

50

20

8

1

6

25

1

• • •

[41] AUS: Gold [16] UK: Silver [42] SWE: Gold

[2] [3][37][38]

"Swear It Again"

Certifications

Westlife

Westlife discography

38 [16] UK: Silver [43] SWE: Gold

"Flying Without Wings"

1

31

—

85

19

6

7

12

—

1

• •

"I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun"

1

55

—

24

—

10

10

15

18

1

•

2

—

—

80

13

—

—

5

39

1

•

SWE: Gold

"My Love"

1

36

—

57

10

3

3

1

38

1

•

SWE: Gold

"What Makes a Man"

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

•

UK: Gold

—

29

23

50

20

24

—

10

39

—

1

6

12

8

3

4

3

2

13

1

"Fool Again"

"I Lay My Love on You"

2000

2001

"Uptown Girl"

• • •

[44] [45]

Coast to Coast

[16]

AUS: [46] Platinum UK: [16] Platinum [47] SWE: Gold [48]

"When You're Looking Like That"

—

19

—

24

32

30

—

9

47

"Queen of My Heart"

1

—

33

27

18

4

12

3

37

1

• •

[16] UK: Silver [49] SWE: Gold

3

21

10

11

34

6

13

11

26

1

•

UK: Silver

"Bop Bop Baby"

4

56

28

15

21

21

—

16

36

5

"Unbreakable"

1

—

23

12

18

44

9

5

41

1

•

UK: Silver

1

65

58

47

—

—

—

33

—

3

"Miss You Nights"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Vol. 1

"Hey Whatever"

2

—

48

22

—

39

—

5

53

4

Turnaround

"Mandy"

1

—

16

14

—

—

15

4

30

1

3

—

63

39

—

—

—

25

69

3

"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

20

—

—

"Smile"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

37

—

—

1

3

46

11

—

—

3

7

18

1

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

3

34

—

53

—

—

—

36

58

4

1

—

67

—

—

—

—

4

85

1

The Love Album Back Home

"World of Our Own"

"Tonight"

"Obvious"

"You Raise Me Up"

2002

2003

2004

2005

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

188 •

UK: [16] Platinum

SWE: Gold

World of Our Own

[16]

[16]

Allow Us to be Frank

•

AUS: [50] Platinum

Face to Face

(featuring Diana Ross) "Amazing"

2006

"The Rose" "Home"

2007

2

—

—

70

—

—

7

8

—

3

"Us Against the World"

2008

6

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

8

43

—

—

—

—

—

—

46

—

—

"Something Right"

[16]

"What About Now"

2009

2

—

—

—

—

—

—

13

—

2

"Safe"

2010

4

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

10

Gravity

"Lighthouse"

2011

11

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

32

Greatest Hits

•

UK: Silver

Where We Are

Westlife discography

39

Number ones

12

-

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

13

Top 10 singles

24

2

1

1

2

8

8

13

-

24

"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

As a featured artist Single

Year

Peak chart positions

Certifications

Album

IRE AUS AUT GER NLD NZ NOR SWE SWI UK [2]

[3]

[4]

2000

1

52

—

—

35

2010

1

28

23

16

Number one hits

2

-

-

Top 10 hits

2

-

-

"Against All Odds"

[39] [40] [7]

[8]

[9]

[10] [11]

—

—

3

—

1

—

17

—

21

16

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

(Mariah Carey featuring Westlife) "Everybody Hurts"

•

(as part of Helping Haiti)

"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Other charted songs Song

Year Peak chart positions

IRE SWE

Album

UK

[2]

[9]

[11]

—

31

—

The Love Album

"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"

—

—

135

"Home"

"I'm Already There"

47

—

62

Back Home

"All Out of Love"

2007

(featuring Delta Goodrem)

"—" denotes song that did not chart

Video albums Concert tours

UK: Silver

[16]

Rainbow

Charity single

Westlife discography

40

Title

Video details

Where Dreams Come True

•

Notes

Released: 19 November 2001 Label: Sony BMG

•

• • •

The Greatest Hits Tour

•

Released: 6 October 2003 Label: Sony BMG

•

• • •

The Turnaround Tour

• •

Live at Wembley

• •

Live at Croke Park

• •

The No.1's Tour

• •

Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2

•

Contains the Greatest Hits Tour from the M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, UK. Also includes documentary, "Tonight" (standard and remix), "Miss You Nights" and "Hey Whatever" music videos. It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart and #6 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart.

Released: 15 November 2004 Label: BMG

• •

Contains the Turnaround Tour live from the Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden. It reached #2 in UK DVD Music Chart and #9 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart.

Released: 27 November 2006 Label: Sony BMG

•

Contains the Face to Face Tour shot live at Wembley Arena, London on 18 May 2006. It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart and #7 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart.

Released: 24 November 2008 Label: Sony BMG

• •

•

Released: 16 February • 2009 Label: Sony BMG •

•

Contains the Where the Dreams Come True Tour shot live in Dublin, Ireland, 19 March 2001. Also includes access all areas documentary and "When You're Looking Like That" music video. It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart and #8 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart.

Released: 29 November 2010 Label: Sony BMG

• •

Contains the Back Home Tour live from Croke Park, Dublin. It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart and #2 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart. Features the The Number Ones Tour shot live at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield on 18 March 2005. It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart and #7 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart. Features the 'Where We Are Tour' recorded live at the O2 Arena, London, on 14 May 2010. It reached #3 in UK DVD Music Chart and #8 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart.

Music video compilations Title

Video details

Uptown Girl

• •

Released: 12 March 2001 Label: BMG

Coast To Coast: Up Close And Personal

• • •

Released: 9 April 2001 Label: BMG It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart.

World Of Our Own

• •

Released: 25 February 2002 Label: BMG

The Greatest Hits

• • •

Released: 18 November 2002 Label: Sony BMG It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart.

Back Home

• • •

Released: 3 November 2007 Label: Sony BMG It reached #1 in UK DVD Music Chart and #8 on Irish Year-end DVD Music Chart.

Greatest Hits Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD • •

Released: 21 November 2011 Label: RCA, Sony Music

Westlife discography

41

Documentaries Title The Westlife Story

Video details • • •

Westlife - The Complete Story • •

Released: 26 June 2000 Label: Sony BMG It reached #3 in UK DVD Music Chart. Released: 18 November 2002 Label: BMG

Music videos Album

Year

Single

Director

Westlife discography

Westlife

42 1999 "Swear It Again"

Wayne Isham

"If I Let You Go"

Sven Harding

"Flying Without Wings"

Cameron Casey

"I Have A Dream"

Cameron Casey

"Seasons In the Sun"

Cameron Casey and Simon Brand

2000 "Fool Again" Westlife (US Version)

"Swear It Again (US Version)"

Cameron Casey Nigel Dick

"My Private Movie (US Version)" Coast to Coast

"Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (Feat. Mariah Carey)" Bill Boatman & P. Snyde "My Love"

Cameron Casey

"What Makes a Man"

Stuart Gosling

2001 "I Lay My Love on You"

World of Our Own

Stuart Gosling

"Uptown Girl"

Stuart Gosling

"When You're Looking Like That"

Matthew Amos

"Queen of My Heart"

Max & Dania

"Angel"

Phil Griffin

2002 "World of Our Own"

Cameron Casey

"Bop Bop Baby"

Max & Dania

World Of Our Own (US Version)

"World Of Our Own (US Version)"

Antti Jokinen

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1

"Flying Without Wings (With BoA)" "Flying Without Wings (With Christian Castro)" "Unbreakable" 2003 "Tonight"

Turnaround

Antti Jokinen

"Miss You Nights"

Antti Jokinen

"Tonight (Metro Mix)"

Antti Jokinen

"Hey Whatever"

David "Mouldy" Mould

"Mandy"

Tim Royes

2004 "Obvious" Allow Us to Be Frank

Antti Jokinen

Max & Dania

"Ain’t That a Kick In the Head" "Smile" "Fly Me to the Moon"

Face to Face

2005 "You Raise Me Up" "You Raise Me Up (Version 2)"

Alex Hemming

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Feat. Diana Ross)"

Phil Griffin

2006 "Amazing" The Love Album

Alex Hemming

Max & Dania

"The Rose (Black & White Version)"

Alex Hemming

"The Rose (Colour Version)"

Alex Hemming

Westlife discography

Back Home

43 2007 "Home"

Mike Lipscombe

2008 "Us Against The World"

Sven Harding

"Something Right" Where We Are

2009 "What About Now"

Philip Andelman

Helping Haiti

2010 Everybody Hurts (Promotional Video)

Joseph Kahn

Everybody Hurts (Director's Cut) Everybody Hurts (Official Video) Gravity Greatest Hits

"Safe"

Sean de Sparengo

2011 "Lighthouse"

Philip Andelman

"Beautiful World"

Notes 1. "If I Let You Go (Extended Mix)", "Evergreen" and "Bop Bop Baby (Almighty Mix Radio Edit)" music videos were exclusively released by a music channel in The Philippines 2. "My Private Movie" music video was released in Asia only

Cameo appearance • Vengaboys - "Forever as One" (2001)

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Westlife discography

External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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46

Studio albums Westlife Westlife Studio album by Westlife Released

1 November 1999 (See Release history)

Recorded 1998-1999; Rokstone Studios (London, England), Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) CaVa Studios (Glasgow, Scotland) Genre

Pop

Length

65:32 (International) 50:59 United States

Label

BMG, RCA

Producer Simon Cowell, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Rami Yacoub, TTW, David Foster, Pete Waterman, Jake Schulze, David Frank, Steve Kipner, Cutfather & Joe, Jaime Ikeda, Rovi Westlife chronology

'Westlife' (1999)

Coast to Coast (2000)

American Cover Singles from Westlife 1.

"Swear It Again" Released: 12 April 1999

2.

"If I Let You Go" Released: 9 August 1999

3.

"Flying Without Wings" Released: 18 October 1999

4.

"I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" Released: 6 December 1999

5.

"Fool Again" Released: 17 March 2000

Westlife

47

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

AllRovi

[1]

Westlife is the self-titled debut album released by Irish boyband Westlife. The album was released on 1 November 1999, spawning five number one hit singles "Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", the double A-side "I Have A Dream" and "Seasons in the Sun" and "Fool Again".

Background Due to all five singles from the album peaking at #1 on the UK Singles Chart in less than a year, the band created a chart history record that remains unbroken to date. And despite all five singles peaking at #1, the album entered and peaked at #2, being beaten only by an extra 1,000 copies of Steptacular by Steps.[2] The album became the eighth best selling album of 1999 in the United Kingdom, and ended up being certified 4× Platinum.[3] The album went on to spend seventy-four weeks in the UK Top 100.[4] In 2000, the album was released in the United States, peaking at #129 on the US Billboard 200. The album also peaked at #15 in Australia. Westlife also remains the best-selling international album ever in Indonesia and Philippines, receiving twenty platinum certifications for over one million copies sold in Indonesia and twenty-five platinum certifications for over a half a million units sold in the Philippines.[5][6] In 2005, the album was released in a compilation box collection with their fourth studio album, Turnaround. Overall, the album has sold more than five million copies worldwide.[7] A video album related to the release, entitled "The Westlife Story", was released in October 2000, peaking at #15 on the UK Visual Chart. The release was available on both VHS and DVD. The DVD was later made available in a five disc set entitled "Westlife: The Complete Story".

Track listing Standard Edition No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "Swear It Again"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:07

2. "If I Let You Go"

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:41

3. "Flying Without Wings"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:36

4. "Fool Again"

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:53

5. "No No"

Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub

3:15

6. "I Don't Wanna Fight"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Peter Cetera, David Foster Steve Mac

5:03

7. "Change The World"

Lance Ellington, Topham, Twigg

TTW

3:10

8. "Moments"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:17

9. "Seasons In The Sun"

Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen

TTW

4:09

10. "I Need You"

Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin, Rami

Rami

3:48

11. "Miss You"

Jake Schulze, Rami

Jake Schulze, Rami

3:53

12. "More Than Words"

Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt

Steve Mac

3:53

13. "Open Your Heart"

Andreas Carlsson, Jake Schulze

Jake Schulze

3:40

14. "Try Again"

Dave Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

Dave Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:34

Westlife

48 15. "What I Want Is What I've Got"

Alexandra Talomaa, Rami

Rami

3:34

16. "We Are One"

Alexadre Desplat, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:44

David Frank, Steve Kipner

4:26

17. "Can't Lose What You Never Had" David Frank, Steve Kipner

Japanese Bonus Track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

18. "Story Of Love" Patrick Tucker, Shepard Solomon, Arnthor Birgisson Jaime Ikeda, Rovi

3:54

Australian Bonus Track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "I Have A Dream" Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Pete Waterman

4:07

American Edition No. Title 1. "Swear It Again"

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:07

David Frank, Steve Kipner

4:26

2. "Can't Lose What You Never Had" David Frank, Steve Kipner

Length

3. "I Don't Wanna Fight"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Peter Cetera, David Foster Steve Mac

5:03

4. "My Private Movie"

Steve Kipner, David Kopatz, Jack Kugell

Cutfather & Joe

4:05

5. "Flying Without Wings"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:36

6. "If I Let You Go"

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:41

7. "Fool Again"

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:53

8. "No No"

Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub

3:15

9. "Miss You"

Jake Schulze, Rami

Jake Schulze, Rami

3:53

10. "Open Your Heart"

Andreas Carlsson, Jake Schulze

Jake Schulze

3:40

11. "I Need You"

Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin, Rami

Rami

3:48

12. "We Are One"

Alexadre Desplat, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:44

13. "More Than Words"

Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt

Steve Mac

3:53

Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc

[8]

No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

1. "I Have A Dream"

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Pete Waterman

4:07

2. "On The Wings Of Love"

Topham, Twigg

Pete Waterman

3:22

3. "Swear It Again" (Rokstone Mix)

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:04

4. "If I Let You Go" (Extended Mix)

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

5:32

5. "That's What It's All About"

Dave Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

Dave Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:22

Steve Mac

3:33

6. "Flying Without Wings" (Acapella) Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Length

Westlife

49

[9]

Plantinum Edition Bonus Disc No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

1. "Tunnel Of Love"

Dave Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

Dave Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:19

2. "My Private Movie"

Steve Kipner, David Kopatz, Jack Kugell

Cutfather & Joe

4:05

3. "Fool Again" (2000 Remix)

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

4:04

4. "Until The End Of Time"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:11

5. "Forever"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Mark Johnson, Ali Tennant Steve Mac

5:05

6. "Everybody Knows"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:05

7. "Let's Make Tonight Special"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Ali Tennant

Steve Mac

4:57

8. "Ronan Keating Interviews Westlife"

Length

3:30

[10]

Malaysian Bonus Karaoke VCD No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

1. "Swear It Again"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:07

2. "If I Let You Go"

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:41

3. "Flying Without Wings"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:36

4. "Fool Again"

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:53

5. "No No"

Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub

3:15

6. "I Don't Wanna Fight"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Peter Cetera, David Foster Steve Mac

5:03

7. "Change The World"

Lance Ellington, Topham, Twigg

TTW

3:10

8. "Moments"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:17

9. "Seasons In The Sun"

Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen

TTW

4:09

10. "I Need You"

Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin, Rami

Rami

3:48

11. "Miss You"

Jake Schulze, Rami

Jake Schulze, Rami

3:53

12. "More Than Words"

Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt

Steve Mac

3:53

13. "Open Your Heart"

Andreas Carlsson, Jake Schulze

Jake Schulze

3:40

14. "Try Again"

Dave Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

Dave Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:34

15. "What I Want Is What I've Got"

Alexandra Talomaa, Rami

Rami

3:34

16. "We Are One"

Alexadre Desplat, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:44

17. "Can't Lose What You Never Had" David Frank, Steve Kipner

David Frank, Steve Kipner

4:26

18. "I Have A Dream"

Pete Waterman

4:07

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Length

Westlife

50

No.1 Hits & Rare Tracks No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

1. "I Have A Dream"

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Pete Waterman

4:07

2. "On The Wings Of Love"

Topham, Twigg

Pete Waterman

3:22

3. "Swear It Again" (Rokstone Mix)

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:04

4. "If I Let You Go" (Extended Mix)

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

5:32

5. "That's What It's All About"

Dave Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

Dave Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:22

Steve Mac

3:33

6. "Flying Without Wings" (Acapella) Steve Mac, Wayne Hector 7. "Fool Again" (2000 Remix)

David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

The Westlife Story No. Title 1. "The Westlife Story" (Documentary) 2. "Swear It Again" (Video) 3. "If I Let You Go" (Video) 4. "Flying Without Wings" (Video) 5. "I Have A Dream" (Video) 6. "Seasons In The Sun" (Video) 7. "Fool Again" (Video) 8. "Photo Gallery" 9. "Hidden Track" 10. "Trivia Quiz" 11. "Interactive Scene & Song Selection" 12. "Weblink" 13. "Previously Unseen Footage"

Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

Length

4:04

Westlife

51

Credits •

Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric]: Mats Berntoft (tracks: 2, 4, 14)

•

Engineer [Assistant]: Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

•

Arranged By [Strings]: Henrik Janson (tracks: 2, 4, 11, 13, 14) Richard Niles (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16) Ulf Janson (tracks: 2, 4, 11, 13, 14)

•

Engineer [Mix]: Matt Howe (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

•

Engineer, Programmed By: Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

•

Arranged By [Vocals]: Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16) Wayne Hector (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

•

•

Artwork By [Design]: root

Executive Producer: Simon Cowell Steve Mac Wayne Hector

•

•

Backing Vocals [Additional]: Anders Von Hofsten (tracks: 2, 11, 13 to 15) Andreas Carlsson (tracks: 2, 5, 13)

Guitar: Esbjörn Öhrwall (tracks: 11, 13, 15) Paul Gendler (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

•

Keyboards: Per Magnusson (tracks: 2, 4, 14)

•

Photography: Brian Aris

•

Bass: Steve Pearce (tracks: 3, 6, 12, 16) Tomas Lindberg (tracks: 2, 13, 15)

Westlife Era The following is a complete list of album tracks, singles, remixes and b-sides released during the Westlife era: •

"Can't Lose What You Never Had"

•

"Miss You"

•

"Change The World"

•

"Moments"

•

"Don't Calm The Storm" (Swear It Again B-side)

•

"More Than Words"

•

"Everybody Knows" (Platinum Edition only)

•

"My Private Movie" (America & Platinum Edition only)

•

"Everybody Knows" (Demo)

•

"No No"

•

"Flying Without Wings"

•

"Open Your Heart"

•

"Flying Without Wings" (Acapella)

•

"On The Wings of Love" (Deluxe Edition only)

•

"Fool Again"

•

"Seasons In The Sun"

•

"Fool Again" (2000 Remix)

•

"Seasons In The Sun" (Single Remix)

•

"Forever" (Platinum Edition only)

•

"Story of Love" (Japan only)

•

"I Don't Wanna Fight"

•

"Swear It Again"

•

"If I Let You Go"

•

"Swear It Again" (Rokstone Mix)

•

"If I Let You Go" (Extended Mix)

•

"That's What It's All About" (Deluxe Edition only)

•

"I Have A Dream" (Australia & Deluxe Edition only) •

"Try Again"

•

"I Have A Dream" (Single Remix)

•

"Tunnel of Love" (Platinum Edition only)

•

"I Need You"

•

"Until The End of Time" (Platinum Edition only)

•

"Let's Make Tonight Special" (Platinum Edition only) • •

"We Are One" "What I Want Is What I've Got"

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Lead vocals 01.Swear It Again - Shane,Mark 02.If I Let You Go - Shane,Mark,Bryan 03. Flying Without Wings - Mark,Shane 04. Fool Again - Shane,Mark 05. No No - Shane, Mark,Bryan 06. I Don't Wanna Fight - Shane,Mark 07. Change The World - Shane Mark

Charts and certifications Weekly charts Country

Peak position

Australia

15

Belgium (Flanders)

[11]

5

Denmark

12

Finland

40

Germany

55

Indonesia

1

Ireland

1

[12] Netherlands

8

[13]

5

New Zealand [14]

Norway

1

Philippines

1

[15]

5

Sweden

[16]

Switzerland

25

United Kingdom

2 [17]

United States (Billboard 200)

129

Westlife

53

Year-end charts Chart (1999)

Peak position

UK Albums Chart

8

Certifications Region

Certification

Australia (ARIA)

[18]

[7]

Indonesia

[7]

Ireland (IRMA)

Mexico (AMPROFON)

Sales/shipments

Gold

35,000^

20× Platinum

1,000,000*

15× Platinum

225,000x

[19] Gold

[7]

75,000^

8× Platinum

160,000*

Netherlands (NVPI)

Gold

50,000^

New Zealand (RIANZ)

[21] 3× Platinum

45,000^

Malaysia

[20]

[22]

25× Platinum (2x Diamond) 500,000

Philippines

[23]

Gold

Sweden (GLF)

40,000^

[24] 4× Platinum

1,200,000^

United Kingdom (BPI)

Summaries [7]

Worldwide

5,000,000

*

sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone x unspecified figures based on certification alone ^

Release history Country

Date

Formats

United Kingdom 1 November 1999

Standard (17 Tracks)

Japan

4 April 2000

Standard (18 Tracks)

Philippines

18 April 2000

Deluxe (2xCD)

United States

7 May 2000

Standard (13 Tracks)

Australia

15 May 2000

Standard (18 Tracks)

Philippines

31 July 2000

Platinum (2xCD, CD+DVD)

United Kingdom 15 October 2000 Japan

Video (The Westlife Story)

19 December 2000 Standard (No.1 Hits & Rare Tracks)

Westlife

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Coast to Coast

55

Coast to Coast Coast To Coast Studio album by Westlife Released

6 November 2000 (see Release history)

Recorded December 1999 - April 2000; Rokstone Studios (London), Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) Genre

Pop

Length

70:02

Label

BMG, RCA

Producer Steve Mac, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Dan Frampton, Pete Waterman, Rami Yacoub, Jake Schulze, Quiz & Larossi Westlife chronology

Westlife (1999)

Coast to Coast (2000)

World of Our Own (2001)

Alternative cover Special Edition cover Singles from Coast To Coast 1.

"Against All Odds" Released: 18 September 2000

2.

"My Love" Released: 31 October 2000

3.

"What Makes a Man" Released: 18 December 2000

4.

"I Lay My Love on You" Released: 3 March 2001

5.

"When You're Looking Like That" Released: 27 August 2001

Coast to Coast is the second studio album to be released by Irish boy band Westlife. The album was released on 6 November 2000, via RCA Records. The album spawned six hit singles: "Against All Odds", "My Love", "What Makes a Man", "I Lay My Love on You", "When You're Looking Like That" and "Uptown Girl". The album was a commercial success in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, selling 1.8 million copies in Britain alone. The album was the third best selling of 2000 in Britain. In January 2005, the album was re-issued in a two-in-one box set compilation with the group's third album, World of our Own. A video album, entitled "Coast to Coast - Up Close and Personal", was released on 27 November 2000. It peaked at #1 on the UK Visual Chart.

Coast to Coast

56

Reception Coast to Coast received mostly negative reviews from music critics. Andrew Lynch from Entertainment.ie gave the album one out of five stars, calling the album "commercial suicide" and "soppy pop".[1] However, the album was reviewed with more positivity at Allmusic and Rovi, who both gave the album two and half stars, comparing Westlife to other bands such as Take That and Boyzone.[2] Coast to Coast debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 234,767 copies sold in its first week, making it Westlife's fastest selling album to date[3] The album remained at the top spot for only one week, being knocked of by The Beatles's compilation album 1. In April 2011, the album was certified six times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of nearly two million copies in the United Kingdom.[4] As of November 2011, the album had sold 1,685,971 copies in Ireland, becoming Westlife's biggest-selling album there.[5] A gold sales award disc was issued to the band to commemorate sales in excess of 115,000 copies sold in Mexico.[6] The album was also certified Gold in Brazil by ABPD, for sales of over 100,000 copies.[7] The album is notorious for breaking the Spice Girls' run of number-one albums, keeping their third studio album, Forever, off the top spot.

Track listing No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "My Love"

Jörgen Elofsson, Pelle Nylén, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Kreuger Magnusson

3:55

2. "What Makes a Man"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:54

3. "I Lay My Love on You"

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Magnusson, Kreuger

3:33

4. "I Have A Dream"

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Dan Frampton, Pete Waterman

4:18

5. "Against All Odds" (featuring

Phil Collins

Mariah Carey, Mac

3:25

6. "When You're Looking Like That"

Rami Yacoub, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin

Yacoub

3:56

7. "Close"

Mac, Hector, Chris Farren

Mac

4:07

8. "Somebody Needs You"

Elofsson, Carlsson, Jake Schulze

Schulze

3:12

9. "Angel's Wings"

Mac, Hector, Jimmy MacCarthy

Steve Mac

4:08

10. "Soledad"

Yacoub, Carlsson, K.C. Porter

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:58

11. "Puzzle Of My Heart"

Elofsson, Andrew Fromm

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:42

12. "Dreams Come True"

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:10

13. "No Place That Far"

Sara Evans, Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin

Steve Mac

3:16

14. "Close Your Eyes"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow

Steve Mac

4:36

15. "You Make Me Feel"

Niklas Jarl, Patric Jonsson, Max Martin

Steve Mac

3:40

16. "Loneliness Knows Me By Name"

Alexandra Talomaa

Schulze, Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi

3:06

17. "Fragile Heart"

McFadden, Egan, Filan

Steve Mac

3:04

18. "Every Little Thing You Do"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:13

19. "Don't Get Me Wrong" (Hidden

Schulze, Hofsten

Jake, Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi

3:45

Mariah Carey)

Track)

Coast to Coast

57

European Special Edition No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "My Love" (Radio Mix)

Jörgen Elofsson, Pelle Nylén, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

Magnusson, Kreuger

3:33

2. "What Makes a Man"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:54

3. "I Lay My Love on You" (Single

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Magnusson, Kreuger

3:33

Phil Collins

Mariah Carey, Mac

3:25

Rami Yacoub, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin

Yacoub

3:56

6. "Close"

Mac, Hector, Chris Farren

Mac

4:07

7. "Somebody Needs You"

Elofsson, Carlsson, Jake Schulze

Schulze

3:12

8. "Angel's Wings"

Mac, Hector, Jimmy MacCarthy

Steve Mac

4:08

9. "Soledad"

Yacoub, Carlsson, K.C. Porter

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:58

10. "Puzzle Of My Heart"

Elofsson, Andrew Fromm

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:42

11. "Dreams Come True"

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:10

12. "No Place That Far"

Sara Evans, Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin

Steve Mac

3:16

13. "You Make Me Feel"

Niklas Jarl, Patric Jonsson, Max Martin

Steve Mac

3:40

14. "Loneliness Knows Me By Name"

Alexandra Talomaa

Schulze, Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi

3:06

15. "Fragile Heart"

McFadden, Egan, Filan

Steve Mac

3:04

16. "Every Little Thing You Do"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

4:13

17. "Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit)

Billy Joel

Steve Mac

3:06

18. "I Have A Dream" (Single Remix)

Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus

Steve Mac

4:18

19. "My Girl"

William 'Smokey' Robinson, Ronald White

Steve Mac

2:46

Remix) 4. "Against All Odds" (featuring Mariah

Carey) 5. "When You're Looking Like That"

(Single Remix)

Australian Bonus Track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

19. "Nothing Is Impossible" Hedges, Martin Brannigan, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Brian McFadden Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan

3:15

[8]

Spanish Bonus Track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

19. "En Ti Deje Mi Amor" (I Lay My Love on You - Spanish Version) Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger Magnusson, Krueger

Length 3:33

Coast to Coast

58

[9] Latin America Bonus Tracks No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

19. "En Ti Deje Mi Amor" (I Lay My Love on You - Spanish Version)

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Magnusson, Krueger

3:33

20. "Con Lo Bien Que Te Ves" (When You're Looking Like That - Spanish

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Magnusson, Krueger

3:54

Version)

[10]

Japanese Bonus Track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

19. "If I Let You Go" (USA Mix) Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger Magnusson, Kreuger

3:41

[11]

Singapore Bonus Disc No. Title 1. "Fool Again"

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger Magnusson, Krueger

3:59

2. "Tunnel of Love" Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger Magnusson, Krueger

3:22

[12]

Indonesian Bonus VCD No. Title

Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

1. "Westlife - Live In Jakarta, Indonesia"

30:00

[12]

Asian Bonus Disc No. Title

Writer(s)

1. "What Makes a Man" (Single Remix) Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Producer(s) Length Steve Mac

3:57

2. "I'll Be There"

Berry Gordy, Bob West, Willie Hutch, Hal Davis Steve Mac

3:54

3. "My Girl"

William 'Smokey' Robinson, Ronald White

2:46

Steve Mac

[13]

Asian Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit)

Billy Joel

Steve Mac

3:06

2. "Uptown Girl" (Extended Mix)

Billy Joel

Steve Mac

5:54

3. "What Becomes of The Brokenhearted"

William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, James Dean

Steve Mac

3:30

4. "I'll Be There"

Berry Gordy, Bob West, Willie Hutch, Hal Davis

Steve Mac

3:54

5. "My Girl"

William 'Smokey' Robinson, Ronald White

Steve Mac

2:46

6. "I Lay My Love on You" (Single Remix)

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Magnusson, Kreuger

3:33

7. "When You're Looking Like That" (Single

Rami Yacoub, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin

Yacoub

3:56

Mac, Hector, Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

Steve Mac, Magnusson, Kreuger

Remix) 8. "Westlife Megamix"

10:11

Coast to Coast

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[14]

Night & Day Preview CD No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

1. "My Love"

Jörgen Elofsson, Pelle Nylén, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Magnusson, Kreuger

3:55

2. "What Makes a Man"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Steve Mac

3:54

3. "Close"

Mac, Hector, Chris Farren

Mac

4:07

4. "Somebody Needs You"

Elofsson, Carlsson, Jake Schulze

Schulze

3:12

5. "My Love" (Video)

3:55

6. "What Makes a Man" (Video)

3:54

7. "Behind The Scenes Footage"

5:00

Coast To Coast: Up Close & Personal - Live No. Title

Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

1. "Number 1's Medley" 2. "What Makes A Man" 3. "More Than Words" 4. "I Lay My Love On You" 5. "Angel's Wings" 6. "You Make Me Feel" 7. "Fragile Heart" 8. "My Love" 9. "Seasons In The Sun" (Video) 10. "I Have A Dream" (Video) 11. "Fool Again" (Video) 12. "Against All Odds" (Video) 13. "My Love" (Video) 14. "What Makes A Man" (Video)

Additional Content • • • •

Length

Singapore - Westlife MRT Transport Ticket[15] Asia - Picture Card Calendar[16] Korea - Postcard set, Signed fold-out poster & Glossy Slipcase[17] Taiwan - Postcard set, Signed fold-out poster & Filofax[18]

Charts and certifications Charts

Coast to Coast

60

Country

Peak position

Sales

Certification

[19]

Australia

40

Austria

59

Belgium

17

Denmark

8

Finland

32

[19] [20]

[21]

[22]

Platinum

[19]

Germany

19

150,000

Ireland

1

110,000

Japan

7× Platinum

[23]

[24]

21

Mexico

6

115,000+

[25]

Gold

[26]

25,000

Gold

[27]

60,000

4× Platinum

[28]

30,000

Platinum

[29]

280,000

14× Platinum (Diamond)

[30]

40,000

Platinum

38

15,000

Gold

[31]

1,800,000+

Netherlands

13

New Zealand

2

Norway

6

Philippines

1

Sweden

3

Switzerland UK

Gold

1

[4]

6× Platinum

Year-end charts Chart (2000)

Peak position

UK Albums Chart

3

Release history Region

Date

Formats

United Kingdom 6 November 2000

Standard (19 Tracks)

Australia

7 December 2000

Standard (19 Tracks)

Japan

15 November 2000 Standard (19 Tracks)

United Kingdom 27 November 2000 Video Album (Up Close & Personal) Europe

11 March 2001

Special Edition (19 Tracks)

Spain

17 March 2001

Special Edition (19 Tracks)

Mexico

22 April 2001

Special Edition (20 Tracks)

Singapore

16 May 2001

Deluxe Edition (2xCD)

Indonesia

20 May 2001

Deluxe Edition (2xCD)

Coast to Coast

61 Asia

3 June 2001

Deluxe Edition (2xCD)

Phillipines

18 November 2001 Deluxe Edition (2xCD)

References [1] Andrew Lynch's review (http:/ / entertainment. ie/ album-review/ Westlife-Coast-To-Coast/ 913. htm) [2] "Listen to Coast to Coast by Westlife - Album Reviews, Credits, and Awards" (http:/ / www. allrovi. com/ music/ album/ coast-to-coast-mw0000455905). AllRovi. 28 November 2000. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [3] Jones, Alan (29 November 2010). "Boy bands rule the albums chart" (http:/ / www. musicweek. com/ story. asp?sectioncode=22& storycode=1043455). MusicWeek (Intent Media). . Retrieved 1 September 2011. [4] "BPI – Certified Awards Search" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx) (To access, enter the search parameter "Westlife" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry. . Retrieved 29 November 2011. [5] Jones, Alan (28 November 2011). "Official Album Chart Analysis: Rihanna LP sells 163,819 units" (http:/ / www. musicweek. com/ story. asp?sectioncode=1& storycode=1047667& c=1). Music Week. . Retrieved 29 November 2011. [6] "Westlife Coast To Coast - Bryan Mexico AWARD DISC (275559)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=275559). Eil.com. 13 February 2004. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [7] "Associaусo Brasileira de Produtores de Disco" (http:/ / www. abpd. org. br/ certificados_interna. asp). ABPD. 19 January 2012. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [8] "Westlife En Ti Deje Mi Amor Argentina Promo 5" CD SINGLE (279289)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=279289). Eil.com. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [9] "Westlife Coast To Coast Mexico CD ALBUM (201617)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=201617). Eil.com. 13 November 2001. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [10] "Westlife Coast To Coast Japan Promo CD ALBUM (186504)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=186504). Eil.com. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [11] "Westlife Coast To Coast Singapore DOUBLE CD (176251)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=176251). Eil.com. 31 January 2001. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [12] "Westlife Coast To Coast Hong Kong DOUBLE CD (312509)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=312509). Eil.com. 15 December 2004. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [13] "Westlife Coast To Coast Korea Promo DOUBLE CD (232522)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=232522). Eil.com. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [14] "Westlife Coast To Coast UK Promo 5" CD SINGLE (171692)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=171692). Eil.com. 27 November 2000. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [15] "Westlife Coast To Coast + MRT ticket Singapore CD ALBUM (172943)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=172943). Eil.com. 12 December 2000. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [16] "Westlife Coast To Coast & calendar Hong Kong CD ALBUM (177953)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=177953). Eil.com. 22 February 2001. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [17] "Westlife Coast To Coast + poster & postcards Korea CD ALBUM (172078)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=172078). Eil.com. 29 November 2000. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [18] "Westlife Coast To Coast + poster & cards Taiwan CD ALBUM (171142)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=171142). Eil.com. 20 November 2000. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [19] http:/ / swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Coast+ To+ Coast& cat=a [20] Belgium album chart (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Coast+ To+ Coast& cat=a) [21] "© Westlife / Coast To Coast" (http:/ / top20. dk/ album/ 690-551). Top20.dk. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [22] "Album Top-40" (http:/ / www. hitlisterne. dk/ default. asp?w=01& y=2001& list=a40) (in Danish). IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control. . Retrieved 18 July 2011. [23] "Westlife's Christmas song chosen by fans: What makes a Man" (http:/ / www. showbizireland. com/ news/ november00/ 29-westlife10. shtml). ShowBiz Ireland. . Retrieved 9 February 2012. [24] http:/ / www. oricon. co. jp/ prof/ artist/ 44748/ ranking/ cd_album/ [25] Westlife quiere conquistar mercado de Estados Unidos (http:/ / www. westlife. org/ news/ mexico0801. shtml) [26] Netherlands album chart (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Coast+ To+ Coast& cat=a) [27] New Zealand album chart (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Coast+ To+ Coast& cat=a) [28] Norwegian album chart (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Coast+ To+ Coast& cat=a) [29] (http:/ / guides. wikinut. com/ Westlife:-Bestselling-International-Act-in-the-Philippines/ 3g3n4cjq/ #Two-Westlife-albums-are-Diamond) [30] (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Coast+ To+ Coast& cat=a) Swedish album chart [31] UK album chart (http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ )

World of Our Own

62

World of Our Own World of Our Own Studio album by Westlife Released

1 November 2001 (See Release history)

Recorded

2000-2001 Rokstone Studios, London Windmill Lane Studios, Ireland Olympic Studios, London C&N Studios, Stockholm, Sweden A Side Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

Genre

Pop

Length

76:35

Label

BMG Westlife chronology

Coast to Coast (2000)

World of our Own (2001)

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002)

Alternative cover European cover Singles from World of Our Own 1.

"Uptown Girl" Released: 26 February 2001

2.

"Queen of My Heart / When You're Looking Like That" Released: 5 November 2001

3.

"World of Our Own / Angel" Released: 18 February 2002

4.

"Bop Bop Baby" Released: 12 May 2002

World of Our Own is the third studio album by the Irish boyband Westlife, released on 12 November 2001. It reached number one in the United Kingdom and includes the singles "Queen of My Heart" (which was a double A-side with "When You're Looking Like That"), "World of Our Own" (which was a double A-side with "Angel"), "Bop Bop Baby", and the final single from the group's last album, Uptown Girl". "Evergreen" was later covered by Will Young as his winner's single for the 2002 Pop Idol competition. The album went 4x Platinum in the UK.[1] In January 2005, the album was re-released in a 2-in-1 box set with the group's previous album, Coast To Coast.

Tracklisting

World of Our Own

Track No.

63

Title

Credits

Length

1

"Queen of My Heart"

Accordion - Eddie Hession Arranged By [Orchestra] - Dave Arch Backing Vocals [Additional] - Mae McKenna Bagpipes [Irish Pipes] - Bob White Choir [Children] - Alice Holsgrove, Christopher Baptiste, Daniel Udy, Hannah Baptiste, Henry Verbi, Laura Taylor, Lee Raymond, Louise Raymond, Mathew Taylor, Rachael Holsgrove, Rebekah Holsgrove, Samuel Udy, Samuel Verbi, Victoria Verbi Conductor [Choir M.d.] - Kim Chandler Leader [Strings] - Gavin Wright Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Piano, Keyboards - Steve Mac Recorded By - Matt Howe Written By - McLaughlin, Robson, Mac, Hector

4:23

2

"Bop Bop Baby"

Organ [Hammond] - Arch Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Keyboards - Mac Written By - Brian McFadden, Shane Filan, Murphy, O'Brien

4:26

3

"I Cry"

Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric] - Henrik Janson Percussion - Gustave Lund Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

4:14

4

"Uptown Girl"

Written By - Billy Joel

3:06

5

"Why Do I Love You"

Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By - Kreuger, Magnusson Written By - Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

3:43

6

"I Wanna Grow Old With You"

Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Piano - Mac Written By - McFadden, Filan, Kian Egan

4:10

7

"When You're Looking Like That"

Written and Backing Vocals By - Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin

3:52

8

"Evergreen"

Arranged By [Orchestra & Choir], Conductor [Orchestra & Choir] - Henrik Janson, Ulf Janson Choir - One Voice Gospel Choir Orchestra - Stockholm Session Orchestra Producer, Arranged By - Kreuger, Magnusson Programmed By - Kreuger Recorded By [Orchestra & Choir] - Fredrik Andersson Written By - Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

4:07

9

"World of Our Own" Backing Vocals [Additional] - Andy Caine Engineer [Assistant] - Lorraine Francis Organ [Hammond] - Arch Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Piano, Keyboards - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector

3:35

10

"To Be Loved"

Arranged By [Orchestra] - Arch Backing Vocals [Additional] - Caine Choir - Tuff Session Singers, The Engineer [Mix] - Chris Laws Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector

3:20

11

"Drive (For All Time)"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - Tuff Session Singers, The Engineer [Mix] - Chris Laws Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Piano, Keyboards - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector

3:33

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12

"If Your Heart's Not In It"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - John Stephan Edited By [Additional Protools] - Chris Gardner Engineer - Dan Frampton, Keith McDonnell Engineer [Strings] - Steve Price Guitar - Milton McDonald Keyboards - Andrew Frampton Leader [Strings] - Gavin Wright Mixed By - Dan Frampton Producer - Andrew Frampton, Steve Kipner Written By - Kipner, Andrew Frampton

4:24

13

"When You Come Around"

Backing Vocals - Dave Morgan, Richard Stannard, Sharon Murphy Guitar - Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington Keyboards - Martin Harrington Mixed By, Drums - Ash Howes Producer - Julian Gallagher, Richard Stannard Recorded By - Alvin Sweeney, Ash Howes Written By - Egan, Nicky Byrne, Stannard, Gallagher, Howes, Harrington

3:46

14

"Don't Say It's Too Late"

Arranged By [Strings] - Janson Arranged By [Vocals] - Anders Von Hofsten, McFadden, Filan Guitar - Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Ronny Lahti Piano - Pål Svenre Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By - Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi Written By - McFadden, Filan, Romdhane, Larossi

4:15

15

"Don't Let Me Go"

Backing Vocals - Morgan, Stannard, Murphy Guitar - Gallagher, Harrington Keyboards - Howes, Harrington Mixed By - Howes Producer - Gallagher, Stannard Recorded By - Alvin Sweeney, Howes Written By - Byrne, Egan, Stannard, Gallagher, Howes, Harrington, Murphy, Morgan

3:34

16

"Walk Away"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - Carlsson Drums - Martin Kreuger Percussion - Gustave Lund Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By - Kreuger, Magnusson Written By - Pelle Nylén, Magnusson, Kreuger, Carlsson

4:03

17

"Love Crime"

Arranged By [Vocals] - Hofsten, McFadden, Filan Guitar - Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - McFadden, Filan, Romdhane, Larossi

3:20

18

"Imaginary Diva"

Mixed By - Cutfather & Joe, Mads Nilsson Percussion - Mich Hansen Producer - Cutfather & Joe Recorded By [Assistant Vocal Recording] - Quentin Guine Recorded By, Keyboards, Programmed By, Guitar - Joe Belmaati Written By - Mark Feehily, Byrne, Egan

3:44

19

"Angel"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - McKenna Cello [Solo] - Dave Daniels Engineer - Matt Howe Producer, Mixed By, Piano - Mac Written By - Sarah McLachlan

4:24

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20

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"Bad Girls"

(Hidden Track) Backing Vocals [Additional] - Jeanette Olsson Bass - Andreas Unge Guitar [Guitars] - Romdhane, Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Performer [All Other Instruments] - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - Romdhane, C. Lieberman, Larossi, Savan Kotecha

3:25

Japanese Bonus Track Track No. 19

Title

Credits

Length

"I Promise You That" Backing Vocals [Additional] - Jeanette Olsson Guitar [Guitars] - Romdhane, Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Performer [All Other Instruments] - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - McFadden, Filan, Byrne, Egan, Hector

3:37

Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc Track No.

Title

Credits

Length

1

"My Love"

Video Clip

3:55

2

"Uptown Girl"

Video Clip

3:40

3

"What Makes a Man"

Video Clip

4:02

4

"I Lay My Love on You"

Video Clip

3:35

5

"Queen of My Heart"

Video Clip

4:25

6

"World of Our Own"

Video Clip

3:40

7

"Angel"

Video Clip

4:32

8

"Bop Bop Baby"

Video Clip

4:57

9

"Bop Bop Baby" (Almighty Radio Edit)

Organ [Hammond] - Arch Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By, Keyboards - Mac Additional Remix - Almighty Written By - Brian McFadden, Shane Filan, Murphy, O'Brien

3:55

10

"Bad Girls"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - Jeanette Olsson Bass - Andreas Unge Guitar [Guitars] - Romdhane, Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Performer [All Other Instruments] - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - Romdhane, C. Lieberman, Larossi, Savan Kotecha

3:25

11

"I Promise You That"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - Jeanette Olsson Guitar [Guitars] - Romdhane, Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Performer [All Other Instruments] - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - McFadden, Filan, Byrne, Egan, Hector

3:37

12

"My Private Movie"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - David Kopatz Mixed By - Cutfather & Joe Producer, Arranged By - Cutfather & Joe Written By - Steve Kipner, David Kopatz, Jack Kugell

4:05

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13

"Don't Get Me Wrong"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - Jake Mixed By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector Producer, Arranged By - Steve Mac Written By - Jake, Mike Hofsten

3:45

14

"Crying Girl"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - Steve Robson Miked By - Steve Robson, Brian McFadden Producer, Arranged By - Brian McFadden, Steve Robson All Instruments - Steve Robson< br> Engineer - Pete Lewis Written By - Brian McFadden, Steve Robson

4:22

15

"You Don't Know"

Mixed By - Richard Dowling Producer, Arranged By, All Instruments - Chris O'Brien, Graeme Murphy Engineer - Richard Dowling Written By - McFadden, Egan, Byrne, Feehily, Filan

4:12

16

"Reason For Living"

Producer, Arranged By - Steve Mac All Instruments - Chris Laws, Steve Pearce Engineer - Lee McCutcheon Written By - Byrne, McFadden, Egan, Feehily, Filan

3:49

Go Westlife! Bonus Disc[2] • Released - Denmark Track No.

Title

Credits

Length

1

"Bad Girls"

Backing Vocals [Additional] - Jeanette Olsson Bass - Andreas Unge Guitar [Guitars] - Romdhane, Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Performer [All Other Instruments] - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - Romdhane, C. Lieberman, Larossi, Savan Kotecha

3:25

2

"Fool Again" (Live In Denmark)

Recorded By - Wayne Oulson Guitar [Guitars] - Romdhane, Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Performer [All Other Instruments] - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - Jorgen, Elofssen, Krueger

5:12

3

"Uptown Girl" (Live In Denmark) Recorded By - Wayne Oulson Guitar [Guitars] - Romdhane, Esbjörn Öhrwall Mixed By - Quizlarossi, Lahti Producer, Arranged By, Recorded By, Performer [All Other Instruments] - Romdhane, Larossi Written By - Billy Joel

4:05

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Credits • • • • • • • • •

Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric] - Esbjörn Öhrwall (tracks: 5, 8, 16) Arranged By [Strings] - Dave Arch (tracks: 6, 10, 19) Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] - Henrik Janson (tracks: 3, 5, 16), Ulf Janson (tracks: 3, 5, 16) Artwork By [Design & Art Direction] - root Backing Vocals [Additional] - Anders Von Hofsten (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 14, 16, 17), Wayne Hector (tracks: 1, 5, 7 to 9) Bass - Steve Pearce (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9 to 11, 19), Tomas Lindberg (tracks: 4, 12, 14, 15) Drums - Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9, 11) Engineer - Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9 to 11, 19) Engineer [Assistant] - Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9 to 11, 19), Phillipe Rose (tracks: 6, 9 to 11, 19), Quentin Guiné (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8 to 11, 19)

• • • • • •

Engineer [Mix] - Matt Howe (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9 to 11)

• • • •

Mixed By - Bernard Löhr (tracks: 3, 6, 10, 18)

Engineer [Protool] - Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 2, 19), Lee McCutcheon (tracks: 1, 2, 19) Executive Producer - Simon Cowell Guitar - Fridrick "Frizzy" Karlsson (tracks: 1, 5, 9 to 11), Paul Gendler (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9) Keyboards - Per Magnusson (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 16) Mastered By - Björn Engelmann Cutting Room Studios (tracks: 3, 4, 8, 14, 16 to 18), Dick Beetham (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9 to 13, 15, 19)

Photography - Sandrine Dulermo Recorded By [Strings] - Fredrik Andersson (tracks: 3, 6, 18) Strings - Stockholm Session Strings (tracks: 3, 5, 14, 16)

Release history Country

Release Date

Taiwan

1 November 2001

Europe

12 November 2001

Australia 3 December 2001

Chart performance Country

Certification Peak [3] position

[3]

9

Austria

[4]

Belgium (Flanders) [5]

Denmark France

Gold

8 3

Platinum

141 [6]

Germany

8

Ireland

1

Italy

9 [7]

Japan Netherlands

18 [8]

10

Gold

18,000+ Gold

World of Our Own

68 [9]

3

Platinum

[10]

7

Platinum

Sweden

[11]

1

Platinum

Switzerland

19

Gold

1

4× Platinum

New Zealand Norway

[12]

United Kingdom

Year-end charts Chart (2001)

Irish Albums Chart Chart (2002)

Austrian Albums Chart

Peak position 3 Peak position 40

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External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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Turnaround Turnaround Studio album by Westlife Released

24 November 2003 (See Release History)

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London Olympic Studios, London Sphere Studios, London The Location, Stockholm, Sweden Quiz & Larossi, Stockholm, Sweden Angel Studios, London, England Sony Music Studios London, London. 2003

Genre

Pop

Length

47:39

Language

English

Label

BMG

Producer

Cutfather & Joe, Jacob Schulze, Karl Engstrom, Quiz & Larossi, Steve Mac Westlife chronology

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume Turnaround 1 (2003) (2002)

Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)

Singles from Turnaround 1.

"Hey Whatever" Released: 15 September 2003

2.

"Mandy" Released: 10 November 2003

3.

"Obvious" Released: 23 February 2004

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Allmusic

link

NZgirl

link

MTV Asia

[1] [2]

link

Rovi

link

RTE.ie

link

[3]

[4] [5]

The Music Fix

link

Yahoo Music UK

link

[6] [7]

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Turnaround is the fourth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife and it was released on 24 November 2003. The first single released was the upbeat track, "Hey Whatever". The next single was a cover of the Barry Manilow hit, "Mandy". The band's version earned them their 12th UK number one and an Irish record of the year award. "Obvious", an original song, was the third and final single released from the album. Turnaround was the last album to feature member Brian McFadden. The album was the 23rd best selling album of 2003 in the UK. The album was re-released in a box set on 25 January 2005 with their debut album, Westlife. BBC Music said that "The title Westlife chose is lost on us because this seems like more of the same from the puppy-dog-eyed five piece".[8]

Charts and certifications Year-end charts Chart (2003)

Peak position

Irish Albums Chart

12

UK Albums Chart

23

Certifications Region

Certification

Denmark

[9] Gold

[10] Gold

Sweden

Platinum United [11] Kingdom

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External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

Allow Us to Be Frank ...Allow Us to Be Frank Studio album by Westlife Released

8 November 2004 (see Release history)

Recorded

2004; Rokstone Studios (London),

Genre

Big band

Length

39:21

Language

English

Label

Sony BMG, RCA

Producer

Steve Mac Westlife chronology

Turnaround (2003)

...Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)

Face To Face (2005)

Singles from ...Allow Us to Be Frank 1.

"Smile" Released: 4 November 2004

2.

"Fly Me to the Moon" Released: 20 December 2004

3.

"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" Released: 6 January 2005

...Allow Us To Be Frank, a Rat Pack tribute album, was the fifth studio album by Irish boyband Westlife and the first album since the departure of Bryan McFadden. It was released on 8 November 2004, and peaked at number two in Ireland and number three in the United Kingdom. ...Allow Us To Be Frank was number twenty-four on the 2004 year-end album charts. The album features songs made popular by Frank Sinatra such as "The Way You Look Tonight", "Come Fly With Me", "Moon River", "Summer Wind" and "That's Life". It also includes the Nat "King" Cole song, "When I Fall in Love". It was recorded with a 60-piece orchestra at Phoenix Studios in Wembley, Middlesex.

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72

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating [1]

Entertainment.ie

[2]

MTV Asia RTE.ie

[3]

Rovi

[4]

Stylus Magazine

F

[5]

Singles "Smile" was released as the album's first single on 4 November 2004. The physical single features the video, and B-sides "White Christmas" and "When I Fall In Love".[6] "Fly Me To The Moon" was released as the album's second single on 20 December 2004. The single was only released digitally, featuring the video, as well as an exclusive B-side, "Beyond The Sea", which does not feature on the album. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" was released as the album's third and final single on 6 January 2005. The physical single features the video, as well B-side "Moon River".[7]

Track listing No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"

Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen

2:27

2. "Fly Me to the Moon"

Bart Howard

2:31

3. "Smile"

Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner

2:50

4. "Let There Be Love"

Ian Grant, Lionel Rand

2:45

5. "The Way You Look Tonight" (with Joanne Hindley) Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields

4:07

6. "Come Fly with Me"

Cahn, Van Heusen

3:15

7. "Mack the Knife"

Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill

3:10

8. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"

George Cory, Douglas Cross

2:59

9. "Summer Wind"

Hans Bradtke, Henry Mayer, Johnny Mercer

2:58

10. "Clementine"

Woody Harris, Percy Montrose

3:19

11. "When I Fall in Love"

Edward Heyman, Victor Young

3:09

12. "Moon River"

Mercer, Henry Mancini

2:40

13. "That's Life"

Kelly Gordon, Dean Kay

3:13

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Japanese Bonus Tracks No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

14. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Westlife-only version) Kern, Fields

3:45

15. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" (video)

2:30

Cahn, Van Heusen

Release history Region

Date

Europe

8 November 2004

Philippines 13 November 2004 Taiwan

3 December 2004

Japan

24 November 2004

Chart performance Chart (2004)

Peak position [8]

30

Germany Top 100 Albums [9]

2

Ireland Top 100

[10]

67

Japanese Albums Chart

[11]

32

Netherlands Album Top 100

[12]

5

Sweden Top 60 Albums

[13]

75

Switzerland Albums Top 100

[14]

3

United Kingdom Top 100 Chart (2005)

Peak position [15]

Belgium (Flanders) Ultratop 50 albums [16]

Denmark Album Top 40

25 15

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74

Certifications Region

Certification

United Kingdom 2× Platinum[17]

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External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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Face to Face Face to Face Studio album by Westlife Released

31 October 2005 (See Release history)

Recorded 2005; Rokstone Studios, (London), A Side Studios, Stockholm, Kingside Studio, Stockholm, Sanctuary Townhouse Studio, London, Larrabee North Studios, Los Angeles, The Location, Stockholm Grouse Lodge Studios, Ireland Genre

Pop

Length

44:38

Language English Label

Sony BMG, RCA

Producer Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Carl Falk, Jake Schulze, Steve Mac Westlife chronology

Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)

Face to Face (2005)

The Love Album (2006)

Singles from Face To Face 1.

"You Raise Me Up" Released: 24 October 2005

2.

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Released: 12 December 2005

3.

"Amazing" Released: 20 February 2006

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Allmusic

[1]

Entertainment.ie

[2]

Manchester Evening News

[3]

Rovi

[4]

Face to Face was the sixth studio album by Irish boyband Westlife, released in the UK on 31 October 2005. The album contains pop songs and some dance oriented tracks.

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The album was also released on DualDisc in the UK, which included the videos of the making of "You Raise Me Up", the Face to Face album photoshoot and exclusive interview footage.[5] The album includes a cover of The Eagles classic "Desperado" and a Backstreet Boys bonus track from the 2005 album, Never Gone, "Colour My World", and a Nick Carter solo song, "Heart Without A Home". The Face to Face album became Westlife's fifth UK number-one album in seven years, selling 1.3 million in the United Kingdom and becoming #7 and #129 in UK Year-end albums chart for 2005 and 2006 respectively. It was the biggest selling album released by Sony BMG Entertainment in 2005. It is certified 4× Platinum in the UK.[6][7] It remained at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts for 4 weeks in March 2006 and was the 25th highest selling album of 2006 in Australia. The first single release from the album was a cover of the Secret Garden hit, "You Raise Me Up", which brought the band back into the limelight after their ratpack-tribute Allow Us to Be Frank. The second single was a cover version of "When You Tell Me That You Love Me", recorded as a duet with the original singer, Diana Ross. The single reached the top of the charts in December 2005, the 2nd time that the single had hit the top of the charts for Diana Ross. The final single released was "Amazing", an original mid-tempo song.

Album information Track listing Track No.

Title

Credits

Length

1

"You Raise Me Up"

Arranged By [Orchestra]: Dave Arch Engineer [Choir Assistant]: Francesco Cameli Written By: Brendan Graham, Rolf Lovland

4:01

2

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

Arranged By: Andreas Romdhane, David Kreuger, Josef Larossi, Per Magnusson Backing Vocals [Additional]: Emil Heiling Engineer: Romdhane, Dave Ashton, Fredrik Andersson, Larossi Guitar: Esbjörn Öhrwall Keyboards: Magnusson Mixed By: Bernard Löhr Programmed By: Romdhane, Kreuger, Larossi Vocals [Guest]: Diana Ross Written By: Albert Hammond, John Bettis

3:58

3

"Amazing"

Backing Vocals [Additional]: Anders Johansson, Anders Von Hofsten, Savan Kotecha Mixed By, Performer [All Other Instruments]: Carl Falk Recorded By [Guitars]: Lennart Östlund Written By: Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Pilot, Jake Schulze

2:53

4

"That's Where You Find Love"

Engineer [Strings Assistant]: Mathew Bartram Engineer [Strings]: Robin Sellars Written By: Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Chris Farren

3:47

5

"She's Back"

Written By: Mac, Jorgen Elofsson

3:13

6

"Desperado"

Written By: Don Henley, Glenn Frey

3:40

7

"Colour My World"

Acoustic Guitar, Guitar: Carl Falk Backing Vocals [Additional]: Andreas Carlsson, Carl Björsell, Didrik Thott, One Voice Bass: Tomas Lindberg Engineer [Assistant]: Rowen Rossiter Mixed By, Performer [All Other Instruments]: Falk, Jake Schulze Written By: Carlsson, Kotecha, Harry Sommerdahl

3:56

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8

"In This Life"

Written By: Mike Reid, Allen Shamblin

4:10

9

"Heart Without a Home"

Written By: Mac, Hector

4:50

10

"Hit You With the Real Thing"

Backing Vocals [Additional]: Emil Heiling, Kotecha Engineer [Assistant]: Rowen Rossiter Guitar [Electric]: Falk Mixed By: Jake Schulze Programmed By: Falk, Schulze, Karl Engström Written By: Björsell, Falk, Didrik Thott, Kotecha, Sebastian Thott

3:03

11

"Change Your Mind"

Arranged By [Brass]: Arch Engineer [Strings Assistant, Brass Assistant]: Mathew Bartram Engineer [Strings, Brass]: Robin Sellars Written By: Mac, Hector

3:45

12

"Maybe Tomorrow"A

Produced By: Falk Mixed By: Bo Reimer, Carl Falk and Jörgen Ingeström All Other Instruments: Falk Written By: Björsell, Falk, Kotecha, Sebastian Thott

3:09

13

"World of Our Own (Acoustic Version)"B

Acoustics provided by Wayne Oulson

3:28

14

"Flying Without Wings (Acoustic Version)"B

3:35

15

"My Love (Acoustic Version)"B

3:52

Notes: A

"Maybe Tomorrow" was only included on the UK, Ireland and Japan versions of the album.

B

The acoustic tracks were only included on the Japanese version of the album.

Credits •

Arranged By [Strings]: Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11)

•

Engineer [Strings]: Mike Ross-Trevor (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9)

•

Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings]: Henrik Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7) Ulf Janson (tracks: 2, 3, 7)

•

Guitar: Fridrik Karlsson (tracks: 1, 5, 8) Paul Gendler (tracks: 4, 6, 9, 11)

•

•

Bass: Steve Pearce (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11)

Keyboards: Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)

•

•

Choir: The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 1, 6, 8)

Mastered By: Dick Beetham (tracks: 2 to 11) Vlado Meller (tracks: 1)

•

Drums: Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8, 11) Ian Thomas (tracks: 6, 9)

•

Photography: Neil Kirk

•

•

Engineer: Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11) Dan Pursey (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11) Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 6, 8)

Piano: Dave Arch (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 9) Steve Mac (tracks: 4, 11)

•

Strings: Stockholm Session Strings (tracks: 2, 3, 7)

•

Engineer [Mix]: Ren Swan (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)

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Release history Country

Release Date

Ireland

31 October 2005

Philippines United Kingdom South Korea

1 November 2005

Australia

12 December 2005

Taiwan [8]

Poland

13 February 2006

Charts and certifications Weekly charts Country

Peak position

[9]

1

Australia

Belgium (Flanders)

[10]

[11]

19

[12]

18

Denmark Germany

[13]

1

Ireland Japan

[14]

35

[10] Netherlands

30

[15]

7

[16]

9

Norway Sweden

[17]

14

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Year-end charts

71

[18]

1

Face to Face

79

Chart (2005)

Peak position

Irish Albums Chart

4

UK Albums Chart

7

Chart (2006)

Peak position

Australian Albums Chart

25

Certifications Region

Certification

[19]

Australia

[20]

Platinum 8× Platinum

Ireland

[21] 4× Platinum

United Kingdom

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External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

The Love Album The Love Album Studio album by Westlife Released

13 November 2006 (See Release history)

Recorded 2006 Genre

Pop, Adult Contemporary

Length

41:53

Language English Label

Sony BMG

Producer David Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Larossi, Quiz, Steve Mac Westlife chronology

Face to Face (2005)

The Love Album (2006)

Back Home (2007)

Singles from The Love Album 1.

"The Rose" Released: 6 November 2006

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Allmusic

[1]

Blogcritics

[2]

muzyka.onet.pl

[3]

Entertainmentwise

[4]

Rovi

[5]

The Love Album is the seventh studio album and second cover album by boy band Westlife from the Republic of Ireland; it was released on 20 November 2006.[6] The songs on the album center around the theme of "love". The first and only single released was "The Rose", originally recorded by Bette Midler—it debuted at #1 in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It was the band's 14th #1 single. The song was first performed at Miss World 2006. The album debuted at its peak position at #1 on the UK Charts, selling 219,662 copies in the UK that week.[7] The Love Album has sold more than 1,000,000 copies in the UK and has achieved 10× Platinum status in the Republic of Ireland and 3× Platinum in UK. The album was the 8th best-selling album of 2006 in the UK.

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Track listing #

Title

Writers

Length

Originally artist

1

The Rose

Amanda McBroom

3:39

Bette Midler

2

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Jim Steinman

4:40

Bonnie Tyler

3

All Out of Love (Featuring Delta Goodrem) Graham Russell, Clive Davis

3:44

Air Supply

4

You Light Up My Life

Joe Brooks

3:27

Debbie Boone

5

Easy

Lionel Richie

4:26

The Commodores

6

You Are So Beautiful (to Me)

Billy Preston, Dennis Wilson, Bruce Fisher

3:03

Billy Preston

7

Have You Ever Been in Love

Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield, John Danter

3:41

Gem

8

Love Can Build a Bridge

John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet 3:55

The Judds

9

The Dance

Anthony Arata

3:58

Garth Brooks

10 All or Nothing

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

3:56

O-Town

11 You've Lost That Loving Feeling

Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

3:25

The Righteous Brothers

Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc #

Title

Writers

Length

1 Butterfly Kisses

Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas

2 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You

Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin 3:47

George Benson

3 If

David Gates

2:42

Bread

4 Solitaire

Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody

5:07

The Carpenters

5 Still Here

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

3:51

Westlife

3:48

Bonnie Tyler

6 Total Eclipse Of The Heart (Sunset Strippers Verse Radio Edit) Jim Steinman

5:38

Originally by Bob Carlisle

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Credits •

Accordion: Eddie Hesson (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

•

Engineer [Assistant]: Daniel Pursey (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

•

Arranged By [Additional Choir Arrangements]: Lawrence Johnson (tracks: 1, 8)

•

Engineer [Mix]: Chris Laws (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

•

Arranged By [Strings]: Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Ulf & Henrik Janson (tracks: 1, 3, 8)

•

Engineer [Strings]: Ian Agate (tracks: 1, 8)

•

•

Arranged By [Vocals]: Andy Caine, Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

Guitar [Guitars]: Esbjörn Öhrwall (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 8) Fridrik 'Frizzy' Karlsson, Paul Gendler (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

•

Backing Vocals [Additional]: Andy Caine (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Emil Heiling (tracks: 3) Mae McKenna (tracks: 11)

•

•

Bass: Steve Pearce (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Thomas Lindberg (tracks: 1, 8)

Keyboards: Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane, Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8) Per Magnusson (tracks: 3) Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

•

Mastered By: Vlado Meller

•

Mastered By [Assistant]: Mark Santangelo

•

Mixed By: Bernard Löhr (track 3) Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8)

•

Other [Management]: Louis Walsh

•

Piano: Dave Arch (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Peter Ljung (tracks: 1, 4, 8)

•

Arranged By: David Kreuger, Per Magnusson (track 3) Quiz & Larossi (tracks: 1, 8) Steve Mac (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11)

•

Programmed By: Andreas 'Quiz' Romdhane, Josef Larossi (tracks: 1, 4, 8) David Kreuger (track 3)

•

Recorded By [Assistant Strings Recording]: Chris Barrett (tracks: 4 to 6, 9 to 11)

•

Recorded By [Strings]: Geoff Foster (tracks: 5, 6, 11) Paul Walton (tracks: 2, 7) Rupert Coulson (tracks: 4, 9, 10)

•

•

•

Choir: Aaron Sokell, Alani Gibbon, Anna Omakina, Ayo Oyerinde, Camilla Beeput, Donna Gardier-Elliot, Ezra Russell, Joy Malcolm, Lanoi Montet, Lawrence Johnson, Lena Palmer, Lorrain Smith, Michael Molton, Sheena White, Stephanie Meade, Subrina Edwards (tracks: 1, 8) The Tuff Session Singers (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Drums: Chris Laws, Ian Thomas (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Christer Janson (tracks: 8) Engineer: Bernard Löhr (tracks: 3) Chris Laws, Ren Swan (tracks: 2, 4 to 7, 9 to 11) Neil Tucker, Quiz & Larossi* (tracks: 1, 8)

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Release history Country

Release Date

Philippines

13 November 2006

Ireland

20 November 2006

United Kingdom Argentina

5 December 2006

Charts and certifications Weekly charts Country

Peak position

Argentina

5

[8]

Australia

11

[9] Austria

49

China

5

Cyprus

8

Europe

5

Germany

34

Hong Kong

5

Ireland

1

Japan

[10]

52

[11] Netherlands

49

[12]

2

New Zealand [13]

1

Norway

[14]

Republic of Ireland

1

[15]

3

Sweden

[16]

27

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Year-end charts

[17]

1

The Love Album

84

Chart (2006)

Peak position

Australian Albums Chart

83

Irish Albums Chart

1

UK Albums Chart

8

Certifications Region

Certification Sales/shipments [18]

Australia (ARIA)

[19]

Ireland (IRMA)

Platinum

70,000^

10× Platinum 150,000x

[20] 3× Platinum

45,000^

Gold

20,000^

[22] 3× Platinum

900,000^

New Zealand (RIANZ) [21]

Sweden (GLF)

United Kingdom (BPI)

Summaries [23]

Europe (IFPI)

Platinum

1,000,000*

*

sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone x unspecified figures based on certification alone ^

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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[21] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2006" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20061. pdf) (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. . [22] "British album certifications – Westlife – The Love Album" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter The Love Album in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go [23] "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2008" (http:/ / www. ifpi. org/ content/ section_news/ plat2008. html). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. .

External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

Back Home Back Home Studio album by Westlife Released

5 November 2007 (See release history)

Recorded 2007 London, United Kingdom Stockholm, Sweden Los Angeles, U.S. Genre

Pop, pop rock, dance-pop, electropop

Length

47:29

Language English Label

Syco, Sony BMG, RCA

Producer Arnthor Birgisson, David Kreuger, Steve Mac, Per Magnusson, Quiz & Larossi, Rami Yacoub Westlife chronology

The Love Album (2006)

Back Home (2007)

Where We Are (2009)

Singles from Back Home 1.

"Home" Released: 29 October 2007

2.

"Us Against The World" Released: 3 March 2008

3.

"Something Right" Released: 4 April 2008

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Back Home Video by Westlife Released

5 November 2007

Genre

Pop

Label

Sony BMG

Westlife video chronology

Live At Wembley (2006)

Back Home (2007)

Back Home is the eighth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife, released on 5 November 2007 through Syco Music, Sony Music and RCA Records. The album was produced by Steve Mac, Quiz & Larossi, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger and Rami Yacoub, who also produced some of the group's previous material. Back Home was the group's final album before their temporary break from music in 2008. The album was preceded by the lead single "Home", a cover version of the Michael Bublé song, which was sent to radio stations on September 2007, and was eventually released as a digital download and CD single on October 29, 2007. Two more singles were released to promote the album, namely "Us Against the World" and "Something Right". A DVD also accompanied the album's release, including some of the group's recent music videos and exclusive footage of the group. The album was met with mixed reviews, however the album was a commercial success. The album debuted at #1 on the Official UK Album Charts, selling 132,000 copies in its first week of release and remained in the top three spots for eight consecutive weeks.[1][2][3] It was also the fifth best selling album in the UK for 2007 with 854,344 copies sold, spending 20 weeks on the charts.[4][5]

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Allmusic

[6]

Channel24

[7]

Daily Express

[8]

Digital Spy

[9]

Entertainment.ie

[10]

Galaxie Magazine Malaysia iAfrica

[11]

Rovi

[12] [13]

The Daily This Is Aberdeen

(favorable)

[14]

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Background The tracklisting for the album was released on the band's official website on 3 October 2007, with track-by-track videos by the band. The release date of the album was brought forward to 5 November 2007 from the initial 12 November 2007. The album contains a collection of brand new tracks along with a few covers. The cover songs on the album are "Have You Ever", a Diane Warren penned ballad previously recorded by Brandy, and "I'm Already There", a song recorded by Lonestar. The first single from the album is a cover of the ballad "Home", originally by Michael Bublé, and was released on 29 October 2007[15] The song debuted at #3 on the official UK singles chart.[16] "Us Against The World", an original song dedicated to Westlife fans worldwide, was released as the band's second single on 3 March 2008 in the UK and Ireland. Meanwhile, "Something Right", which is an original up-tempo song, was released as the third single in Asia and Europe.[17] When Westlife announced the release date for the album, The Spice Girls immediately withdrew from the chart battle and delayed their Greatest Hits album release by a week to 12 November 2007. Westlife and the Spice Girls are then engaged in a war of words where each accused the other party of avoiding each other's release. The Spice Girls claimed that their album was to be released on 12 November 2007 and that this has always been the case. However, music retailers have concured that the Spice Girls' album was initially marked with a 5 November 2007 release date.[18] Back in November 2000, both bands were caught in a chart battle between Westlife's second studio album "Coast to Coast" and Spice Girls' third studio album "Forever". In the battle, Westlife sold 163 000 more records than the Spice Girls in the first week of release. Speculations then began to surface that Westlife might consider changing the release date of their album back to 12 November 2007 to go head on with the Spice Girls.[19] A Westlife insider told The Mirror "It's war and they're not getting away that easily. They can run but they can't hide"[20] which supports the speculation. However, the band made no further changes to the release date. An accompanying DVD was released on the week of the album's release. It featured backstage footage of the group, Up Close and Personal segments, and the music videos of "Home, You Raise Me Up, When You Tell Me That You Love Me, Amazing and The Rose". The DVD was available exclusively at Woolworths.

Track listing No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "Home"

Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies

Steve Mac

3:28

2. "Us Against the World"

Arnthor Birgisson, Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub

Rami & Arnthor

4:02

3. "Something Right"

Birgisson, Kotecha, Yacoub

Rami & Arnthor

3:14

4. "I'm Already There"

Gary Baker, Richie McDonald, Frank J. Myers

Quiz & Larossi

4:18

5. "When I'm with You"

Louis Biancaniello, Michael Mani, Jordan Omley, Sam Watters

Biancaniello, Watters

4:12

6. "Have You Ever"

Diane Warren

Mac

4:33

7. "It's You"

Mac, Wayne Hector

Mac

4:11

8. "Catch My Breath"

Mac, Hector

Mac

3:18

9. "The Easy Way"

Birgisson, Kotecha, Yacoub

Rami & Arnthor

3:35

10. "I Do"

Mac, Hector, John Reid

Mac

4:30

11. "Pictures in My Head"

Birgisson, Kotecha, Yacoub

Rami & Arnthor

4:17

12. "You Must Have Had a Broken Heart"

Jörgen Elofsson, Nicky Chinn

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

4:06

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Deluxe Edition Bonus CD No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"

Peter Cetera, David Foster

3:56

2. "Get Away"

Mac

3:15

3. "Home" (Soul Seekerz Remix - Radio Edit)

Bublé, Chang, Foster

3:36

4. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Sunset Strippers Full Dance Remix) Jim Steinman

7:42

5. "I'm Already There" (Ashanti Boyz Remix)

Baker, McDonald, Myers

4:16

6. "Us Against the World" (The Wideboys Remix)

Birgisson, Kotecha, Yacoub

4:34

Japan bonus tracks No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

13. "Home" (Soul Seekerz Remix - Radio Edit) Bublé, Chang, Foster

3:36

14. "Home" (music video)

3:28

Bublé, Chang, Foster

Credits Vocals

: Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan

Executive Producers

: Louis Walsh, Simon Cowell, Sonny Takhar, Tim Byrne

Producers

: Steve Mac, Chris Law, Dan Pursey, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha, Antour, AJ, Anders Johansson, Josef Larossi, David, Jorgen Elofsson, Louis Biancanello,, Sam Watters, Michael Mani, Jordan Omley

Photography

: Nino Munoz

Management

: Louis Walsh Management

Mixed By

: Niklas Flyckt (2,3), Quiz (4), Josef Larossi (4), Louis Biancaniello (5), Michael Mani (5), Sam Watters (5), Jordan Omley (5), Ronny Lahti (9), Fredrik Andersson (11,12)

Keyboards & Programming

: Anders Johansson (4), Quiz (4), Romdhane (4), Josef Larossi (4), Per Magnusson (12), Jorgen Ingestrom (12)

Pro Tools Editing

: Chris Laws (1,6,7,8,10)

Pro Tools Engineer

: AJ Junior (2,3,9,11)

Engineered By

: Chris Laws (1,6,7,8,10), Daniel Pursey (1,6,7,8,10), Quiz (4), Josef Larossi (4), Tim Lewis (5), Fredrik Andersson (12)

Mix Engineered By

: Ren Swan (1,6,7,8,10)

Strings Engineered By

: Markus Bergqvist (4), Ren Swan (6,7)

Choir Engineered By

: Ian Agate (4)

Backing Vocals Arranged By

: Atlas (4), Emil Heiling (4), Quiz (4), Josef Larossi (4)

Strings Arranged By

: Dave Arch (1,6,7,8,10), Ulf (4,12), Henrik Janson (4,12)

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Guitars

: John Paracelli (1,8,10), Daniel Pursey (1), Esbjorn Ohrwall (2,3,4,9,11,12), Rami Yacoub (3,9), Paul Gendler (6,7,8), Fridrik 'Frissi' Karlsson (6,10)

Bass

: Steve Pearce (1,6,7,10), Rami Yacoub (2,3,11), Thomas Lindberg (4)

Piano/Keyboards/Synths/Organ : Steve Mac (1,8,10), Dave Arch (1,6,7,10), Peter Ljung (4), Steve Mac (6), Per Magnusson (12), Jorgen Ingestrom (12) Drums

: Neal Wilkinson (1), Chris Laws (1,6,8,10), Ian Thomas (7), Magnus Perssom (12)

Strings

: Stockholm Session Orchestra (4)

Percussion

: Frank Ricotti (1,7)

Mellotron

: Steve Mac (7)

Choir

: The Tuff Session Singers (1)

*Numbers in brackets represents the track number on the album.

Chart performance Country

Peak position

[21]

14

Australia

[22]

65

[23]

6

Austria Europe

[25]

Certification

1,000,000+ Platinum[24]

45

Germany

[26]

1

Ireland

[28]

[27]

75,000+

5xPlatinum

7,500+

Gold

33

20,000+

Gold

19

15,000+

Gold

1

300,000+

Platinum

50

Japan

[29]

Netherlands

48

[30]

New Zealand [31]

13 18

Norway

[32]

South Africa [33]

Sweden

[34]

Switzerland

[35]

United Kingdom

Year-end charts

Sales

12

[36]

Back Home

90

Chart (2007)

Peak position

Irish Albums Chart

1

UK Albums Chart

1

Release history Country / Region [37]

Date

South Africa

26 October 2007

Ireland

2 November 2007 [38]

Netherlands

[39]

Format

Label

Catalogue

CD, Digital download RCA Records, Syco Music, Sony Music 88697176702

Switzerland [40]

5 November 2007

China

[41]

88697176702

Hong Kong

South Korea

[42] [43]

United Kingdom [44]

Thailand

[45]

Europe

6 November 2007 7 November 2007

SME-8869717-6702

9 November 2007

88697176702

[46]

Finland

[47]

Norway

[48]

Sweden

[49]

Austria

[50]

Germany

[51]

France

21 November 2007

[52]

BVCP21573

Japan

[53]

Poland

[54]

Argentina

11 February 2008 22 January 2008

7176702

Back Home

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Where We Are Where We Are Studio album by Westlife Released

27 November 2009 (See Release History)

Recorded July - October 2009 Genre

Pop, pop rock

Length

52:05

Label

Syco Music, Sony Music

Producer Ryan Tedder, Steve Robson, Jim Jonsin, Greg Wells, Emanuel Kiriakou, Louis Biancaniello, Sam Watters, Conner Reeves Westlife chronology

Back Home (2007)

Where We Are (2009)

Gravity (2010)

Singles from Where We Are 1.

"What About Now" Released: 23 October 2009

Where We Are is the ninth studio album and tenth album overall by the Irish boyband Westlife. It was released on 27 November 2009 in Ireland and 30 November 2009 in the UK through Syco Music, RCA Records and Sony Music. Where We Are is the group's first album following a break from music in 2008. The album was preceded by the lead single "What About Now", a cover of the Daughtry song, and was released on 23 October 2009[1] as a digital download a day later as a CD single.[2] The group collaborated with numerous notable producers for the album, notably Ryan Tedder of the pop rock band OneRepublic, Jim Jonsin, Greg Wells and Sam Watters, among others. Where We Are is also notably the first Westlife album not to have Steve Mac and Wayne Hector produce or write any of the songs. The album was met with unfavorable reviews, although it was still commercially successful, debuting at #2 at the UK Albums Chart. Despite the high peak, it was the first Westlife album not to peak at #1 since their 2004 album Allow Us to Be Frank peaked at #3.

Where We Are

Background Before Christmas 2008, they wrote a letter to their website saying that 2009 was going to be the most exciting year yet for Westlife. The recording process of their tenth album started on 1 July 2009. Byrne said that there will be many first-time producers and writers for the upcoming album. He also wanted to have collaboration works with Chris Martin of Coldplay who happens to be a big Westlife fan.[3] Filan talks about the content of the album and stated: A different direction might be a bit wrong. I think it's still pop music, but there's a different variation on it. One massive thing is we worked with different producers, who we've never worked with before, and new song writers. There are thirteen songs on the album and twelve of them are originals. There's more tempo, more rocky songs, some more American songs, some darker songs on there with darker lyrics. It's the best production we've had on any other album. The strings, the music is just on another level. Even if you're not a Westlife fan but you're a music fan, you will recognise the quality on this album. On their new biography posted on their official website, it has been added that the recording sessions began in LA, with a completely fresh team of producers and songwriters. The first song they recorded was the ballad, "I’ll See You Again", described as "haunting bereavement".[4] "I'll See You Again" was recorded by Ross at Metropolis Studios.[5] For their first single "What About Now" Feehily told The Daily Mirror, "We wanted the first single from our new album to be somewhere between the Westlife sound our fans know and love, and the new direction we're heading in. We've been experimenting with a fresh vibe on this record. After 11 years we see this as phase two of the Westlife story."[6] The song "Shadows" which has been confirmed to be included on the album was written by Ryan Tedder and AJ McLean for the Backstreet Boys' seventh album This Is Us but was not selected for inclusion. It was subsequently purchased by record label boss Simon Cowell for Leona Lewis's second album Echo but it was later decided that the song was more suited to a boyband and thus given Westlife to record.[7] The album also contains an "in memory of" section to Nikki Bryne and Kevin Egan, the fathers of Westlife members Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan, who both died in 2009 during the making of Where We Are.

Promotion On 25 October 2009, during the X Factor results show, Westlife performed "What About Now". It was released online the same day.[8] On 26 October they performed on GMTV and were interviewed in addition to hosting a webchat, with a further interview on The One Show on 30 October 2009.[9] They will also perform at BBC Children in Need on 20 November and be interviewed on 26 November and 4 December on Alan Carr's Chatty Man and The Friday Show respectively.[9] They are also doing radio promos in major cities of UK and Ireland from 24 October November including an interview on BBC Radio One.[10] TV dates were announced later.[11][12] Following a Swedish promotional tour with performance on Swedish Idol.[13] On 27 November 2009, Westlife performed on infamous UK television shows like Paul O' Grady Show and The Late Late Toy Show.[14] On 1 February 2010, their official website was revised. They called it as a first phase of 2010 assault.[15] On 10 February 2010, they are invited to Jonathan Ross show for an interview to be televised on 12 February 2010.[16] First week of February, they embarked on a promotional tour of Germany and guested on the Oliver Pocher Show on the third week of February.[17] They got the chance to perform with Boyzone for a track on the Stephen Gately Show in Ireland.[18] They opened the ceremony on News of the World Children's Champion Awards.[19] They are invited to perform on Sun City Super Bowl Show on South Africa to be held on 19 March and Fashion Kicks 2010 on 13 April.[20][21]

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94

Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic Rovi Music BBC Music

Rating [22][23] [24]

(favorable)

Daily Express

[25]

Digital Spy

[26]

Entertainment Ireland

[27]

London Evening Standard

[28]

MSN UK

[29]

The Observer Virgin Media

[30]

(unfavorable)

[31]

Where We Are received mostly unfavorable reviews, with most reviewers criticizing the album's similar music style, as well as the fact that there is little difference from their previous material. Robert Spellman of Daily Express gave the album two stars out of five, saying that "all the songs sound alike and deal with heartbreak."[25] Lauren Murphy of Entertainment Ireland gave a similar score, stating that "as maudlin and one-dimensional as any of their recent material", although she praised Feehily's vocals.[27] Rick Pearson of London Evening Standard called the album's songs "bland" and "uninspiring", concluding that "Where We Are finds Westlife exactly where they were at the beginning of the decade."[28] Ben Chalk of MSN UK stated that the album is "aimed squarely at the sort of person who buys one album a year, usually at Christmas, to listen to in the car."[29] Hugh Montgomery of The Observer criticized the album's "usual...over-production, ersatz yearning and (anti-)climactic key changes."[30] Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy panned Where We Are, saying that "there isn't a drop of passion, genuine emotion or soul to be found anywhere."[26] Ian Gittins of Virgin Media gave the album one star out of five, saying that "The only emotion...is a sinking sense of déjà vu."[31] Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic and Rovi Music gave the album three and a half stars out of five, noting the group's usual musical structure, although he praised the album for containing "many first-rate songs...and the production is polished to perfection."[22][23] Mike Diver of BBC Music gave Where We Are a favorable review, referring to many "surprises" contained within the album, although he notes that "their style has barely changed."[24]

Track listing

Where We Are

95

No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

1. "What About Now"

Ben Moody, David Hodges, Josh Hartzler

Steve Robson

2. "How to Break a Heart"

Sam Watters, James Scheffer, Louis Biancaniello Biancaniello, Watters, Jim Jonsin

4:04

3. "Leaving"

Steven Lee Olsen, Bryn Christopher, Carl Falk

Biancaniello, Watters

3:57

4. "Shadows"

Ryan Tedder, AJ McLean

Tedder

4:01

5. "Talk Me Down"

Simon Petty

Steve Anderson

4:01

6. "Where We Are"

Tedder, Savan Kotecha

Tedder

3:57

7. "The Difference"

Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, Brian Kennedy Seals

Cutler, Preven and Kennedy Seals

3:30

8. "As Love is My Witness"

Connor Reeves, Jonathan Shorten

Martin Terefe

4:07

9. "Another World"

Steve Booker, Sophie Delila

Booker

3:16

Lindy Robbins, Kotecha, Emanuel Kiriakou

Kiriakou

3:58

10. "No More Heroes"

Length 4:11

11. "Sound of a Broken Heart" Watters, John Reid, Wayne Wilkins, Biancaniello Biancaniello, Watters, Wilkins

3:51

12. "Reach Out"

Shaznay Lewis, Chris Braide, Mark Feehily

Greg Wells, Braide

3:56

13. "I'll See You Again"

Shelly Poole, Andy Hill

Kiriakou, Hill

5:17

Japan bonus track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s) Length

14. "You Raise Me Up" (Live at Croke Park) Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland Decca

Notes • "What About Now" was not included in Czech Republic and Slovakia track listing[32]

Chart performance Country

Peak position

[33]

Certificates

53

Austria

[34]

42

Germany

[35]

9

[36]

2

Greece

Ireland

[38]

[37]

3xPlatinum

77

Japan

[39]

71

Mexico

[40]

New Zealand

13

[42] South Korea

3

[43]

8

Sweden

[46]

[41]

Gold

[44][45]

Gold

25

Switzerland

[47]

United Kingdom

2

[48]

2xPlatinum

5:00

Where We Are

96

Year-end charts Chart (2009)

Peak position

Irish Albums Chart

8

UK Albums Chart

28

Release history Country / Region

Date

Format

Label

Ireland

27 November 2009 CD, Digital download RCA Records

Philippines

28 November 2009

New Zealand

30 November 2009

Catalogue 88697611272

Sony Music Entertainment

[49]

Norway

[50]

South Africa

[51]

S/Syco Music

United Kingdom [52]

Sony Music Entertainment

Hong Kong

South Korea

[53]

[54]

1 December 2009 2 December 2009

Europe

[55]

Finland

[56]

Malaysia

[57]

Sweden

Netherlands

[58]

Taiwan

3 December 2009

Sony Music

4 December 2009

[59]

8 December 2009

France

[60]

B002RHP88S

23 December 2009

Sony Music Japan

SICP2509

[61]

21 January 2010

Sony Music

88697611272

[62]

22 January 2010

Japan

Thailand

Australia

[63]

25 January 2010

China

[64]

5 February 2010

Austria

[65]

Germany

[66]

Switzerland [67]

Mexico

[68]

Czech Republic [69]

Slovakia

15 March 2010

886976112721

5 April 2010

289173

Where We Are

97

Credits •

Vanessa Addo-Yeboah - Vocals

•

Will Malone - Keyboards, Programming, String Arrangements, Synthesizer

•

Ian Agate - Engineer

•

Rob Marks - Engineer

•

Joel Anderson - Cover Photo

•

Subrina McCalla - Vocals

•

Steve Anderson - Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, String Arrangements

•

Kevin McDaid - Photography

•

David Angell - Violin

•

Alexander McLean - Composer, Producer

•

Jesse Astin - Egg Shaker

•

Vlado Meller - Mastering

•

Paul Beard - Piano

•

Millennia Strings - Strings

•

Louis Biancaniello - Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, • Producer, Programming

Candice Mimi-Appiah - Vocals

•

Chris Blade - Arranger, Producer

•

Ben Moody - Composer

•

Steve Booker - Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming

•

Esbjörn Öhrwall - Guitar

•

Jeff Bova - String Arrangements, Strings

•

Steven Lee Olsen - Composer, Producer

•

Chris Braide - Composer, Producer

•

Andreas Olsson - Keyboards, Programming

•

Karl Brazil - Drums

•

Ross 'Dights' Parkin - Engineer

•

John Catchings - Cello

•

John Parricelli - Guitar

•

Nikolaj Juel Christiansen - Guitar

•

Doug Petty - Bass, Drum Programming, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, *Percussion, Piano

•

Bryan Christopher - Composer

•

Simon Petty - Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Producer

•

Bryn Christopher - Producer

•

Ian Pitter - Vocals

•

Scott Cutler - Composer, Egg Shaker, Guitar, Producer, Programming

•

Shelley Poole - Producer

•

David Davidson - Orchestration, String Transcription, Violin

•

Luke Potashnick - Guitar

•

Sophie Delila - Composer, Piano, Producer

•

Anne Preven - Composer, Producer

•

Alessandro Destefanis - Assistant

•

Quiz - Engineer, Mixing

•

Althea Edwards - Vocals

•

Quiz - Additional Production

•

Carl Falk - Composer, Producer

•

Zac Rae - Guitar, Programming

•

Mark Feehily - Composer, Producer, Vocals

•

Conner Reeves - Composer, Producer

•

Richard Flack - Engineer

•

John Reid - Composer

•

John Garrison - Bass

•

Jon Reid - Producer

•

Dyre Gormsen - Engineer

•

Carol Riley - Vocals

•

Simon Hale - Arranger, Strings

•

Lindy Robbins - Composer, Producer

•

Joshua Hartzler - Composer

•

Steve Robson - Producer

•

Heard But Not Seen Choir - Choir, Chorus

•

Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane - Instrumentation, Programming

•

Andy Hill - Additional Production, Producer

•

Jeff Rothschild - Mixing

•

Iain Hill - Engineer

•

Mark Santangelo - Assistant

•

David Hodges - Composer

•

James Scheffer - Composer, Producer

•

Christian Howes - Strings

•

Brian Kennedy Seals - Composer

•

Henrik Janson - String Arrangements

•

Edward Shearmur - Strings

•

Candace Johnson - Vocals

•

Bobby Shin - Strings

•

Lawrence Johnson - Vocal Arrangement

•

Jonathan Shorten - Composer, Producer

•

Bryon Jones - Vocals

•

Kristoffer Sonne - Drums

•

Priscilla Jones - Vocals

•

Steve Stacey - Design

•

Jim Jonsin - Keyboards, Producer, Programming

•

Xavier Stephenson - Assistant

•

Jon Kelly - Engineer

•

Stockholm Session Strings - Strings

•

Brian Kennedy - Guitar, Producer, Programming

•

Phil Tan - Mixing

•

Emanuel Kiriakou - Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming

•

Ryan Tedder - Arranger, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Piano, Producer, Programming, Strings

Where We Are

98

•

Savan Kotecha - Composer, Producer

•

Martin Terefe - Bass, Producer

•

Larossi - Additional Production, Engineer

•

Pat Thrall - Editing

•

Josef Larossi - Instrumentation, Programming

•

Nikolaj Torplarsen - Arranger, Keyboards, Piano

•

Damien Lewis - Engineer

•

Luke Tozour - Engineer

•

Shaznay Lewis - Composer, Producer

•

Neil Tucker - Engineer

•

Peter Ljung - Piano

•

Sam Watters - Composer, Engineer, Producer

•

The London Session Orchestra - Strings

•

Greg Wells - Instrumentation, Producer

•

The Love Sponge Strings - Strings

•

Jeremy Wheatley - Mixing, String Arrangements

•

Wayne Wilkins - Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming

•

Kris Wilkinson - Viola, Violin

•

Neal Wilkinson - Drums

•

Noel Zancanella - Engineer

Source: Allmusic.com[70]

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Gravity Gravity Studio album by Westlife Released

22 November 2010 (See Release History)

Recorded

July - October 2010; Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles) RAK Studios (St John's Wood, London)

Genre

Pop, pop rock, dance-pop

Length

48:05

Label

Syco, Sony, RCA

Producer

John Shanks Westlife chronology

Where We Are (2009)

Gravity (2010)

Greatest Hits (2011)

Singles from Gravity 1.

"Safe" Released: 14 November 2010

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Professional ratings Review scores Source Сontactmusic

Rating [1]

(favorable)

[2]

Daily Express

[3]

Daily Star

(favorable)

Entertainment Focus

(favorable)

[4]

Entertainment.ie

[5]

Expessen

[6]

Financial Times

[7]

Funky

[8]

Jacaranda FM

[9]

M&VT

[10]

OK! Magazine

[11]

Urban Wire

[11]

Gravity is the tenth and final studio album by the Irish pop band Westlife. It was released on 22 November 2010 in the United Kingdom. John Shanks produced each song, barring the bonus track on the Japanese edition. The album was preceded by the lead single, "Safe", which was released at 14 November 2010. This is also the group's final album under Syco Music; Syco decided that there will be no second single from the album, which was one reason the group left Syco in March 2011. As of November 2011, the album had sold 358,943 in the UK.[12]

Background, concept, and development On 19 July 2010, it was reported by RTÉ that the group will be teaming up with Shanks. A Westlife insider said: "It's a major coup for Westlife to get this producer - he's produced all the big acts from Bon Jovi to the Backstreet Boys and Take That. "They wanted him for their last album but weren't able to get him. They're thrilled that he's agreed to work with them on this album."[13] It also stated that the recording process started in July 2010. The band also confirmed the album's recording and mixing was finished in October 2010. They recorded the songs in Los Angeles, California, Dublin, Ireland, and London, England. On 17 September 2010, Egan flashed that the first single for the album was already picked by Cowell and a 30-second snippet was played on X Factor UK.[14] Afterwards, Feehily initiated the #westlife11album and #westlifeSAFE as a trending topic on Twitter which was followed by others worldwide to be a top trending topic.[15] The album was released on 15 November 2010.[16] In addition, Egan fully expressed what he felt on during recording Gravity: “It’s hard to believe this is our 11th album but performing is our passion and it would seem like throwing it all away if we stopped."“Both us and Take That go for epic pop songs but them taking Robbie back hasn’t made us think about Brian McFadden returning. It would feel odd to have a fifth person back on stage with us.”[17] In addition Westlife told Digital Spy: "We'd wanted to work with him for a long time, but all his loyalty was to Take That and he didn't want to work with another boyband," "We'd been asking him and asking, but literally within moments of Take That deciding to go and work with Stuart Price, he said yes to us straight away. Afterwards he said he'd wanted to work with us for a long time, but he just couldn't do the Take That thing and the Westlife

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thing because they were too close." "John created a sound for us in the same way he created a sound for Take That, a sound for Bon Jovi and a sound for all the other incredible artists he's worked with," "He created a sound for Westlife that we haven't had before - it's not a massive departure, but it's definitely a step up in terms of production." Filan also revealed that the group is currently in the process of selecting 12 or 13 songs for the album's final tracklisting from a pool of 16, with all but "one or two" likely to be originals.[18] In 22 October 2010, Shanks stated that they have finished the Westlife record, all approved by Cowell.[19] Shanks stated that the album ended up with two covers in it.[20] In 27 October 2010, the album main release date was changed to 22 November 2010.[21] In 25 October 2010, Feehily unveiled the final tracklisting on his official Twitter page as follows:[22][23] On 1 November 2010, Mark confirmed the two cover songs on the album are, "Chances" by Athlete and "The Reason" by Hoobastank. In the November 2010 issue of Hello Magazine they told them about their competition with Take That and Walsh and Cowell's involvement in the album, "You need competition to keep you on your toes". On 2 November 2010, the 30 second snippet of each songs from the album were posted on Amazon.co.uk.[24] On 5 November 2010, In Demand FM played exclusively the full track of "Beautiful Tonight" with an interview of the band. On 7 November 2010, they performed "I Will Reach You" on BBC Radio 2.[25] On 14 November 2010, RTÉ 2fm exclusively played "I Will Reach You", "The Reason", and "I Get Weak" from the album for the first time worldwide. In an interview with AOL Music UK, Westlife described the creative process of the album as "breath of fresh air". "It's a new beginning for Westlife" is how singer Shane Filan described working with legendary pop producer John Shanks.[26]

Album name and artwork The album cover was first displayed on the music record sites as "Westlife" with black background and white-colored lettering. In 22 October 2010, they released an exclusive video of the album photo shoot to the press and on their official sites.[27] The official photographer of the shoot was Kevin McDaid and Feehily as the creative director.[28] They decided to go for a chic black and white design and in the pics, the band are all dressed down in jeans and t-shirts. "Mark, Kian, Nicky and Shane stand separately in a line facing the camera on the Gravity front cover, with Shane leaning cheekily on Nicky's shoulder,"[29] On 13 October 2010, they announced the album title Gravity and trended worldwide on Twitter as #westlifegravity after the announcement.[30] Band member Mark Feehily adopted the album title suggested by a fan and confirmed it on his Twitter account first.[31] Redcorvette09 or Fiona Reynoldson, the chosen fan explains "Gravity" from the Safe lyrics. Maybe it's a dedication to your partners and how they've kept you grounded...or maybe about the music always drawing you back in for another album! Could have several meanings."[32][33] Egan said to the press people that the band will give something special to the chosen fan but it was yet undecided.

Promotion Main article: Safe, Gravity Tour

Schedule

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Date

Country

Venue

Notes Promo Tour

25 October 2010; 11:00

111 Broad Street, Birmingham

Heart FM

Pre-recorded interview for Heart Breakfast

25 October 2010; 11:00

4 Oozells Square, Birmingham

BRMB

Pre-recorded interviews for BRMB Breakfast Show, Mercia Breakfast, Wyvern Breakfast, Beacon Breakfast and Heart Nottingham

25 October 2010; 15:30

Stoke Road, Stoke-On-Trent

Signal Radio

Pre-recorded interviews for UTV Network and The Wave (Swansea)

26 October 2010; 07:50

Castlefield Quay, Manchester

Key 103

Live interviews with Key 103 (08.00) and Radio City (09.00) and pre-recorded interviews for Aire FM, Viking FM, Rock FM and Hallam FM

26 October 2010; 10:50

Waterfront Quay, Salford

Real Radio

Pre-recorded interview for Real Breakfast Show, Real Radio Wales, Real Radio NE, Real Radio Yorkshire, Network Special and Networked Evening Show

26 October 2010; 15:00

Castlefield Quay, Manchester

Key 103

Pre-recorded In Demand Special - Westlife on Westlife

27 October 2010; 10:00

Forth Road, Edinburgh

Radio Forth

Pre-recorded interview for Radio Forth Breakfast Show

27 October 2010; 12:00

Glasgow Business Park, Glasgow

Real Radio

Live interview for Real Radio

27 October 2010; 14:45

Clydebank Business Park, Glasgow

Radio Clyde

Pre-recorded interview for In Demand (networked evening show)

27 October 2010; 16:00

Pacific Quay, Glasgow

STV

Live interview with The Hour Show

5 November 2010

England

In:Demand FM

6 November 2010

England

The Crush on 4Music

7 November 2010

England

Weekend Wogan

8 November 2010

England

Pride of Britain Awards

9 November 2010

England

Daybreak

11 November 2010

England

The Crush on Channel 4

14 November 2010

London, England

The X Factor

14 November 2010

London, England

The Xtra Factor

15 November 2010

London, England

Lorraine

17 November 2010

London, England

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

19 November 2010

Belfast, Northern Ireland Children In Need

3 December 2010

Dublin, Republic of Ireland

The Late Late Show

Exclusive performance of "Safe"

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18 December 2010

Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Childline

Singles "Safe" was the lead single from the album, released on 14 November in the UK. Their debut performance of the track was on the X Factor the day or release. It peaked at #10 in its first week consequently making it their lowest charting lead single to date in the UK, as well as their lowest sales for a lead single. "Beautiful Tonight" was confirmed as the follow-up single on the third week of January through the Daily Star. The release date is yet to be announced. They stated, "You can imagine our next single Beautiful Tonight being played in a club. Yes, it’s that different to what we usually release. John Shanks wrote it and it’s up-tempo and will open a few eyes and ears. People who don’t usually like Westlife might like it and hopefully people who do like us won’t not like it. It’s young, fresh and exciting so we feel brilliant about it coming out. When they first hear it, some people might go: “Whoa, who is that?” and that’s why we wanted it as our first song on the album. It’d be cool to get a couple of good dance remixes off it but we won’t be coming up with a dance routine for it on tour, except for maybe a few clicks and putting one foot in front of the other. The song reminds us of the early days when we put out "World of Our Own".[34] The song was performed live on Irish national television show Paul O'Grady Show. After that, the track peaked at the top 40 of Irish Radio Airplay Chart. It was later confirmed on 1 February 2011 that there will be no second single for Gravity. Byrne stated that it was out of the band's hands and it was a Syco's decision.[35] On 14 March 2011, Westlife confirmed that they had left Syco Music with the group citing the decision not to release a second single as the reason.[36] Despite cancelled single, "I Will Reach You" was released as a follow-up promotional radio single in April 2011 on some of the radio stations in Indonesia, Ireland and the Philippines where it charted and went to #1 on a radio station in the Philippines.

Track listing No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s) Length

1. "Beautiful Tonight"

John Shanks, Paul Barry

Shanks

4:00

2. "Safe"

Shanks, James Grundler

Shanks

3:53

3. "Chances"

Joel Pott, Carey Willetts, Steven Roberts, Timothy Wanstall

Shanks

4:46

4. "I Will Reach You"

Mark Feehily, Steve Anderson, Jamie Hartman

Shanks

3:21

5. "Closer"

Shanks, John Reid, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Feehily, Shane Filan Shanks

4:06

6. "The Reason"

Douglas Robb, Dan Estrin, Chris Hesse, Markku Lappalainen

Shanks

3:54

7. "Tell Me It's Love"

Shanks, Wayne Hector

Shanks

4:18

8. "I Get Weak"

Shanks, Savan Kotecha

Shanks

3:42

9. "Before It's Too Late"

Anderson, Feehily, Simon Petty

Shanks

4:09

10. "No One's Gonna Sleep Tonight" Shanks, Hector

Shanks

3:53

11. "Difference in Me"

Shanks, Hector

Shanks

3:29

12. "Too Hard To Say Goodbye"

Shanks, Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan

Shanks

4:44

Total length:

48:05

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[37]

Japanese bonus track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

13. "Please Stay" Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard Steve Anderson

Length 3:43

[38]

German bonus track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s) Length

13. "Safe (Music video)" Grundler, Shanks Shanks

3:59

Other credits • • • • • •

Art Direction [Creative Direction] – Mark Feehily Contractor [Musician], Coordinator [Production] – Shari Sutcliffe Design – Steve Stacey Management – Louis Walsh Management Mastered By – Bob Ludwig Photography – Kevin McDaid

Lead Vocals 01. Beautiful Tonight - Shane,Mark 02. Safe - Shane,Mark 03. Chances - Shane,Mark 04. I Will Reach You - Shane,Mark 05. Closer - Shane,Mark 06. The Reason - Shane,Mark 07. Tell Me it's Love - Shane,Mark,Nicky 08. I Get Weak - Shane,Mark,Kian 09. Before It's Too Late - Mark 10. No one's Gonna Sleep Tonight - Shane,Mark 11. Difference In Me - Shane 12. Too Hard To Say Goodbye - Shane,Mark,Nicky,Kian

Chart performance In a November 2010 interview with Daily Star, Westlife have already admitted defeat in their chart battle with JLS. Kian admitted: “I don’t think we’re going to win against JLS to be honest – they’re probably going to get the No.1. “But we’re not really bothered about chart positions. “We rate the success of an album on the overall sales.” Ironically JLS also lost the chart battle, with Take That's second week sales of Progress enough to keep them at number one on the UK Charts.

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Chart (2010)

Peak position

[39]

Dutch Albums Chart

76

[40] European Top 100 Albums

12

Irish Albums Chart

[41]

1 [42]

91

[43]

90

Japanese Albums Chart Mexican Albums Chart

[44]

New Zealand Albums Chart Scottish Albums Chart

22

[45]

4

[39]

46

Swedish Albums Chart

[39]

50

Swiss Albums Chart

[46]

3

UK Albums Chart

Year-end charts Chart (2010)

Position [47]

Irish Albums Chart

15

UK Albums Chart

34

[48]

Release history Main release Country / region

Date

Format

Label

Catalogue

Gravity

107 [49]

19 November 2010 CD, Digital download RCA Records, Sony Music 88697724482

Europe

[50]

Ireland

[51]

Netherlands

[52]

Sony Music Entertainment Ivory Music and Video

Philippines

[53]

Sony Music Entertainment

Sweden

[54]

Thailand

[55]

22 November 2010

Denmark

Hong Kong [56]

Malaysia

[57]

Poland

[58]

South Africa

[59]

S/Syco Music

United Kingdom [60]

23 November 2010

South Korea [61]

24 November 2010

Mexico

[62]

26 November 2010

Taiwan

30 November 2010

Finland

[63]

Sony Music Entertainment

3 December 2010

Germany

[64]

15 December 2010

Japan

Import release Country / region [65]

Date

Format

Label

22 November 2010 CD, Digital download RCA Records, 23 November 2010 Sony Music, Syco Music

Japan

[66]

Canada

[67]

France

[68]

United States

Catalogue 88697724482

Gravity

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Compilation albums Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 Greatest hits album / Studio album by Westlife Released

11 November 2002

Recorded

1998-2002; Rokstone Studios London Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden PWL Studios, London Windmill Lane Studios Ireland Olympic Studios, London

Genre

Pop, teen pop

Length

77:56 (International/European Version) 74:31 (UK Version)

Language

English

Label

BMG Westlife chronology

World of Our Own (2001)

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. Turnaround 1 (2003) (2002)

Singles from Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 1.

"Unbreakable" Released: 28 October 2002

2.

"Tonight / Miss You Nights" Released: 24 March 2003

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2008 NZ Tour Edition) Greatest hits album by Westlife Released

2008 (New Zealand)

Recorded

1998-2002, 2006

Genre

Pop

Label

Sony BMG Westlife chronology

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Back Home (2007)

112

Unbreakable: 2008 NZ Tour Edition (2008)

Where We Are (2009)

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 is the fourth album and first greatest hits album by Irish boyband Westlife. The album was released on 11 November 2002. It peaked at #1 in the UK and at #66 in Australia and sold close to 1.4 million copies in the UK alone. It is also the band's longest charting album. The album was the 9th best selling of 2002 in the UK. It managed to re-enter the Year-end albums chart of 2007 at #107. On October 2008, IFPI announced that the album was certified 2x Platinum, exceeding two million sales in Europe. On the year-end album charts of 2008, the album re-entered at #79 with 191,000 copies sold within the year. The album spent 55 weeks on the UK Top 100 Albums chart.[1] The album consists of all of the group's past singles, along with six brand new songs. The band's hit single "Flying Without Wings" was re-recorded as a duet with Korean superstar BoA and Mexican singer Cristian Castro, and each respective duet was included on the Asian and Spanish versions of the album respectively. The first single released from the album was "Unbreakable", a UK #1 single. The second single, the double A-side "Tonight / Miss You Nights" peaked at #3 in the UK. In 2008, the album was re-issued in an exclusive two disc edition, entitled "Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits - 2008 NZ Tour Edition". The package featured the album, with the same tracklisting, plus the "Live At Wembley" 2006 concert DVD. It peaked at #1 on the albums chart there, and achieved 2x Platinum status, with more than 30,000 copies sold. The album finished at #19 on the 2008 New Zealand Year-end charts. Worldwide, the album has sold over 5,000,000 copies.

Critical reception BBC Music said: "They know how to ham it up for the ladies and are masters of the sentimental power..."[2] of Yahoo Music gave saying: With 11 number ones so far, it's good to see how they all stand up next to each other. Sure, 'Flying Without Wings' is a talent show staple, 'My Love' is great in a-bit-like-'Chicago' kinda way, and even 'If I Let You Go' is eminently more memorable than their debut 'Swear It Again', 'Fool Again' or 'Bop Bop Baby'. In fact, take away the obvious can't-fail covers of 'I Have A Dream', 'Uptown Girl', and make the boys look slightly uglier, and Westlife would have been lucky to get anywhere near the top ten with some of these tunes. A special mention must go out to the sadism of 'Against All Odds' though: Westlife + Mariah Carey + A Phil Collins song = pure evil, anyone? You get a taster of their new direction with the six (Six!) bonus new tracks, including the title track and new smash 'Unbreakable' and a version of Sir Clifford's 'Miss You Nights', which is this year's Christmas single. Hurrah, eh? Of the rest, it's a case of if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Westlife have certainly found their niche in pop, and by statistics alone look like becoming one of the all time greats. It's just a shame the actual musical legacy displayed here is so wet and uninspiring.[3]

Track listing

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Track No.

113

Title

Credits

Length

1

"Swear It Again"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Steve Mac Written By - Mac, Wayne Hector

4:07

2

"If I Let You Go"

Produced, Arranged By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

3:41

3

"Flying Without Wings"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector

3:36

4

"I Have A Dream"

Produced - Dan Frampton, Pete Waterman Remix, Producer [Additional] - John Holliday, Trevor Steel Written By - B. Andersson, B. Ulvaeus

4:15

5

"Fool Again"

Produced, Arranged By, Programmed By - Kreuger, Magnusson Written By - Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

3:53

6

"Against All Odds"

Produced - Mariah Carey, Mac Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - Carey Written By - Phil Collins

3:21

7

"My Love"

Produced, Arranged By - Kreuger, Magnusson 3:53 Written By - Elofsson, Pelle Nylén, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

8

"What Makes a Man"

Produced by - Mac Written by: Mac, Hector

3:52

9

"Uptown Girl"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Billy Joel

3:07

10

"Queen of My Heart"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - McLaughlin, Robson, Mac, Hector

4:19

11

"World of Our Own"

Produced, Arranged By - Mac Mastered By - Ted Jensen Remix, Producer [Additional] - Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars Written By - Mac, Hector

3:32

12

"Bop Bop Baby"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - McFadden, Filan, Murphy, O'Brien

4:30

13

"When You're Looking Like That"

Produced, Engineer - Rami Yacoub Written By - Rami, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin

3:54

14

"Unbreakable"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Jörgen Elofsson, John Reid

4:33

15

"Written In The Stars"

Produced, Recorded By - David Stenmarck, Nick Jarl Written By - Jarl, Stenmarck, Andreas Carlsson

4:10

16

"How Does It Feel"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - McFadden, Filan, Romdhane, Larossi

4:19

17

"Tonight"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector, Elofsson

4:32

18

"Love Takes Two"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector

3:49

19

"Miss You Nights"

Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Dave Townsend

3:22

Bonus Tracks 8

"I Lay My Love on You"

Replaces 'What Makes A Man' on the Asian Edition Produced, Arranged By - Kreuger, Magnusson Written By - Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

3:29

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

114

11

"World of Our Own" (US Mix)

Replaces 'World Of Our Own' on the Asian Edition Produced, Arranged By - Mac Mastered By - Ted Jensen Remix, Producer [Additional] - Andy Zulla, Stevie 2 Bars Written By - Mac, Hector

3:28

20

"Flying Without Wings" (Featuring BoA)

Additional track on the Asian Edition Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - BoA

3:09

20.2

"Flying Without Wings" (Featuring Cristian Castro) Additional track on the Spanish Edition Produced, Arranged By, Mixed By - Mac Written By - Mac, Hector Vocals [Featuring], Arranged By [Vocals] - Castro

Additional Bonus Disc (Available At Woolworths Via A Daily Mirror Promotion)[4] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"World Of Our Own" (US Mix) - 3:30 "More Than Words" - 3:58 "Forever" - 5:05 "You Don't Know" - 4:12 "Interview With Westlife" - 5:00

Chart performance Country

Peak Certification Position

[5]

66

Australia

[6]

14

Austria

[7]

Belgium (Flanders) [8]

4

Germany

[9]

7

Ireland

1

Denmark

[10]

Japan

18

Philippines

1 [11]

Netherlands

[12]

New Zealand

Gold

3

Gold

4

Platinum

[13]

10

[14]

2

Platinum

Switzerland

14

Gold

[16] UK

1

4x Platinum

Norway Sweden

[15]

Year End Charts

27

3:36

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

115

Chart (2002)

Peak position

Irish Albums Chart

5

UK Albums Chart

9

Video Album Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 Video by Westlife Released

15 November 2002

Genre

Pop

Length

158

Label

Sony BMG

Director

Brett Turnbull Westlife video chronology

World Of Our Own (2002)

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2002)

1. "Swear It Again" 2. "If I Let You Go" 3. "Flying Without Wings" 4. "Seasons In The Sun" 5. "I Have A Dream" 6. "Fool Again" 7. "My Love" 8. "What Makes A Man" 9. "Uptown Girl" 10. "I Lay My Love On You" 11. "When You're Looking Like That" 12. "Queen Of My Heart" 13. "Angel" 14. "World Of Our Own" (US Version) 15. "World Of Our Own" 16. "Bop Bop Baby" 17. "Unbreakable" 18. "Behind The Scenes Documentary" 19. "Before They Were Famous..." 20. "Swear It Again" (US Version)

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits (2003)

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

116

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Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Greatest hits album by Westlife Released 18 November 2011 Genre

Pop

Label

RCA, Sony

Producer John Shanks, Steve Mac, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, David Foster, Pete Waterman, Steve Robson, TTW, Rami Yacoub, Quiz & Larossi, Carl Falk, Arnthor Birgisson Westlife chronology

Gravity (2010)

Greatest Hits (2011)

Singles from Greatest Hits 1.

"Lighthouse" Released: 14 November 2011

2.

"Beautiful World" Released: 15 December 2011

Greatest Hits Greatest Hits is the second greatest hits album and final release by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 18 November 2011 by RCA Records and Sony Music. Greatest Hits is the group's second greatest hits album following Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (2002). The album is the group's first album not under Syco Music and not under the tutelage of Simon Cowell, having left Syco and Cowell in March 2011. The greatest hits album contains numerous singles that span throughout the band's career, as well as four new songs produced by John Shanks, which includes the lead single "Lighthouse", which was released on 14 November 2011, and "Beautiful World", the album's second single, which was released on 15 December 2011. The compilation was released in two different formats, a standard edition containing the album's eighteen tracks, and a deluxe edition featuring numerous other singles of the band's discography, as well as a DVD containing almost all of the band's music videos. Upon the album's release, Greatest Hits received mixed reviews from music critics, with some reviewers praising the compilation's structure, while others disliked the group's musical style implemented in the songs. The compilation reached #4 in the UK Albums Chart; it is the lowest peaking position for a Westlife album. The album sold 423,000 copies in the UK and was listed as one of the top selling albums of 2011.[1] The album also debuted at the #1 position on the Irish Albums Chart, while it peaked within the top forty of New Zealand and Norway.

Background It was recorded in May - September 2011 with the band's Gravity producer Shanks and new producers like Dan Radclyffe and Boxsta Martin. In 5 September 2011, it was confirmed the album to be simply titled as Greatest Hits. The group said, "It’s almost hard to believe that we’ve been doing this for as long as we have. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved and are looking forward to releasing our Greatest Hits as a special thank you to our fans who have supported us throughout our career."[2] Egan added: "Our greatest hits album is out soon, and we’ve worked so hard to put together four or five new tracks for the album. The new songs are great and we’re all really pleased with them. We think the fans will love them too."[3] Feehily added, "It's a very different Westlife", "We are putting the finishing touches to our new songs"[4] Bryne explained: "I'm doing a bit of everything to be honest, We just came back from the UK, we were there for four days. We were in the studio for four or five weeks but we finished there about a month ago."[5] In China Daily, they said that Westlife has taken their music and career to another level. “‘We’re all at least 30 years of age. We could all go home now and we’d be all right for the rest of our lives,’ Feehily says. “So, if we are going to make more records, we want to do it well. Otherwise we don’t want to do it at all.”[6] The album is a three-disc set. In 4 September 2011, Amazon.co.uk and Play.com revealed aside from the standard and deluxe editions, each record stores have included free postcards and an exclusively signed copies respectively.[7] In 8 September 2011, the pre-order link for the said album has already been available for 36 countries on their official store.[8] In 15 September 2011, the pre-order link for the special limited edition of the box set was announced.`[9] It featured a 2CD/DVD deluxe version of the boys' Greatest Hits album alongside a poster and exclusive pictures of the boys and included a special photobook showing the boys incredible journey over the last 14 years including a selection of submitted fan pictures. As a special thank you for all of the amazing support so far, the boys have signed the first 500 copies of the box set.[10] The signed edition of the album was sold-out in less than 24 hours. Before that, in August 2011 they made a contest for the fans to contribute on the upcoming Westlife boxset. They were looking to make a special boxset filled with some of the greatest things that you have collected over your time as a Westlife fan.[11] In 27 and 31 October 2011, Sony Music announced a "PureSolo competition" of singing along with their hits and "an album listening party" respectively.[12][13] On 6 November 2011, they launched a joined venture with MixPixie that customize a personalised album cover. This product is approved by several music record labels and will be fully launched by the year 2012. Westlife is the first on-hand to accept this product.[14] Added for HMV.co.uk events were album signing personally by the lads with the schedule as follows: HMV Glasgow Buchanan Street, Monday, 21 November 2011, 9.00 am; HMV Newcastle Northumberland Street, Monday, 21 November 2011, 1.00 pm; and HMV Manchester 90 Market Street, Monday, 21 November 2011, 6.00 pm[15]

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A final tracklist for the collection of the 18-track standard edition of the album was confirmed by Swedish's CDON.com while the additional deluxe edition wasn't revealed yet.[16][17] On 12 October 2011, the official site completely announced the tracklisting.[18] While 4music first announced the tracklisting for the DVD.[19] There are four new tracks on the standard edition, those are: "Beautiful World" (written by Feehily, Shanks and Ruth-Anne Cunningham), "Wide Open" and "Last Mile Of The Way" (co-written by Byrne, Filan, Dimitri Ehrlich, Coyle Girelli) and the lead single to be released on 14 November 2011, "Lighthouse".[16] According to group member Kian Egan, the band were asked by their record label if they wanted to re-record the vocals by former member Brian McFadden for the album. The band rejected the proposal as they "wanted to keep it true to the original singles".[20]

Album artwork The album photoshoot happened on South Africa starting on 17 September 2011, same time with the lead single music video shoot.[21] It was described as a "very special photo shoot" on Female First.[22] On 12 October 2011, the official site posted the album artwork.[18] Julia Simpson of Yahoo OMG! UK reported: "`Westlife have been known to do many a cheesy pose in their time. And so we're thrilled to see that the artwork for their brand new album sees them striking one of their best model poses yet. The Irish boyband (that's Nicky, Kian, Mark and Shane) master the art of the staring-into-the-distance-longingly shot in the cover shot for their Greatest Hits. And we know we've probably drunk too many cups of tea slash been staring at a computer screen for too long but we've convinced ourselves they're staring at us. We reviewed the lads' brand new single Lighthouse and it made us feel all autumnal. And this shot is having the same effect - with the fresh blue sky, orange hues in the trees and the biker boots/cardis."[23]

Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

BBC Music (mixed)[24]

Greatest Hits received mixed reviews from music critics. Critics that positively received the album praised the album's track listing and new songs, particularly "Beautiful World". Reviewers that criticized the album also noted the group's repetitive formula in their songs. Shaun Kitchener of Trash Lounge gave the compilation a perfect five stars, calling it "the perfect way for the band to bid farewell."[25] Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the album four stars out of five, praising the inclusion of numerous hits in the tracklisting, as well as the new songs of the compilation. However, he was disappointed that the new songs "point to what could have been an interesting new direction for the band".[26] Markmeets founder Mark Boardman called the album, "A encapsulating piece of work." Alistair McGeorge of Female First called the album a "fine retrospective of one of the best boy-bands in history", as well as assuring the listeners that they will be "taken on a journey from the band’s beginnings through to their last recordings, constantly reminded of the talent they showed."[27] Fraser McAlpine of BBC Music gave a mixed review of the album, noting the repetitive structure of the group's previous hits, and that listening to the album felt "strange". Despite this, he praised the album's last three tracks.[24] Simon Gage of Daily Express said that the compilation "needs no introduction with big key-change numbers like "Flying Without Wings" and "You Raise Me Up" telling their own story."[28] Star Magazine UK called the group's formula "annoyingly, irresistibly effective" and that "it's the ballads they’ll be remembered for."[29] Jon O'Brien of Rovi Music gave the album a borderline two and a half out of five stars, saying, "while this collection contains a few

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pop gems, it's a samey and uninspiring listen that suggests their split has been well overdue." He also noted that numerous uptempo songs and four #1 hits ("Seasons in the Sun", "Fool Again", "Unbreakable" and "The Rose") were excluded from the album's standard edition.[30] Pip Ellwood of Entertainment Focus gave the album a negative review, saying that listening to the album was like "listening to one song for just over an hour."[31]

Promotion Main article: Lighthouse, Greatest Hits/Farewell Tour

Schedule Some were pre-recorded/taped or live interview and performances. Date

Channel

Venue

4 November 2011, Friday, 9:35 pm

RTÉ

The Late Late Show

6 November 2011, Sunday, 7:45 pm

BBC 1

Strictly Come Dancing

6 November 2011, Sunday, 10:00 pm

Channel 4 Alan Carr: The Chattyman

8 November 2011, Tuesday, 8:00 pm

TV3

Strictly Come Dancing

11 November 2011, Friday, 7:45 pm; 12 November 2011, Saturday, 11:00 am; 13 November 2011, 1:00 and 7:00 pm

Bliss TV

Bliss Meets Westlife

14 November 2011, Monday 6:00-9:15 am

BBC1

BBC Breakfast

14 November 2011, Monday, 12:30-1:30 pm

ITV1

Loose Women

14 November 2011, Monday, 3:00 pm; 16 November 2011, Wednesday, 4:00 pm

Bliss TV

Merry Christmas from Westlife

14 November 2011; Monday, 7:00 pm

QVC

QVC

18 November 2011; Friday, 7:00 pm

BBC1

Children In Need

19 November 2011; Saturday, 6:00 pm

TV3

Childline

20 November 2011; Sunday, 12:00 pm

Channel 4 T4

23 November 2011; Wednesday, 6:00-9:25 am

ITV1

Daybreak

23 November 2011; Wednesday, 6:00-9:25 pm

ITV1

Lorraine

25 November 2011; Friday

BBC1

The Lottery

1 December 2011; Thursday, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm ITV1

This Morning

17 December 2011; Saturday

Westlife: For the Last Time

Tracklisting • Standard Edition

ITV1

Greatest Hits

120

No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "Swear It Again" (Radio Edit)

Wayne Hector, Steve Mac

Steve Mac

4:08

2. "If I Let You Go" (Radio Edit)

Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:41

3. "Flying Without Wings"

Hector, Mac

Mac

3:35

4. "I Have a Dream" (Remix)

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Pete Waterman, David Foster

4:13

5. "Against All Odds" (with Mariah

Phil Collins

Mariah Carey, Steve Mac

3:19

6. "My Love" (Radio Edit)

Elofsson, Kreuger, Magnusson, Pelle Nylén

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:51

7. "Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit)

Billy Joel

Mac

3:05

8. "Queen of My Heart" (Radio Edit)

Hector, Mac, John McLaughlin, Steve Robson

Mac

4:18

9. "World of Our Own" (Single Remix)

Hector, Mac

Mac

3:28

10. "Mandy"

Scott English, Richard Kerr

Mac

3:17

11. "You Raise Me Up"

Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland

Mac

4:00

12. "Home"

Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies

Mac

3:24

13. "What About Now" (2011 Remix)

Ben Moody, David Hodges, Josh Hartzler

Steve Robson

3:59

14. "Safe" (Single Remix)

James Grundler, John Shanks

John Shanks

3:52

15. "Lighthouse"

Gary Barlow, Shanks

Shanks

4:23

16. "Beautiful World"

Ruth-Anne Cunningham, Mark Feehily, Shanks

Shanks

4:02

17. "Wide Open"

Grundler, Shanks

Shanks

3:41

18. "Last Mile of the Way"

Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan, Dimitri Ehrlich, Coyle [32] Girelli

Shanks

3:49

Carey)

[33][34]

Japanese Bonus Track No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s) Length

19. "Over and Out" Ben Earle, Craigie Dodds, John Shanks, Ruth-Anne Cunningham John Shanks

3:24

• Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "Seasons In the Sun"

Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen

David Foster

4:06

2. "Fool Again"

Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:53

3. "What Makes a Man"

Wayne Hector, Steve Mac

Steve Mac

3:51

4. "When You're Looking Like That" (Single Remix)

Max Martin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub

3:52

5. "Bop Bop Baby" (Single Remix)

Shane Filan, Brian McFadden, Chris O'Brien, Graham Murphy

Mac

4:27

6. "Unbreakable" (Single Remix)

Elofsson, John Reid

Mac

4:32

7. "Hey Whatever"

Hector, Mac, Ken Papenfus, Carl Papenfus

Mac

3:26

8. "Obvious"

Carlsson, Pilot, Savan Kotecha

Quiz & Larossi

3:29

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9. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with Diana Ross)

John Bettis, Albert Hammond

Andreas Romdhane

3:55

10. "Amazing"

Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Pilot, Jake Schulze

Carl Falk

2:49

11. "The Rose"

Amanda McBroom

Quiz & Larossi

3:38

12. "Us Against the World"

Arnthor Birgisson, Kotecha, Yacoub

Arnthor Birgisson

3:59

13. "What About Now" (Live from The O2)

Ben Moody, David Hodges, Josh Hartzler

Steve Anderson

4:15

14. "Uptown Girl" (Live from The O2)

Billy Joel

Anderson

3:59

15. "Mandy" (Live from The O2)

Scott English, Richard Kerr

Anderson

3:50

16. "Home" (Live from The O2)

Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies

Anderson

3:41

17. "Flying Without Wings" (Recorded Live At BBC Proms In

Hector, Mac

Anderson

4:29

Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland

Anderson

4:51

the Park 2011) 18. "You Raise Me Up" (Recorded Live At BBC Proms In the

Park 2011 with Fionnuala Sherry)

Deluxe Edition Bonus DVD No. Title

Writer(s)

Producer(s)

Length

1. "Swear It Again"

Wayne Hector, Steve Mac

Steve Mac

4:07

2. "If I Let You Go"

Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

3:39

3. "Flying Without Wings"

Hector, Mac

Mac

3:46

4. "I Have a Dream"

Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Pete Waterman, David Foster

4:20

5. "Seasons In the Sun"

Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen

David Foster

4:01

6. "Fool Again"

Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

4:20

7. "Against All Odds" (with Mariah Carey)

Phil Collins

Mariah Carey, Steve Mac

3:20

8. "My Love"

Elofsson, Kreuger, Magnusson, Pelle Nylén

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

4:14

9. "What Makes a Man"

Wayne Hector, Steve Mac

Steve Mac

3:49

10. "I Lay My Love on You"

Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

3:29

11. "Uptown Girl"

Billy Joel

Mac

4:11

12. "When You're Looking Like That"

Max Martin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub

Rami Yacoub

4:00

13. "Queen of My Heart"

Hector, Mac, John McLaughlin, Steve Robson

Mac

4:28

14. "World of Our Own"

Hector, Mac

Mac

3:38

15. "Bop Bop Baby"

Shane Filan, Brian McFadden, Chris O'Brien, Graham Murphy

Mac

4:58

16. "Unbreakable"

Elofsson, John Reid

Mac

4:33

17. "Tonight"

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Jorgen Elofsson

Steve Mac

4:31

18. "Miss You Nights"

Dave Townsend

Steve Mac

3:12

19. "Hey Whatever"

Hector, Mac, Ken Papenfus, Carl Papenfus

Mac

3:35

20. "Mandy"

Scott English, Richard Kerr

Mac

3:17

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21. "Obvious"

Carlsson, Pilot, Savan Kotecha

Quiz & Larossi

3:28

22. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head"

Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen

Mac

2:26

23. "Smile"

Charles Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner

Mac

2:49

24. "Angel"

Sarah McLachlan

Mac

4:22

25. "You Raise Me Up"

Brendan Graham, Rolf Løvland

Mac

4:00

26. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with

John Bettis, Albert Hammond

Andreas Romdhane

4:00

27. "Amazing"

Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Pilot, Jake Schulze

Carl Falk

2:55

28. "The Rose"

Amanda McBroom

Quiz & Larossi

3:32

29. "Home"

Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies

Mac

3:29

30. "Us Against the World"

Arnthor Birgisson, Kotecha, Yacoub

Arnthor Birgisson

3:57

31. "Something Right"

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub

3:14

32. "What About Now"

Ben Moody, David Hodges, Josh Hartzler

Steve Robson

4:10

33. "Safe"

James Grundler, John Shanks

John Shanks

3:50

34. "Swear It Again" (U.S. Version)

Wayne Hector, Steve Mac

Steve Mac

4:10

35. "World of Our Own" (U.S. Version)

Hector, Mac

Mac

3:34

Diana Ross)

Charts and certifications Peak positions Chart (2011)

Peak [35] position

[36]

64

Dutch Albums Chart

[37]

German Albums Chart

75

Irish Albums Chart

1 [38]

75

Japanese Albums Chart

New Zealand Albums Chart

[39]

[36]

Norwegian Albums Chart Swedish Albums Chart

[36]

[36]

17 31 46

Swiss Albums Chart

96

UK Albums Chart

4

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Certifications Region

Certification Sales/shipments [40]

Ireland (IRMA)

3× Platinum

[41] 1× Platinum

United Kingdom (BPI)

45,000x 300,000^

x

unspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history Main release Country / Region [42]

Date

[43]

Belgium

[44][45]

Germany Ireland

[46]

Luxembourg Netherlands

[47]

[48]

Norway

[49]

Singapore

[50]

Switzerland

[51]

21 November 2011

Bulgaria

[52]

Canada

[53]

Czech Republic [54]

Cyprus

[55]

[56]

Estonia

[57]

Finland

[58]

France

[59]

Greece

Label

18 November 2011 CD, digital download Sony Music, RCA Records

Austria

Denmark

Format

Greatest Hits

124 [60]

Hong Kong

[61]

Hungary

[62]

Latvia

[63]

Lithuania

[64]

Poland

[65]

Portugal

[66]

Slovakia

[67]

Sweden

[68]

South Africa

[69]

United Kingdom [70]

22 November 2011

Italy

[71]

Malta

[72]

Mexico

[73]

Romania

[74]

Spain

[75]

Taiwan

[76]

25 November 2011

Australia

[77]

New Zealand

28 November 2011

Philippines

29 November 2011

Japan

[78]

6 December 2011

Import release Country / Region [79]

Date

Format

Label

29 November 2011 CD, Digital download RCA Records, Sony Music

Canada

[80]

Japan

[81]

Thailand

[82]

United States

27 December 2011

Greatest Hits

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Singles "Swear It Again" "Swear It Again" Single by Westlife from the album Westlife Released

10 April 1999

Format

CD single

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London

Genre

Pop

Length

4:07

Label

BMG, RCA

Writer(s)

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Producer

Steve Mac

Certification Platinum (UK) Gold (US) Westlife singles chronology

"Swear It Again" (1999)

"If I Let You Go" (1999)

"Swear It Again" is a song by the Irish pop band Westlife, released as the band's first single. It peaked at #1 in the UK for two weeks. It moved to 182,000 units in the first two weeks of its release and spent 13 weeks on the charts.[1] This made it the first of fourteen UK number 1 hit singles. To date, it is Westlife's only single to have charted in the USA, peaking at #20 and was #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart in 2000. The song was performed live on Miss Teen USA 2000. This single has sold over 365 000 copies to date in UK and in USA which peaked at 89 in Billboard Single Sales Chart and achieved gold status there.[2][3]

Tours performed at Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001) World of Our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003) Turnaround Tour (2004) The Number Ones Tour (2005) Face To Face Tour (2006) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010)

"Swear It Again" The Farewell Tour (2012)

Background "Swear It Again" is notable for being, along with "Flying Without Wings", one of the first two songs that Steve Mac wrote for both Westlife and Simon Cowell. The success of the two tracks led to Mac becoming Cowell's first choice producer and songwriter.[4] The song's b-side, "Forever", was a significant choice because it was the song - as recorded by Damage - that first alerted Cowell to the talent of Steve Mac and then led to the producer working with Westlife.[4]

Music video The British video features the band in a mini theatre, singing on a stage fitted with lighting panel flooring while facing a screen with black and white videos of their studio recording process. This version was directed by Wayne Isham and aired in May 1999.[5] The United States video features the band at a car wash and subsequently washing a white car. This version was directed by Nigel Dick and aired in June 2000.[5]

Track listing • United Kingdom CD1 1. "Swear It Again" (Radio Edit) - 4:04 2. "Forever" - 5:05 3. "Interview" (Video) CD2 1. "Swear It Again" (Radio Edit) - 4:04 2. "Swear It Again" (Rokstone Mix) - 4:07 3. "Interview" (Audio) - 3:36 • Japan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Swear It Again" (Radio Edit) - 4:04 "Until The End Of Time" - 3:12 "Forever" - 5:05 "Everybody Knows" (Demo Version) - 4:09 "Let's Make Tonight Special" - 4:57 "Don't Calm The Storm" - 3:47 "Interview" (Audio) - 3:36

• America 1. "Swear It Again" (Radio Edit) - 4:04 2. "Album Snippet Medley" - 4:55

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Release history Region

Date

United Kingdom 12 April 1999 United States

February 25, 2000

Year end charts

Chart performance Country

Peak position

Australia

79

12

Belgium (Flanders)

62

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

10

United Kingdom

46

Canada Top Singles (RPM)

21

United States

75

Ireland (IRMA)

1

Chart (1999)

Australia (ARIA)

Peak position [6] [7]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)

[8]

27

[9]

1

New Zealand (RIANZ)

[10]

20

Spain (PROMUSICAE)

[11]

12

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[12]

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

25

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)

1

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

20

U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

22

U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks

38

Chart successions

Personnel Song credits

CD production

Swear It Again

Arranged By (Strings)

: Richard Niles

Written By : Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Arranged By (Vocals)

: Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Forever

Engineer, Programmed By : Chris Laws

Written By : Alistair Tennant, Marcus Johnson, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

"Swear It Again"

Cover versions American boyband, WoW, has a remake of the song which became the band's single in mid-2010. The band also supported Westlife on their 2010 world tour, Where We Are.

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http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ WESTLIFE/ http:/ / www. allbusiness. com/ retail-trade/ miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/ 4605295-1. html http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363 "Interview With Steve Mac" (http:/ / www. hitquarters. com/ index. php3?page=intrview/ opar/ intrview_Steve_Mac_Interview. html). HitQuarters. 12 April 2010. . Retrieved 12 May 2010. http:/ / www. mvdbase. com/ artist. php?last=Westlife& first= " Australian-charts.com – Westlife – Swear It Again" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Swear+ It+ Again& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Swear It Again" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Swear+ It+ Again& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. " Nederlandse Top 40 – Westlife search results" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ search. aspx?keyword=Westlife) (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. " Charts.org.nz – Westlife – Swear It Again" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Swear+ It+ Again& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.

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External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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"If I Let You Go"

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"If I Let You Go" "If I Let You Go" Single by Westlife from the album Westlife Released

9 August 1999

Format

CD Single

Recorded

Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

Genre

Pop

Length

3:40

Label

BMG, RCA

Writer(s)

Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

Producer

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

Certification Silver (United Kingdom) Westlife singles chronology

"Swear It Again" (1999)

"If I Let You Go" (1999)

"Flying Without Wings" (1999)

"If I Let You Go CD2"

"If I Let You Go" is a song by Westlife, released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999, as the band's second single. It became the second of the band's fourteen UK number 1 hit singles, spending eleven weeks on charts.[1] The song has received a Silver sales certification in the UK for over 315 000 copies sold so far.[2]

Tours performed at Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001) World of Our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003) The Number Ones Tour (2005) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) The Farewell Tour (2012)

"If I Let You Go"

133

Tracklisting • United Kingdom CD1 1. "If I Let You Go" (Radio Edit) - 3:40 2. "Try Again" - 3:35 3. "If I Let You Go" (Video) - 3:40 CD2 1. "If I Let You Go" (Radio Edit) - 3:40 2. "If I Let You Go" (Extended Version) - 6:09 3. "Interview With Andi Peters" - 7:24

Release history Country

Release Date

United Kingdom 9 August 1999 Australia

26 September 1999

Chart performance Country/Chart

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

13

Belgian Flanders Singles Chart

7

Finnish Singles Chart

7

German Singles Chart

50

Irish Singles Chart

1

Netherlands Singles Chart

19

New Zealand Singles Chart

8

Norwegian Singles Chart

1

Spanish Singles Chart

18

Swedish Singles Chart

6

Swiss Singles Chart

25

UK Singles Chart

1

UK Radio Airplay Chart

7

"If I Let You Go"

134

End-of-year charts End of year chart (1999)

Position

Australian Singles Chart

95

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

45

Chart successions

Personnel Song credits

CD production

If I Let You Go

Suling By (Strings)

: Sensen Sabari, Ulf Janson

Written By

: Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

Arranged And Programmed By

: David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

Bass

: Tomas Lindberg

Mixed By

: Bernard Löhr

Recorded By (Strings)

: Bernard Löhr

Artwork By (Design)

: Root

Photography

: Nicole Nodland

Try Again Written By

: Jorgen Elofsson, David Krueger, Per Magnusson

Acoustic Guitar, Guitar (Electric)

: Mats Berntoft

Fiddle

: Ulf Forsmark

Keyboards

: Per Magnusson

Whistle (Tin Whistle)

: Jan Bengtsson

Whistle (Tin Whistle)

: Jan Bengtsson

Backing Vocals (Additional)

: Anders von Hofsten (If I Let You Go), Andreas Carlsson (Try Again)

Recorded By (Strings & Tin Whistle)

: Ronnie Lahti

Other (Management)

: Louis Walsh, Ronan Keating

Mastered By

: Björn Engelmann Cutting Room Studios

References [1] http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ WESTLIFE/ [2] http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363

External links • "If I Let You Go" Official Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsz5cT83W6g) • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

"Flying Without Wings"

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"Flying Without Wings" "Flying Without Wings" Single by Westlife from the album Westlife and Pokémon: The Movie 2000: The Power of One soundtrack Released

18 October 1999

Format

CD single

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London

Genre

Pop

Length

3:36

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Wayne Hector / Steve Mac

Producer

Steve Mac

Certification

UK Silver, SWE Gold Westlife singles chronology

"If I Let You Go" (1999)

"Flying Without Wings" (1999)

"I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" (1999)

"Flying Without Wings" (featuring BoA) BOA Cover

"Flying Without Wings" is a song released by Irish boyband Westlife from their self-titled debut album.

Background The song became an instant hit in the United Kingdom and many parts of the world. The song became the group's third UK number 1 single, spending 13 weeks on charts.[1] It is also one of Westlife's biggest selling number ones to date. The song has received a Silver sales certification in the UK for over 200,000 copies sold.[2]

Duets In 2002, as part of the promotion of their Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 album, the band re-recorded the song as a duet with Mexican singer Cristian Castro and South Korean pop singer, BoA. Both duets were included on the album in their respective regions. Both duets were also released as singles in their respective regions.[3]

"Flying Without Wings"

Live version In 2003, as part of the promotion for their Greatest Hits tour, the band released the live version of the song, as well as five other live tracks, as an EP made exclusively available via digital download and limited edition sampler. A new version of the music video, entwining footage from the live performance and scenes of the original music video, was added to YouTube in December 2003.

Covers JLS performed the song with Westlife on The X Factor final in 2008. Australian singer Delta Goodrem performed the song with boyfriend and ex-Westlife member, Brian McFadden, on her national Visualise Tour in 2005.

Writing and inspiration The song was written by Wayne Hector and Steve Mac. In an interview with HitQuarters Hector said the basic idea for the song came to him while on a break from working on a hip hop session with Ezi Cut in Los Angeles: "I came up with a couple of lines for the first verse and then phoned my mama’s house, left it on the answering machine, and said, “Don’t get rid of this!”[4] Upon returning to England, Hector went into the studio to work on the idea with long-time songwriting partner and producer Steve Mac.[4] When the two discussed what the song was about they agreed that, "this is about our wives. This is about the things that make our lives complete."[4] According to Hector the lyrics were completed in about half an hour.[4]

Track listing • United Kingdom CD1 1. "Flying Without Wings" - 3:35 2. "Everybody Knows" - 3:45 3. "Flying Without Wings" (Video) - 3:40 CD2 1. "Flying Without Wings" - 3:35 2. "That's What It's All About" - 3:20 3. "Flying Without Wings" (Acappella) - 3:29 • Australia 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Flying Without Wings" - 3:35 "I Have A Dream" (Remix) - 4:06 "Seasons In The Sun" (Single Remix) - 4:10 "Flying Without Wings" (Video) - 3:40

• Mexico[5] 1. "Flying Without Wings" (Duet with Cristian Castro) - 3:35 2. "Never Knew I Was Losing You" - 4:09 • Asia[6] 1. "Flying Without Wings" (Duet with BoA) - 3:35 2. "Never Knew I Was Losing You" - 4:09 • Greatest Hits Tour Single[7]

136

"Flying Without Wings" 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

137

"Flying Without Wings" (Live) - 3:35 "When You're Looking Like That" (Live) - 3:28 "If I Let You Go" (Live) - 3:38 "Tonight" (Live) - 4:31 "My Love" (Live) - 3:52 "Bop Bop Baby" (Live) - 4:32

Chart performance Charts

Peak position

Australian ARIA Singles Chart

31 [8]

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

7

Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)

[9]

8

Danish Singles Chart

14

Dutch Top 40

17

Finnish Singles Chart

17

German Singles Chart

85

Irish Singles Chart

1

Norwegian Singles Chart

7

New Zealand Singles Chart

6

Swedish Singles Chart

12

UK Singles Chart

1

UK Radio Airplay Chart

8

Chart successions

CD production Arranged by (strings)

: Richard Niles

Arranged by (vocals)

: Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Arranged by, mixed by

: Steve Mac

Artwork by (design)

: Root

Photography

: Brian Aris

Bass guitar

: Steve Pearce

Guitar

: Paul Gendler

Performer (Choir Md)

: Benny Diggs

Engineer (Mix)

: Matt Howe

Engineer, pProgrammed by

: Chris Laws

Other (management)

: Louis Walsh, Ronan Keating

"Flying Without Wings"

138

Tours performed at • • • • • • • • • •

Where Dreams Come True Tour World of Our Own Tour Unbreakable Tour Turnaround Tour Number Ones Tour Face to Face Tour The Love Tour Back Home Tour Where We Are Tour Gravity Tour

Video album Flying Without Wings Karaoke Video by Westlife Released

2000

Genre

Pop

Label

BMG Westlife video chronology

The Westlife Story (1999)

Flying Without Wings Karaoke (2000)

Coast to Coast - Up, Close and Personal (2000)

A karaoke version of "Flying Without Wings" was released on DVD in 2000 and debuted at number one. It includes easy to read lyrics, photographs & interactive menus, picture sleeve. It has a running time of 45 minutes.[10]

Track listing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Swear It Again If I Let You Go Flying Without Wings Fool Again Seasons In The Sun I Have A Dream More Than Words Against All Odds

Ruben Studdard version

"Flying Without Wings"

139

"Flying Without Wings" Single by Ruben Studdard Released

June 10, 2003

Format

CD single

Genre

Urban contemporary, contemporary R&B

Label

J Records

Writer(s)

Wayne Hector / Steve Mac

Producer

The Underdogs and Face

Certification Gold (RIAA) 3× Platinum (CRIA) Ruben Studdard singles chronology

"Flying Without Wings" (2003)

"Superstar" (2003)

"Flying Without Wings" was covered by American Idol winner Ruben Studdard as his debut single in 2003. The single was released on June 10 and charted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 28. "Flying Without Wings" also gained attention on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, peaking at number thirteen, while it reached number 27 on the adult contemporary chart. It was also released in New Zealand and reached number two behind Clay Aiken. The single had sold 751,000 copies through December 2006. This version of the song also appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol.

Track listing 1. "Flying Without Wings" 2. "Superstar"

Other appearances This song has appeared in Pokémon: The Movie 2000 as the final song of the credits in the film and on the official movie soundtrack. [11]

References [1] "WESTLIFE | Artist" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ WESTLIFE/ ). Official Charts. . Retrieved 2012-01-06. [2] "Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363). Mtv.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-01-06. [3] "Westlife Flying Without Wings Mexico Promo 5" CD SINGLE (239371)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=239371). Eil.com. 2003-03-12. . Retrieved 2012-01-06. [4] "Interview With Wayne Hector" (http:/ / www. hitquarters. com/ index. php3?page=intrview/ opar/ intrview_Wayne_Hector_Interview. html), HitQuarters, 1 Feb 2010. [5] "Westlife Flying Without Wings Mexico 5" CD SINGLE (244450)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=244450). Eil.com. 2003-04-24. . Retrieved 2012-01-06. [6] "Westlife Flying Without Wings Japan Promo 5" CD SINGLE (255411)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=255411). Eil.com. 2003-08-15. . Retrieved 2012-01-06. [7] "Level 42 To Be With You Again UK 12" RECORD/MAXI SINGLE (39792)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=39792). Eil.com. 1995-01-25. . Retrieved 2012-01-06.

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External links • "Flying Without Wings" - Westlife official music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1LEISP6e9c) • "Flying Without Wings" - Westlife with BoA official music video (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=xK6tMb-xsl8) • "Flying Without Wings" - Westlife with Cristian Castro official music video (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=0udkZKyRAwY) • "Flying Without Wings" - Ruben Studdard official music video (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ZgiX33AVqA8) • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

"I Have a Dream"]]/[[Seasons in the Sun|"Seasons in the Sun" "I Have a Dream" Single by ABBA from the album Voulez-Vous B-side

"Take a Chance on Me" (Recorded "Live" at the Wembley)

Released

7 December 1979

Format

Single

Recorded

15 March 1979 at Polar Music Studios

Genre

Pop

Length

4:45

Label

Polar Music

Writer(s)

Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus

Producer

Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus

Certification

Gold (UK), Gold (Netherlands)

[1]

ABBA singles chronology

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (1979)

"I Have a Dream" (1979)

"As Good as New" (1980)

"I Have a Dream"]]/[[Seasons in the Sun|"Seasons in the Sun"

"Estoy Soñando" Spanish version cover

"I Have a Dream" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. The song was written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and was taken from the group's 1979 album, Voulez-Vous. Anni-Frid Lyngstad sang the lead vocals. It was released as a single in December 1979 with a live version of "Take a Chance on Me" as the B-side. The recording is notable for being the only ABBA song to include vocalists other than the four band members; the final chorus features a children's choir from Stockholm. "I Have a Dream" is included on the ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits album, as well as in the Mamma Mia! musical.

Sleeve In the UK, the single was issued in a lavish gatefold sleeve, intended as a souvenir for UK fans who had attended the Wembley concerts (the live recording of "Take a Chance on Me" being from one of them). It was not a limited edition, however. The inner gatefold made use of the pyramid/mountain/iceberg designs similar to those used in the inner sleeve of Greatest Hits Vol. 2. The inner gatefold was effectively an advert for ABBA's existing albums released in the UK, but the back cover featured a message from ABBA themselves regarding the Wembley concerts, together with their signatures. The front cover used the same live photo of ABBA as the worldwide release, but artwork and fonts were different. This was only Epic's 2nd picture sleeve for an ABBA single.

Single release There is some speculation that "I Have a Dream" was never originally intended to be a single. There had already been three releases from the Voulez-Vous album and the only other album to have four singles released from it was ABBA in 1975. Including B-sides, "I Have a Dream" was in fact the seventh of the 10 tracks from Voulez-Vous to be issued on single in the UK, and was released eight months after the Voulez-Vous album. Also, the track was not included on Greatest Hits Vol. 2 released just weeks before. It is therefore speculated that this single was an extra release to cash in on both the Christmas sales and the 1979 tour. Furthermore, ABBA did not film a promotional video for the track, even though they had done for the Spanish version, Estoy Soñando. It was rare for ABBA not to film a video for an official single. The Spanish version was filmed in the Polar Music Studios on the same day as the "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" video (and even featured ABBA wearing the same clothes). If "I Have a Dream" had been intended as a single at that point, then presumably they would have filmed that as well. As it stood, a live performance from the tour was used to promote the single, causing some confusion to record buyers who may have been disappointed to discover the studio-recorded version on the record itself.

Versions The live version of "Take a Chance on Me" on the B-side was one of three mixes of the same recording to be issued. Released soon after the concerts, this version is thought to be the genuine recording. A very slightly extended version, featuring spoken introductions from the group, was used as the B-side in Australia. This extended version has recently been released internationally on the deluxe edition of The Album. Finally, a 3rd mix was included on ABBA Live issued in 1986. This is considered the inferior version as it contains overdubs added at the time of release (and not by ABBA themselves).

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Charts Chart (1979/1980) Australia (ARIA)

Position

[2]

64 [3]

1

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)

[4]

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)

1

[5]

2

Ireland (IRMA)

[6]

1

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

[7]

2

Cover versions • In 1981, American country-gospel music singer, Cristy Lane recorded a cover of the song and released it as a single to the Billboard Country Chart, peaking at Number 17 that year. • In 1983, Greek singer Nana Mouskouri recorded a French cover of this song entitled "Chanter La Vie" for her album Quand on revient. She also recorded an English version, which was released as a single in 1986 and included on her 1990 album Alone • In 1987, a recording by the dansband Streaplers, with lyrics in Swedish by Ingela Forsman, "Jag har en dröm", was Number 1 on the Swedish Svensktoppen radio chart for 17 weeks from 31 May – 6 December of that year. • In 1994, local Hawaiian singers the Makaha Sons have covered this song on their album Ke Alaulau • U.S. indie music artist Stueym covered the song, which was available for download on the Internet. • In 2001, an electronica cover version by H-Hustler can be found on the compilation The Electronic Tribute To ABBA • Swiss chef/singer Dan Daniell recorded a cover as a duet with original ABBA member Anni-Frid Lyngstad for his album Lieber Gott[8] • In 2004, Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell covered the song for his double album Songs of Inspiration/I Believe • In 2005, Irish folk music duo Foster & Allen have covered the song for their album Sing The Number 1's • In 2005, a duet version was recorded by German celebrity Barbara Schöneberger and American singer Sydney Youngblood for the German ABBA Mania compilation, which coincided with a TV special • In 2006, Italian-American singer Al Martino included a cover of the song for his album Come Share The Wine • In 2006, German AC/DC tribute band Riff Raff recorded a cover in AC/DC style for their album Rock 'N' Roll Mutation Vol. 1: Riff Raff Performs ABBA • In 2007, Connie Talbot covered the song on Over The Rainbow • In 2008, the song was covered in a jazz/lounge music style by American group BNB on the album Bossa Mia: Songs of ABBA[9] • The song is featured in the Mamma Mia! musical as a recurring musical theme sung by the character of Sophie. It is also featured in the trailer for the film based on the musical. At the beginning of the musical, the context of the song is interpreted that Sophie dreams about her real father coming to the wedding when she sends the invitations, to her potential fathers, away. At the end of the musical, Sophie sings this song when her and Sky set off the Island to go around the world. The context of the song is used in this case as Sophie, now knowing what she really wants, hopes to achieve her dream as she goes around the world with Sky. The song is included on the 2008 Mamma Mia! movie soundtrack and is sung by actress Amanda Seyfried

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Live cover performances • The song was featured on the fifth series of The X Factor when covered by all of the audition contestants from the last 5 years. • The song was sung by the Olivers on the BBC TV show I'd Do Anything.

Westlife version "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" Single by Westlife from the album Westlife [1]

Released

25 December 1999

Format

CD single

Recorded

PWL Studios, London January 1999

Genre

Teen pop

Length

4:06

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus

Producer

David Foster, Pete Waterman

Certification

Platinum (UK) Westlife singles chronology

"Flying Without Wings" (1999)

"I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" (1999)

"Fool Again" (2000)

Westlife released a cover of "I Have a Dream" in December 1999, twenty years after ABBA's original release. The song became the group's fourth UK No. 1 single. The release was a double-A-side, also featuring "Seasons in the Sun". The release became the UK's Christmas number-one single of 1999, extending its peak into January 2000 and spending seventeen weeks in the UK chart.[10] The song was the 26th best selling single of 1999 in the UK. In 2001, as part of a UNICEF fund-raising campaign, the song was re-recorded with additional vocals by Indonesian child singer, Sinna Sherina Munaf. The song has received a Platinum sales certification in the UK for over 650 000 copies sold.[11]

Tracklisting 1. "I Have A Dream" (Single Remix) – 4:06 2. "Seasons In The Sun" (Single Remix) – 4:10 3. "On The Wings Of Love" – 3:22

Chart performance

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Country/Chart

Denmark (Tracklisten)

Peak position

[12]

11

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)

[13]

10

[14]

24

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA)

[15]

1 [16]

New Zealand (RIANZ)

10

[17]

10

Norway (VG-lista)

[18]

15

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

[19]

18

[20]

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

1

End of year charts End of year chart (1999) Position UK Singles Chart

26

External links • "I Have a Dream" – Westlife [21] music video

References [1] BPI. Release date (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx) [2] " Australian-charts.com – Abba – I Have a Dream" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Abba& titel=I+ Have+ a+ Dream& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 Jan 11. [3] " Abba – I Have a Dream – Austriancharts.at" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Abba& titel=I+ Have+ a+ Dream& cat=s) (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 Nov 10. [4] " Dutchcharts.nl – Abba – I Have a Dream" (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Abba& titel=I+ Have+ a+ Dream& cat=s) (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 Nov 10. [5] "All there is to know" (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement). Irish Singles Chart. IRMA. . [6] " Abba – I Have a Dream – swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Abba& titel=I+ Have+ a+ Dream& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 Nov 10. [7] " December 1979/ Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 22) UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 Nov 10. [8] Dan Daniell (http:/ / www. dandaniell. ch/ ) [9] (http:/ / www. manilatimes. net/ national/ 2008/ jan/ 09/ yehey/ life/ 20080109lif4. html) [10] "WESTLIFE | Artist" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ WESTLIFE/ ). Official Charts. . Retrieved 2012-08-15. [11] "Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363). Mtv.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-08-15. [12] " Danishcharts.com – Westlife – I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" (http:/ / www. danishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=I+ Have+ A+ Dream+ / + Seasons+ In+ The+ Sun& cat=s). Tracklisten. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2010. [13] " Finnishcharts.com – Westlife – I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" (http:/ / www. finnishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=I+ Have+ A+ Dream+ / + Seasons+ In+ The+ Sun& cat=s). Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2010. [14] " Seasons In The Sun/single Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/

"I Have a Dream"]]/[[Seasons in the Sun|"Seasons in the Sun" Westlife/ I+ Have+ A+ Dream¥) (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. [15] " Chart Track" (http:/ / www. chart-track. co. uk/ index. jsp?c=p/ musicvideo/ music/ archive/ index_test. jsp& ct=240001& arch=t& lyr=1999& year=1999& week=51). Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 14 January 2011. [16] " Charts.org.nz – Westlife – I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=I+ Have+ A+ Dream+ / + Seasons+ In+ The+ Sun& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2010. [17] " Norwegiancharts.com – Westlife – I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=I+ Have+ A+ Dream+ / + Seasons+ In+ The+ Sun& cat=s). VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2010. [18] " Swedishcharts.com – Westlife – I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=I+ Have+ A+ Dream+ / + Seasons+ In+ The+ Sun& cat=s). Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2010. [19] " Westlife – I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun – swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=I+ Have+ A+ Dream+ / + Seasons+ In+ The+ Sun& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2010. [20] " December 1999/ Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 25) UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2010. [21] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=MQupkyEVg8E

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"Fool Again" "Fool Again" Single by Westlife from the album Westlife B-side

Tunnel of Love

Released

27 March 2000

Format

CD single

Recorded

Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

Genre

Pop

Length

3:53 (Lp Version) 3:54 (2000 Remix)

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Jörgen Elofsson, David Kreuger, Per Magnusson

Producer

David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Westlife singles chronology

"I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" (1999)

"Fool Again" (2000)

"Against All Odds" (2000)

"Fool Again" was the last single to be released from Westlife's self-titled debut album. It became the band's fifth consecutive UK number one single and spent 12 weeks on charts.[1] It sold over 215 000 copies in UK so far.[2] The video for the single was filmed in Mexico City, Mexico, most notably in locations such as Zócalo and Ciudad Satélite.

Tours performed at Where Dreams Come True (2001) World of our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008)

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147

Tracklisting 1. "Fool Again" (2000 Remix) - 3:49 2. "Tunnel of Love" - 3:09 3. "Fool Again" (Video) - 3:49

Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

38

Danish Singles Chart

5

German Singles Chart

80

Irish Singles Chart

2

Netherlands Singles Chart

23

Swedish Singles Chart

5

Swiss Singles Chart

39

UK Singles Chart

[1]

1

UK Radio Airplay Chart

8

Chart successions

References [1] "Westlife" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ WESTLIFE/ ). theofficialcharts.com. The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 2011-02-01. [2] "Westlife | Official Top 20" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363). MTV UK. MTV Networks. Viacom. . Retrieved 2011-02-02.

External links • "Fool Again" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BB9eGUEaE) on YouTube • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

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"Against All Odds" "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Single by Phil Collins from the album Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack B-side

"The Search"

Released

February 1984 (US) [1] 31 March 1984 (UK)

Format

7", 12"

Recorded

1983

Genre

Soft rock, pop rock, [progressive rock]]

Length

3:23

Label

Atlantic

Writer(s)

Phil Collins

Producer

Arif Mardin

Certification

Gold (RIAA) Phil Collins singles chronology

"Like China" (1983)

"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (1984)

"Easy Lover" (1984)

"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (also simply titled "Against All Odds") is a song by English singer Phil Collins recorded for the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. It is a power ballad in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to "take a look at me now", knowing that reconciliation is "against all odds" while considering it worth trying. The single, while it reached number two in the United Kingdom, peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, the first for Collins. The song has been covered by several singers, some of which versions have been successful in both the US and UK markets. One of the most notable versions was the pairing of Mariah Carey and boyband Westlife, whose single peaked at number one in the United Kingdom in September 2000.[2]

"Against All Odds"

Phil Collins original version Background and writing Collins was approached to write the title song to the film Against All Odds while it was still in its "rough cut form".[3] At the time the soundtrack was being completed, Collins was on tour as the lead vocalist/drummer with British progressive rock group Genesis. Director Taylor Hackford flew in to Chicago to catch one of the concert's venues. Collins watched the movie on a videocassette recorder in his hotel room, and agreed to appear on the soundtrack.[4] Originally titled "How Can You Just Sit There?", the song was initially from the sessions for Collins' debut solo album Face Value (1981), and it was one of about a dozen written for his first wife, who had left him.[5] Collins wrote the entire song, while arranger Arif Mardin produced it.[4] The strings and piano tracks were recorded in New York to accommodate the tour, while Mardin did the vocals and drums in Los Angeles.[6] Rob Mounsey played piano and keyboard bass, Collins sang and played the drums with his (and Hugh Padgham's) trademark gated reverb sound, and a string arrangement by Mardin completed the production. According to Collins in a 1985 interview with Dan Neer: "We recorded the song in two days: One day in New York, the other in Los Angeles. The mixes were done by phone and the song went to Number 1. I couldn't believe it." On 24 August 2007, Collins discussed the song in a phone interview as an example for break-up songs.[7] The song was first included on a Collins album on the 1998 compilation Hits, and it also appeared on his compilation Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New (2004). A live performance of the song also appears on the Serious Hits… Live! album. The live version was recorded in 1990 on the B-side of the single "Do You Remember?".

Use and association with the film Accordingly, "Against All Odds" was created explicitly for the movie.[6] Hackford, who previously used a song for the 1982 American drama film An Officer and a Gentleman, planned the same for the neo-noir 1984 film Against All Odds,[6] which is a remake of Out of the Past. When he signed with Atlantic Records, he was provided with a roster of artists, among of whom Collins was chosen to render the film's theme song based on the quality of his voice.[6] Hackford said that it was a "textbook case of designing a song to reflect what the film is".[6] The song appears in the movie as background music during the closing credits.[8] Writing for the soundtrack's review, Allmusic editor Heather Phares claimed that the movie is best remembered for the inclusion of Collins' "classic theme song".[9] Phares added that the song "remains not only one of Collins' definitive singles, but one of the 1980s' best love songs".[9] Director Hackford also had the same view, stating that it "decidedly" helped the film: people identified the song with the film and came to watch it.[6] When the single went top five, it contributed to the increased box office sales of the movie.[6]

Reception "Against All Odds" won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1985, and it was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Collins was the only nominee in the category not invited to sing his song on stage, and sat in the audience as Ann Reinking performed it. When another song Collins performed for a movie, "Separate Lives", was being nominated for an Academy Award, in interviews about the original snub by the Academy for "Against All Odds", Collins would jokingly say "the hell with him - I'm going up too", referring to what he would do if the Stephen Bishop written song were to win the award.[10] Collins lost to the Stevie Wonder song "I Just Called to Say I Love You".

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Commercial performance After its release, "Against All Odds" peaked at number two as a single in 1984 and became Collins' third top-ten single in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in the spring of 1984.[4] It is the first of six songs by Collins written specifically for a film soundtrack that would appear on the Hot 100. It also became Collins' only number 1 single on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as a solo artist, although he would achieve two other number ones on this chart with his band, Genesis.

Music video The single's music video was directed by Taylor Hackford, produced by Jeffrey Abelson through Parallax Productions and cinematographed by Daniel Pearl.[11] Hackford was paid US$20,000 (out of a total budget of US$45,000)[12] for a complete Collins clip. The music video was released alongside the single on the last week of February 1984.[6] A number one MTV video for several weeks, MTV ranked it as number 4 in its 1984 year-end top 20 video countdown.[13] Gary LeMel, music supervisor at Columbia, felt the music video on MTV increased Against All Odds' box office takings by at least US$5 million.[12] The music video is an early example of a highly conceptual approach to creating hybrid movie/music-videos that producer Abelson pioneered. Echoing the love triangle theme of the film, Collins is seen performing in front of a wall of rainwater that is alternately lit red, blue, and green—each colour representing one of the three main characters in the film. It is this colour schematic that is used as an organic segue to and from character-specific scenes in the movie. The final scene pulls back from Collins to reveal him standing in the middle of a water-filled triangle formed from neon tubes in the same three colours—completing the visual concept as the three main characters are superimposed around the neon triangle's three sides. The concept for the video was created by Keith Williams, a Welsh-born writer who had already worked with Abelson on the video for "Dancin' With Myself" (Billy Idol), and who would go on to also create concepts for "Holding Out for a Hero" (Bonnie Tyler) and "Ghostbusters" (Ray Parker, Jr.) for the same producer as well as "Say You Say Me" (Lionel Richie) from White Nights, which Taylor Hackford also directed.

Charts Chart (1984)

Peak position

Canadian Singles Chart

1

Dutch Singles Chart

12 [14]

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)

5

German Singles Chart

9

Irish Singles Chart

1

New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart

3

Norwegian Singles Chart

1

Polish Singles Chart

[15]

8

Swedish Singles Chart

3

Swiss Singles Chart

4

UK Singles Chart

2

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

1

"Against All Odds"

151 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

3

U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks

1

Mariah Carey version "Against All Odds" Single by Mariah Carey from the album Rainbow Released

3 October 2000

Genre

Pop, R&B

Length

3:25

Label

Columbia

Producer

Mariah Carey, James Harris III, Terry Lewis Mariah Carey singles chronology

"Crybaby"/"Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" (2000)

"Against All Odds" (2000)

"Loverboy" (2001)

American singer Mariah Carey co-produced her version of the song with James Harris III and Terry Lewis for her sixth studio album Rainbow. Carey co-produced the single edit of the song with Steve Mac. Although the song was promoted as part of Carey's Rainbow in the United States, it was not released as a commercial or radio single there. It was initially released in some markets in early 2000. This was also the last single with her then label Columbia. The song reached top twenty in several countries. The highest peak of the song was number two in Norway. The video for the Carey version of the song, directed by Paul Misbehoven, consists of a montage of clips of Carey singing the song from her various Rainbow World Tour stops to cullings from her Homecoming special.

Track listings European CD single 1. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" 2. "Crybaby" (featuring Snoop Dogg) European CD maxi-single 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "Crybaby" (featuring Snoop Dogg) "Thank God I Found You" (Stargate Radio Edit featuring Joe & 98°) "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" (Morales Club Mix Edit)

Japanese CD single 1. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (featuring Westlife) 2. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (album version) 3. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Pound Boys Radio Edit) 4. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (instrumental)

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Charts Chart (2000)

Peak position [16]

26

[17]

15

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) [18]

22

Canada (RPM)

[19]

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) [20]

18

France (SNEP)

[21]

29

Germany (Media Control AG) Italy (FIMI)

20

[22]

17 [23]

2

Norway (VG-lista)

[24]

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

20

Mariah Carey and Westlife version "Against All Odds" Single by Mariah Carey featuring Westlife from the album Rainbow and Coast to Coast Released

18 September 2000

Recorded

Flyte Tyme Studios, Edina, MA & Capri Digital Studios, Capri, Italy & Rokstone Studios, London, England & Parc Studios, Orlando, FL & Olympic Studios, London, England July 1999—2000

Genre

Pop, R&B

Length

3:25

Label

BMG, Columbia

Writer(s)

Phil Collins

Producer

Mariah Carey, Steve Mac

Certification Silver (UK) Westlife singles chronology

"Fool Again" (2000)

"Against All Odds" (2000)

"My Love" (2000)

Mariah Carey later re-released "Against All Odds" as a duet with Irish boyband Westlife. This version was released as the first single from Westlife's second album Coast to Coast. The song was released in September 2000, a few months after Carey's solo version. Carey did not re-record her vocals for the duet; however, the instrumental track was reproduced with a more organic sound complete with violins. The single was more successful than the original in the UK and Ireland where it peaked at number 1, giving Westlife their sixth consecutive number one.[25] It also gave Carey her second number 1 single in the UK. The song has sold

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375,000 copies in the total in the UK.[26] The music video shows Carey and Westlife recording the song and exploring the island of Capri by boat. The UK version of the single includes a limited edition Enhanced CD with video, poster and Westlife-only version and CD with Westlife video interview and picture sleeves.[27]

Tours performed at The Face To Face Tour (2006)

Track listing • United Kingdom CD1 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Against All Odds" - 3:21 "Against All Odds" (Pound Boys Main Mix) – 9:09 "Against All Odds" (Mariah Carey Solo Version) – 3:21 "Westlife Interview" – 4:00

CD2 1. "Against All Odds" – 3:21 2. "Against All Odds" (Westlife Solo Version) – 3:21 3. "Against All Odds" (Pound Boys Dub) – 6:48 4. "Against All Odds" (Video) – 3:21 Cassette 1. "Against All Odds" – 3:21 2. "Against All Odds" (Pound Boys Radio Edit) – 3:48 • Japan 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Against All Odds" – 3:21 "Against All Odds" (Pound Boys Radio Edit) – 3:48 "Against All Odds" (Mariah Carey Solo Version) – 3:39 "Against All Odds" (Instrumental) – 3:21

Charts Chart (2000)

Peak position

[28]

52

Australia (ARIA)

[29]

50

[30]

31

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia) Denmark (Tracklisten)

[31]

2

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) Ireland (IRMA)

[32]

[33]

29 1

[34]

78

Japan (Oricon)

[35]

3

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[36]

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

1

"Against All Odds"

154

Year-end charts Chart (2000)

Position

UK Singles Chart

28

Steve Brookstein version "Against All Odds" Single by Steve Brookstein from the album Heart and Soul Released

20 December 2004

Format

CD single, digital download

Recorded

2004

Genre

Pop rock

Length

3:12

Label

Sony BMG Steve Brookstein singles chronology

"Against All Odds" (2004)

"Fighting Butterflies" (2006)

English singer and The X Factor winner Steve Brookstein included "Against All Odds" on his debut studio album, Heart and Soul. It was released as his debut single on 20 December 2004 by Sony BMG. The single charted at number one in the United Kingdom and at number 11 in Ireland. It sold 127,701 copies in its first week in the UK, making it the lowest-selling X Factor winner's single to date.[37] It has sold less than half the copies of Leon Jackson and Little Mix, a third of Joe McElderry's, a quarter of Matt Cardle's, and a fifth of those of Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, and Alexandra Burke.

Background In 2004, Brookstein won the televised UK talent competition The X Factor, and recorded a cover of Phil Collins 1984 hit "Against All Odds" as his debut single. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number two behind "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20, and then climbed to number one where it stayed for one week from 2 January 2005 to 8 January 2005 and was replaced by Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock." "Against All Odds" was later included on Brookstein's debut album Heart and Soul.

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Music video The music video for the song shows Steve's highlights from the show through to the moment he was announced X Factor winner, in a similar manner to other winner's videos from both The X Factor and Pop Idol. No original footage was recorded for the video.

Track listing 1. "Against All Odds" – 3:17 2. "Smile" (X Factor Performance) – 1:55 3. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (X Factor Performance) – 2:00

Charts Chart

Peak position [38]

Irish Singles Chart

11

UK Singles Chart

1

Other covers • American indie-electronic group The Postal Service covered "Against All Odds" for the soundtrack to the 2004 film Wicker Park. The cover was later named as one of the best cover songs of all time by the New York Post.[39] It was also named the second best cover of all time by Rolling Stone. • The Shadows did an instrumental of the song in 1986 on their album Moonlight Shadows. • American pianist and singer Eli Mattson sang the song in the final of Americas Got Talent Season 3 as part of the final five. • In 1984, French singer Dalida released a French cover of this song called "Toutes Ces Heures Loin De Toi". • Recently, rapper Cuban Link sampled the original song in the track "Take a Look at Me Now" as a tribute to friend and deceased rapper Big Pun. • Montell Jordan recorded "Against All Odds" for his 1999 album Get It On...Tonight. • Deja Vu and Tasmin recorded "Against All Odds" in 2001, which appeared on Dancemania X8 and was licensed to be featured in the dance video game Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix. It later appeared in North America in Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2. • In the summer of 2008, a trance version of the song recorded by Belgian singer Kira appeared on Robbins Entertainment's compilation Trance Party 4. Kira later released this song on a CD-maxi single in late 2006, also on Robbins label. • In 2005, English-singing Japanese rock band Beat Crusaders recorded "Against All Odds" for their covers album Musicrusaders. • Another dance version was recorded in 2006 by Karen Parry. • Korean R&B singers Wheesung and Lena Park recorded a cover of "Against All Odds" for a 2006 Hyundai's Tucson television commercial, and their version was later released as a digital single. • Instrumental group John Tesh Project released their version from the album A Passionate Life.[40] • Pop classical group The Three Graces covered the song in Italian under the title "Impossible" on their 2008 self-titled debut album. • The Haredi music group based in Meah Shearim, Jerualem, The Envei Hagefen Orchestra, has used the melody of "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" for their song on the CD Modim entitled "Mima'amakim". However due to the extremely limited overlap of the two groups' listeners, nobody has yet to address this issue.

"Against All Odds" • The American pop singer Lutricia McNeal covered this song for her Japanese release of her album Soulsister Ambassador - Rise. • British medical comedy duo Amateur Transplants parodied the song, along with others, in their song "Snippets" from their debut album Fitness to Practice. • N-Dubz named their second album after the song. (2009) • Michael Ball recorded the song and it appears on his albums The Movies,[41] Stage and Screen[42] and Seasons of Love.[43] • Barry Manilow recorded the song for his album The Greatest Songs of the Eighties. • 'Mickey' covered the song on the first episode of the first season of Kids Incorporated. • Dune, a German rave/techno/progressive trance group, covered this song on their fourth album Forever recorded with the London Session Orchestra. • In Germany, the song was recorded by Trude Herr, who changed title, language and context (Papa, a dedication to the father of Trude, in German). Subsequently, the same version was performed by Anne Haigis.

Live cover versions • In 1984, on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, Michael Damian and Tracey Bregman, as the characters of Danny Romalotti and Lauren Fenmore, performed the song. • In 2005 Canadian Idol competitors Rex Goudie and Melissa O'Neil performed the song as their final duet together during the show's third season finale. The song has been performed seven times on American Idol. • The song has been performed by Corey Clark (Season 2), George Huff (Season 3), Jessica Sierra (Season 4), Scott Savol (Season 4), Katharine McPhee (Season 5), Ramiele Malubay (Season 7), and Paige Miles (Season 9). The latter two's versions were released for a limited period on the iTunes Music Store. Malubay's performance was released as a live performance single in 2008. Miles' full-length studio version was also released as a single in 2010. • During their fall 2006 tour, New York band We Are Scientists opened with a cover of "Against All Odds", the song being played on the PA until the band arrived on stage and finished from the second verse, without pause.

Pop culture Internet Seattle music columnist Megan Seling [44] began an experiment on Monday, July 6, 2009, wherein she vowed to listen to Collins' "Against All Odds" at least once every hour that she was awake for an entire week and chronicled the journey here [45]. "I've done dumber things." – Megan Seling

Karaoke This song is on the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 3. It is also downloadable content for the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.

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Radio The song also features heavily on the first Act of the This American Life episode 'Break Up'. The segment featured an interview with Collins, as well as narration from a woman who listened to the song to get over a break-up and vowed to write her own break-up song.[46]

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Bibliography • Denisoff, R. Serge; Romanowski, William D. (1991). Risky Business: Rock in Film (http://books.google.com/ books?id=kT0fKUCTUC4C&dq=Against+All+Odds+Collins&source=gbs_navlinks_s). Transaction Publishers. p. 768. ISBN 978-0-88738-843-9. Retrieved 2011-09-04.

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"My Love" "My Love" Single by Westlife from the album Coast to Coast Released

30 October 2000

Format

CD Single

Recorded June 2000 Cheiron Studios, (Stockholm, Sweden) Genre

Pop

Length

3:52

Label

BMG

Writer(s) Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Pelle Nylén Producer Per Magnusson, David Kreuger Westlife singles chronology

"Against All Odds" (2000)

"My Love" (2000)

"What Makes a Man" (2000)

"My Love CD2"

"My Love" is the second single from Westlife's second studio album, Coast to Coast. The single became the band's seventh UK number #1. The song was the 35th best-selling single of 2000 in the UK. It has sold 300,000 copies in UK so far.[1]

Tours performed at Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001) World of Our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003) Turnaround Tour (2004) The Number Ones Tour (2005) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) The Farewell Tour (2012)

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Tracklisting UK CD1 1. "My Love" (Radio Edit) - 3:52 2. "If I Let You Go" (US Remix) - 3:40 3. "If I Let You Go" (US Remix Video) - 3:40 UK CD2 1. "My Love" (Radio Edit) - 3:52 2. "My Love" (Instrumental) - 3:52 3. "My Love" (Video) - 3:52

Music video The opening scene of the music video features the band members waiting at Shannon Airport, where Nicky Byrne informs the band members that the last flight out has just been cancelled. The band members become upset by the news and Bryan exclaims that he is going home. The others follow and the song begins. The first stanza takes place inside the airport and during the chorus, the scene shifts to Limerick (Catherine st) a town in Ireland. Harstonge house on Harstonge st (or Oznam house as its also known) can clearly be seen in the video as they walk down the street. After the end of the first chorus, the scene shifts to Colbert train station in Limerick. Then again during the second chorus, the scene changes to Lahinch Beach, Co. Clare and in Kilkee, (Co. Clare) During the final chorus, the band members sing atop the Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare. The song itself, combined with the video is portraying the band missing their native Ireland and, in particular, a love interest that was left behind.

Chart performance Charts

Peak position

[2]

36

Australia (ARIA)

[3]

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)

6

[4]

14

Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)

[5]

57

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA)

[6]

1

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)

[7]

10

[8]

3

New Zealand (RIANZ) Norway (VG-lista)

[9]

3 [10]

1

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

[11] [12]

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

38 1

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161

End of year charts End of year chart (2000) Position UK Singles Chart

35

Chart successions

References [1] http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363 [2] " Australian-charts.com – Westlife – My Love" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=My+ Love& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [3] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – My Love" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=My+ Love& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [4] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – My Love" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=My+ Love& cat=s) (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. [5] "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Westlife/ single) (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. . Retrieved 30 May 2011. [6] " Chart Track" (http:/ / www. chart-track. co. uk/ index. jsp?c=p/ musicvideo/ music/ archive/ index_test. jsp& ct=240001& arch=t& lyr=2000& year=2000& week=44). Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [7] " Nederlandse Top 40 – week 49, 2000 (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ index. aspx?week=49& jaar=2000)" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [8] " Charts.org.nz – Westlife – My Love" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=My+ Love& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [9] " Norwegiancharts.com – Westlife – My Love" (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=My+ Love& cat=s). VG-lista. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [10] " Swedishcharts.com – Westlife – My Love" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=My+ Love& cat=s). Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [11] " Westlife – My Love – swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=My+ Love& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2011. [12] " Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 2000-11-11/ ) UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 May 2011.

External links • "My Love" Official Music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_eCu-z2O1Y) • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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"What Makes a Man" "What Makes a Man" Single by Westlife from the album Coast to Coast Released

18 December 2000 (UK)

Format

CD Single

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London 2000

Genre

Pop

Length

3:52 (Lp Version) 3:52 (Single Remix)

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Wayne Hector, Steve Mac

Producer

Steve Mac Westlife singles chronology

"My Love" (2000)

"What Makes A Man" (2000)

"I Lay My Love on You" (2001)

"What Makes a Man" is the third single to be released from Westlife's second studio album, Coast to Coast. It was their first single not to peak at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, being beaten to the Christmas Number One by "Can We Fix It?", the theme to the cartoon series, Bob the Builder. The song was the 39th best selling single of 2000 in the UK, and received a gold sales certification in the UK for over 400,000 copies sold.[1]

Tours Performed at Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001) World of Our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003) Turnaround Tour (2004) The Number Ones Tour (2005) Face To Face Tour (2006) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) Gravity Tour (2011) The Farewell Tour (2012)

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163

Track listing UK CD1 1. "What Makes A Man" (Single Remix) - 3:52 2. "I'll Be There" - 3:55 3. "My Girl" - 2:46 UK CD2 1. "What Makes A Man" (Single Remix) - 3:52 2. "I'll Be There" - 3:55 3. "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted" - 3:30

Chart performance It's a weak song, and we didn't do much promotional work. Bob deserved it. — Bryan McFadden speaking to Worldpop.com Chart

Peak position

Irish Singles Chart

2

UK Singles Chart

2

End of year charts End of year chart (2000) Position UK Singles Chart

39

References [1] "Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363). Mtv.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-03-14.

External links • "What Makes a Man" music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRF-3Z5cRQo) • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

"I Lay My Love on You"

164

"I Lay My Love on You" "I Lay My Love on You" Single by Westlife from the album Coast to Coast Released

3 March 2001 (Australia)

Format

CD single

Recorded

June 2000 Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Genre

Latin Pop

Length

3:29

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

Producer

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger Westlife singles chronology

"What Makes a Man" (2000)

"I Lay My Love on You" (2001)

"Uptown Girl" (2001)

"I Lay My Love on You" is the ninth single to be released from Westlife's second studio album, "Coast To Coast". It was released in many parts of the world, including Australia, Asia and most notably Europe - however, it was not released in the UK and Ireland, although it was considered a highly popular track. It peaked at #1 on the MTV Asia Hitlist. A Spanish version of the song has also been recorded, and can be found on their Asian-only release, "Released".

Tours performed at Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001)

Tracklisting CD1 1. "I Lay My Love On You" (Single Remix) - 3:29 2. "Dreams Come True" - 3:07 • CD1 is cased within a digipak and comes with four limited edition photocards.[1] CD2 1. 2. 3. 4.

"I Lay My Love On You" (Single Remix) - 3:29 "Dreams Come True" - 3:07 "My Love" - 3:52 "Nothing Is Impossible" - 3:15

"I Lay My Love on You"

165

Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

29

Austrian Singles Chart

23

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

35

Dutch Singles Chart

12

German Singles Chart

50

New Zealand Singles Chart

24

Norwegian Singles Chart

16

Spanish Singles Chart

20

Swedish Singles Chart

10

Swiss Singles Chart

39

External links • "I Lay My Love On You" Official Music video [2] • Official Westlife Website [1] [1] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Westlife-I-Lay-My-Love-On-You/ release/ 1387571 [2] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=QQTFPJO6o18

"Uptown Girl" "Uptown Girl" Single by Billy Joel from the album An Innocent Man Released

September 29, 1983

Format

Vinyl (7")

Recorded

1983

Genre

Pop rock

Length

3:18

Label

Columbia

Writer(s)

Billy Joel

Producer

Phil Ramone

Certification

Gold (RIAA)

[1]

[1]

Billy Joel singles chronology

"Uptown Girl"

166

"Tell Her About It" (1983)

"Uptown Girl" (1983)

"An Innocent Man" (1983)

"Uptown Girl" is a song written and performed by musician Billy Joel, first released in 1983 on his album An Innocent Man. The lyrics describe a working-class "downtown man" attempting to woo a wealthy "uptown girl."

Success Although "Uptown Girl" was not as successful in the U.S. as "Tell Her About It," the first single released from An Innocent Man, the single was still a big hit for Joel. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts in the US,[2] and #1 in the United Kingdom, staying at that position for 5 weeks; it was the second biggest selling single of 1983 in the United Kingdom behind only Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon", which Joel had knocked off the number one position on November 1, 1983. The song was the 19th biggest selling single of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, where it has sold over a million copies.[3] In 1988, Rolling Stone ranked "Uptown Girl" #99 on their list of the 100 most important singles of the period 1963-1988.

Inspiration According to numerous interviews with Joel, the song was initially written about his relationship with his then-girlfriend Elle Macpherson, but it ended up also becoming about his soon-to-be wife Christie Brinkley (both women being two of the most famous supermodels of the 1980s).[4][5] Joel also has said that the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.[6]

Music video The title character in the music video was played by Christie Brinkley. Joel and Brinkley married in 1985 and divorced in 1994. Subsequently, the song was missing from the setlist during Joel's 1994 "River of Dreams" tour. Different versions of the music video opening were produced, in which an auto mechanic is watching the end of Joel's previous hit "Tell Her About It" on a small TV. Then, depending on the version, the next image on the TV is either a blank screen or the logo of the network or TV show the video was on. The only logos known to be used are MTV and Friday Night Videos. A fourth version, which skipped the prologue segment, aired on Night Tracks, America's Top 10 and other music video shows. This is also the version posted on the music video website Vevo. Christie Brinkley appears as the main character of the video and later married Joel.

"Uptown Girl"

167

Chart positions Chart (1983)

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

1

Austrian Singles Chart

18 [7]

3

Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) Canadian Singles Chart

[8]

4

Dutch Top 40

[9]

10

German Media Control Charts

18

Irish Singles Chart

1

New Zealand Singles Chart

1

Norway Singles Chart

3

UK Singles Chart

1

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

3

U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

2

U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks

22

End of year charts End of year chart (1983) Position UK Singles Chart

2

Certifications Country Certification [10] UK

Gold

Date

Sales certified

1 November 1983

400,000

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes version "Uptown Girl/Billy" Single by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes from the album Have a Ball Released

November 1, 1996

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded

January 1996

Genre

Punk-rock

Length

2:22

Label

Epitaph Records

Producer

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

"Uptown Girl"

168 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes singles chronology

"Take Me Home, Country Roads/Denver" (1986)

"Uptown Girl/Billy" (1986)

"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard/Paul" (1986)

in 1996 Me First and the Gimme Gimmes covered the song for their 1997 album Have a Ball. Their version is often mistakenly accredited to Weezer due to incorrectly named files available on the Internet. To the published version of the one with the B-side Only the Good Die Young Billy as Single and unlike the original, this version is very influenced by punk.

Track listing Side one No. Title

Writer(s) Length

1. "Uptown Girl/Billy" Billy Joel

2:22

Side two No. Title

Writer(s) Length

2. "Only the Good Die Young" Billy Joel

3:55

Westlife version "Uptown Girl" Single by Westlife from the album World of Our Own Released

March 5, 2001

Format

CD

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London

Genre

Teen pop, Dance-pop

Length

3:06

Label

BMG

Producer

Steve Mac

Certification

Platinum (UK) Gold (Sweden) Westlife singles chronology

"I Lay My Love on You" (2001)

"Uptown Girl" (2001)

"When You're Looking Like That" (2001)

"Uptown Girl"

169

Alternative cover UK CD2

"Uptown Girl" is the fifth single released from Irish pop band Westlife's third studio album, World of Our Own (2001). It was released as 2001's Comic Relief charity single, and reached number one on in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The single was released early thru the group's second album Coast to Coast (2000). The song became the 23rd best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK, with sales of 756,215 copies. It became the band's biggest-selling single in the UK, and also achieved the highest first week sale (292,318 copies) of any of their singles. The song was the sixth best-selling single of 2001 in the UK. "Uptown Girl" has since been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 600,000 copies.[11] As of October 2011, the song had sold almost 800,000 copies.[12]

Music video The video for this song was shot in a Cafe setting with Claudia Schiffer as the title character, while Robert Bathurst, James Wilby, Ioan Gruffudd, Crispin Bonham-Carter and Tim McInnerny were featured as high class customers.

Tracklisting • United Kingdom CD1 1. "Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) - 3:06 2. "Angel's Wings" (2001 Remix) - 4:14 3. "Uptown Girl" (Video) - 3:14 CD2 1. "Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) - 3:06 2. "Uptown Girl" (Extended Version) - 5:02 3. "Behind The Scenes Footage & Band Messages" DVD 1. "Uptown Girl" (Video) - 3:14 2. "Behind The Scenes Footage & Band Messages" • Japan 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) - 3:06 "Uptown Girl" (Extended Version) - 5:02 "Angel's Wings" (Original Version) - 4:02 "Close Your Eyes" - 4:32 "Uptown Girl" (Video) - 3:14 "Behind The Scenes Footage & Band Messages"

Chart performance

"Uptown Girl"

170

Chart (2001)

Peak position

[13]

6

Australia (ARIA)

[14]

12

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)

[15]

Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)

[16]

5 2

[17]

2

Denmark (Tracklisten)

[18]

Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)

13

[19]

8

France (SNEP)

[20]

Germany (Media Control AG)

8

Ireland (IRMA)

1

[21]

10

Italy (FIMI)

[22]

2

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [23]

New Zealand (RIANZ)

4

[24]

3

Norway (VG-lista)

[25]

7

Spain (PROMUSICAE)

[26]

2

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[27]

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

13

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)

1

References [1] "Billy Joel - Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Billy-Joel-Uptown-Girl/ release/ 860596). . [2] Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. pp. 137–138. ISBN 0-87586-207-1. [3] Ami Sedghi (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list" (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ news/ datablog/ 2012/ nov/ 04/ uk-million-selling-singles-full-list). Guardian. . Retrieved 4 November 2012. [4] Channel Five Interview." (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=0KzbWdxgaMI)" [5] "Billy Joel Visits. 11/16/10. 7:55am" (http:/ / www. marksfriggin. com/ news10/ 11-15. htm#tue). Howard Stern archive. Marksfriggin.com. November 16, 2010. . Retrieved 15 March 2012. [6] Billy Joel Website Interview (http:/ / www. billyjoel. com/ an-innocent-man-complete-albums-collection-video) [7] http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Billy+ Joel& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s (Retrieved September 17, 2012) [8] http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 4382& type=1& interval=24& PHPSESSID=4tu09qqsucahjvcoaomuhravk4 [9] Dutch Top 40 1983 (http:/ / members. chello. nl/ m. jans1/ 1983. html). Retrieved 2009-01-08. [10] UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ ) (Retrieved 2 September 2008) [11] "BPI Certified Awards" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Retrieved 2011-02-08. [12] http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ chart-news/ the-nations-favourite-westlife-tracks-revealed/ [13] " Australian-charts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. [14] " Westlife – Uptown Girl – Austriancharts.at" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s) (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. [15] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

"Uptown Girl" [16] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s) (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. [17] " Danishcharts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. danishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). Tracklisten. Hung Medien. [18] " Finnishcharts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. finnishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien. [19] " Lescharts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s) (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien. [20] " Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ Westlife/ Uptown+ Girl/ single) (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. [21] " Italiancharts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. italiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). Top Digital Download. Hung Medien. [22] " Nederlandse Top 40 – Westlife search results" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ search. aspx?keyword=Westlife) (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. [23] " Charts.org.nz – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. [24] " Norwegiancharts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). VG-lista. Hung Medien. [25] " Spanishcharts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. spanishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s) Canciones Top 50. Hung Medien. [26] " Swedishcharts.com – Westlife – Uptown Girl" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. [27] " Westlife – Uptown Girl – swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Uptown+ Girl& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.

171

"When You're Looking Like That"

172

"When You're Looking Like That" "When You're Looking Like That" Single by Westlife from the album Coast To Coast Released

September 19, 2001

Recorded

Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

Genre

Pop

Length

3:52 (Album version) 3:54 (Single Remix)

Label

RCA, BMG

Writer(s)

Rami Yacoub, Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin

Producer

Rami Yacoub Westlife singles chronology

"Uptown Girl" (2001)

"When You're Looking Like That" (2001)

"Queen of My Heart" (2001)

"When You're Looking Like That" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife from their second studio album, Coast to Coast (2000). It was released as the sixth and final single from the album in Australia, Asia, Latin America, and—most notably—Europe. However, although being one of the more popular tracks in the UK and a music video being played regularly on UK music channels, the single was not released in the UK or Ireland. The song was written by a team of Swedish songwriters, Rami Yacoub, Andreas Carlsson, and Max Martin, and it was produced by Yacoub. The song was re-released in 2001 for its single remix included in group's third studio album World of Our Own (2001). "When You're Looking Like That" was most successful in Sweden, where it peaked at number four. It has since been certified gold by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of 15,000 copies in Sweden.

Tours performed at Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001) World of Our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003) Turnaround Tour (2004) The Number Ones Tour (2005) Face To Face Tour (2006) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) Gravity Tour (2011)

"When You're Looking Like That"

173

The Farewell Tour (2012)

Track listing CD maxi single[1] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"When You're Looking Like That" (Single Remix) – 3:52 "Con Lo Bien Que Te Ves" (Single Remix) (Spanish lyrics: Rudy Pérez) – 3:52 "Don't Get Me Wrong" (Jake, Anders von Hofsten) – 3:43 "I'll Be There" (Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch, Bob West) – 3:54 "When You're Looking Like That" (Music video) – 4:00

CD single[2] 1. "When You're Looking Like That" (Single Remix) – 3:52 2. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:43

Credits and personnel • Rami Yacoub – songwriter, producer, engineer, mixing • • • • •

Andreas Carlsson – songwriter, backing vocals Max Martin – songwriter, backing vocals John Amatiello – engineer assistant, mixing assistant, Pro Tools Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar Björn Engelmann – mastering

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.[1]

Charts and certifications Charts Chart

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

19

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

19

Danish Singles Chart

6

German Singles Chart

24

Netherlands Singles Chart

23

New Zealand Singles Chart

30

Romanian Singles Chart

[3]

43

Swedish Singles Chart

4

Swiss Singles Chart

47

UK Singles Chart

[4]

188

"When You're Looking Like That"

174

Certifications Region

Certification Sales/shipments [5] Gold

Sweden (GLF)

15,000x

^

shipments figures based on certification alone

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

(liner notes). "When You're Looking Like That". Westlife. 74321873672. (liner notes). "When You're Looking Like That". Westlife. 74321873682. Romanian Top 100 (http:/ / www. rt100. ro/ top-100-edition. html?edition=313& go=Go) Tobias Zywietz. "The Official Zobbel Homepage" (http:/ / zobbel. de/ ). Zobbel.de. . Retrieved 2012-03-14. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ ar-20013. pdf) (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. .

External links • "When You're Looking Like That" video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpXBEw28r8M) • Official website (http://www.westlife.com)

"Queen of My Heart"

175

"Queen of My Heart" "Queen of My Heart" Single by Westlife from the album World of Our Own Released

November 5, 2001

Format

CD single

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London 2001

Genre

Pop

Length

4:23

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

John McLaughlin, Wayne Hector, Steve Mac, Steve Robson

Producer

Steve Mac

Certification

Silver (UK), Gold (SWE) Westlife singles chronology

"When You're Looking Like That" (2001)

"Queen of My Heart" (2001)

"World of Our Own" (2002)

"Queen of My Heart CD2"

"Queen of My Heart" is the debut single released from Westlife's third studio album, World of Our Own. It became the band's ninth UK number #1 single, staying at the top of the charts for three weeks. The song was written by John McLaughlin, Wayne Hector and Steve Robson, Steve Mac.[1] The song is rarely performed live, due to the fact the band wanted 'Angel' to be released as the debut single from the album, and not 'Queen Of My Heart'. It remains one of the band's most successful singles, becoming the 23rd best-selling single of 2001 in the UK, and receiving a Silver sales certification in the UK for over 200,000 copies sold. So far, it sold over 335 000 copies in UK.[2]

Tracklisting UK CD1 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Queen Of My Heart" (Radio Edit) - 4:20 "When You're Looking Like That" (Single Remix) - 3:53 "Reason For Living" - 4:03 "When You're Looking Like That" (Video) - 3:53

UK CD2 1. "Queen Of My Heart" (Radio Edit) - 4:20 2. "When You're Looking Like That" (Single Remix) - 3:53 3. "Interview" (Video) - 5:16 4. "Queen Of My Heart" (Video) - 4:26

"Queen of My Heart"

176

Music video The video features Westlife in a castle with Shane and Kian in one room, Mark and Nicky in another room and Brian sitting alone on the stairs. During the video, Nicky shaves his hair, giving himself a David Beckham skinhead. Towards the end of the video, many fans appear and surround the band.

Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Austrian Singles Chart

33

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

14

Danish Singles Chart

15

German Singles Chart

27

Irish Singles Chart

1

Dutch Top 40

12

New Zealand Singles Chart

4

Norwegian Singles Chart

12

Romanian Top 100

[3]

24

Swedish Singles Chart

3

Swiss Singles Chart

37

UK Singles Chart

1

UK Radio Airplay Chart

17

End of year charts End of year chart (2001) Position Irish Singles Chart

14

UK Singles Chart

23

Chart successions

References [1] ASCAP entry for song (http:/ / www. ascap. com/ ace/ search. cfm?requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=470125596& search_in=i& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1) ASCAP, accessed 24 July 2011 [2] http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#37363 [3] Romanian Top 100 (http:/ / www. rt100. ro/ top-100-edition. html?edition=315& go=Go)

"Queen of My Heart"

177

External links • "Queen of My Heart" official music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8G2v1RBhZ0) • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

"World of Our Own"]]/[[Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)|"Angel" "World of Our Own" Single by Westlife from the album World of Our Own Released

February 18, 2002

Format

CD single

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London Windmill Lane Studios, Ireland Olympic Studios, London. 2001

Genre

Pop

Length

3:28 (Lp Version) 3:32 (US Mix)

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Producer

Steve Mac

Certification

Silver Westlife singles chronology

"Queen of My Heart" (2001)

"World of Our Own" (2002)

"Bop Bop Baby" (2002)

"World of Our Own" is a song by Irish boyband Westlife recorded for their third studio album of the same name. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their 10th number-one single. This addition made them a part of a small group of artists in British chart history to achieve this feat. The song's popularity peaked when it was featured in the children's feature film You Wish!. The song was the 40th best selling single of 2002 in the UK, and received a Silver sales certification in the UK for over 200,000 copies sold. According to MTV, the single has sold sold 225,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[1]

"World of Our Own"]]/[[Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)|"Angel"

Tours performed at World of Our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003) Turnaround Tour (2004) The Number Ones Tour (2005) Face To Face Tour (2006) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) Gravity Tour (2011) The Farewell Tour (2012)

Music video The video of this song is rat-pack styled. The band members are dressed up as gangsters and they enter in an American jeep. Until the first chorus, the band members sing beneath a bridge. Then, they go to the balcony of a futurisitc building then on a deserted bridge. As they sing, the darkness lifts and the sun shines making everybody (the people) happy. The song ends with the scene shifting from the top of the roof of yet another futuristic building to back under the bridge from where the song initiated. There is a video for the US version of the song as well, this one being a bit mature and deviating from the band's earlier innocent-type videos. The video features the band singing in an abandoned building with broken walls and surrounded by shrubbery. The video occasionally cuts to various couples kissing and necking each other while the band continue to sing in the building equipped with mics and seating on sofas. The video also shows the boys having fun at a party lit by candles, drinking beer and flirting with girls. The video ends in the same fashion it begins: by zooming out of the building. Another video features the boys recording the song in a studio.

Track listings • United Kingdom CD1 1. 2. 3. 4.

"World Of Our Own" (Single Remix) - 3:28 "Crying Girl" - 3:39 "Angel" (Single Remix) - 4:22 "World Of Our Own" (Video) - 3:28

CD2 1. "World Of Our Own" (Single Remix) - 3:28 2. "I Promise You That" - 3:35 3. "Angel" (Video) - 4:22 DVD 1. "World Of Our Own" (Video) - 3:28 2. "Angel" (Video) - 4:22 3. "Behind The Scenes Footage" 4. "Band Messages" • Japan

178

"World of Our Own"]]/[[Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)|"Angel"

179

1. "World Of Our Own" (Single Remix) - 3:28 2. "Queen Of My Heart" (Radio Edit) - 4:20 3. "Crying Girl" - 3:39 4. "I Promise You That" - 3:35 5. "Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) - 3:06 6. "My Love" (Radio Edit) - 3:52 7. "Against All Odds" (Featuring Mariah Carey) - 3:21 8. "En Ti Deje Mi Amor" (Single Remix) - 3:29 9. "Con Lo Bien Que Te" (Single Remix) - 3:52 10. "World Of Our Own" (U.S. Remix) - 3:29

Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

21

Austrian Singles Chart

10 [2]

3

Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)

[3]

17

Danish Singles Chart

5

Netherlands Singles Chart

29

German Singles Chart

11

Irish Singles Chart

3

Italian Singles Chart

41

New Zealand Singles Chart

6

Norwegian Singles Chart

13

Swedish Singles Chart

11

Swiss Singles Chart

26

UK Singles Chart

1

UK Airplay Chart

3

U.S. Pop Airplay Chart

41

Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)

Year-end charts

Release history

Chart (2002)

Position

UK Singles Chart

40

"World of Our Own"]]/[[Angel (Sarah McLachlan song)|"Angel"

Country

180

Release date

United Kingdom February 18, 2002 United States

May 14, 2002

References [1] "Westlife: Official Top 20" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20#229438). MTV (UK). MTV Networks. . Retrieved 2011-09-03. [2] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – World of Our Own" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=World+ of+ Our+ Own& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. [3] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – World of Our Own" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=World+ of+ Our+ Own& cat=s) (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

External links • "World of Our Own" (UK version) official music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHNXYL2qeZc) • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

"Bop Bop Baby"

181

"Bop Bop Baby" "Bop Bop Baby" Single by Westlife from the album World of Our Own Released

May 20, 2002

Format

CD single

Recorded Rokstone Studios, London 2001 Genre

Pop

Length

4:22 (Lp Version) 4:30 (Single Remix)

Label

BMG

Writer(s) Shane Filan, Brian McFadden, Chris O'Brien, Graham Murphy Producer Steve Mac Westlife singles chronology

"World of Our Own" (2002)

"Bop Bop Baby" (2002)

"Unbreakable" (2002)

"Bop Bop Baby" is the third single to be released from Westlife's third studio album, World of Our Own. The single peaked at #5 on the UK Singles Chart. However, during an interview, the band claimed this was due to the obscure choice of single, as they would have much preferred to release "Why Do I Love You" - and had even recorded a video for it. The song was written by band members Shane Filan and Brian McFadden, alongside producers and writers Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy. It sold over 120,000 copies in the UK.[1][2]

Tours performed at World of Our Own Tour (2002) Unbreakable Tour (2003)

Tracklisting • United Kingdom CD1 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Bop Bop Baby" (Single Remix) - 4:28 "You Don't Know" - 4:11 "Imaginary Diva" (Orphane Remix) - 5:16 "Bop Bop Baby" (Video) - 4:28

CD2 1. "Bop Bop Baby" (Single Remix) - 4:28 2. "Bop Bop Baby" (Almighty Radio Edit) - 3:45 3. "Band Interviews" - 10:00

"Bop Bop Baby"

182

• Australia 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Bop Bop Baby" (Single Remix) - 4:28 "Bop Bop Baby" (Almighty Radio Edit) - 3:45 "Bad Girls" - 3:33 "Band Interviews" - 10:00 "Bop Bop Baby" (Video) - 4:28

Music video The video was initially to be directed by Vaughn Arnell and was to feature the band in front of the Irish skyline. But instead, the video was directed by Max & Diana, and featured the band in a castle, battling an enemy of the English Crown.

Release history Region

Date

United Kingdom May 20, 2002 Australia

July 2002

European Union June 2002

Chart performance Chart

Australian Singles Chart

Peak position [3]

56

Austrian Singles Chart

28

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

50

Denmark Singles chart

3

German Singles Chart

15

Italian Singles Chart

45

Irish Singles Chart

4

Netherlands Singles Chart

23

New Zealand Singles Chart

21

Swedish Singles Chart

16

Swiss Singles Chart

36

UK Singles Chart

5

UK Radio Airplay Chart

9

"Bop Bop Baby"

References [1] "Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20). Mtv.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [2] "Westlife Bop Bop Baby UK Promo POSTER (214661)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=214661). Eil.c om. 2002-05-13. . Retrieved 2012-01-09. [3] ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing 22nd July 2002 (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20020807-0000/ Issue647. pdf)

External links • "Bop Bop Baby" official music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otqdwhJiEPQ) • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

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"Unbreakable"

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"Unbreakable" "Unbreakable" Single by Westlife from the album Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 B-side

Never Knew I Was Losing You

Released

4 November 2002

Format

CD Single

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London 2002

Genre

Pop

Length

4:33

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Jörgen Elofsson, John Reid

Producer

Steve Mac

Certification

Silver Westlife singles chronology

"Bop Bop Baby" (2002)

"Unbreakable" (2002)

"Tonight/Miss You Nights" (2003)

"Unbreakable CD2"

"Unbreakable" is the first single released from Westlife's Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 album. It was released in November 2002. It set a record for becoming the greatest 'leaper' in UK Chart History - entering at #196, and 'leaping' to #1 the following week. It became the band's 11th UK Number One. The song has received a Silver sales certification in the UK for over 210 000 copies sold.[1]

Music video The video shows the couple in the Jeep, they talk to each other and enjoy. The band members are standing in the UNBREAKABLE sign on the beach, filmed as the same place on the music video If I Let You Go. The woman uses lipstick, puts on her clothes for the wedding and the man drives the Jeep as he puts the rose, crashes on his way home and killing himself instantly. She told the police officer after it happened and she begins to cry. She went in the shower and went outside put the dead rose away.

"Unbreakable"

185

Tours performed at Unbreakable Tour (2003) The Number Ones Tour (2005) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008)

Tracklisting UK CD1 1. 2. 3. 4.

Unbreakable (Single Remix) - 4:28 Never Knew I Was Losing You - 4:55 World Of Our Own (U.S. Video) - 3:29 Behind The Scenes Footage - 2:00

UK CD2 1. Unbreakable (Single Remix) - 4:28 2. Evergreen (Single Remix) - 3:34 3. World Of Our Own (U.S. Mix) - 3:29 4. Fans Roll Of Honour - 2:00

Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Ö3 Austria Top 40

23

Belgium (Flanders) Singles Chart

10

Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)

[2]

15

Danish Singles Chart

6

German Airplay Chart

14

German Singles Chart

12

Irish Singles Chart

1

Japanese (Tokio Hot 100)

69

Dutch Top 40

19

New Zealand Singles Chart

44

Norwegian Singles Chart

9

Swedish Singles Chart

5

Swiss Singles Chart

41

UK Singles Chart

1

UK Radio Airplay Chart

14

"Unbreakable"

Cover versions Irish singer-songwriter Mary Byrne, a X Factor season 7 finalist covered this song and included on the twelfth track of her debut album Mine & Yours.

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20 [2] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Unbreakable" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Unbreakable& cat=s) (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

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"Tonight"/"Miss You Nights"

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"Tonight"/"Miss You Nights" "Tonight/Miss You Nights" Single by Westlife from the album Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Released

24 March 2003 (UK)

Format

CD single

Recorded 2002; Rokstone Studios London Genre

Pop

Length

4:34 (Single Remix) 4:13 (7 Metro Mix) 3:09 (Miss You Nights)

Label

BMG

Writer(s) "Tonight": Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Jorgen Elofsson, "Miss You Nights": Dave Townsend Producer Steve Mac Westlife singles chronology

"Unbreakable (2002)

"Tonight"/"Miss You Nights" (2003)

"Hey Whatever" (2003)

"Tonight" / "Miss You Nights" CD2 Music video "Tonight"

[1]

on YouTube

Music video "Miss You Nights"

[2]

on YouTube

"Tonight"/"Miss You Nights" is the second and last single released from Westlife's greatest hits album, 'Unbreakable'. It was released as a double A-Side in the UK, but in some other countries, both songs were released separately. "Tonight" was written by Steve Mac, Wayne Hector and Jorgen Elofsson. "Miss You Nights" is a song written by Dave Townsend and originally recorded by Cliff Richard in 1975. At the time, it had reached #15 in the UK Singles Chart. The Westlife single peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's second non-chart topper. It sold over 115 000 in UK so far.[3]

"Tonight"/"Miss You Nights"

188

Tours performed at Tonight Unbreakable Tour (2003) Turnaround Tour (2004) Miss You Nights Miss You Nights was never performed on tour.

Tracklisting • United Kingdom CD1 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Tonight" (Single Remix) - 4:43 "Miss You Nights" (Single Remix) - 3:09 "Where We Belong" - 3:35 "Tonight" (Video) - 4:43

CD2 1. "Tonight" (Single Remix) - 4:43 2. "Tonight" (12" Metro Mix) - 8:12 3. "Miss You Nights" (Video) - 3:09 • Australia 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Tonight" (Single Remix) - 4:43 "Tonight" (7" Metro Mix) - 4:11 "Where We Belong" - 3:35 "Tonight" (Video) - 4:43

Chart performance Chart

Peak position [4]

Australian Singles Chart

65

Austrian Singles Chart

58 [5]

Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)

4

Danish Singles Chart

10

German Singles Chart

47

Irish Singles Chart

1

Netherlands Singles Chart

55

Swedish Singles Chart

33

UK Singles Chart

3

UK Radio Airplay Chart

13

"Tonight"/"Miss You Nights"

Chart successions

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=HRupmMxIplE https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=cPsf4GRzeJ4 http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20 ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing 12th May 2003 (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20030707-0000/ Issue690. pdf) " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Tonight" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Tonight& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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"Hey Whatever"

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"Hey Whatever" "Hey Whatever" Single by Westlife from the album Turnaround Released

15 September 2003

Format

CD single

Recorded Rokstone Studios, London Sphere Studios, London 2003 Genre

Pop

Length

3:30

Label

BMG

Writer(s) Ken Papenfus, Carl Papenfus, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector Producer Steve Mac Westlife singles chronology

"Tonight/Miss You Nights" (2003)

"Hey Whatever" (2003)

"Mandy" (2003)

"Hey Whatever CD2"

"Hey Whatever" is the debut single from Westlife's fourth studio album, 'Turnaround'. It was released on 15 September 2003 and peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song itself is a re-written version of "Rainbow Zephyr", a popular song by Irish Rock Band Relish. It was around this time that Brian McFadden decided to pursue a solo-career, and this became the third from last single he released with the band.

Tours Performed at Turnaround Tour (2004) The Number Ones Tour (2005) Face To Face Tour (2006)

Track listing UK CD1 1. "Hey Whatever" - 3:34 2. "I Won't Let You Down" - 4:01 3. "Hey Whatever" (Video) - 3:34 UK CD2 1. "Hey Whatever" - 3:34 2. "Singing Forever" - 3:23 3. "Tonight" (Metro Mix - Video) - 4:11

"Hey Whatever"

191

4. "Behind The Scenes Footage" - 2:00

Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Austrian Singles Chart

48 [1]

Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)

6

Danish Singles Chart

2

Dutch Top 40

30

European Hot 100 Singles

15

German Singles Chart

22

German Airplay Chart

21

Irish Singles Chart

2

New Zealand Singles Chart

39

Swedish Singles Chart

5

Swiss Singles Chart

53

UK Singles Chart

4

UK Radio Airplay Chart

11

References [1] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Hey Whatever" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Hey+ Whatever& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

External links • "Hey Whatever" Official music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv4Qx2dhvfk) • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

"Mandy"

192

"Mandy" "Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song jointly written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr.[1] "Brandy" was a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand but achieved greater success when covered in 1974 by Barry Manilow in the US with the title changed to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with Looking Glass's "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)." His version reached the top of the US Hot 100 Singles Chart. Later on, it was recorded by many other artists. Irish boyband Westlife had a UK #1 with their version in 2003.

Scott English version "Brandy" Single by Scott English B-side

"Lead Me Back"

Released

1971

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded 1971 Genre

Pop

Label

Trojan/Horse/Fontana (UK) Janus (U.S.)

Writer(s) Scott English Richard Kerr

Music video "Brandy"

[2]

on YouTube

Under the title "Brandy", the selection's original title, the song charted in 1971 for Scott English, one of its joint authors-composers, whose version of it reached number 12 in the UK Singles Charts. It was also released in the United States, but it was not successful there. The suggestion that Scott English wrote the song about a favorite dog is apparently an urban legend. English has said that a reporter called him early one morning asking who "Brandy" was, and an irritated English made up the "dog" story to get the reporter off his back.[3]

Charts

"Mandy"

193

Chart (1971)

Peak position

UK Singles Chart

12

US Billboard Singles Chart

91

Bunny Walters version "Brandy" Single by Bunny Walters Released

1972

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded

1972

Genre

Pop

Writer(s)

Scott English Richard Kerr

Music video "Brandy"

[4]

on YouTube

In 1972, Bunny Walters recorded "Brandy" and had a hit with it in New Zealand.[5] The backing vocals were by The Yandall Sisters. He later on included it in his album Very Best of Bunny Walters[6] Chart (1972)

Peak position

New Zealand Singles Chart

4

Barry Manilow version "Mandy" Single by Barry Manilow from the album Barry Manilow II B-side

"Something's Comin' Up"

Released

1974

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded

1974

Genre

Pop

Length

3:20 (single version)

Label

Bell

Writer(s)

Scott English Richard Kerr

Barry Manilow singles chronology

"Mandy"

194

"Could It Be Magic" (1973)

"Mandy" (1974)

"It's a Miracle" (1975)

Music video "Mandy"

[7]

on YouTube

In 1974, recorded by Barry Manilow under the title "Mandy", the song was Manilow's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, and his first gold single. In the three years between English's 1971 recording and Manilow's, Looking Glass had charted with a selection titled "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" in 1972. Therefore, to avoid confusion, when Manilow decided to record the selection, he changed the title to "Mandy." It was Clive Davis who suggested that Manilow record the selection.Joe Renzetti arranged the record.[8] Manilow originally recorded it as an up-tempo bubblegum pop tune similar to English's original, but he and his producer, Ron Dante, reportedly hated the way it turned out; thus, he re-recorded it as a ballad and was much more pleased with the results. It was Manilow's first hit single and the first song on Clive Davis's Arista Records label (formerly Bell Records) to hit the Billboard Hot 100.[9] In the Manilow version, the fist two lines from the fourth verse following the instrumental section, were omitted, being: "Riding on a country bus"/ No one even noticed us."

Charts Chart (1974)

Westlife version

Peak position

Canadian Singles Chart

1

German Singles Chart

19

Irish Singles Chart

6

New Zealand Singles Chart

30

UK Singles Chart

11

US Hot 100 Singles Chart

1

"Mandy"

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"Mandy" Single by Westlife from the album Turnaround Released

November 17, 2003

Format

CD single

Recorded Rokstone Studios, London Olympic Studios, London 2003 Genre

Pop

Length

3:19

Label

BMG

Producer Steve Mac Westlife singles chronology

"Hey Whatever" (2003)

"Mandy" "Obvious" (2003) (2004)

Music video "Mandy"

[10]

on YouTube

"Mandy" was covered by the band Westlife in 2003 and was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Turnaround. The single peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart to become the band's twelfth number-one single on the chart. The single sold over 190,000 copies in UK.[11]

Tours performed at Turnaround Tour (2004) The Number Ones Tours (2005) Face To Face Tour (2006) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) The Farewell Tour (2012)

"Mandy"

196

Track listing UK CD1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Mandy" – 3:19 "You See Friends (I See Lovers)" – 4:11 "Greased Lightning" – 3:19 "Mandy" (video) – 3:19 "Mandy" (making of the video) – 2:00

UK CD2 1. "Mandy" – 3:19 2. "Flying Without Wings" (live) – 3:41

Charts Chart (2003)

Peak position

Austrian Singles Chart

16

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

50

[12]

3

Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) Danish Singles Chart

2

Dutch Singles Chart

27

German Singles Chart

14

Irish Singles Chart

1

Norwegian Singles Chart

15

Swedish Singles Chart

4

Swiss Singles Chart

30

UK Singles Chart

1

End of year charts End of year chart (2003) Position Irish Singles Chart

5

UK Singles Chart

32

Chart successions Other versions "Mandy" has been covered many times. Notable cover versions include: • Bunny Walters in 1972 (as "Brandy" as in the original) • Andy Williams (1975) • Claude François during the 1970s (precise date to find and edit) sung the French version (Mandy as well) • Karel Gott (1977) sung as "Jsou svátky" with Czech text by Zdeněk Borovec. • Richard Clayderman (1994)

"Mandy" • • • • • •

Johnny Mathis (1997) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (1997) Box Car Racer (2002) Westlife (2003) Bradley Joseph (2005) Donny Osmond (2007)

In popular culture • The Simpsons parodied this in the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer" in which Homer feels torn between his attractive new co-worker (Mindy) and his own wife. At first, Homer is washing up in his bathroom and singing "Mandy" but replacing the name with Mindy, until the last line where he says "Andy" instead. Then late, Homer and Mindy were in a hotel room together, and a turkey slips behind the bed. Later, when Homer brings Marge to the room, he starts singing to her, "Oh, Margie, you came and you found me a turkey." The song is also parodied in the episode "Day of the Jackanapes", in which Krusty sings a new version of the song about Sideshow Bob. • The song was parodied in a Will & Grace episode where Grace Adler sang it as "Mommy" while in front of a theatre in which Manilow would perform the following day. She was regretting that her mother was avoiding meeting her. • The song was sung by David Boreanaz at a karaoke bar in an episode of Angel. • The song was featured in the movie Can't Hardly Wait when one of the characters is obsessed with a classmate named Amanda, and he hears "Mandy" on the radio. In a funny scene in the film, he is told by a friend that the song is actually about a dog. • The song was featured in Muzak format in the movie Night at the Museum, when Larry (Ben Stiller) is stranded inside an elevator after being chased. • The song was featured in an episode of Family Guy where Peter, Joe, Cleveland and Quagmire attend a Barry Manilow concert. The name "Mandy" is changed to "Quagmire" when Manilow picks him from the audience to come up on stage. • In an episode of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Carlton sang this song to a baby who was crying, that he thought was his since the mother is his ex-girlfriend Cindy. • The song was featured in the Korean movie You're My Pet and was interpreted by Jang Geun-suk. The first time in the dance studio, and the second (covered in Korean) during the dance show.

References [1] MANDY (Legal Title), BMI Work #955340 http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& page=1& keyid=955340& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [2] https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=N-zhg1BeUkQ [3] Quoted in The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits. [4] https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=HfCT1vIqjlM [5] Pop Archives: Brandy by Bunny Walters (http:/ / www. poparchives. com. au/ feature. php?id=758) [6] New Zealand CDs: Very Best of Bunny Walters (http:/ / www. newzealandcds. com/ products. asp?product_id=566) [7] https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=xRIylF76-wc [8] Allmusic.com (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ t1341700) [9] Mandy Songfacts (http:/ / www. songfacts. com/ detail. php?id=2084) [10] https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=8ShlE-xobyw [11] http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20 [12] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Mandy" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Mandy& cat=s) (in French). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

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"Mandy"

198

External links • Songfacts: Mandy by Barry Manilow (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2084)

"Obvious" "Obvious" Single by Westlife from the album Turnaround Released

23 February 2004

Format

CD single

Recorded Olympic Studios, London. The Location, Stockholm, Sweden Quiz & Larossi, Stockholm, Sweden 2003 Genre

Pop

Length

3:31 (LP version 3:34 (single remix)

Label

BMG

Writer(s) Andreas Carlsson, Pilot, Savan Kotecha Producer Quiz & larossi Westlife singles chronology

"Mandy" "Obvious" (2003) (2004)

"You Raise Me Up" (2005)

"Obvious CD2"

"Obvious" is the third and final single released from Westlife's fourth studio album, Turnaround. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, but marked the departure of Brian McFadden from the band. The band originally planned to write a farewell song for Brian, as it was his choice to leave, however, due to tour rehearsals and TV appearances, it was decided 'Obvious' would be released as a single instead. However, as a tribute, CD2 features a medley of Brian's favourite Westlife songs.

"Obvious"

199

Tours performed at Turnaround Tour (2004)

Track listing UK CD1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Obvious" (Single Remix) - 3:33 "I'm Missing Loving You" - 4:07 "To Be With You" (Live) - 3:18 "Obvious" (Video) - 3:33 "Obvious" (Making Of The Video) - 2:00

UK CD2 1. "Obvious" (Single Remix) - 3:33 2. "Westlife Hits Medley" (Flying Without Wings/My Love/Mandy) - 8:11 Australian Single 1. "Obvious" (Single Remix) - 3:33 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Lost In You" - 4:23 "Westlife Hits Medley" (Flying Without Wings/My Love/Mandy) - 8:11 "Obvious" (Video) - 3:33 "Obvious" (Making Of The Video) - 2:00

Chart performance Chart (2004)

Peak position

Austrian Singles Chart

63 [1]

Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)

15

Danish Singles Chart

7

Dutch Singles Chart

44

European Singles Chart

9

German Airplay Chart

29

German Singles Chart

39

Irish Singles Chart

3

Swedish Singles Chart

25

Swiss Singles Chart

69

UK Singles Chart

3

UK Radio Airplay Chart

11

"Obvious"

200

References [1] " Ultratop.be – Westlife – Obvious" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Obvious& cat=s) (in Dutch). Ultratip. ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.

• http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php • http://www.amazon.co.uk/Obvious-CD-1-Westlife/dp/B0001CKR78/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music& qid=1196162926&sr=1-2

External links • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

"Smile" "Smile" Song by Nat King Cole Published 1936 (theme), 1954 (song) Language English Writer

John Turner Geoffrey Parsons

Composer Charlie Chaplin

"Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie Modern Times. Chaplin composed the music, while John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954.[1] In the lyrics, the singer is telling the listener to cheer up and that there is always a bright tomorrow, just as long as they smile. "Smile" has become a popular standard since its original use in Chaplin's film.

Original version The song, originally sung by Nat King Cole, charted in 1954. Singer Sunny Gale also covered the song, sharing sales with Cole, as shown in the music trade Cashbox. It was also covered by Cole's daughter, Natalie, on her 1991 album, Unforgettable... with Love. In Britain, rival versions were released by Lita Roza and Petula Clark in 1954. Clark later re-recorded it for her 1968 album The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener, by which time she was a personal friend of Charlie Chaplin.

Michael Jackson version

"Smile"

201

"Smile" Single by Michael Jackson from the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Released

January 20, 1998

Format

CD single, 12" single

Recorded

1995

Genre

Soul

Length

4:55 (album version) 4:10 (short version)

Label

Epic

Writer(s)

Charlie Chaplin (music) John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons (lyrics)

Producer

David Foster Michael Jackson Michael Jackson singles chronology

"On the Line" (1997)

"Smile" (1998)

"You Rock My World" (2001)

HIStory Continues track listing

"Little Susie" (14)

"Smile" (15)

Singer Michael Jackson recorded the song for his 1995 double album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It was planned to be released as the eighth and final single from the album in 1998 but was canceled days before its release date. Only a few copies from the Netherlands, Germany and South Africa (where the record distribution was started previous to the withdrawal) were saved as the other copies were withdrawn. The rarest pressings include the CD maxi single (estimated value over €500) and the single track promo (the promo single CD was going for AU$1,725 in February 2011). The remixes on this release have never been released commercially since, but some can also be found on the "Is It Scary" promotional 12" records from the UK. The "Downtempo Groove Mix" is the rarest mix of this song because it was only released on the maxi. The remix was uncredited, but was actually done by Eddie Arroyo.[2] Jackson had never performed this song live; an HBO special was once planned with the song being performed, but Jackson collapsed during the concert's rehearsals. During the final concerts of his HIStory World Tour, the song was played at the beginning of each concert in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. In Living with Michael Jackson, he mentioned the song while at Neverland Ranch and sang it while he was in Las Vegas. Around November 2005, a number of bootlegged 12" records appeared on eBay and some record fairs in Germany and The Netherlands. This explains why the 12" presses are the most common, although the original is still considered the most rare. The short version of "Smile" was later re-issued on the deluxe United Kingdom edition of King of Pop in 2008.

"Smile"

202

Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine Jackson, sang "Smile" at his memorial service on July 7, 2009, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, shortly after Michael Jackson's friend Brooke Shields mentioned it had been Jackson's favorite song. He also sang it in an interview with Today at Neverland before the memorial and only days after Michael had passed. During the internationally televised public memorial, Jermaine switched the words "gladness" and "sadness" in the lyrics, possibly in an unintentional flub of the lyrics. The song has since charted at #74 in the UK, #71 in Germany, #70 in Switzerland and at #56 in Australia.

Track listing CD maxi single[3] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Smile" (short version) – 4:10 "Is It Scary" (radio edit) – 4:11 "Is It Scary" (Eddie's Love Mix Edit) – 3:50 "Is It Scary" (Downtempo Groove Mix) – 4:50 "Is It Scary" (Deep Dish Dark and Scary Radio Edit) – 4:34

12" maxi single[3] • A1. "Smile" – 4:55 • • • •

A2. "Is It Scary" (Deep Dish Dark and Scary Remix) – 12:07 B1. "Is It Scary" (Eddie's Rub-a-Dub Mix) – 5:00 B2. "Is It Scary" (Eddie's Love Mix) – 8:00 B3. "Off the Wall" (Junior Vasquez Remix) – 4:57

Promotional single 1. "Smile" (short version) – 4:10 Promotional CD single 1. "Smile" (short version) – 4:10 2. "Is It Scary" (radio edit) – 4:11

Charts Chart (2009)

Peak position

U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs

Chart (2009)

Peak position [5]

UK Singles Chart

74

Swiss Singles Chart

70

[6]

[4]

56

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References [1] Linda Wada. "Smile" (http:/ / www. ednapurviance. org/ chaplininfo/ smile. html). Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin's Leading Lady Welcome to Paradise. . Retrieved 2010-05-02. Scans of the sheet music clearly attribute authorship of the music and lyrics. [2] http:/ / www. stealmylyrics. com/ djmichaelangelo/ MJ-scary-screen. JPG [3] "MICHAEL JACKSON - SMILE (SONG) - CD Info" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Michael+ Jackson& titel=Smile& cat=s). . [4] U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ charts/ chart_display. jsp?g=Singles& f=Hot+ Digital+ Songs) [5] http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ MICHAEL%20JACKSON/ [6] http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Michael+ Jackson& titel=Smile& cat=s/

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"Fly Me to the Moon" "Fly Me to the Moon" Song by Frank Sinatra from the album It Might as Well Be Swing Released

1964

Recorded

June 9, 1964

Genre

Traditional pop

Length

2:30

Label

Reprise

Writer

Bart Howard

Composer

Bart Howard

Producer

Sonny Burke It Might as Well Be Swing track listing

"Fly Me to the Moon" (1)

"I Wish You Love" (2)

"Fly Me to the Moon" is a popular standard song written by Bart Howard in 1954. It was originally titled "In Other Words", and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets. The song became known popularly as "Fly Me to the Moon" from the first line of the B verse, and after a few years the publishers changed the title to that officially.

History of notable recordings • The song was first recorded in 1954 by Kaye Ballard, and vended by Decca Records as catalog number 29114.[1] • Chris Connor recorded it in April 1955 for Bethlehem Records who released it on EP (catalog number BCP-127) in 1955 and on the LP "Chris" (catalog number BCP-56) in 1957. • Portia Nelson recorded it for her album Let Me Love You (1956) • Johnny Mathis also recorded it in 1956, which was the first time the title "Fly Me to the Moon" appeared on a record label. • Eydie Gormé recorded the song in 1958 for her Grammy nominated album 'Eydie in Love' (released by ABC Paramount in September 1958 catalogue number ABC/ABCS 246). • Felicia Sanders recorded the song in 1959. (Released by Decca Records, catalog number 30937.) • April Stevens recorded the song in 1960 on her album Teach Me Tiger. (Imperial 12055). • Nancy Wilson featured the song on her 1960 album Like in Love (Capitol St 1319). • Peggy Lee recorded the song for her 1960 album Pretty Eyes released by Capitol Records in 1960. • Peter Nero included a piano version of the song on his album "Piano Forte) released in April 1961 (RCA Victor LPM2334). • Nat King Cole recorded the song for the album Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961). (Released on Capitol Records, catalog #1675) • Sarah Vaughan recorded the song for her 1962 album You're Mine You. This album was orchestrated and conducted by Quincy Jones. • Mel Tormé recorded the song in 1962 at live performance released by Atlantic on the album 'Mel Tormé at the Red Hill'. • Petula Clark recorded the song on her 1962 album In Other Words.

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• Joe Harnell recorded an instrumental version in 1962, as "Fly Me to the Moon – Bossa Nova". This version became the biggest chart hit, reaching #14 (#4 easy listening) on the U.S. pop singles charts. • Jazz drummer Roy Haynes, accompanied by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Tommy Flanagan on piano, and Henry Grimes on double bass recorded the song as a brisk instrumental waltz for the album Out of the Afternoon (1962). (Released by Impulse! Records, AS-23). • Connie Francis recorded it in Italian as Portami con te (MGM K 2078) released in April 1963. She also recorded a Spanish version Llevame a la luna (MGM HT 057-78) released in 1963 also. • Dinah Washington recorded it for her album In Love (1962) • Joni James included it on her setlist for I Feel a Song Coming On (1962) • Jack Jones recorded the song for his 1962 album 'Gift of Love' (Kapp Records KS 3292). • Count Basie included an instrumental version of the song, arranged by Quincy Jones, on his album "This Time by Basie - Hits Of The 50's & 60's!" released in January 1963 (Reprise Records catalog number R-6070). • Brenda Lee performed this song on her album All Alone Am I released in February 1963. • Shirley Bassey recorded the song in 1963 for her EP "In Other Words...". • Julie London included this song on her album The End of the World (1963). This version arranged by Ernie Freeman has a different introduction: a jazz pizzicato instrumental sequence and piano accompaniment. • Anita O'Day featured the song on her LP Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds released by Verve Records in June 1963. • June Christy included the song on her album The Intimate Miss Christy released by Capital in 1963 (catalog number ST-1953). • Patti Page featured the song on her debut LP for Columbia Records, Say Wonderful Things (1963). • Perry Como included the song on his 1963 album The Songs I Love (Perry Como album). • Earl Grant recorded his instrumental version on the album Fly Me To The Moon (1964). • Frank Sinatra recorded the best known version on the album It Might as Well Be Swing (1964), accompanied by Count Basie. This version was arranged by Quincy Jones who changed the time signature from 3/4 waltz-time to 4/4 and gave it a looser, swing feel. Sinatra also performed the song with Basie on Sinatra at the Sands (1966), and with bossa nova great Antonio Carlos Jobim on Duets II (1994). • Neil Sedaka recorded a cover version of the song in 1964, but it wasn't released until 2003 when Bear Family Records issued its exhaustive Neil Sedaka anthology.

Quincy Jones presents platinum copies of "Fly Me to the Moon" to Senator John Glenn and Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong.

• Astrud Gilberto recorded the song for her album The Shadow of Your Smile released in 1965 by Verve. • Doris Day recorded the song for her album Latin for Lovers (released in 1965) • Tony Bennett recorded the song in 1965, with minor success. Bennett also sang it through the 2000s in concert without any amplification or sound system. • In 1965, the song was recorded by Heidi Brühl, a German singer/actress who later went to host her own Las Vegas Shows in the U.S. and appear on television shows, such as Marcus Welby, M.D., and Columbo. • In 1965, recorded by Matt Monro for the album "All my loving" • The Sandpipers also recorded the Spanish version for their album Misty Roses (1967). • Oscar Peterson recorded the song on his album Tristeza on Piano (1970). However, the track was deleted on the Three Originals compilation due to lack of space. • Marvin Gaye featured the song on his 1985 album Romantically Yours • In 2000, Utada Hikaru released a cover of this song on her single "Wait & See: Risk" and included four remixes on the single "Remix: Fly Me to the Moon". A new remix was released in 2007 on the single of "Beautiful

"Fly Me to the Moon"

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World/Kiss & Cry". The song is popular in Germany and has been recorded by Tom Gaebel on his album The Unknown (2003) and by Roger Cicero as "Schiess mich doch zum Mond" on his album Männersachen (2006). In 2004, the song was recorded by Westlife on their Allow Us to Be Frank. In 2004, former ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog included it on her cover album My Colouring Book. In 2005, Olivia Ong released on her debut album, A Girl Meets Bossanova, her own cover. In 2006, saxophonist Jimmy Sommers covered the song for his release Time Stands Still.[2][3] In 2009, the song was recorded by Willie Nelson on his album American Classic. Diana Krall recorded it on her album Live in Paris (2002). The song has also been covered by Hong Kong artist Linda Chung in the 2009 album My Love Story. In 2010, Rod Stewart recorded the song for his Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V cover album. In 2010, Djavan recorded on his album Ária. In 2011, Grace Potter recorded the song for use in the TV series "Pan Am" In 2012, Loura Lou recorded sang the cover for this song in use of the TV series iPartment Season 3, episode 4

Association with space travel • Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording was played by the astronauts of Apollo 10 on their lunar-orbital mission and again on the moon itself by the astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing.[4] • Yi So-Yeon, a spaceflight participant from South Korea who flew aboard Soyuz TMA-12 reported in a post-mission news conference that she had sung "Fly Me to the Moon" for the other crew members while in space. • On July 20, 2009, Diana Krall performed the song at the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 commemoration ceremony held at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The three astronauts from the Apollo 11 mission were in the audience. • On Sept. 13, 2012, Diana Krall sang the song as a tribute at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington during the national memorial service for the first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong. http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=vOTABfsEuOM

Appearance in film, television and other media • Frank Sinatra performed the song on the TV show Sinatra (1969), where he dedicated it to the Apollo astronauts "who made the impossible possible". • Tony Bennett performed a parody of the song on Sesame Street for an action sequence in which the show's character Slimey the Worm took a trip to the moon. • In the 1978 to 1982 sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, the doorbell to Jennifer Marlowe's penthouse apartment played the opening section of "Fly Me to the Moon" - it was later changed to another song ("Beautiful Dreamer") due to licensing issues. • The song was used during the opening titles of Oliver Stone's film Wall Street (1987). • The song was featured in the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps' 1989 program. • It was Richard Dreyfuss' favorite song in Lasse Hallström's 1991 film "Once Around" with Holly Hunter playing alongside and Frank Sinatra's version was played several times during the film. • A Dinah Washington version was played at the end of the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman season 2 episode, Church of Metropolis where Superman (Dean Cain) and Lois Lane (Teri Hatcher) dance. • Thomas Anders recorded the song in 1996 at live performance released by Panteon Records on the album 'Live Concert'. • The song appears in the closing moments and over the end titles of Clint Eastwood's film Space Cowboys (2000).

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"Fly Me to the Moon" • The song was performed by Elvis Costello in the 2001 final episode of the American sitcom, '3rd Rock From The Sun'. • In Down With Love (2003), the Atrud Gilberto and Frank Sinatra versions are both used when Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregror respectively prepare for their big date. • The song has been covered by many artists for the ending theme of the Japanese anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion[5] and the feature films based on the series,[6] for more than 31 versions.[7][8] • The Julie London version of the song was played during the end credits of the 11th episode of the first season of AMC's "Mad Men." The episode, titled "Indian Summer," aired on October 4, 2007. • In October 2009, a fragment of the song appeared as a sample in DJ Lord Vampirick's album Straight Shotgun at the Edge of the Universe. • The song appeared in the South Korean drama You're Beautiful, sung by protagonist Tae Kyung (portrayed by Jang Keun Suk). • The song was also sung on the 3rd live show by Lloyd Daniels on The X Factor 2009. • In the 10th series of the U.S. version of Dancing with the Stars, Buzz Aldrin and his partner Ashly Costa danced the foxtrot to the song. • The song was also remixed in an action form in various scenes of the 2010 video game Bayonetta for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, where it is sung by Helena Noguerra. Stylized versions of the song appear at key moments in the game's storyline, and the end credits of the game features a 1963 version of the song by Brenda Lee. • The song was also sung on the Australian version of the show The X Factor by Andrew Lawson. • In 2011, Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. performed this song on the sixth season of America's Got Talent, in the top 48. • On the September 6, 2011 episode of American late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, "Fly Me to the Moon" was performed by house band Cleto and the Cletones as a tribute to Kimmel's Uncle Frank, a Frank Sinatra fan and show regular who had died two weeks before the episode aired. • In the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, reality star Rob Kardashian danced the Foxtrot to the song with his partner Cheryl Burke, in honor of his father. • A Portuguese language version of Fly Me to the Moon is the opening theme of Globo's 2012 Brazilian telenovela Amor Eterno Amor, which translates as "Love, eternal love".

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=mcwlGjDNkkw "Time Stands Still overview" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r948874). Allmusic.com. . "News :: 05.26.09 ::" (http:/ / www. jimmysommers. com/ home. html). JimmySommers.com. . Apollo Collections: April 2006 (http:/ / apollotribute2. blogspot. com/ 2006_04_01_archive. html) Neon Genesis Evangelion Anime Episodes #1-26 Neon Genesis Evangelion anime, Death and Rebirth, The End of Evangelion and Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy Platinum commentaries (http:/ / www. evamonkey. com/ platinum_vol4_fly_me_to_the_moon. htm), vol 4, Gainax http:/ / www. ex. org/ 2. 3/ 34-eva_cd. html

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"Ain't That a Kick in the Head"

"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" Ain't That a Kick in the Head? is a song which was written in 1960 with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was first recorded on May 10, 1960 by Dean Martin, with conducting by Nelson Riddle. Martin performed the song in Ocean's 11 in an alternate arrangement featuring vibraphonist Red Norvo and his quartet.

Versions The song has been recorded by many performers, including Wolfgang Parker, Robbie Williams, David Slater, Westlife, Ray Quinn, and Hazell Dean. It also appeared in the soundtracks for Ocean's Thirteen, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale and Fools Rush In, Vegas Vacation and was the opening theme for Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road. It was also used as the soundtrack to a commercial for Budweiser, which was broadcast during Super Bowl XLI and as one of the musical selections played during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008. It was also used in Ashes To Ashes, Series 3. It also has been used now in the game Mafia II. The song can be heard on certain radio stations, is the name of a quest, and the name of an achievement in the video game Fallout: New Vegas. Can also be found in the video game, The Godfather II.

In Media In the 2012 film Hitchcock, the song is played when Scarlett Johansson (as Janet Leigh) makes her first entrance. In the 2012 series Vegas (TV series), the song is played in a scene containing a Mafia assassination. The song was featured in the 1997 movie Fools Rush In, starring Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek The song is performed by Dean Martin in Ocean's 11. In the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2008, the song was in the Intro to the show. Steve Jobs played the song on his iPod touch to show its "cover flow" feature during one of his famous keynote speeches. Martin's version was in a scene in the 1999 Mel Gibson crime drama Payback while he kicks a rival in the head. The tune was used as background for a 2004 Nissan commercial featuring an appearance by Crystal Allen. The song was featured in the 2006 comedy film Let's Go to Prison. The song was featured in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation entitled "All In". In 2009, the song was used in both the trailer and game for The Godfather II and most recently, Mafia II and for the introduction theme to the Spike TV show Scrappers. The song is featured in the game Fallout: New Vegas, as a song on the in-game radio and the name of the beginning quest. In 2007, the song was featured in an episode of American Dad entitled "Meter Made". An instrumental version of the song featured in the opening of the Glee episode "Showmance" The song is performed by "The Rat Pack Is Back" in the 2010 comedy film Get Him to the Greek. JLS performed the song in live show 3 of The X Factor 5. In 2001 the song was featured in an episode of Six Feet Under entitled "The Will". Eventual winner Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., performed the song as his semi-final selection on America's Got Talent, Season 6. The Dean Martin version is used in the Moscow prison scene of 2011 action film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.[1]

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In the final episode of The Sopranos 4th Season ("Whitecaps"), Dean Martin's version is played loudly from Tony Soprano's boat just offshore from the house of an attorney, disruptively pressuring the attorney into releasing Tony's deposit on a house he no longer intends to move into.

References [1] "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ movies/ reviews/ mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-20111216). Rolling Stone. . Retrieved December 30, 2011.

"You Raise Me Up" "You Raise Me Up" Song by Secret Garden from the album Once in a Red Moon Released

26 March 2002

Genre

Inspirational

Length

5:04

Writer

Brendan Graham (lyricist) Rolf Løvland (composer)

Producer

Decca Once in a Red Moon track listing

"Awakening" (1)

"You Raise Me Up" (2)

"Silent Wings" (3)

"You Raise Me Up" is a Christian contemporary song that was originally composed by the Secret Garden duo. [1] The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham. After the song was performed early in 2003 by the Secret Garden and their invited lead singer, Brian Kennedy, the song only became a minor UK hit. The song has been recently recorded by more than a hundred other artists, one of which is Josh Groban. He popularized the song later in the year it was originally composed and performed by the Secret Garden and Brian Kennedy, and became a hit in the United States. The band Westlife then popularized the song in the United Kingdom two years later.[2] The song You Raise Me Up is sung as a contemporary hymn in church services.

Background The song was originally written as an instrumental piece and titled "Silent Story." Parts of the melody are based on a traditional Irish tune (especially the opening phrase of its chorus), the Londonderry Air, which is best known as the usual tune to the 1910 song Danny Boy. Løvland approached Irish novelist and songwriter Brendan Graham to write the lyrics to his melody after reading Graham's novels.[3] It was originally released on the 2002 Secret Garden album Once in a Red Moon, with the vocals sung by Irish singer Brian Kennedy, and sold well in both Ireland and Norway. Originally, Brian Kennedy was supposed to follow Secret Garden on their Asian tour in 2002, but fell ill, and could not attend. He was replaced by Norwegian singer Jan Werner Danielsen, who also later recorded the song together with Secret Garden. A demo version of this recording was released in 2010, on Danielsen's posthumous compilation album One More Time - The Very Best Of, which included several previously unpublished recordings.

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Popularity Although the original version did not chart internationally, the song has now been covered more than 125 times,[4] with the most successful covers being by Josh Groban (#73 in the US and #1 on the US Adult Contemporary chart), Westlife (#1 in the UK), Daniel O'Donnell (#22 in the UK) and Dutch Popstars winner Wesley Klein (#4 in the Netherlands). The song has also found success as part of a three-song EP entitled "George Best - A Tribute" by Peter Corry and the song's original vocalist Brian Kennedy, which reached #4 in the UK. In 2004, the song was played more than 500,000 times on American radio. In late 2005, there were over 80 versions available in USA alone, and it has become nominated for Gospel Music Awards four times, including "Song of the Year." On 21 September 2006, "You Raise Me Up" became the first song to have sold over 20,000 copies of the score on the popular sheet music website musicnotes.com [5].[6]

Josh Groban version "You Raise Me Up" Single by Josh Groban from the album Closer Released

September 10, 2004

Genre

Operatic pop

Length

4:52

Label

Reprise Records Warner Bros. Records 143 Records

Producer

David Foster Josh Groban singles chronology

"You're Still You" (2003)

"You Raise Me Up" (2004)

"Remember When It Rained" (2004)

Johan Helgason an Icelander wrote a song 1970 sung by Vilhjalmur Vilhjalmsson on his record published in 1977 which is 97% identical to the song "You raise me up" claimed to be composed by Rolf Løvland almost thirty years later. Rolf Løvland lived in Iceland in the later part of the twentieth century. In 2003, David Foster decided to produce the song after being introduced to it by Frank Petrone of peermusic, the song's publisher. He chose the up-and-coming Josh Groban to record the song, which was accompanied by the great tenor Craig Von Vennik of the Establishment. Groban's version made it to #1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart in early 2004 and remained there for six weeks. This version also peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100, his first single to do so, and was nominated for a 2005 Grammy award.

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Performances Groban performed the song at Super Bowl XXXVIII, in a special NASA commemoration for the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. A special surprise performance by Groban, for Oprah Winfrey's 50th birthday, also gave "You Raise Me Up" massive international prominence. On April 25, 2007, Groban also performed it at the first Idol Gives Back Concert, along with the African Children's Choir. This version was released as a single and peaked at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. He performed this version with the African Children's Choir again on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on August 10, 2007. On May 26, 2007, Josh Groban appeared on BBC's talent show Any Dream Will Do to select one of the remaining contestants (or "Josephs") to perform the song with him. He chose show favourite and eventual winner Lee Mead, whilst the other four contestants (Lewis Bradley, Craig Chalmers, Ben Ellis, and Keith Jack) performed as backing singers. Following this, the solo version of "You Raise Me Up" charted in the UK at #74, making it his first chart entry there.

Charts [7]

Chart (solo version)

Peak position

Austrian Singles Chart (2008)

54

Danish Singles Chart (2009)

26

French Singles Chart (2012)

16

Swiss Singles Chart (2008)

54

US Billboard Hot 100 (2004)

73

US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (2004)

1

UK Singles Chart (2007)

74

Chart (2007 version with African Children's Choir)

US Billboard Hot 100

Peak position 76

Westlife version "You Raise Me Up" Single by Westlife from the album Face to Face Released

October 24, 2005

Format

CD Single

Recorded

Rokstone Studios, London 2004

Genre

Pop

Length

4:01

Label

Sony BMG

Producer

Steve Mac Westlife singles chronology

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212

"Obvious" (2004)

"You Raise Me Up" (2005)

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (2005)

"You Raise Me Up" was the lead single from Westlife's fifth studio album, Face To Face. This version is one of the most successful covers of the song, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, the only version to do so. This was the band's 13th number-one single as well as the first single to be released following the departure of Brian McFadden from the group. The single sold 540,000 copies on UK so far.[8] Westlife performed this song with Secret Garden at the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize concert. On December 11, 2009, they performed it again at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize concert celebrating US President Barack Obama. When Louis Walsh suggested the band to record it the members Filan Egan Byrne and Feehily were against it saying it was a church song and wouldn't be a success. They also said they didn't want to record it. However they since claimed in 2011 that the song changed their careers. The backing track is reused in the Spanish version of this song, Por Ti Sere, performed by Il Divo in their Siempre album.

Tours performed at • • • • • •

Face To Face Tour (2006) The Love Tour (2007) Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) Gravity Tour (2011) The Farewell Tour (2012)

Track listing UK CD1 1. "You Raise Me Up" – 4:00 2. "World Of Our Own" (Acoustic Version) – 3:30 UK CD2 1. "You Raise Me Up" – 4:00 2. "Flying Without Wings" (Acoustic Version) – 3:30 3. "My Love" (Acoustic Version) – 3:48

Charts Chart (2005)

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

3

Austrian Singles Chart

59

Dutch Singles Chart

47

German Singles Chart

11

Irish Singles Chart

1

Norwegian Singles Chart

3

Swedish Singles Chart

7

Swiss Singles Chart

18

"You Raise Me Up"

213 UK Singles Chart

1

Year-end charts Chart (2005)

Position

Irish Singles Chart

1

UK Singles Chart

9

Chart (2006)

Position

Australian Singles Chart

[9]

14

References [1] Brady, Deborah (2005-08-01). You Raise Me Up: Contemporary Christian Songs for Piano Solo (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=mMX_AAAACAAJ). Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9780634090325. . Retrieved 3 December 2012. [2] Thorne, Roger. "You Raise Me Up Info" (http:/ / www. thornesmusic. freeserve. co. uk/ You Raise Me Up Info. htm). Thornesmusic.freeserve.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-10-31. [3] Lyrics by Secret Garden (http:/ / www. secretgarden. no/ lowband/ sight_sound/ music_redmoon_linernotes_youraisemeup. html) [4] http:/ / www. peermusic. com/ peermusic/ index. cfm/ artist-writer/ artist-details/ ?artist_id=351, paragraph 5 [5] http:/ / www. musicnotes. com/ [6] Internet Archive Wayback Machine (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20070901204718/ http:/ / musicnotes. com/ press/ youraise_20k. asp) [7] Combined chart performance for both Groban versions (http:/ / acharts. us/ song/ 177) [8] http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20 [9] http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ ARIACharts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Singles2006. htm

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Single by Diana Ross from the album The Force Behind the Power B-side

"Chain Reaction" / "You And I"

Released

1991 (USA)

Format

CD, Vinyl (7" & 12")

Recorded

1991

Genre

Soul, adult contemporary

Length

4:14

Label

Motown

Writer(s)

Albert Hammond and John Bettis

Producer

Peter Asher Diana Ross singles chronology

"No Matter What You Do" (1991)

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (1991)

"The Force Behind The Power" (1991)

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"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" is a 1991 song released as a single by American soul singer Diana Ross. The song was subsequently covered by various artists. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" was the lead single from Diana Ross's 1991 album The Force Behind the Power released on the Motown label in the US and by EMI in the UK. The song, a sentimental ballad, was the album's biggest hit, peaking at number thirty-seven on the US Billboard R&B singles chart while peaking at number-two on the UK Singles Chart. Ross considers it one of her signature songs.[1] The UK release included her 1985 hit "Chain Reaction."[2]

Music video The single's music video featured scenes of Ross in an evening gown singing on stage intercut with home video footage of Ross with her two sons Ross & Evan.[3]

Track listings UK Vinyl, 12" (12 EM 217)[4] 1. When You Tell Me That You Love Me (LP Version) (4:14) 2. Chain Reaction (12" Version) (3:50) 3. You And I (4:06) UK CD Maxi (CDEM 217, 20 5600 2 )[5] 1. When You Tell Me That You Love Me (LP Version) (4:14) 2. Chain Reaction (12" Version) (3:50) 3. You And I (4:06) US Vinyl, 12" (L33-1643 )[6] 1. When You Tell Me That You Love Me (LP Version) (4:10) 2. When You Tell Me That You Love Me (LP Version) (4:10) US Cassette Single" (MOTCS-2139 )[6] 1. When You Tell Me That You Love Me (LP Version) (4:10)

Chart performance Chart (1991)

Julio Iglesias versions

Peak position

UK Singles Chart

2

R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

37

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

215

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Single by Julio Iglesias and Dolly Parton from the album Crazy Released

1995

Format

5" CD Single

Recorded 1995 Genre

Pop, soul

Length

3:59

Label

Columbia

Writer(s) Albert Hammond and John Bettis

The song was recorded in a duet form by Dolly Parton and Julio Iglesias for the latter's 1994 album Crazy. A single was released in 1995 which managed to chart in the Netherlands for three weeks: entering at position 48, peaking at 45, and in its final week charting at number 49.[7] Parton included this song on her 4-disc compilation box set, The Tour Collection.[8]

Music video A music video was directed by John Hopgood, and was filmed for the single at Oheka Castle on Long Island's north shore.[9] The sepia-toned clip features Iglesias and Parton singing in separate rooms and a love scene involving a younger couple. At the end of the video Parton and Iglesias are shown leaving the castle. Parton having changed from a white nightgown into a black cocktail dress.[10]

Chart performance Chart (1995)

[7]

Mega Top 50

Peak position 45

With CoCo Lee In 1998 Iglesias re-recorded the duet with Chinese singer Coco Lee (李 玟) and released it as a single to promote his compilation My Life: The Greatest Hits. Despite this, CoCo Lee's version was not included on the actual album, but rather Parton's.[11] A music video was released featuring Iglesias and Lee singing together in a recording studio intercut with scenes of Lee walking around in a trench coat. At the end of the video Iglesias and Lee sit down to a candlelit dinner.[12]

Westlife version

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

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"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Single by Westlife and Diana Ross from the album Face To Face Released

12 December 2005 (UK)

Format

CD Single

Recorded

A Side Studios, Stockholm, Kingside Studio, Stockholm, Sanctuary Townhouse Studio, London Larrabee North Studios, Los Angeles, 2005

Genre

Pop, soul

Length

3:58

Label

Sony BMG

Writer(s)

Hammond and Bettis

Certification Silver Westlife singles chronology

"You Raise Me Up" (2005)

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (2005)

"Amazing" (2006)

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me CD2"

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" is the second single released from Westlife's fifth studio album, Face To Face album. It features vocals from original artist Diana Ross. The single peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, just losing out on the top spot by a mere 171 copies. The song was the 39th best selling single of 2005 in the UK. The single reached 120 000 copies sold in UK so far.[13]

Track listing UK CD1 1. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (Single Mix) - 4:10 2. "White Christmas" - 2:24 3. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Westlife Only Version) - 3:09 UK CD2 1. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (Single Mix) - 4:10 2. "If I Let You Go" (Acoustic Version) - 3:39

Chart performance

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

217

Chart (2005)

Peak position

[14]

Mega Top 50

45

Irish Singles Chart

1 [15]

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

2

References [1] (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=pSm6Z3WlDv8& feature=related) [2] "Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Vinyl) at Discogs" (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ release/ 1286668). Discogs.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-08. [3] (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=xrhxTDAw3qs) [4] Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ release/ 1286668) [5] Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ release/ 814865) [6] Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ release/ 998415) [7] Steffen Hung. "Julio Iglesias & Dolly Parton - When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Julio+ Iglesias+ & + Dolly+ Parton& titel=When+ You+ Tell+ Me+ That+ You+ Love+ Me& cat=s). dutchcharts.nl. . Retrieved 2012-01-08. [8] "The Tour Collection: Dolly Parton: Amazon.co.uk: Music" (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ Tour-Collection-Dolly-Parton/ dp/ B0017UW10Y). Amazon.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-01-08. [9] (http:/ / www. nydailynews. com/ archives/ ny_local/ 1996/ 12/ 30/ 1996-12-30_manse_gets_back_on_its_fete_. html) [10] (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=HnGveS9x5bk) [11] "Julio Iglesias - My Life: Greatest Hits: Julio Iglesias: Music" (http:/ / www. amazon. com/ Julio-Iglesias-Life-Greatest-Hits/ dp/ B00000DCHQ). Amazon.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-08. [12] "Coco Lee & Julio Iglesias - When You Tell Me That You Love M" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=axS8s2NIRIY& feature=related). YouTube. 2007-08-10. . Retrieved 2012-01-08. [13] "Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20). Mtv.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-01-08. [14] Steffen Hung. "Westlife with Diana Ross - When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife+ with+ Diana+ Ross& titel=When+ You+ Tell+ Me+ That+ You+ Love+ Me& cat=s). dutchcharts.nl. . Retrieved 2012-01-08. [15] " Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 2005-12-24/ ) UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

External links • "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=va5d3Fr8uQI) on YouTube • Official Westlife website (http://www.westlife.com)

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"Amazing" "Amazing" Single by Westlife from the album Face To Face Released

February 20, 2006

Format

CD Single

Recorded 2004; The Location, Stockholm, Grouse Lodge, Ireland Genre

Pop

Length

2:52

Label

Sony BMG

Writer(s) Kristian Lundin, Sebastian Thott, Didrik Thott, Carl Bjorsell, Carl Falk Savan Kotecha, Jake Schulze Producer Carl Falk Westlife singles chronology

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (2005)

"Amazing" (2006)

"The Rose" (2006)

"Amazing" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife, taken from their sixth studio album, Face to Face. It was released as the third and final single from the album. The song peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart, however, it is the band's lowest selling single to date, and it fell out of the charts entirely within a week.

Tours performed at Face To Face Tour (2006)

Tracklisting UK CD1 1. "Amazing" (Single Mix) - 2:52 2. "Still Here" - 3:51 UK CD2 1. "Amazing" (Single Mix) - 2:52 2. "Miss You When I'm Dreaming" - 4:06 3. "Exclusive Westlife Chat" - 11:05

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Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

34

[1] European Hot 100 Singles

14

German Singles Chart

53

Irish Singles Chart

3

Swedish Singles Chart

36

Swiss Singles Chart

58

UK Singles Chart

4

UK Radio Airplay Chart

6

References [1] "Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ artist/ westlife/ chart-history/ 363452?f=349& g=Singles) (in (Vietnamese)). Billboard.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-14.

External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

"The Rose" "The Rose" Single by Bette Midler from the album The Rose Released

1980

Genre

Pop

Length

3:40

Label

Atlantic

Writer(s)

Amanda McBroom

Producer

Paul A. Rothchild Bette Midler singles chronology

"When a Man Loves a Woman" (1980)

"The Rose" (1980)

"My Mother's Eyes" (1980)

"The Rose" is a pop song written by Amanda McBroom and made famous by Bette Midler, who performed it in the 1979 film The Rose. Since then it has been covered by a variety of artists.

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Bette Midler version "The Rose" is featured in the 1979 film of the same name, in which it was performed by Midler. The single peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the adult contemporary chart, and it was certified gold by the RIAA for over half a million copies sold.[1][2] McBroom won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, although she was not nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3] Midler won the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "The Rose".[4] There are two mixes of the song. The single mix features orchestration, while the version in the film (and on its soundtrack) includes an extended introduction while doing away with the orchestration in favor of piano-and-vocals only.

Conway Twitty version "The Rose" Single by Conway Twitty from the album Dream Maker Released

January 17, 1983

Genre

Country

Label

Elektra

Producer

Conway Twitty, Jimmy Bowen Conway Twitty singles chronology

"We Did But Now You Don't" (1982)

"The Rose" (1983)

"Lost in the Feeling" (1983)

Country singer Conway Twitty recorded a cover version in 1983. His version, off his album Dream Maker, was a Number One country hit in U.S. and Canada. Conway Twitty's version was his 30th number one single on the U.S. country chart.[5]

Chart performance Chart (1983)

Peak position

U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles

1

Canadian RPM Country Tracks

1

"The Rose"

221

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

US chart positions on allmusic.com (Bette Midler version) (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p3128) RIAA searchable database (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?table=SEARCH) http:/ / www. goldenglobes. org/ browse/ film/ 25538 Grammy Award searchable database (http:/ / www. grammy. com/ GRAMMY_Awards/ Winners/ ) Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362.

"Home" "Home" Single by Michael Bublé from the album It's Time Released

March 28, 2005 (United Kingdom) November 14, 2005 (International)

Format

CD single, Digital download

Recorded

2005

Genre

traditional pop

Length

3:45

Label

143, Reprise

Writer(s)

Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies

Producer

Bob Rock

Certification Platinum (RIAA) Michael Bublé singles chronology

"Feeling Good" (2005)

"Home" (2005)

"Save the Last Dance for Me" (2006)

"Home" is a song recorded by Canadian crooner Michael Bublé, and released on March 28, 2005, as the second single from his second major-label studio album, It's Time. The song was written by Bublé, along with co-writers Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies.

Background Home was first released on March 28, 2005, as Michael's debut single in the United Kingdom. It received a relatively low promoted release, as at the time, the lead single from It's Time, Feeling Good, had only just been released in other territories around the world. As such, it underperformed heavily, only peaking at #162 on the UK Singles Chart. No music video was released either. When the album was released three months later, to much more widespread success and critical acclaim, it was decided that Home would be released as the album's second single worldwide, accompanied by a re-release of the single in the United Kingdom. As such, the second time around, the single was a massive hit, topping the adult contemporary chart in the United States, reaching a high chart position in Canada, and peaking at a relatively successful #31 in the United Kingdom. This time, the release was accompanied by a music video, directed by Noble Jones, who had previously filmed the video for Feeling Good.

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Subsequently, two cover versions of the song have also been released as singles by other artists. The first of these was recorded by Irish boyband Westlife, whose version was a top ten hit in several European countries. American country music singer Blake Shelton also released his version in early 2008, which reached the top of the American country singles charts. His version of the song was also used in the film The Wedding Date. In December 2011, Michael performed a duet version of the song with English singer-songwriter Gary Barlow, whilst also performing Barlow's "Rule the World". The performance gained great reception from fans, when it began trending worldwide on Twitter.[1] Soon after, a petition was set up for the collaboration to be made available for digital download, to challenge for the UK Christmas Number One spot.[2] "Home" centralizes on the male narrator, who is separated from his lover, possibly his wife, while off travelling. He expresses a desire to return home and be with his lover. Bublé had been away touring in Italy when he co-wrote the lyrics, for his then-fiancée, Debbie Timuss. Bublé describes his loneliness from missing her in the lyrics.[3] Aaron Latham of Allmusic, in his review of It's Time, described the song favorably. He called it a "positive step forward" for Bublé, adding "The success of this ballad provides yet another direction that he can explore and expand upon."[4]

Tracklisting • UK CD single #1 (Debut release)[5] 1. "Home" (U.K. Radio Mix) - 3:23 2. "Home" (Album Version) - 3:45 • UK CD single #2 (Debut release)[6] 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Home" (U.K. Radio Mix) - 3:23 "Home" (Album Version) - 3:45 "Nice N'Easy" - 4:11 "Home" (Music Video) - 3:54

• UK CD single (Second release)[7][8] 1. "Home" (Album Version) - 3:45 2. "Song For You" (featuring Chris Botti) - 3:12

Chart positions Chart (2005)

Westlife version

Peak position

UK Singles Chart

31

Billboard Hot 100

72

Billboard Adult Contemporary

1

"Home"

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"Home" Single by Westlife from the album Back Home Released

October 29, 2007

Format

CD single, digital download

Recorded Rokstone Studios, London 2007 Genre

Pop, adult contemporary

Length

3:26

Label

Sony BMG

Writer(s) Michael Bublé, Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies Producer Steve Mac Westlife singles chronology

"The Rose" (2006)

"Home" (2007)

"Us Against the World" (2008)

Westlife released a cover version of "Home" as their first single from their ninth studio album, Back Home. Westlife's version differs slightly in their lyrical arrangement as compared to Michael Bublé's. Simon Cowell chose this song for the band. It has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK so far.[9] Local radio station, Dublin's Q102, received exclusive airplay of the single on September 14, 2007 from Westlife's manager, Louis Walsh. The next day, an Irish online radio station, Klubb FM, played it as well. The official artwork for the single was released on September 28, 2007, while the single's music video was made available online on October 5, 2007. The song was #91 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.[10] The single sold over 150,000 copies in the UK alone and peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. Hard to Say I'm Sorry was included as the B-Side for the single. It charted individually on the official UK Singles Chart at #135.

Tours performed at Back Home Tour (2008) Where We Are Tour (2010) Gravity Tour (2011) The Farewell Tour (2012)

Track listing UK CD1 1. "Home" (Single Mix) 2. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" UK CD2 1. "Home" (Single Mix) 2. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" (Sunset Strippers Full Dance Mix) 3. "Home" (Soul Seekerz Remix - Radio Edit)

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Music video The music video for this single was shot in Vancouver using interior and exterior shots of the Orpheum Theater. The exterior shots of the marquee are on Granville Street. A short preview of the video was posted on the band's official website on October 5, 2007. The full video was made available during the later part of the day on The Box. It was directed by Mike Lipscombe and features the band in front of a Boeing 747 plane along with scenes of loved ones meeting each other at the airport.

Chart performance Chart (2007)

Peak position

German Singles Chart

70

Irish Singles Chart

2

Norwegian Singles Chart

7

Swedish Singles Chart

8

UK Singles Chart

3

Year-end charts Chart (2007)

Position

Irish Singles Chart

14

UK Singles Chart

43

Blake Shelton version "Home" Single by Blake Shelton from the album Pure BS Released

February 4, 2008

Format

CD single, music download

Genre

Country

Length

3:50

Label

Warner Bros.

Producer

Brent Rowan

Certification

Gold (RIAA)

Blake Shelton singles chronology

"The More I Drink" (2007)

"Home" (2008)

"She Wouldn't Be Gone" (2008)

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A cover version was released by American country music artist Blake Shelton on February 1, 2008. This cover entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at number 60 for the week of February 12, 2008. It was included on a June 2008 re-issue of Shelton's 2007 album Pure BS[11] and Blake Shelton Collector's Edition, an EP which is only available at Walmart. Shelton's rendition features backing vocals from his girlfriend (now wife), Miranda Lambert.[12] Shelton's version of the song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of July 19, 2008, becoming the fourth Number One hit of his career,[13] and his first since "Some Beach" in December 2004. His version also reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. Shelton occasionally performed the song with Bublé in concert. In 2012, he e-mailed Bublé, asking if he would write new lyrics for a Christmas version of the song and sing duet vocals on it. The re-written version, featuring Bublé, appears on Shelton's 2012 album, Cheers, It's Christmas.[14]

Critical reception Jim Malec of The 9513, a country music review site, gave Shelton's version a thumbs-up rating. He said that although he did not think that the song had a country music sound, and although he did not consider Shelton as strong of a vocalist as Bublé, he described Shelton's interpretation as "gut-wrenching in its longing" and "starkly real".[12]

Peak chart positions Chart (2008)

Peak position [15]

41

US Billboard Hot 100

[16]

US Country Songs (Billboard) Chart (2012)

Peak position [16]

US Country Songs (Billboard)

[17]

US Country Airplay (Billboard)

•

1

36A 45A

A

Christmas re-recording with Michael Bublé.

Year-end charts Chart (2008)

Position [18]

US Country Songs (Billboard)

5

Other notable recordings • Having performed this song on-stage alongside Bublé at Wembley Arena (4 December 2007),[19] Leon Jackson, the winner of the fourth series of the UK rendition of The X Factor, released this song as a B-Side on his Christmas No. 1 single, "When You Believe". • A cover of Home was sung by Damian McGinty in an episode on the third season of Glee, "Heart". It was also said that it is one of Damian's favorite songs.[20]

"Home"

References [1] Twitter BUBLE BARLOW search (http:/ / twend. it/ BUBLE and BARLOW) [2] Michael Buble & Gary Barlow Duets – Make This Xmas Number One, December 18,2011, Simon Gallagher (http:/ / whatculture. com/ music/ michael-buble-gary-barlow-duets-make-this-xmas-number-one. php) [3] http:/ / www. michaelbuble. jazzyutopia. com/ articles2005-02. shtml [4] Latham, Aaron. "it's Time review" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r726384). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2009-03-26. [5] http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ Home-CD-1-Michael-Buble/ dp/ B0007XTQBO/ ref=sr_1_5?s=music& ie=UTF8& qid=1356870249& sr=1-5 [6] http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ Home-Cd2-CD-Michael-Buble/ dp/ B0007XTQBY/ ref=sr_1_8?s=music& ie=UTF8& qid=1356870249& sr=1-8 [7] "Home/Song for You: Michael Buble: Amazon.de: Musik" (http:/ / www. amazon. de/ Home-Song-You-Michael-Buble/ dp/ B000BWF7FA/ ref=sr_1_11?s=music& ie=UTF8& qid=1313137224& sr=1-11). Amazon.de. 2009-09-09. . Retrieved 2012-02-22. [8] http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ Home-Michael-Buble/ dp/ B000BWF7FA/ ref=sr_1_10?s=music& ie=UTF8& qid=1356870249& sr=1-10 [9] "Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK" (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20). Mtv.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-02-22. [10] MTV Asia. "Top 100 Hits List" (http:/ / www. mtvasia. com/ Funstuff/ Contests/ MTVTop100Hits2007/ top100. html). Retrieved 2007-12-27 [11] "Blake Shelton calls "Home"" (http:/ / www. countrystandardtime. com/ news/ newsitem. asp?xid=1344& t=Blake_Shelton_calls_Home). Country Standard Time. 2008-01-30. . Retrieved 2008-02-02. [12] Malec, Jim (2008-01-27). "Blake Shelton - "Home"" (http:/ / www. the9513. com/ blake-shelton-home-featuring-miranda-lambert/ ). The 9513. . Retrieved 2008-11-24. [13] "Blake Shelton calls number one "Home"" (http:/ / www. countrystandardtime. com/ news/ newsitem. asp?xid=1894& t=Blake_Shelton_calls_number_one_Home). Country Standard Time. 2008-07-07. . Retrieved 2008-07-09. [14] http:/ / us995. cbslocal. com/ 2012/ 11/ 26/ blake-shelton-explains-his-christmas-duet-with-michael-buble/ [15] " Blake Shelton Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Blake+ Shelton/ chart-history/ 444576?f=379& g=Singles) Billboard Hot 100 for Blake Shelton. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 29, 2011. [16] " Blake Shelton Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Blake+ Shelton/ chart-history/ 444576?f=357& g=Singles) Billboard Country Songs for Blake Shelton. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 29, 2011. [17] " Blake Shelton Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Blake+ Shelton/ chart-history/ 444576?f=1226& g=Singles) Billboard Country Airplay for Blake Shelton. Prometheus Global Media. [18] "Best of 2008: Country Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts-year-end/ hot-country-songs?year=2008). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. . Retrieved December 13, 2008. [19] "Leon performs with Bublé at Wembley" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ xfactor/ a81213/ leon-performs-with-bubl-at-wembley. html). Digital Spy. 2007-12-06. . Retrieved 2007-12-31. [20] "Damian McGinty talks “Home,” Season 4 Casting, and Peanut Butter" (http:/ / gleefan. com/ damian-mcginty-talks-home-season-4-casting-and-peanut-butter/ ). Gleefan.com. . Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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"Us Against the World" "Us Against the World" Single by Westlife from the album Back Home Released

March 3, 2008

Format

CD single, digital download

Recorded 2007 Maratone Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) Genre

Pop

Length

4:01

Label

Sony BMG

Writer(s) Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha Producer Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Westlife singles chronology

"Home" (2007)

"Us Against the World" (2008)

"Something Right" (2008)

Back Home track listing

"Home" (1)

"Us Against the World" (2)

"Something Right" (3)

"Us Against The World CD2" The cover resembles The Sun and Daily Mirror

"Us Against The World" is a song by Irish boyband Westlife from their ninth studio album, Back Home. The song was released as the album's second single in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, in March 3, 2008. The song was composed by Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub and Savan Kotecha. A music video for the song was filmed in December 2007 and premiered in February 14, 2008.

Tours performed at Back Home Tour (2008)

Background The song was composed by Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub and Savan Kotecha, who also co-wrote numerous tracks on the Back Home album, namely "Something Right", "The Easy Way", and "Pictures In My Head". The single was officially confirmed by band member Nicky Byrne during an X Factor interview, which later appeared on the band's official website.[1] "Us Against The World" was also dedicated to Westlife's fans worldwide to mark their

"Us Against the World" continuous support. The band gave their first live performance of "Us Against The World" on the TV special "The Westlife Show - Live", which was broadcast on December 15, 2007. In the Philippines, both song and music video premiered on July 3, 2008, the band's anniversary date.

Track listing UK CD1 1. "Us Against The World" (Single Mix) 2. "Get Away" UK CD2 1. "Us Against The World" (Single Mix) 2. "I'm Already There" (Ashanti Boyz Remix) 3. "Us Against The World" (The Wideboys Remix Radio Edit)

Reception Digital Spy Alex Fletcher rated the album and said: "Westlife have claimed that 'Us Against The World' is the best track on their recent Back Home album, so, if nothing else, we should be grateful that the record company chose to release this rather than one of the tracks the soppy Irish warblers weren't as impressed with. Written about a relationship where the couple find themselves fighting "against the world" to stay together, it's the usual cliché-riddled, down-tempo chugger that the guys have been churning out for nearly ten years now. Knocking Westlife is an utterly futile endeavour. Millions have tried, but several million more keep on buying the records. If you love Mark's falsetto, Shane's dulcet tones, Kian's cheeky grin and Nicky's stubble, you'll doubtless be popping this on your stereo come Valentine's Day. On the other hand, if you'd rather shove your head down a toilet seat used by the entire England rugby team than hear another glossy, schmaltzy three minutes of their Louis Walsh-approved fluff, we'd advise you to steer well clear. This is regulation Westlife that only adds to the argument that the stool-occupying unit-shifters could be replaced by attractive robots without anyone really noticing."[2]

Music video The band announced through their official website that the video began shoot on December 4, 2007.[3] The music video marks a major milestone in the band's decade of music. The video premiered on February 14, while the single was released on 3 March 2008.[4] The initial video, which featured both the lads and their loved ones, was shot at the Twickenham Rugby Stadium in London over a two day span. Louis Walsh, the band's manager, had a cameo role in it. However, the band had a reshoot of the music video due to Simon Cowell's disapproval of the initial video outcome. This might have caused the release date to be pushed back to March 3 from the initial February 25. The video shows the band walking through a staged red carpet segment, inside the backseat of a moving car, spending time with their loved ones along with photos and videos of their past decade. Noticeably absent from the video though is Mark's partner Kevin. No explanation was ever offered as to why he was not included in the final video. Former Westlife member Brian McFadden appears in archive footage.

Release and Chart Performance Prior to its physical release, the song managed to peak at #40 on the UK Official Singles Chart and at #27 on the Official Irish Singles Chart based on downloads alone. On March 3, 2008, the single was released in its physical format, climbing 32 spots to peak at #8 on the UK Singles Chart and at #6 on the Irish Singles Chart. A live version of the single was also made available for download. This marks the first time in Westlife's history that a single has not been able to reach the top 5 in Ireland, making "Us Against The World" the band's lowest charting single to date. The single peaked also at #14 on UK TV Airplay Chart and #24 on UK Radio Airplay Chart. The song peaked at #8

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in the Official UK top 40.[5] Many fans have blamed the record label, Sony BMG, for putting the song up for download 2 weeks prior to the physical release of the single as well as choosing to release it during the Back Home Tour, thus resulting in inadequate single promotion. A similar situation occurred back in 2002 when "Bop Bop Baby" was released while the band was on tour. On May 4, 2008, the song managed to re-enter the UK Singles Chart at #74. This is believed to be due to a performance from the group on the live final of Britain's Got Talent. The single peaked at #1 on several radio charts in Ireland, UK, Vietnam, South Africa, and The Philippines, #2 in Thailand, #7 in Indonesia, #20 in Sweden, #22 in Russia. The song also entered the UK and Irish iTunes Top Songs and Top Music video Charts. The music video peaked on the MTV Asia Chart Attack Top 20 show at #16. Chart (2008)

Peak position

[6] European Hot 100 Singles

28

Irish Singles Chart

6

UK Singles Chart

8

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Westlife's Next Single (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ news/ 2007/ 12/ 07/ westlifes_next_single) Westlife.com http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ singlesreviews/ a88773/ westlife-us-against-the-world. html 'Us Against The World' Video Shoot News (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ news/ 2007/ 12/ 03/ new_video_shoot) Westlife.com 'Us Against The World' Single Order (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ dp/ B0012IWIXG) Amazon.co.uk http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ searchsec. php http:/ / www. billboard. com/ charts/ hot-100#/ artist/ westlife/ chart-history/ 363452?f=349& g=Singles

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"Something Right" "Something Right" Single by Westlife from the album Back Home Released

April 4, 2008

Format

Digital download

Recorded

2007 Maratone Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)

Genre

Pop, R&B

Length

3:14

Label

Sony BMG, RCA

Writer(s)

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

Producer

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Westlife singles chronology

"Us Against the World" (2008)

"Something Right" (2008)

"What About Now" (2009)

Back Home track listing

"Us Against the World" (2)

"Something Right" (3)

"I'm Already There" (4)

"Something Right" is a song by Irish boyband Westlife from their ninth studio album, Back Home. The song was released as the band's second single in Asia and Europe following their first single, "Home", as well as the album's overall third single..[1][2][3] The song was composed by Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha and Arnthor Birgisson. A music video was filmed in December 2007 in London and premiered on March 7, 2008.

Tours performed at Back Home Tour (2008)

Background The band's record label, Sony BMG, aimed to increase album promotions and sales through the release of this single, which happens to be a fan favourite.[4] The song was composed by Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha and Arnthor Birgisson, who also contributed the songs "Us Against the World", "The Easy Way", and "Pictures In My Head" to the Back Home album.

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Track listing Digital Single 1. "Something Right" (Single Mix) 2. "Get Away" Digital E.P. 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Something Right" (Single Mix) "Something Right" (Instrumental) "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" "Something Right" (Video)

Music video The music video for "Something Right" began shoot on 17 December 2007, directed by Amber and Brown and was shot in London. [5] It premiered on March 7, 2008 on music channels. The video uses a brand new remix track of the song and was shot using green screen, featuring the band in a desert and subsequently in a futuristic night setting.

Chart performance In Ireland, the song charted at #43 becoming their lowest charting single there to date. The single peaked at #1 on several radio stations in South Africa, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, #2 in Indonesia, #4 in New Zealand, #5 in Germany, #16 in Switzerland, and #18 in Austria. It also entered the Irish, Australian and New Zealand iTunes Top Songs Chart. It also reached #8 in The Fridge in Ireland. The music video also reached the top 5 of the iTunes Top Music Videos chart in New Zealand and peaked at #20 on the MTV Asia Chart Attack show. Chart (2008)

Peak position

Australian Singles Chart

92

Irish Singles Chart

43 [6]

Swedish Singles Chart

46

Swedish Airplay Chart

18

References [1] RIX FM - Bäst musik just nu! (http:/ / www. rixfm. se/ ?underpage=124. 0) [2] MAD.TV - Music News /2008:03:29 09:10:01 (http:/ / www. mad. tv/ news/ ?id=28472) [3] WLCN-西 城 中 文 站 - WESTLIFE.CN - 新 闻|专 题|访 谈 (http:/ / www. westlife. cn/ news/ ReadNews. asp?NewsID=708& BigClassName=news& SmallClassName=01& SpecialID=0) [4] Westlife's Next Single (http:/ / westlife. cn/ news/ ReadNews. asp?NewsID=708& BigClassName=news& SmallClassName=01& SpecialID=0) Westlife.cn [5] http:/ / www. westlife. com/ news/ 2007/ 12/ 14/ westlife_update_6 [6] swedishcharts.com - Westlife - Something Right (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife& titel=Something+ Right& cat=s)

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"What About Now" "What About Now" Single by Daughtry from the album Daughtry Released

July 1, 2008

Format

CD single, Digital download

Recorded

2006

Genre

Alternative rock, pop rock

Length

4:10 4:33 (acoustic)

Label

RCA/19 Entertainment

Writer(s)

Ben Moody, David Hodges, Josh Hartzler

Producer

Howard Benson Daughtry singles chronology

"Feels Like Tonight" (2008)

"What About Now" (2008)

"No Surprise" (2009)

"What About Now" is the seventh single from American rock band Daughtry's eponymous debut album. The song is a ballad, that was written by Ben Moody, David Hodges (both former members of Evanescence), and Josh Hartzler, who is married to Amy Lee (the lead singer of Evanescence). It is one of only two songs on the album not at least co-written by Chris Daughtry. The song was announced as the band's next single on their website.[1] It was officially released in the U.S. on July 1, 2008.[2]

Music video The music video, directed by Kevin Kerslake, premiered Friday July 11 on FNMTV Premieres, where it got a standing ovation at FNMTV Studio.[3] The video can now be viewed on the band's official site. The video is a social commentary, depicting several people and places affected by poverty, natural disasters, and war, as well as other world issues. Several comments are made about these issues, and the video also asks introspective questions to the viewer. Certain people who are working to help these problems are shown throughout the video, with their names and what they're associated with listed. The video features a light bulb that has not yet burned out, which symbolizes that it's not too late to make a difference. The video concludes with one final question to the viewer, "What About Now?", shown next to the burning light bulb. A few shots of the band playing the song live are also shown in the video.

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Song usage The song was used on the February 21, 2008 episode of the seventh season of American Idol, in a video package showcasing the season's top 24. An acoustic version of the song was performed by the band on a trip to Uganda, Africa in aid of the April 9, 2008 telecast of the fund raising charity event Idol Gives Back. The band performed in a small village surrounded by a group of underprivileged children that were heard singing along at one point, while a video also showed scenes of the band's trip. The song was used in various episodes of The X Factor in 2009, I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! 2009 and Britain's Got Talent 2010. Both Daughtry's and Westlife's version were used. On December 11, 2009, it was performed at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize concert in honor of US President Barack Obama by the Irish pop band Westlife. On May 14, 2011. Daughtry's version of What About Now was featured on a Britain's Got Talent episode.

Release history Region United States

Date

Format

July 1, 2008

CD, digital download

United Kingdom October 2009

Chart performance Raising money for Idol Gives Back, the acoustic performance of "What About Now" was put onto iTunes and debuted at number eight on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, fueling a number eighteen debut on Billboard's Hot 100, the band's highest debuting song to date, as well as their fourth top twenty Hot 100 hit. It also entered at number seventeen on the Canadian Hot 100, giving the band their fourth top twenty hit there as well. It achieved these peaks over two months before the song's official release. Following "What About Now"'s official release, the song has become the band's fifth consecutive top ten hit on the Adult Top 40, so far reaching number three. This is an all time record for the most top ten hits from a debut album on the Adult Top 40 chart. This also ties the album with Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway and Nickelback's All the Right Reasons for the most Adult Top 40 top tens from any album.[4] On the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, the song peaked at number three. It is their third top ten hit on the chart, making them the only rock band to ever have three top tens from one album on the chart. The song also entered the top twenty on Mainstream Top 40 radio, peaking at number nineteen in October 2008, their fifth consecutive top twenty hit on the format. As such, the song re-entered the Hot 100 at number 94 on the chart week of September 6, 2008, and climbed to number 29 upon its re-entry. The song entered the UK Singles charts in May 2009 after being featured during a montage on Britain's Got Talent, and in August 2009 re-entered after being featured during the premiere of the 6th season of X-Factor On October 4, 2009, Daughtry re-entered the UK Singles Chart Top 40 again at number 39.

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[5]

Peak position

Chart (2008) Canadian Hot 100

17

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

18

U.S. Billboard Pop 100

21

U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks

3

U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

3

Chart (2009)

Peak position

Irish Singles Chart

[6]

30

[7]

11

UK Singles Chart

Westlife version "What About Now" Single by Westlife from the album Where We Are Released

October 23, 2009

Format

CD single, digital download

Recorded

2008

Genre

Pop rock

Length

4:11

Label

Syco Music

Producer

Steve Robson

Certification

Silver (UK)

Westlife singles chronology

"Something Right" (2008)

"What About Now" (2009)

"Safe" (2010)

"What About Now" was recorded by Irish boyband Westlife for their tenth studio album, Where We Are. It was released as lead single the project on October 25, 2009 for download and October 26 as a physical single[8] and would go on to be the only single released from the album. Steve Robson retooled the original version of the song and serves as the producer for the Westlife version. The single officially sold over 270 000 copies in UK thus far and eleventh highest single sales of the band.[9] On October 25 the group appeared on The X Factor to perform and for a brief interview on spin-off show The Xtra Factor. The group also performed the following day on GMTV with an interview and webchat to follow before appearing on October 30 on The One Show for an interview.[10] On November 27 Westlife performed "What About Now" on The Late Late Toy Show.[11] They also performed the song on Nobel Peace Prize 2009.

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Westlife was recently asked by Daily Star about the success of the song for the band. Egan stated: "It is amazing that after 11 albums we can still do things we haven't done before, or set new records for ourselves. What About Now definitely changed things. It might not have sold millions of copies, but I was on YouTube yesterday and the video has almost two million plays or something. That's not just me watching it either! I think it shows that we can still reach new people and audiences with everything we do."[12]

Chart performance In the first week of its release Westlife's cover of What About Now reached number two in the Irish singles chart taking the place of Alexandra Burke's "Bad Boys" and only beaten by Cheryl Cole's "Fight For This Love" which spent a second week at the number one position. A-Listed on BBC Radio 2, their version peaked at number four on UK Downloads Chart, number six on UK Radio airplay, number two on Scottish Charts and number twenty-two on UK TV Airplay Chart or Digital Subscription Plays Chart.[13] Chart (2009)

Peak position

Irish Singles Chart

[14]

2

Swedish Singles Chart

13

[15]

2

UK Singles Chart

End-of-year charts Chart (2009)

Position

[16]

UK Singles Chart

85

Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

BBC

[17]

Digital Spy

[18]

MusicRiot

[19]

The song has received mixed reviews. Nick Levine from Digital Spy commented that: "Their version for the "Daughtry song" is no great reinvention, adding a lick of extra pop gloss to the manly balladry of the original. The strings swell like Louis Walsh's bank balance, the chorus is as big and stirring as Goliath's sugar spoon, and the boys deliver every line with their usual note-perfect earnestness. Cynical and predictable? Oh yes, but this is ruthlessly effective too."[18]

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Music video UK's Daily Mirror released an article about the shooting of their music video on October 26, 2009. The article described it: "I was listening to the song and it spontaneously came into my head that it would be nice to film it in front of ice. If you remember Die Another Day, the Bond film, it's like the contrast of the ice and the really modern things like the sexy, fashionable clothing and cars.".[20] The full video was released on the band's official website and UK music channels on November 6, 2009. It was directed by Philip Andelman and filmed on location at the Vatnajökull Glacier in Iceland, the biggest in Europe. The video shows a snowy setting with different sceneries in ice and northern lights in the resolution of the video. Feehily later said on his official blog that the actual location of the music video was already distorted because of the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland. Feehily also had the idea of taking the video on that location.[21][22]

Track listing 1. "What About Now" - 4:11 2. "You Raise Me Up" (Live at Croke Park) - 5:00

Release history Region Ireland

Date October 23, 2009

United Kingdom October 25, 2009

Format

Digital download, CD single RCA Records Digital download

October 26, 2009

CD single

Germany

October 27, 2009

Digital download

Sweden

October 28, 2009

New Zealand

November 18, 2009

[23]

[24]

Hong Kong

Label

Syco Music, RCA Records

Sony Music Entertainment

November 26, 2009

Tours performed at • Where We Are Tour • Gravity Tour

References [1] Daughtry DAUGHTRY ON AMERICAN IDOL THIS WEEK; SUPPORT THE ONE CAMPAIGN | The Official Daughtry Site (http:/ / www. daughtryofficial. com/ news/ daughtry-american-idol-week-support-one-campaign) [2] FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more! (http:/ / www. fmqb. com/ Article. asp?id=166910) [3] New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Top Stories | MTV (http:/ / mtv. com/ ) [4] "8/24/08 Hot AC Chart: 3 Doors Down returns to #1, Daughtry goes top 10 « Hotacguru's Weblog" (http:/ / hotacguru. wordpress. com/ 2008/ 08/ 27/ 82408-hot-ac-chart-3-doors-down-returns-to-1-daughtry-goes-top-10/ ). Hotacguru.wordpress.com. 2008-08-27. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [5] Billboard.com - What About Now (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ song/ daughtry/ what-about-now/ 8454489) [6] Irish Single Chart (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) [7] UK Chart - Daughtry (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ DAUGHTRY/ ) [8] "Preview of the track What About Now" (http:/ / www. amazon. co. uk/ dp/ B002T0HVC4). Amazon.co.uk. . Retrieved 2009-10-16. [9] Westlife | Official Top 20 | MTV UK (http:/ / www. mtv. co. uk/ music/ charts/ official-uk-countdowns/ westlife-official-top-20) [10] "Official News (NL) - Welcome To The All New Westlife.com" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ news/ 2009/ 10/ 22/ westlife_on_tv_2). Westlife. 2010-02-01. . Retrieved 2010-05-16.

"What About Now" [11] "Tubridy thrilled with Toy Show figures" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ arts/ 2009/ 1130/ latelatetoyshow. html). RTÉ Entertainment. 30 November 2009. . Retrieved 2 December 2009. [12] What's on: Westlife (From Lancashire Telegraph) (http:/ / www. lancashiretelegraph. co. uk/ leisure/ whats_on/ 8745470. What_s_on__Westlife/ ?ref=rss) [13] 20:30 - 21:00. "Radio 2 - Playlist" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ radio2/ music/ playlist/ index. shtml). BBC. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [14] Andrew MacDonald (2009-10-30). "Cheryl Cole Spend’s Second Week at Irish Number 1 Spot" (http:/ / cherylanncole. co. uk/ cheryl-cole-spends-second-week-at-irish-number-1-spot). . Retrieved 2009-10-31. [15] Westlife (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ WESTLIFE/ ) [16] "Charts Plus Year end 2009" (http:/ / www. ukchartsplus. co. uk/ UKChartsPlusYE2009. pdf) (PDF). Charts Plus. . Retrieved 2010-07-19. [17] Fraser McAlpine (2009-10-28). "Chart Blog: Westlife - 'What About Now'" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ blogs/ chartblog/ 2009/ 10/ westlife_what_about_now. shtml). BBC. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [18] Released on Monday, October 26, 2009 (2009-10-26). "Music - Singles Review - Westlife: 'What About Now'" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ singlesreviews/ a183399/ westlife-what-about-now. html). Digital Spy. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [19] "Westlife – What About Now" (http:/ / www. musicriot. co. uk/ 2009/ 10/ 30/ westlife-–-what-about-now/ ). MusicRiot.co.uk. 2009-10-30. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [20] "Westlife shoot new video for Where We Are in Iceland" (http:/ / www. mirror. co. uk/ celebs/ news/ 2009/ 10/ 26/ ice-work-boys-115875-21773986/ ). mirror.co.uk. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [21] "Official News (GB) - New Westlife Blog : Mark" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ gb/ news/ gb/ 2010/ 04/ 16/ new_westlife_blog_mark). Westlife. 2010-04-16. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [22] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=ec_Ep-Ggsgs [23] "What About Now: Westlife: Amazon.de: Musik" (http:/ / www. amazon. de/ dp/ B002RWJIGQ). Amazon.de. . Retrieved 2010-05-16. [24] "Westlife / What About Now - Hmv Hong Kong" (http:/ / www. hmv. com. hk/ product/ singles. asp?sku=773525). Hmv.com.hk. 2009-11-20. . Retrieved 2010-05-16.

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"Safe" "Safe" Single by Westlife from the album Gravity B-side

"Please Stay"

Released

November 14, 2010

Format

CD single, digital download

Recorded August 2010; Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) RAK Studios (London, England) Genre

Pop rock

Length

3:52

Label

Syco Music, Sony Music, RCA

Writer(s) John Shanks, James Grundler Producer John Shanks, Richard "Biff" Stannard, Ash Howes Westlife singles chronology

"What About Now" (2009)

"Safe" "Lighthouse" (2010) (2011)

Gravity track listing

"Beautiful Tonight" (1)

"Safe" "Chances" (2) (3)

"Safe" is a song by Irish pop group Westlife from their eleventh and final studio album, Gravity. The pop rock ballad was released as the album's lead and only single on 14 November 2010 in the United Kingdom.[1] It was written by John Shanks and James Grundler, and the single version was produced by Shanks, Richard "Biff" Stannard, and Ash Howes. "Safe" debuted at number four in Ireland, becoming their twenty-fifth top ten single. It charted at number ten in the UK, becoming their second-lowest-charting single to date.

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Tours performed at Gravity Tour (2011) The Farewell Tour (2012)

Background The decision to release 'Safe' as the first and only single from the group's new album came from executive producer, Simon Cowell. When interviewed about his choice, Cowell claimed "It's such a fabulous track, and I wouldn't be surprised if it became a smash song". The track was written by album producer John Shanks and James Grundler, frontman of American rock group Golden State.[2] In an interview for the band's official website, Grundler revealed the process of writing such a track: "We sat down at the piano, and John started banging some chords out. We just start tapping into the music until it struck a feeling. I left town shortly after because my father was being inducted into his universities athletic hall of fame in Pennsylvania. I kept writing ideas down on the computer every chance I could. I remember sitting on a chair at my aunt's house, in her basement, when it all clicked. I sang a rough idea into the computer and sent it to John. We were so ecstatic about the track and knew we had something beautiful, a timeless classic. The lyrics are from an outside perspective, for example, if you were looking at someone from afar, and maybe you have an interest in them, but every time you see them, they look as though they are going through a real rough moment in their life. And, if for that single moment, you wish you could just reach out and make it all better. Inspiration for the track came from a real life experience. There is a cafe that I used to visit when I was meeting my father in Pennsylvania - and every time we were there, I saw this attractive girl sitting at a table in the back. She had this look on her face, as though something terrible had happened, and all I wanted to do was reach out and comfort her. For me it tells the story of courage, spirit, and desire.".[3][4] On September 30, 2010, the band officially revealed the release date for the single.[5] On October 22, 2010, the single's artwork was revealed by band member Mark Feehily.[6] The single's release date was changed from 7 November 2010 to 14 November 2010 on 27 October 2010.[7] The single was first performed live on BBC Radio 2 Weekend Wogan Show. They held it on the world famous BBC Maida Vale Studios in London.[8] Press releases stated, Westlife return with their most heart-stirring offering to date. New single Safe showcases the awesome emotional weight of an outfit at the height of their powers. Recorded in Los Angeles, with legendary producer John Shanks, the soaring ballad features the quartet in their most nakedly raw form. 'I'm crawling on the floor to reach you/I'm a wreck you see' sings band member Mark Feehily as strings swell to head-spinning effect. More than a decade into their career, and ten albums down the line, any competition has long ago fallen by the wayside for an outfit whose ability to chime so skillfully with the emotional landscape of their audience remains undimmed.[9] While Shane said in an interview in Philippine Star: "I think that lyrically, Safe is a very positive song, it's very strong, it's about keeping somebody safe and protecting people. I think everybody anywhere in the world can relate to it. I think everybody wants to feel safe; everybody wants to feel protected. We made the video for that song in that context. We feel that lyrically, Safe is one of the best songs that we have in a very long time."[10]

"Safe"

Release Band member Mark Feehily first confirmed via his Twitter account that copies of the single will be made available in Ireland on 12 November 2010, three days earlier than the rest of the world.[5] The single's b-side, a cover version of "Please Stay", was recorded in 2009, and was promised to be included on the next single released following "What About Now".[11] On September 2011, the American movie Dolphin Tale featured the song on the end credits of the film.[12] The song was also featured on the debut season of US X Factor.

Other versions When a part of studio version of "Safe" was played on the reality television show X Factor, two different versions were played on different episodes. The first version was the version that was released as a single and included on the album while the second unreleased version was that it included the lyric "unlock the door" in the middle part of the song between the second verse chorus and the bridge.

Critical reception The single received general positive reviews from fans and critics. Popjustice.com stated, "it's a bit like on Derren Brown when he spends days, weeks or months programming someone so that one day, when he comes along and prods them on the shoulder, it all comes flooding back and they can do something amazing like fly a kite or do the ironing with their eyes shut etc. It is as if the last eight or however many years of The X Factor, with the Inspirational Blub Tunes blasting out every time someone does something happy or sad or notable, has programmed us so that a prod from this Westlife tune makes us feel like we're through the boot camp. It feels good being Through To Boot Camp. It feels very good indeed. While 4music.com emphasized on a part of the lyrics saying, "It includes such gems as 'Pulling at me like the stars do / You're like gravity.' Who'd have thought that physics could have such an influence in pop music."[13] Music All Stars said "Safe" is good, it has Westlife's typical moving/heart-warming lyrics but I just think the Irish lads have made way better first singles in the past." [14] Entertainment Focus said: "Westlife are hardly considered to be cool are they in the industry? We aren’t going to do that. Whilst we wouldn’t choose to go out and buy a Westlife single we can understand why people would. There's something so familiar about a Westlife track that the minute it starts you feel like you’re sat with an old friend you hold very dear. Safe sticks to the usual formula, and therefore guarantees that the band will be once again battling for the top spot in the charts the week of release. Soaring melodies, harmony-filled vocals and dramatic instrumentation all combine for another classic slice of Westlife. You can say many things about Westlife but one thing you can’t say is that the lads can’t sing. Each of the boys can hold their own and whilst Safe doesn’t exactly set our world on fire it’ll be held dearly to the hearts of every Westlife fan in the world. After 11 years you’ve got to admire the fact that the band are sticking with the ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’ formula don’t you?"[15] Tina Hart of MSN UK quoted, Admittedly, I was kind of over Westlife when I got over Boyzone the first time around – sorry guys, I was a fickle teenager. The Irish quartet is still churning out the tunes though as the lead single Safe from forthcoming (eleventh!) album Gravity, is a suitably nice, sentimental ballad that will undoubtedly please hardcore fans and I’m sure I’ll now end up singing ‘I will keeep you sa-a-aafe’ all day after a few plays. With an accompanying dramatic multi-storyline video featuring a fiery car crash and domestic violence, it's not definitely not your less-interesting visual Flying Without Wings but Safe doesn’t quite reach the audio-epicness of FOW either.[16] Robert Copsey of Digital Spy said: "Let's just get this out the way: Westlife's new single is called 'Safe' and it's a ballad. While the jokes write themselves, anyone who remembers their dodgy Rat Pack covers record from 2004 knows that we, and they, are in a much better place now. Back then we were certain the lads were about to call time, but a further five albums down the line, it's obvious they're doing something right. Of course, their eleven years in the game has given them a knack for spotting a good ballad, but truth be told, it's difficult to drum up much excitement for this kind of thing tenth album around. Nonetheless, the pounding piano riff, fist-clenching lyrics and

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"Safe" that key change are, as ever, all present and correct. The real test? Whether it's used during those teary moments on next year's X Factor."[17] Daily Star added: "YES, it's a ballad. But, hang on? This is not slushier than a smashed-up punnet of out-of-season Sainsbury's strawberries. In fact – gasp! - it's kind of cool in a key change-tastic boyband ballady way. Fans are going to have a right job deciding between buying this and the JLS and Take That offerings. In fact, the ‘Loife might just mop up the Take That fans who aren’t so keen on the lads’ new Muse-esque direction.[18] IndieLondon informed, "How you going to live your life like the dream you have is real?… I will keep you safe…" So sing Westlife during the chorus to their epic new power ballad, Safe. And that title tells you just about everything you need to know about the track… it's safe, conventional and passionately heartfelt in the way that you’d expect a power pop ballad to be from one of the boy bands of the moment. That is to say, a moody piano score, belated swirling string arrangements and a layered chorus that delivers each question – "How you gonna love? How you gonna feel?" – with passion and meaning. It's destined to sweep the hopeless romantics off their feet, and to provide the backing for several movie and/or TV scenes… but it is formulaic no matter how well done for this kind of thing (and therefore kind of average)."[19]

Promotion A 30-second snippet of the song was first heard on September 19, on the final audition show of ITV1 talent competition The X Factor. On September 26 and October 2, the song received a 60-second preview with different parts, becoming the theme for the Boys' Boot Camp results, once again on X Factor. On October 3, a 40-second official snippet was posted on the band's website.[20] Amazon.co.uk was the first to have the pre-order link of the single on October 4.[21] On October 5, the full version was released on their official Youtube site. On October 6, the official lyrics were released.[22] They sent the single to UK and Irish radio stations on 4 October.[23] The single debuted on B-List of BBC Radio 2 on the week commencing 2010 October 16.[24] They had a radio tour confirmed first on Real Radio Scotland, Northwest.[25][26] In 22 October 2010, they announced their UK regional radio tour with schedule of complete date, time, and venue.[27] HR3 radio station first confirmed the airplay of the single on Germany on 16 October 2010.[28] They performed this single in The Dome 56, Germany on 26 November 2010 and broadcasted on RTL II Germany on 4, 18 December 2010 but was later cancelled.[29] Afterwards, they are opt to promote on international market as they had meetings about it.[30] They had interviews with RTHK Radio 2 in Hong Kong, Kawanku Magazine and Tabloid Nova in Indonesia, Daily Joong-ang in South Korea, and Sayidaty in Middle East on 5 November 2010.[31][32] At the same day, Nicky tweeted he will do a lot of phone call interviews on other countries not mentioned above such as Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Sweden, Switzerland, and South Africa.[33] After the radio tour comes the promo tour in television shows.[34] One of it was their performance live on X Factor on 14 November 2010 that coincides the promotion of Gravity and the face-off with other boybands, Take That and JLS.[35][36] (See Schedule)

Music video Background and release When they were asked about the music video, band member Shane Filan said "There's a bit of acting for us to be doing and we’re getting involved in all different scenes. We’re kind of flipping the word safe and making it ‘unsafe’ – trying to stop people from being ‘unsafe’. We’re the heroes - although we don’t have cloaks (laughs). It's real life stories put into a video." They said they filmed it on 21 October 2010 and the location is on London. The video was supposed to be filmed in September but there was a delay. The full video premiere is expected two weeks after 20 October 2010.[37] The set needed three more actors aside from Westlife for it.[38] Some of other cast were Richard Carroll and Margarita Mitchel Pollock.[39][40] Byrne commented first about him in the set of the video, "The scene

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spent all morning running down corridors bursting thru doors up staircases! Felt like Brad Pitt...looked more like arm pit".[41] Right after, pictures and the exact location where they about to shoot was revealed by Egan and Feehily.[42] The Daily Star newspaper printed photos featuring Egan and Feehily in a video scene of the aftermath of a car crash.[43] The music video is directed by Sean De Sparengo and produced by Scott Clark.[39][44] While, the other music video personnel: Production Company: Coy Films, DP: Will Bex, Art Director: Ed Butcher, Editor: James Rosen @ Final Cut, TK: Simone @ Rushes, Representation: FreeAgent UK, and Commissioner: Dan Millar.[45] The full video premiered on 4 November 2010 on both their official site and UK music channels.[46] On 10 November 2010, Virgin Red Room released an exclusive video of the making of Safe which features sprinting, slaps, rooftop drama, car crashes and some classic Westlife balladry.[47]

Synopsis The video was filmed in different settings, all happened in London: Wimbledon Road, The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, and an unnamed bar. As Aceshowbiz.com pictured out, "While Kian Egan comes to Mark Feehily's rescue, Shane Filan and Nicky Byrne save women from getting beaten and committing suicide. Westlife save people in a music video. Shane Filan stands up for a woman when her boyfriend is about to lay a hand on her, Nicky Byrne prevents another female from jumping off the rooftop, and Kian Egan helps Mark Feehily in a car accident. All the scenes in the "Safe" music video, including the car accident, were done without any stuntman. "It was the most fun we have had shooting a video", Mark shared. "We wanted to do the stunts ourselves and management let us."[48] The press titled the band for the video that turned into superheroes. OK Magazine added, "And just like they said, the clip sees the dreamy Shane, Mark, Nicky and Kian stepping in to save the day (and we thought we couldn't fancy them anymore!). The scene is set by a mystery brunette in a floaty dress looking out over London, contemplating jumping off a wall. We then see flashbacks to an argument with her boyfriend, a man in a hospital waiting room and a burning car. As the song builds, Westlife use their super skills - with Shane stepping in to break up the fight in the bar, Kian pulling Mark out from underneath the car and Nicky stopping the girl jumping. The song ends with Nicky and the brunette tenderly hugging (and us wiping away our tears!)."[49] De Sparengo, the director, lays on a cinematic sheen to enhance this big sounding ballad said: "I wanted to create a video for this track that a had strong emotional connect as well as the expected performance aspect, so it just seemed right to develop key scenes that featured each of the guys in dramatic and hopefully moving situations. "Big American TV dramas often tie up a season finale by cutting together the most emotive storylines and then laying it against a powerful pop track to really tug on the old heartstrings and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to push in that direction. "Luckily the boys are true promo veterans and didn’t take much persuading at all to get stuck in and bring each little story alive".[45]

Reception The music video was positively received by fans and critics. Music All Stars said: "The new single "Safe" sounds similar to Westlife's previous ballads (nothing really can change if you rush CDs – a release per year? – and you don’t take your time to explore new ideas and bring original stuff. I know Westlife has a trademark sound but still), with their typical moving/heart-warming lyrics. Not a bad song but it's just more of the same really. The videoclip however was awesome! I like the "we are all heroes" concept."[50] 4music added: "ing! We realise that the boys' formula has moved on a bit since they arrived on the music scene more than a decade ago. Admittedly they haven't gone all Marilyn Manson on us; Safe is an anthemic ballad that wouldn't sound out of place on a Take That album, which might have something to do with the fact that it was produced by John Shanks (he 'pushed the buttons' on The Circus). The Safe video is certainly worth a look too - who knew you could call on the Westlife boys in a crisis?"[51]

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Track listing 1. "Safe" (Single Mix) – 3:52 2. "Please Stay" – 3:45

Credits and personnel • • • • • • • • • • •

John Shanks – songwriter, producer, guitar, bass James Grundler – songwriter Richard "Biff" Stannard – additional production and mixing Ash Howes – additional production and mixing Lars Fox – Pro Tools editing Helen Atkinson – assistant engineer Nicolas Essig – assistant engineer Jeff Rothschild – recording and drums Charles Judge – keyboards Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards John Shanks – keyboards

• • • •

Seton Daunt – additional guitar Wil Malone – strings arrangement Richard Woodcraft – strings recording Shari Sutcliffe – musician contractor and production coordination

Source:[52]

Charts Safe peaked #40 on UK Radio airplay, and #34 on UK TV Airplay Chart or Digital Subscription Plays Chart.[53][54] Chart (2010)

Ireland (IRMA)

Peak position

[55]

4 [56]

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

10

Release History Region

Date

Format

Label

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[57]

South Korea [58]

4 November 2010

TV Airplay

9 November 2010

Digital Download, CD Single

Syco Music, Sony Music, RCA Records

12 November 2010

Austria

Belgium

Radio Airplay

[59] [60]

Denmark Ireland [61]

Italy

[62]

Netherlands

[63]

New Zealand [64]

Norway

[65]

Sweden

[66]

Switzerland

United Kingdom

14 November 2010 Digital Download 15 November 2010 CD Single

[67]

CD Single, Digital Download

Japan

Belgium

[68]

26 November 2010

[69]

Germany

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"Lighthouse" "Lighthouse" Single by Westlife from the album Greatest Hits B-side

"Poet's Heart"

Released

11 November 2011

Format

CD single, digital download

Recorded May - September 2011 Genre

Pop, pop rock

Length

4:22

Label

Sony Music, RCA

Writer(s) Gary Barlow, John Shanks Producer John Shanks Westlife singles chronology

"Safe" "Lighthouse" (2010) (2011)

Music video Lighthouse

[1]

on YouTube

"Lighthouse" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It is the lead single from their second compilation album, Greatest Hits. The song is their final physical single after their announcement to disband. The song was written by Gary Barlow and John Shanks, and was released on 11 November 2011. A music video was filmed in South Africa and premiered on 20 October 2011. The song became their second-lowest charting single in Ireland and their lowest-charting single in the United Kingdom, charting at number eleven and thirty-two respectively.

Background It is described as an instantly recognisable Westlife classic complete with soaring melodies, rousing lyrics.[2] Band members Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne discussed the song during a behind-the-scenes look at the music video shoot. They explained, "We were excited to be working with 'the competition'. It's the first time that someone like Gary has written a song for a group in competition with his own. Him and John wrote Patience for Take That, so we are confident that we have a great team of writers. Some people think that we regard Gary as an enemy, but we don't at all. It's cool that he's written a song for us." Shane Filan also stated, "I love the idea of Gary writing a song for us. He's thrown all the rules out of the window".[3]"Lighthouse" was chosen by the record label instead of the another new album track, "Beautiful World". It was due to be the lead single from their forthcoming compilation but at the last minute they ditched the song in favour of the latter. Mark said: "It was literally up until a day ago that we were deciding between 'Lighthouse' and 'Beautiful World' for the first single but they went with 'Lighthouse' in the end.", "It's one of the potential single track of the album", "I wasn't too gutted though. Once I write the song I've written it. You can't get too attached and just have to hand it over and forget the fact that you've written it."[4][5]

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Release The song received its first radio airplay on 30 September 2011, during the prime-time hour on LincsFM with Eddie Shaw. Shortly after the song was played, the hashtag #westlifelighthouse became a trending topic worldwide on Twitter. An official 90-second official preview of the song was released via Soundcloud on 4 October 2011.[6] On 7 October 2011, the single's artwork was unveiled by the band's official website.[7] On 14 October 2011, they launched a new pre-order system for the single by texting 'Westlife' to 80115. This service is only open to users in England and is not compatible with Apple iPhone handsets.[8] The full, high quality radio edit of the song was posted on their Youtube site on 10 October 2011.[9] The pre-order service was released on 23 October 2011.

Critical reception Robert Copsey of Digital Spy claimed: "Earlier today, your trusty Digital Spy music scribes were played the new Westlife single, 'Lighthouse', in full, three times over, and at a perfectly respectable volume. The song is about how their partners have stuck by them through the difficult times and now they want to settle down with them for good. It's probably the most grown-up sounding single Westlife have ever released. "This kind of love is more than a lifeline/ For a man as weak as me," Shane Filan belts in the openings bars, over a soul-funk piano riff, before asking: "How did the sea get so rough?/ I would have drowned/ If you hadn't given me your love." The song's highlight is easily the middle eight, where a slew of thrashing drums clash together as they sing: "I owe it all to you/ Everything I have right now." Despite being their first release away from Syco, it would soundtrack a tearful X Factor moment rather nicely."[10] Julia Simpson of Yahoo expressed: "Westlife are back with a brand new single so get ready to sway, and wave those lighters in the air. Yahoo were lucky enough to have a top secret first listen to their new track ‘Lighthouse’ in full yesterday. The track was literally carried to our office, played to us and then smuggled back in a secure operation which made us feel a bit like we were in a Bond film. And we can indeed confirm that it’s the Irish boys back at their best. Think Elton John, pianos and romance as the song opens gently. But before long it gives way to a rich, uplifting chorus like some of Westlife’s best ballads – but with a touch of Take That in there too. With lyrics like “For a man who rarely cried/I get all choked up inside” we can see ourselves kicking autumnal leaves as this blares out of our iPods. Rather like the video, by the looks of these brand new behind-the-scenes shots of their video shoot! Westlife fans, we challenge you not to like it". She added: "We reviewed the lads' brand new single Lighthouse and it made us feel all autumnal."[11] 98fm.com expressed: "The song gives Westlife a more grown up feel and it reminds me of the sort of song you’d hear on an X Factor package about the contestants!"[12] In another time, Digital Spy continued their review with a rating of and, "So this is it then. The start of Westlife's final run of singles. Truth be told, we'd been taking them for granted these last few years; a staple of the November singles and album charts and, like the red cups at Starbucks, a friendly reminder that the festive season was upon us. In fact, like a mug of their Christmas blend, you could always expect the group's output to be a relaxing, chest-warming and thoroughly wholesome affair. Their latest is just that: an assured, safe-as-houses slice of midtempo pop penned by hitmaker-of-the-moment Gary Barlow that sits perfectly alongside their record-breaking streak of Top 10 hits - including 14 (14!) number ones. "This kind of love is more than amazing/ For a man who lost his way," Shane admits over a bouncy piano riff before insisting they're ready to settle down with their partners on the sing-songy chorus. The thing we'll miss most? Those flawless key changes."[13] Bukisa.com added: Lighthouse is a classic Westlife anthem. It may not be the usual slow-tempo ballad but you will feel the touch of Westlife with the piano intro, uplifting choruses, soaring melodies, powerful post middle-8 key change and harmony-filled split vocals of Shane and Mark backed by Kian and Nicky. The simple but stunning video filmed in South Africa and inspirational lyrics are just added attraction. The artwork is perfect for the end of their career as a band, as you see the sunset in the background. The B-side is called "Poet’s Heart" which is another classic. Westlife always gives their best in every single they release and Lighthouse is no-doubt an addition. EF gave it saying, Lighthouse is written by Gary Barlow and John Shanks and sees Westlife attempt something a little more uptempo. Whilst the early promise indicates the track is a departure for the band, it soon

"Lighthouse" becomes apparent that Lighthouse fits neatly next to their other material. The harmony-filled chorus is classic Westlife and the vocal split between Shane and Mark keeps to the tried-and-tested formula. Whilst hardly new ground for Westlife, Lighthouse allows the group to play to their strengths. Their fans have loved the fact that the band rarely step out of their comfort zone so they should lap up this single. Honestly we think it's time Westlife called it a day and it'll be interesting to see what the four members do next.[14]

Chart performance In Ireland, "Lighthouse" debuted at number eleven, becoming their second lowest-charting single in the country.[15] The song debuted at number thirty-two on the UK Singles Chart, with first-week sales of 11,006 copies. The following week the song fell to number eighty-nine. It is their lowest-charting single in the United Kingdom, and their first single not to chart within the top 10.[16] In response to the relative failure of the single, Nicky Byrne said: "It's disappointing as we've never had a chart position that bad. Our fans instead bought tickets for our last tour next May." He felt "Beautiful World", co-written by band member Mark Feehily, would have been a better single choice saying, "However, as we’re splitting up, whether it charted at No 1 or No 100, it makes no difference to the next six months for us."[17]

Music video Filming for the music video of the first single began on 17 September 2011 and was shot in South Africa also like the album photoshoot. Three official video stills were posted on the band's Twitter account on 4 October 2011. The behind-the-scenes video premiered exclusively on their Vevo account on 5 October 2011, was deleted two days later but resurfaced at the same account on 13 October 2011.[18] Also another behind-the-scene footage was taken out courtesy from Daily Star with a short story about the making of the music video saying: "It's 6am and the sun is rising over the stunning South African landscape. In the pre-dawn light, the sight is incredible. Baboons peer inquisitively at us, a zebra roams lazily across the plain and looming into view in front of us is the unmistakeable sight and sound of…. Westlife. The manband can’t believe their luck to be here in this glorious wilderness to shoot a video for their new single Lighthouse. They’re so thrilled they invited the Daily Star to exclusively catch all the behind-the-scenes action. The breath-taking backdrop is the Cradle of Humankind heritage site in Gauteng, an hour north of Johannesburg. But the lads chose it because they were literally just passing. “We were in South Africa anyway as part of our Africa and Asia tour so we thought: ‘Why not film the new video here too?’” says Nicky Byrne, 32. Bandmate Mark Feehily, 31, explains: “Record companies aren’t spending the millions they used to on videos. “We wouldn’t want to do a rubbish video in a studio. And why should we when we can have a million-dollar backdrop like this for free?” The Irish hunks, who have had a whopping 14 UK No 1 singles in 14 years, are not fazed by their environment, even though it contains some of the deadliest creatures on Earth. “We have a medic here carrying a pack of anti-venom for snakes and spiders and other first aid,” adds Mark. “We’ve even got a helicopter on standby in Jo’burg that can get here in under seven minutes should we have any emergencies.” But the cheeky lads are clearly not worried about the dangers. While Shane Filan, 32, films his solo alongside a picturesque river, Mark and Kian Egan spot a wooden canoe and gleefully decide to test-drive it. “Come and do your interview on here,” they beckon. But I refuse, frightened by the talk of crocodiles – and it’s just as well. Just seconds later the boat drifts into the back of Shane’s shot and we hear a completely different type of wildlife – an angry director bellowing at the lads to get out of the way. Mark steers back to shore and tells us: “As soon as I got in I regretted it. Water started leaking in.” He confesses it’s not the first prank that’s misfired. “We’ve already delayed the shoot by an hour,” he admits. “Our van got lost after we stole the keys and the driver couldn’t follow the one in front.” But the jokes show just how happy and relaxed Westlife are. “We love it here,” says Kian, 31. “We love coming back, the people are lovely, the

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weather’s lovely. Just look around. It couldn’t be more perfect.” However, he reveals that not all the lads have enjoyed every second. “We don’t have any phobias but Nicky had to scramble on his hands and knees over a bridge and he wasn’t too happy about that,” he laughs. Nicky adds: “I don’t care about bugs or heights but I was just too close to this river. I thought if I fall down now that’s not too sensible so I crawled across. But Mark just hopped over in one – he didn’t care.”[19] The video made its premiere on Chart Show TV and on their Youtube site on 20 October 2011.

Track listing CD single / digital download 1. "Lighthouse" – 4:22 2. "Poet's Heart" (John Shanks, Ruth-Anne Cunningham) – 3:57

Charts Chart (2011)

Ireland (IRMA)

Peak position

[15]

11 [20]

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

32

Release history Region Ireland

Date

Format

30 September 2011

Radio airplay

20 October 2011

TV airplay

11 November 2011

Digital download

Label Sony Music, RCA

United Kingdom Ireland United Kingdom [21]

Ireland

United Kingdom 13 November 2011[22] [23] CD single

14 November 2011

References [1] https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=Tivph7mTku4 [2] "Westlife's new single Lighthouse releases in November" (http:/ / mediaupdate. co. za/ ?IDStory=42132). Media Update. 2011-10-07. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [3] "WESTLIFE behind the scenes of new single LIGHTHOUSE videoshoot in SOUTH AFRICA" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=w26XKOQxKBE). YouTube. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [4] "Westlife | Westlife Releasing Gary Barlow Track" (http:/ / www. contactmusic. com/ news/ westlife-releasing-gary-barlow-track_1246748). Contactmusic. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [5] Dawson, Kim (2011-09-23). "Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: Playlist :: Gary Barlow is going West" (http:/ / www. dailystar. co. uk/ playlist/ view/ 212336/ Gary-Barlow-is-going-West/ ). Daily Star. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [6] "Westlife- Lighthouse (90 sec clip) by WestlifeGreatestHits on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free" (http:/ / soundcloud. com/ westlifegreatesthits/ westlife-lighthouse-90-sec). Soundcloud.com. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [7] "Official News (GLOBAL) - 'Lighthouse' Artwork Unveiled!" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ news/ global/ 2011/ 10/ 07/ lighthouse_artwork_unveiled). Westlife. 2011-10-07. . Retrieved 2012-09-09.

"Lighthouse" [8] "Official News (GLOBAL) - Pre-order 'Lighthouse' On Your Mobile Phone" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ news/ global/ 2011/ 10/ 14/ preorder_lighthouse_on_your_mobile_phone). Westlife. 2011-10-14. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [9] (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=ZdmLjyBN0us& ob=av2n) [10] Published Monday, 3 October 2011, 18:59 BST (2011-10-03). "Westlife's new single 'Lighthouse': First listen - Music Blog" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ thesound/ a343627/ westlifes-new-single-lighthouse-first-listen. html). Digital Spy. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [11] By Julia (2012-07-24). "Westlife pull off their best staring-into-the-distance pose in new album shot | 110% pop - Yahoo! omg! UK" (http:/ / uk. omg. yahoo. com/ gossip/ 110--pop/ westlife-pull-off-best-staring-distance-pose-album-154137165. html). Uk.omg.yahoo.com. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [12] "New Music: Westlife – Lighthouse « 98FM: Dublin's Best Music Mix" (http:/ / 98fm. com/ 2011/ uncategorized/ new-music-westlife-lighthouse/ ). 98fm.com. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [13] Published Thursday, 3 November 2011, 13:20 GMT (2011-11-03). "Westlife: 'Lighthouse' - Single review - Music Singles Review" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ singlesreviews/ a348987/ westlife-lighthouse-single-review. html). Digital Spy. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [14] "Westlife - Lighthouse" (http:/ / entertainment-focus. com/ music/ articles/ westlife-lighthouse). Entertainment Focus. 2011-11-14. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [15] " Chart Track" (http:/ / www. chart-track. co. uk/ index. jsp?c=p/ musicvideo/ music/ archive/ index_test. jsp& ct=240001& arch=t& lyr=2011& year=2011& week=46). Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. [16] Jones, Alan (21 November 2011). "UK Singles Chart Analysis: Rihanna equals Adele record" (http:/ / www. musicweek. com/ story. asp?sectioncode=1& storycode=1047553& c=1). Music Week. . Retrieved 21 November 2011. [17] Dawson, Kim (15 December 2011). "Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: Playlist :: Nicky Byrne’s regret" (http:/ / www. dailystar. co. uk/ playlist/ view/ 225631/ Nicky-Byrne-s-regret/ ). Daily Star. . Retrieved 15 December 2011. [18] "Westlife" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ westlifeVEVO). YouTube. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [19] Dunkerley, Jennifer (2011-10-06). "Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: WORLD EXCUSIVE: Behind the scenes of Westlife's new video Lighthouse" (http:/ / www. dailystar. co. uk/ news/ view/ 214264/ WORLD-EXCUSIVE-WESTLIFE-VIDEO-We-track-down-manband-s-new-video-shoot-in-Africa/ ). Daily Star. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [20] " Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 2011-11-20/ ) UK Singles Chart. Official Charts Company. [21] Graham, Daniella (2012-08-31). "Westlife fans left devastated as band announces split after 14 years" (http:/ / www. metro. co. uk/ music/ 879150-westlife-fans-left-devastated-as-band-announces-split-after-14-years). Metro.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [22] "iTunes - Music - Lighthouse - Single by Westlife" (http:/ / itunes. apple. com/ gb/ preorder/ lighthouse-single/ id472748717). Itunes.apple.com. 2011-11-11. . Retrieved 2012-09-09. [23] "hmv" (http:/ / hmv. com/ hmvweb/ displayProductDetails. do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1& sku=390805). hmv. . Retrieved 2012-09-09.

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Songs "Evergreen" "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" Single by Will Young from the album From Now On Released

25 February 2002

Format

CD

Recorded

2002

Genre

Pop

Label

BMG

Writer(s)

Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

Producer

Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

Certification 3x Platinum (UK) Will Young singles chronology

"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" (2002)

"Light My Fire" (2002)

"Evergreen" is a pop song, co-written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson and David Kreuger, and originally recorded by Westlife. The song appears on their album World of Our Own, and was released as a single only in the Philippines, where it reached number 3. In 2002, the song was chosen to be the winner's single for the first series of Pop Idol and was recorded by the three finalists: Will Young, Gareth Gates and Darius Danesh. During the final, the song was performed by both Young and Gates. Young went on to win the show, and released "Evergreen" as a double A-side single, along with "Anything Is Possible", which was also recorded by the final three and performed by the final two. The single went straight to the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for three consecutive weeks, only to be knocked off the top spot by Gates' debut single, "Unchained Melody". It became the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history, selling 403,027 copies on its day of release. It went on to sell over 1.7 million copies and in the official list of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK issued later that year, it appeared 11th. In May 2012, it was announced as the best-selling single of the 2000s in the United Kingdom, having sold 1.8 million copies in total.[1] The song was included on Young's debut album, From Now On. Gates' version of the song was also released as a B-side to his single, "Unchained Melody".

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Single track listing 1. "Anything Is Possible" 2. "Evergreen"

Charts Chart

Peak position

UK

1

Ireland

2

Personnel • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson and David Kreuger Published by BMG Music Publishing / Good Ear Music / Peer Music / Warner-Chappell Music Produced and arranged by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger for A Side Productions Co-produced by Jörgen Elofsson Stockholm Session Orchestra arranged and conducted by Ulf and Henrik Janson Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, and A Side Productions' Studios, Stockholm Engineered by Peter Lewis Assistant engineering by Tim Roe Orchestra recorded at R.O.A.M. Studios, Stockholm Orchestra engineered by Fredrik Andersson Mixed by Bernard Löhr at Olympic Studios, London, and Mono Studios, Stockholm Keyboards by Per Magnusson Programming by David Kreuger Guitars by Esbjörn Öhrwall Bass by Tomas Lindberg Backing vocals by Anders von Hofsten, Jeanette Olsson and United Colours of Sound Mastered by Richard Dowling at Transfermation

References [1] "The Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles Of the 21st Century revealed!" (http:/ / www. officialcharts. com/ chart-news/ the-official-top-150-biggest-selling-singles-of-the-21st-century-revealed-1382/ ). . Retrieved 9 May 2012.

External links • "Evergreen" lyrics (http://www.willyoung.co.uk/global/songs-and-lyrics/songs/evergreen?page=1)

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"All Out of Love" "All Out of Love" Single by Air Supply from the album Lost in Love Released

February 1980

Format

7"

Recorded

1980

Genre

Pop, country, soft rock

Length

4:04 (album version) 3:53 (single version)

Label

Arista, EMI

Writer(s)

Graham Russell Clive Davis

Producer

Clive Davis Air Supply singles chronology

"Lost in Love" (1980)

"All Out of Love" (1980)

"Every Woman in the World" (1980)

"All Out of Love" is a pop ballad by Air Supply, released in 1980. In the United States, it reached number two on the Hot 100 and number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1] In the UK, the song went to number 11. It placed 92nd in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Love Songs in 2003.[2]

Cover versions The song has been covered by numerous artists since. The Cantopop artist Alan Tam covered the song, which was titled "小 風 波" (lit: "small storm", meta: "A small quarrel"), and was a hit for Tam in Hong Kong in 1981. Andru Donalds released it as a single making it a Top 5 hit in parts of Europe in 1999 and Australian boy band Mercury4 included the song on their debut album in 2004. American R&B group Jagged Edge recorded a version for the soundtrack to the movie Bad Company (2002). The boyband Westlife from Ireland recorded the song as a duet with Australian singer Delta Goodrem for Westlife's 2006 album, The Love Album, and performed it together live on an episode of the The X Factor. Their version reached number 31 on the Swedish singles chart as a digital download in February 2007, but was not released as a commercial single in any other markets. Fellow Irish boyband OTT had a hit with the song in their native country in 1996, and the following year in the UK. The song has also been covered by the band Enigma, and later by English singer Declan Galbraith. John Barrowman included a version on his 2007 album Another Side. Cliff Richard also covered this on his 2007 album Love... The Album. Keira Green recorded a dance cover in 2006 that found its way onto numerous dance compilation albums. Another cover of this song was done in 2004, by Canadian recording artist, Mary Zilba, whose pop/dance rendition was a Top 40 hit on the Canadian charts for over 12 weeks. In May 2002, female pop group Soluna recorded their rendition as part of their For All Time album. In June 2003, UK dance project Foundation teamed up with female vocalist Natalie Rossi for a cover of the track. Hoping to

"All Out of Love" follow in the success of DJ Sammy, the single reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart. In March 2010, the song was performed by Algerian pop singer Chalabi Karim. The guitar riff from "All Out Of Love" was sampled on the song "Always On My Mind" by Filipino American R&B girl group One Voice, from their 1999 debut album Just the Beginning. The song has been featured in advertising campaigns for Denny's restaurant since 2007, Todd Solondz's movie Happiness (1998), the South Park episode "Raisins", and the Office episode "Stress Relief". The song is featured in the films Van Wilder and (sung by Seth Green) Old Dogs. The song is featured in episode 2, season 2 of United States of Tara. It is performed by Toni Collette and John Corbett in one scene, and Sara Lov's cover of the song is featured in the final scene and closing credits of the episode.[3] The song is also featured in the HBO series Hung in episode 7 of season 3, aired in 2011, during the closing credits. The song is featured in the CW's Supernatural season 7 episode "Slash Fiction", which aired on October 28, 2011. Character Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) lip-syncs a portion of the song as it comes on the radio,[4] and an outtake of the scene in which Ackles sings is featured in the season 7 DVD special features. In 2011, punk rock supergroup Me First and the Gimme Gimmes recorded the song on their all Australian covers EP, Go Down Under.

Track listing Air Supply version: 1. "All Out of Love" – 4.01 2. "Here I Am" – 3.48 3. "Every Woman in the World" – 3.32 Andru Donalds version: 1. 2. 3. 4.

"All Out of Love" (Radio Edit) – 4:00 "All Out of Love" (Dance Radio Mix) – 3:59 "All Out of Love" (Slow Ambient Mix) – 4:18 "All Out of Love" (Ambient Club Mix) – 6:23

Chalabi Karim version: 1. 2. 3. 4.

"All Out of Love" (Radio Edit) "All Out of Love" (Algerian Version) "All Out of Love" (Acapella) "All Out of Love" (Single)

Charts

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Air Supply (1980)

Peak position

US Billboard Hot 100

2

US Billboard Adult Contemporary

5

UK Singles Chart

11

Andru Donalds (1999)

Peak [5][6] position

Austrian singles chart

3

German singles chart

3

Switzerland singles chart

3

Westlife featuring Delta Goodrem (2007)

Swedish singles chart

Peak [7] position 31

References [1] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 17. [2] Hal Leonard Corp (2003). VH1 Selections from 100 Greatest Love Songs. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard. ISBN 0-634-05654-9. [3] Brockington, Ryan (March 29, 2010). "'United States of Tara' chooses music with just as many issues" (http:/ / www. nypost. com/ p/ blogs/ popwrap/ united_states_issues_tara_chooses_5nyKdt8W4EZKb8lA2qFiiJ). New York Post. . [4] "Supernatural.S07E06 Dean sings 'i am all out of love'..." (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=D-9qwYKHjo0). . Retrieved 24 September 2012. [5] Germany peak position (http:/ / www. five. no/ cretu/ etc/ AndruDonalds/ records/ all. out. of. love. html#charts) Retrieved August 10, 2007. [6] Austrian and Switzerland peak positions (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Andru+ Donalds& titel=All+ Out+ Of+ Love& cat=s) Retrieved August 10, 2007. [7] Swedish Charts (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Westlife+ feat. + Delta+ Goodrem& titel=All+ Out+ Of+ Love& cat=s) Retrieved July 18, 2007.

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"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Single by Chicago from the album Chicago 16 B-side

"Sonny Think Twice"

Released

May 27, 1982

Format

7" single

Recorded

1982

Genre

Soft rock, Adult contemporary

Length

5:08 (Album Version, with "Get Away") 3:51 (Alternate Edit) 3:40 (Single Version)

Label

Full Moon/Warner Bros.

Writer(s)

Peter Cetera and David Foster

Producer

David Foster

Certification

Gold (RIAA) Chicago singles chronology

"Song for You" (1980)

"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (1982)

"Love Me Tomorrow" (1982)

"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" is a 1982 Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit ballad performed by American rock group Chicago, written by band member Peter Cetera and producer David Foster from the album Chicago 16, released in 1982. The song hit number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 11 of that year.[1] It was their first top 50 hit since "No Tell Lover" in 1978.

History The song, as well as the album on which it is featured, was a marked departure from Chicago's traditional soft rock, horns-driven sound, taking on a polished and modern feel. There were minimal horns on the track, instead featuring more layered synthesizers and heavier distorted electric guitars in a contemporary 1980s styling. This was done to revitalize the band that was considered by some to be past its commercial prime at the time. The album version of "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" segued into a second song titled "Get Away," which was closer to the older horn-driven Chicago sound. Most adult contemporary radio stations at the time did not play the entire album track, however, choosing to cut it off just before "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" segued into "Get Away." About half the Top 40 radio stations played the longer version with "Get Away". Deviating from Chicago's practice of having mostly band members playing on their albums, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" featured several session musicians. The song featured producer David Foster on the piano, as well as three members of the American rock band Toto: Steve Lukather on guitar, while David Paich and Steve Porcaro both contributed synthesizers. The song's vocals were performed by Cetera and new member Bill Champlin.

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Music video The music video, itself using the album version, was shot in Greece. In Chicago performing the act with some studio musicians, the song in the video version with the transition to the track "Get Away" then you can see a Ferris wheel.[2]

Charts Chart (1982/83)

Peak position

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

1

U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary

1

Canadian Singles Chart

1

UK Singles Chart

4

Irish Singles Chart

1

German Singles Chart

6

Austrian Singles Chart

5

Swiss Singles Chart

1

Dutch Top 40

22

Italian Singles Chart

1

New Zealand Singles Chart

13

Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera version "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Single by Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera from the album Az Yet Released

February 4, 1997

Format

CD

Recorded

1996

Genre

R&B, adult contemporary

Length

3:14

Label

LaFace Records

Writer(s)

Peter Cetera and David Foster

Producer

Babyface

Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera singles chronology

"Last Night" (1996)

"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (1997)

"You're the Inspiration" (1997)

In 1996, the R&B band Az Yet included a cover version on their self-titled debut album. The single, which featured cameo vocals by Peter Cetera, was produced by legendary songwriter Babyface and reached the Top 10 on the

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Billboard Hot 100. The single reached platinum status[3] and was nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Performance by an R&B Group or Duo).

Track listing CD-Single 1. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" (David Foster Remix) 3:17 2. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" (Album Version) 3:14

Charts Chart (1997)

Peak position

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

8

U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40

9

Canadian Singles Chart

26

UK Singles Chart

7

German Singles Chart

72

Dutch Top 40

3

Swedish Singles Chart

59

New Zealand Singles Chart

1

Australian Singles Chart

5

References [1] "Chicago Awards" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ chicago-mn0000110161/ awards). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2012-08-17. [2] music video in MyVideo.de (http:/ / www. myvideo. de/ watch/ 1018052/ Chicago_Hard_To_Say_I_m_Sorry_full_version) [3] RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Az Yet Singles (http:/ / riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=1& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=Az Yet& format=SINGLE& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=& requestNo=& type=& level=& label=& company=& certificationDate=& awardDescription=& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=& charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=& certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2009& sort=Artist& perPage=25), Retrieved on 2009-07-16

"I'm Already There"

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"I'm Already There" "I'm Already There" Single by Lonestar from the album I'm Already There B-side

"Tell Her"

Released

March 26, 2001

Format

CD Single, 7" 45 RPM

Genre

Country

Length

4:13

Label

BNA 69083

Writer(s)

Gary Baker Frank J. Myers Richie McDonald

Producer

Dann Huff

Certification

Gold (RIAA)

Lonestar singles chronology

"Tell Her" (2000)

"I'm Already There" (2001)

"With Me" (2001)

Alternative cover European Single Cover

"I'm Already There" is the title of a song recorded by American country music band Lonestar, written by lead singer Richie McDonald along with Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers. It was released in March 2001 as the lead-off single to the band's fifth album, I'm Already There. It spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was the band's seventh Number One.[1]

Content The song's narrator is a man who is on the road, and the lyric explains how he feels and how his family is responding to his absence. This also explains how much the man loves his family, and how much they mean to him. He then says that he will always be there for them in spirit, even though he is separated from them physically. The song became associated with the September 11, 2001 attacks along with family members being deployed and returning from deployment, and has been heard many times on Good Morning America. On their 2003 greatest-hits package From There to Here: Greatest Hits, Lonestar included a "Message from Home" version which included dubbed-in telephone calls placed by family members of soldiers. This version also omits the line "And I'll gently kiss your lips / Touch you with my fingertips" from the second verse.

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Music video The music video was released on June 7, 2001 and it was directed by Michael Salomon. On April 21, 2003, they released another version of the music video to recast the song as a tribute to the military. This version is the one that is most-played on TV.

Critical reception Andrea Dresdale of Rolling Stone cited the song as a standout track on the album, calling it "a finely detailed snapshot of everyday life that'll have anyone in a long distance relationship reaching for the Kleenex."[2]

Chart performance Chart (2001)

Peak position [3]

1

US Country Songs (Billboard)

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)

[4]

2

[5]

24

US Billboard Hot 100

[6]

29

US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)

Year-end charts Chart (2001)

Position [7]

US Country Songs (Billboard)

5

Westlife version "I'm Already There" Song by Westlife from the album Back Home (Westlife album) Released

December 2007

Format

Digital Download

Genre

Pop

Length

4:18

Label

Sony BMG

Writer

Gary Baker Frank J. Myers Richie McDonald

Producer

Quiz, Larossi

A cover of the song is the fourth track on the ninth studio album of Westlife, Back Home. It entered the UK download chart at #74 after "The Westlife Show" in December 2007. The song was not released as a single but peaked at #62 on the Official UK Singles Chart. In 2008 on Series 5 of X Factor in the United Kingdom, JLS performed the Westlife version and it re-entered the UK charts at #106 and peaked at #63. It entered the Official Irish Singles Chart at #47.

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Chart

Peak Position

UK Singles Chart

62

Irish Singles Chart

47

References [1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. [2] Dresdale, Andrea (2001-06-25). "I'm Already There review" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ artists/ lonestar/ albums/ album/ 206297/ review/ 5945325/ im_already_there). Rolling Stone. . Retrieved 2009-06-02. [3] " Lonestar Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Lonestar/ chart-history/ 139045?f=357& g=Singles) Billboard Country Songs for Lonestar. Prometheus Global Media. [4] " Lonestar Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Lonestar/ chart-history/ 139045?f=341& g=Singles) Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs for Lonestar. Prometheus Global Media. [5] " Lonestar Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Lonestar/ chart-history/ 139045?f=379& g=Singles) Billboard Hot 100 for Lonestar. Prometheus Global Media. [6] " Lonestar Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Lonestar/ chart-history/ 139045?f=343& g=Singles) Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Lonestar. Prometheus Global Media. [7] "Best of 2001: Country Songs" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ charts-year-end/ hot-country-songs?year=2001). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. . Retrieved August 14, 2012.

"Everybody Hurts" "Everybody Hurts" Single by R.E.M. from the album Automatic for the People B-side

"Mandolin Strum"

Released

15 April 1993

Format

CD single, 7" single, 12" single, Cassette

Recorded

1992

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

5:20 (album version) 4:57 (edit) 4:46 (alternate edit)

Label

Warner Bros.

Writer(s)

Michael Stipe, Mike Mills. Peter Buck and Bill Berry

Producer

Scott Litt & R.E.M. R.E.M. singles chronology

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" (1993)

"Everybody Hurts" (1993)

"Nightswimming" (1993)

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Music video "Everybody Hurts"

[1]

on YouTube

"Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 on the French Singles Chart.

History Much of the song was written by drummer Bill Berry, although as R.E.M. shares songwriting credits among its members, it is unknown how much he actually wrote.[2] Berry did not drum on the song—a Univox drum machine took his place—but he was responsible for the sampling of the drum pattern on the track. The string arrangement was written by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. Guitarist Peter Buck commented on the making of the track saying "'Everybody Hurts' is similar to 'Man on the Moon'. Bill brought it in, and it was a one-minute long country-and-western song. It didn't have a chorus or a bridge. It had the verse . . . it kind of went around and around, and he was strumming it. We went through about four different ideas and how to approach it and eventually came to that Stax, Otis Redding, "Pain in My Heart" kind of vibe. I'm not sure if Michael would have copped that reference, but to a lot of our fans it was a Staxxy-type thing. It took us forever to figure out the arrangement and who was going to play what, and then Bill ended up not playing on the original track. It was me and Mike and a drum machine. And then we all overdubbed."[3] In the liner notes of the album In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003, Buck writes that "the reason the lyrics are so atypically straightforward is because it was aimed at teenagers", and "I've never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the idea that high school is a portal to hell seems pretty realistic to me." Incidentally, the song was used in the 1992 film of the same name that preceded the show. In 2005, Buck told the BBC: "If you're consciously writing for someone who hasn't been to college, or is pretty young, it might be nice to be very direct. In that regard, it's tended to work for people of a lot of ages."[4] In the video for the song, directed by Jake Scott and filmed along I-10 near the Fredericksburg Road bridge in San Antonio, Texas, the band is stuck in a traffic jam. It shows the people in other cars and subtitles of their thoughts appear on screen. At the end, all the people leave their cars and walk instead; then they vanish. The video was heavily inspired by the traffic jam in the opening dream sequence of Fellini's 8½. In 1995, British emotional support listening service The Samaritans, in response to the high suicide rate but low crisis service take-up amongst young men, launched a UK press advertising campaign consisting solely of the lyrics to "Everybody Hurts" and the charity's hotline number.[5] The song was placed on R.E.M.'s Warner Brothers "best of" album In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 in 2003. It was one of four songs from Automatic for the People to make the compilation, more than from any other album. In a 2006 poll for a Five program Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs, "Everybody Hurts" was voted 4th. In October 2007, MuchMoreMusic placed "Everybody Hurts" as number 5 of the Top 40 Most Memorable Music Videos on "Listed". The song is included on R.E.M. Live. The song is No. 1 on the PRS for Music list of songs which make real men cry.[6]

"Everybody Hurts"

Track listing All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe unless otherwise indicated.

US 7" and CD single 1. "Everybody Hurts"  – 5:20 2. "Mandolin Strum"  – 3:26

"Collectors' Edition" CD 1 (UK) 1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit)  – 4:57 2. "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" (Long Version)  – 3:29 3. "Mandolin Strum"  – 3:26

"Collectors' Edition" CD 2 (UK) 1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit)  – 4:57 2. "Chance (Dub)"  – 2:36 3. "Dark Globe" (Syd Barrett)  – 1:51

DE CD single 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Everybody Hurts" (edit)  – 4:57 "Mandolin Strum"  – 3:26 "Chance (Dub)"  – 2:36 "Dark Globe" (Barrett)  – 1:51

US 12" and CD maxi-single 1 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Everybody Hurts" (edit)  – 4:57 "Mandolin Strum"  – 3:26 "Belong" (live)[7]  – 4:32 "Orange Crush" (live)[8]  – 4:00

US 12" and CD maxi-single 2 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Everybody Hurts" (edit)  – 4:57 "Star Me Kitten" (demo)  – 3:05 "Losing My Religion" (live)[7]  – 4:55 "Organ Song"  – 3:25

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UK cassette single 1. "Everybody Hurts"  – 5:20 2. "Pop Song '89"  – 3:03

UK and DE 7" single 1. "Everybody Hurts" (edit)  – 4:46 2. "Pop Song '89"  – 3:03

Charts The track sold 205,000 in the UK. Chart (1993)

Peak position

Australian ARIA Singles Chart

6

Canadian Singles Chart

8

French Singles Chart

3

Irish Singles Chart

6

UK Singles Chart

7

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

29

U.S. Modern Rock Tracks

21

U.S. Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)

13

Chart (2010)

Peak position

[9]

92

Chart (2012)

Peak position

UK Singles Chart

[10]

Germany (Media Control AG)

83

Cover versions • • • • • • • • • • •

Paul Anka, on the album Rock Swings. Tina Arena, for her 2007 album Songs of Love & Loss. Joe Cocker, on his 2004 cover album Heart & Soul. The Coconutz, for the soundtrack to the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The version was performed in the Hawaiian language. The Corrs, on the album The Corrs Unplugged. Dashboard Confessional, on the album MTV2 Covers Feeder, originally available as a download-only single in aid of the charity War Child, before being included as a full-band version b-side on their "Shatter / Tender" single. G4, on their album G4. David Hobson, on his album The Promise. Marillion, on the live album Friends. Meat Puppets, available on the Stereogum curated album Drive XV. Other versions of the song were recorded for the album by Frida Hyvönen, Elk City, Bodies of Water and Amanda Palmer with Cormac Bride and are available

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as bonus tracks. Ariane Moffat, for the TV series Trauma on Radio-Canada Alex Parks, on her debut album Introduction. Paul Potts, the winner of Britain's Got Talent, on his debut CD One Chance. Potts performs it in Italian and the track has the additional Italian title "Ognuno Soffre". Patti Smith, available as a bonus track on her 2007 album Twelve. Bonnie Tyler, on the album Heart Strings. Tangerine Dream, in their 2010 album Under Cover – Chapter One. DJ Sammy featuring Nyah, single released in 2007.[11] Ane Brun og Sivert Høyem performed the song 21 August 2011 at the National Memorial Ceremony in Oslo Spektrum after the terror attacks in Oslo and Utøya 22 July 2011. Coldplay performed the song during their headlining slot at the Music Midtown Festival (Atlanta,GA) on 24 September 2011 in tribute to R.E.M.'s breaking up “for some crazy reason".[12] Contestants on The Glee Project season 2 performed this song as their main assignment for episode three, Vulnerability MC Rai from Tunesia for Sacha Baron Cohen's Hollywood blockbuster movie The Dictator

Helping Haiti charity single

"Everybody Hurts" Single by Helping Haiti Released

7 February 2010

Format

Digital download, CD single

Recorded

January 2010

Genre

Pop, charity, gospel

Label

Syco Music

Producer

Steve Robson, John Shanks

Certification

Platinum (BPI) Music video

"Everybody Hurts" (Helping Haiti charity single

[13]

on YouTube

In an attempt to raise money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown asked Simon Cowell to arrange a charity single.[14] Cowell chose "Everybody Hurts", Brown agreed to waive VAT on the single and R.E.M. agreed to waive all royalties.[15] The release was under the name Helping Haiti. Proceeds from the single were split between The Sun's Helping Haiti fund and the Disasters Emergency Committee.[14][16][17] The song was premiered on radio stations nationally on 2 February 2010.[18] The single was released both physically and digitally on 7 February 2010, with the physical release being brought forward by one day due to demand.[19] It has been reported as having sold approximately 205,000 copies in its first two days in the United Kingdom,[20] and 453,000 in its first week, making it the fastest-selling charity record of the 21st century in Britain.[21] Nearly six minutes long, it opens with a statement of what had happened on 12 January and moves on with footage showing the devastation in the country and the suffering of the Haitians.[22]

"Everybody Hurts" Artists The song is performed by the following artists (in order of appearance): • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Leona Lewis Rod Stewart Mariah Carey Cheryl Cole Mika Michael Bublé Joe McElderry Miley Cyrus James Blunt Gary Barlow Mark Owen (of Take That) Jon Bon Jovi James Morrison Alexandra Burke Jason Orange (of Take That)

• • • • • • • •

Susan Boyle JLS Shane Filan (of Westlife) Mark Feehily (of Westlife) Kylie Minogue Robbie Williams Kian Egan (of Westlife) Nicky Byrne (of Westlife)

Video A music video for the song was directed by Tony Scott around 2006, with cinematography from Harris Savides.[23] A five minute promotional short documentary was broadcast on ITV at 20.30 on 7 February. The documentary includes footage of the performers recording their vocals (except for Carey, Cyrus, Bon Jovi and Minogue, whose footage will be shown in the music video) and images and footage from the aftermath of the earthquake.[24] The music video is directed by Joseph Kahn and premiered on 6 March 2010. Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Bublé are the only artists not to appear in the official video. 2010 track listing 1. "Everybody Hurts"  – 5:24 2. "Everybody Hurts" (alternative mix)  – 5:35 Chart performance Following its release in the UK and Ireland on 7 February 2010, Helping Haiti's song entered the Irish Singles Chart on 12 February 2010 at number 1. However, on 19 February 2010, the single was replaced at the top spot by Jedward's "Under Pressure" ("Ice Ice Baby"). On 14 February 2010, the single also entered the UK Singles Chart at number 1, and spent two weeks at the top spot before dropping eight places to number 9. On 23 February 2010, the single debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at #28.

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Australia (ARIA)

Peak position

[25]

28 [26]

23

[27]

59

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) Canada (Canadian Hot 100)

[28]

16

Germany (Media Control AG) Ireland (IRMA)

[29]

1 [30]

39

Spain (PROMUSICAE)

[31]

21

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)

[32]

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade (Bubbling Under Top 40) [33]

5 17

New Zealand (RIANZ)

[34]

16

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)

UK Singles (Official Charts Company)

[35]

1

[36]

21

US Bubbling Under Hot 100

Year-end charts Chart (2010)

Position [37]

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)

11

Chart procession and succession

References [1] [2] [3] [4]

https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc Bowler, David (1995). R.E.M. from "Chronic Town to "Monster". New York, NY: Carol Publishing Group. p. 88. ISBN 0-8065-1724-7. "Peter on "Everybody Hurts"" (http:/ / www. facebook. com/ REMhq). . Retrieved 9 November 2011. Pop, Classic (27 January 2010). "What's Haiti single and REM song Everybody Hurts about?" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ magazine/ 8481221. stm). BBC News. . Retrieved 27 January 2010. [5] "The facts of life: heartbreak" (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/ life-style/ love-sex/ heartbreak/ the-facts-of-life-heartbreak-939710. html). The Independent (London). 24 September 2008. . Retrieved 16 August 2010. [6] "Pop culture – There comes a time when people complain too much when their life really isn't that bad. This is a song that should be referenced sarcastically when someone is complaining too much. It should be ended with '(whisper) ... you are not alone..."" (http:/ / kpn. dk/ article2199532. ece). Kpn.dk. . Retrieved 2012-10-28. [7] Performed on Mountain Stage on 28 April 1991. [8] Recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia; 13 November 1989. [9] (http:/ / chartarchive. org/ r/ 20510) [10] " Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ R. E. M/ Everybody+ Hurts/ single) (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. [11] "DJ Sammy Feat. Nyah – Everybody Hurts" (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ master/ 287556). Discogs. . Retrieved 19 June 2011. [12] Ruggieri, Melissa (25 September 2011). "Coldplay honors R.E.M. at Music Midtown" (http:/ / blogs. ajc. com/ atlanta-music-scene/ 2011/ 09/ 25/ coldplay-honors-r-e-m-at-music-midtown/ ). Access Atlanta/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Cox Enterprises). . Retrieved 8 March 2012. [13] https:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=LnreJEnFUHs

"Everybody Hurts" [14] "X Factor Simon Cowell Earthquake Charity Single To Be REM's Everybody Hurts, Sky Sources Say" (http:/ / news. sky. com/ skynews/ Home/ Showbiz-News/ X-Factor-Simon-Cowell-Earthquake-Charity-Single-To-Be-REMs-Everybody-Hurts-Sky-Sources-Say/ Article/ 201001315533091?lpos=Showbiz_News_First_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0& lid=ARTICLE_15533091_X_Factor_Simon_Cowell_Earthquake_Charity_Single_To_Be_REMs_Everybody_Hurts,_Sky_Sources_Say). Sky News. 22 January 2010. . Retrieved 25 January 2010. [15] "Haiti all-star charity single gets first airplay" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 8492058. stm). BBC News. 2 February 2010. . Retrieved 2 February 2010. [16] "Mariah Carey joins line-up for Haiti charity single" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 8480125. stm). BBC News. 26 January 2010. . Retrieved 26 January 2010. [17] Bull, Sarah (26 January 2010). "Kylie Minogue revealed as latest star for Simon Cowell's Haiti earthquake charity single" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-1246033/ Kylie-Minogue-revealed-latest-star-Simon-Cowells-Haiti-earthquake-charity-single. html). Daily Mail (London). . Retrieved 2 February 2010. [18] Hamilton, Sean (2 February 2010). "Hear The Sun's Helping Haiti single today both on radio and internet" (http:/ / www. thesun. co. uk/ sol/ homepage/ news/ 2834736/ Hear-The-Suns-Helping-Haiti-single-today-both-on-radio-and-internet. html). The Sun (UK: News International). . Retrieved 2 February 2010. [19] Stroud, Carl (6 February 2010). "Single to hit shops on Sunday" (http:/ / www. thesun. co. uk/ sol/ homepage/ news/ 2841835/ Suns-Helping-Haiti-single-to-hit-shops-on-Sunday. html). The Sun. UK: News International. . Retrieved 7 February 2010. [20] Cowell Haiti single hits 200,000 sales (http:/ / www. musicweek. com/ story. asp?sectioncode=1& storycode=1039964& c=1) from Music Week [21] Haiti charity single tops UK chart (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 8515255. stm) from BBC [22] Everybody Hurts Haiti Charity video (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ 8503762. stm) from BBC [23] "R.E.M., Everybody Hurts" (http:/ / www. myspace. com/ video/ r-e-m/ everybody-hurts-video/ 100015151). Myspace.com. . Retrieved 2012-0-28. [24] "Video premiere for Haiti charity single" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 8503699. stm). BBC News. 8 February 2001. . Retrieved 8 February 2010. [25] " Australian-charts.com – Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts" (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Helping+ Haiti& titel=Everybody+ Hurts& cat=s). ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. [26] " Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts – Austriancharts.at" (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Helping+ Haiti& titel=Everybody+ Hurts& cat=s) (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. [27] (http:/ / www. billboard. biz/ billboardbiz/ photos/ pdf/ canadian_update_0224. pdf) [28] " Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (http:/ / musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ Helping+ Haiti/ Everybody+ Hurts/ single) (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. [29] " Chart Track" (http:/ / www. chart-track. co. uk/ index. jsp?c=p/ musicvideo/ music/ archive/ index_test. jsp& ct=240001& arch=t& lyr=2010& year=2010& week=6). Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association. [30] " Spanishcharts.com – Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts" (http:/ / www. spanishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Helping+ Haiti& titel=Everybody+ Hurts& cat=s) Canciones Top 50. Hung Medien. [31] " Swedishcharts.com – Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts" (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Helping+ Haiti& titel=Everybody+ Hurts& cat=s). Singles Top 60. Hung Medien. [32] Nederlandse Top 40 – Tipparade 13 Maart 2010 (Week 11) (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ Tipparade. aspx?& jaar=2010& maand=2& week=11) [33] " Charts.org.nz – Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Helping+ Haiti& titel=Everybody+ Hurts& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. [34] " Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts – swisscharts.com" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Helping+ Haiti& titel=Everybody+ Hurts& cat=s). Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. [35] " Chart Stats – Helping Haiti – Everybody Hurts" (http:/ / www. chartarchive. org/ r/ 34759) UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats. [36] "Bubbling Under and Other Charts". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc) 122 (22). 6 May 2010. ISSN 0006-2510. [37] "2010 Year-end UK Singles" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ radio1/ chart/ 2010/ singles). BBC (BBC Online). 26 December 2010. . Retrieved 26 December 2010.

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External links • R.E.M. Official Website (http://www.remhq.com/) • Helping Haiti Facebook site (http://www.facebook.com/HelpingHaitiEverybodyHurts) • BBC on the song's history and meaning (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8481221.stm)

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Song lists List of songs recorded by Westlife Westlife songlist covers the band's original, remake, remixed, leaked, and unreleased songs. This also includes the list of their B-sides, songwriters, songs Covered by various Artists, album and soundtrack appearances.

Uncategorized It is unknown whether the following song is an original or a cover song. • "Crying Inside"[1]

Remixes This is a list of Westlife song remixes. Year

Song

Remix(s)

1999

Swear It Again

Radio Edit Rokstone Mix 7' Vocal Mix

1999

If I Let You Go

Radio Edit Extended Version USA Mix Acoustic Version

1999

Flying Without Wings

Acappella Mix Acoustic Version

2000

I Have A Dream

Remix

2000

Fool Again

2000 Remix

2000

Against All Odds

Pound Boys Main Mix Mariah Carey Version Only Westlife Version OnlyA Pound Boys Dub Mix

2000

My Love

Radio Edit Rough Audio MixA Acoustic Version Instrumental

2000

What Makes a Man

Single Remix

2001

I Lay My Love on You

Single Remix

2001

Uptown Girl

Radio Edit Extended Version

2001

Angel's Wings

2001 Remix

2001

When You're Looking Like That

Single Remix 2000 Remix

2001

Queen of My Heart

Radio Edit

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2002

World Of Our Own

Single Remix USA Mix Acoustic Version

2002

Angel

Remix

2002

Bop Bop Baby

Single Remix Almighty Mix Radio Edit

2002

Imaginary Diva

Orphanz Remix

2003

Unbreakable

Rough Audio MixA

2003

Tonight

Single Remix Single Edit Metro Mix 7" Metro Mix 12" Metro Mix

2003

Miss You Nights

Single Remix Version 2 (Byrne and Egan main vocals included)A

2005

Mandy

Club Mix

2006

When You Tell Me That You Love Me

Single Mix

2006

Amazing

Single Mix

2006

You Raise Me Up

Alternate MixA Chameleon MixA Reactor MixA

2007

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Sunset Strippers Radio Edit Mix Sunset Strippers Verse Club Mix Sunset Strippers Dub Mix Jim Steinman RemixA

2007

Home

Soulseekerz Mix Soulseekerz Mix Radio Edit Ashanti Boyz RemixA

2008

Us Against The World

The Wideboys Remix The Wideboys Remix Full Length

2008

Something Right

Single Mix Single Mix Instrumental

2008

I'm Already There

Ashanti Boyz Remix

2010

Safe

Single Mix

A

The following remixes were not included and released on any album. Hence, it appeared and leaked on the internet at that time.

Others Unreleased

List of songs recorded by Westlife

273

Song

Notes

Good Thing

as IOYou

Listen Girl

[2]

as Westlife [3]

Beautiful in White

as Westlife

Call Me Now

as Westlife (with Mariah Carey)

Please Stay

as Westlife [4]A

as Westlife

From Now On

[5]A

If That's What Love Is

as Westlife

Back To You

as Westlife

Collide

as Westlife

Figured You Out

as Westlife

Let It Fall

as Westlife

Miracle

as Westlife

Perfect Ten

as Westlife [6]A

as Westlife

Little Piece of Me

[7]A

as Westlife

Love Ain't War [8]A

as Westlife

This Life

[9]A

When It Comes to Love Crying Inside

[1]

as Westlife as Westlife

[1] as Westlife

Never Gonna Say Goodbye Alive

as Westlife

I'll Follow YouA

as Westlife

My Love SongA

as Westlife

A

Songs were found to be Westlife members' co-written songs. No other details whether it is for Westlife or not.

Demo songs Song

Notes

Thank You For the Moments

sung by McFadden (pre-departure); demo song for the pop band, Six

Beautiful in White

sung by Filan; demo song for Shayne Ward

Soundtrack appearances These are songs that were included as part of the official soundtrack of a movie.

List of songs recorded by Westlife

Year

274

Title

Westlife Album

Movie

2000

I Don't Wanna Fight

Westlife

Maybe Baby

2000

We Are One

Westlife

A Monkey's Tale

2000

Flying Without Wings

Westlife

Pokémon: The Movie 2000

2003

World Of Our Own

World Of Our Own

You Wish!

2011

Safe

Gravity

Dolphin Tale

Album appearances Collaborations Year

Title

Duet Artist

Album

2000

If I Had Words

The Vard Sisters

2002

Back At One

Lulu

Together

2005

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)

Donna Summer

Discomania

2010

Everybody Hurts

Various Artists

Helping Haiti

Songs written by Westlife For Westlife Song

Album/Single

Written By

Fragile Heart

Coast To Coast

Egan, Filan, McFadden

Nothing Is Impossible

Coast To Coast

Byrne, Egan, McFadden

Reason For Living

World Of Our Own

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

Bop Bop Baby

World Of Our Own

Filan, McFadden

I Wanna Grow Old With You

World Of Our Own

Egan, Filan, McFadden

When You Come Around

World Of Our Own

Byrne, Egan

Don't Say It's Too Late

World Of Our Own

Filan, Mcfadden

Don't Let Me Go

World Of Our Own

Byrne, Egan

Love Crime

World Of Our Own

Filan, McFadden

Imaginary Diva

World Of Our Own

Byrne, Egan, Feehily

Crying Girl

World Of Our Own

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

You Don't Know

World Of Our Own

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

Never Knew I Was Losing You Unbreakable

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

How Does It Feel

Unbreakable — The Greatest Hits Vol. I Filan, McFadden

Where We Belong

Tonight/Miss You Nights

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

I Won't Let You Down

Hey Whatever

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

Singing Forever

Hey Whatever

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

You See Friends (I See Lovers) Mandy

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

I'm Missing Loving You

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

Obvious

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Miss You When I'm Dreaming

Amazing

Feehily, Filan

Reach Out

Where We Are

Feehily

I Will Reach You

Gravity

Feehily

Closer

Gravity

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan

Before It's Too Late

Gravity

Feehily

Too Hard To Say Goodbye

Gravity

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan

Beautiful World

Greatest Hits

Feehily

The Last Mile of the Way

Greatest Hits

Byrne, Filan

If That's What Love Is

Unreleased

Feehily

Little Part of Me

Unreleased

Filan

Love Ain't War

Unreleased

Byrne, Filan

This Life

Unreleased

Filan

When It Comes to Love

Unreleased

Byrne, Egan

For other artists Song

Artist

Written By

Let Me Be The One

Simon Casey

Filan

Listen Girl

Johan Onsburg

Filan

Il Divo

Filan

Timeless

D-Side

Egan

Music Won't Last

Jerry Given

Filan

Sei Parte Ormai Di Me

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Songs covered by other artists These are Westlife's original songs that has been covered by some of notable music artists worldwide. Some were officially released as a single. Song

Covered By

Ai Yi Tian Duo Yi Tian (Open Your Heart)

Daniel Chan

Bop Bop Baby

10,000 Promises

Close

Aaron Lines

Evergreen

Gareth Gates

Evergreen

Will Young

Flying Without Wings

Ruben Studdard

Flying Without Wings

Gail Blanco

Flying Without Wings

Motif

Flying Without Wings (Instrumental)

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Flying Without Wings

Ryan and Rachel O' Donnell

Hai You Meng (I Don't Wanna Fight)

Yummy

I Cry

Shayne Ward

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I Lay My Love On You

Paran

If Your Heart's Not In It

All-4-One

Jag Tillhor Dig (I Promise You That)

Mathias Holmgren

Khairt Mini (My Love)

Dursamj

Miss You When I'm Dreaming

Anders Johansson

My Love

Amr Diab

Nguoi Ra Di (Soledad)

Nguyen Thang

Obvious

Anthony Callea

Soledad

Heinz Winckler

Soledad

S.H.E.

Tinh Anh Trao Em (I Lay My Love on You)

Nhom GMC

To Be Loved

Ronan Keating

What Makes a Man

10,000 Promises

When You're Looking Like That

Topmodelz

Written In the Stars (Stay With Me)

DJ Ironik

Miss You

Basshunter

If I Let You Go

Dianne Elise

I Wanna Grow Old With You

Lazard and Muzzy G.

Fool Again

Pale Yellow Light

Swear It Again

WoW

Unbreakable

Mary Byrne

References [1] "Tim Speight : Barnsley College Music" (http:/ / barnsleymusic. com/ the-college/ staff-list/ tim-speight/ ). Barnsleymusic.com. . Retrieved 2012-06-22. [2] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=6789537& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [3] (http:/ / www. ascap. com/ ace/ search. cfm?requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=323656415& search_in=i& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1) [4] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=6445297& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [5] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=7080185& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [6] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=7327847& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [7] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=11008281& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [8] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=7327848& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [9] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=8345869& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [10] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=7332096& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [11] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=8052248& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID

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External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

List of original Westlife songs Westlife have recorded over 100 originals which were composed by either the band or external songwriters.[1] Year

Album/Single

SongD

Writers

1

1999 Swear It Again

Westlife

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

2

1999 Until The End Of Time

Swear It Again

Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, Christian Karlsson

3

1999 Everybody Knows

Swear It Again

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

4

1999 Let's Make Tonight Special

Swear It Again

Anders Bagge, Laila Bagge, H. Sommerdah, S. Diamond

5

1999 Don't Calm The Storm

Swear It Again

Arnthor Birgisson, Patrick Tucker

6

1999 If I Let You Go

Westlife

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

7

1999 Flying Without Wings

Westlife

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

8

1999 Fool Again

Westlife

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

9

1999 No No

Westlife

Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub

10

1999 I Don't Wanna Fight

Westlife

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

11

1999 Change The World

Westlife (not on US Version)

Karl Twigg, Lance Ellington, Mark Topham

12

1999 Moments

Westlife (not on US Version)

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

13

1999 I Need You

Westlife

Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin, Rami Yacoub

14

1999 Miss You

Westlife

Jake, Rami Yacoub

15

1999 Open Your Heart

Westlife

Andreas Carlsson, Jake

16

1999 Try Again

Westlife (not on US Version)

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

17

1999 What I Want Is What I've Got Westlife (not on US Version)

Alexandra, Rami Yacoub

18

1999 We Are One

Westlife

Alexandre Desplat, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

19

1999 Can't Lose What You Never Had

Westlife

David Frank, Steve Kipler

20

1999 Story Of Love

Westlife (Japan Version)

Anders Bagge Arnthor Birgisson, Patrick Tucker, Shepherd Solomon

21

1999 That's What It's All About

Flying Without Wings

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

22

1999 On The Wings Of Love

I Have A Dream/Seasons In The Sun

Karl Twigg, Mark Topham

23

2000 Tunnel Of Love

Fool Again

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

24

2000 My Private Movie

Westlife (US Version)

David Kopatz, Jack Kugell

25

2000 My Love

Coast To Coast

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Pelle Nylen, Per Magnusson

26

2000 What Makes a Man

Coast To Coast

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

27

2000 I Lay My Love on You

Coast To Coast

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

28

2000 When You're Looking Like That

Coast To Coast

Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin, Rami Yacoub

29

2000 Close

Coast To Coast

Chris Farren, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

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30

2000 Somebody Needs You

Coast To Coast

Andreas Carlsson, Jake, Jorgen Elofsson

31

2000 Angel's Wings

Coast To Coast

J. McCarthy, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

32

2000 Soledad

Coast To Coast

Andreas Carlsson, K.C. Porter, Rami Yacoub

33

2000 Puzzle Of My Heart

Coast To Coast

Andrew Fromm, Jorgen Elofsson

34

2000 Dreams Come True

Coast To Coast

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

35

2000 Close Your Eyes

Coast To Coast

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

36

2000 You Make Me Feel

Coast To Coast

Max Martin, Nick Jarl, Patric Jonsson

37

2000 Loneliness Knows Me By Name

Coast To Coast

Alexandra

38

2000 Fragile Heart

Coast To Coast

McFadden, Egan, Filan

39

2000 Every Little Thing You Do

Coast To Coast

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

40

2000 Don't Get Me Wrong

Coast To Coast (UK Version)

Anders Von Hofsten

41

2000 Nothing Is Impossible

Coast To Coast

Martin Brannigan, Rey Hedges

42

2001 Queen of My Heart

World Of Our Own

John McLaughlin, Steve Mac, Steve Robson, Wayne Hector

43

2001 Reason For Living

World Of Our Own (Deluxe Edition)

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

44

2001 Bop Bop Baby

World Of Our Own

Chris O'Brien, Graham Murphy

45

2001 I Cry

World Of Our Own

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

46

2001 Why Do I Love You

World Of Our Own

Elofsson, Magnusson, Kreuger

47

2001 I Wanna Grow Old With You World Of Our Own

Egan, Filan, McFadden

48

2001 Evergreen

World Of Our Own

David Krueger, Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson

49

2001 World Of Our Own

World Of Our Own

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

50

2001 To Be Loved

World Of Our Own

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

51

2001 Drive (For All Time)

World Of Our Own

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

52

2001 If Your Heart's Not In It

World Of Our Own

Kipner, Andrew Frampton

53

2001 When You Come Around

World Of Our Own

Ash Howes, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, Richard Stannard

54

2001 Don't Say It's Too Late

World Of Our Own

Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi

55

2001 Don't Let Me Go

World Of Our Own

Dave Morgan, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington

56

2001 Walk Away

World Of Our Own

Andreas Carlsson, David Krueger, Pelle Nylen, Per Magnusson

57

2001 Love Crime

World Of Our Own

Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi

58

2001 Imaginary Diva

World Of Our Own

Mark Feehily, Byrne, Egan

59

2001 Bad Girls

World Of Our Own (Deluxe Edition)

Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, C. Leiberman, Josef Larossi, Savan Kotecha

60

2002 Crying Girl

World Of Our Own (Deluxe Edition)

Brian McFadden, Steve Robson

61

2002 I Promise You That

World Of Our Own (Deluxe Edition)

Lilly Sjoberg, Nick Jarl, Patric Jonsson

62

2002 You Don't Know

World Of Our Own (Deluxe Edition)

McFadden, Egan, Byrne, Feehily, Filan

63

2002 Never Knew I Was Losing You

Unbreakable

McFadden, Egan, Byrne, Feehily, Filan

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64

2002 Unbreakable

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

John Reid, Jorgen Elofsson

65

2002 Written In The Stars

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Andreas Carlsson, David Stenmarck, Nick Jarl

66

2002 Love Takes Two

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

67

2002 How Does It Feel

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi

68

2002 Tonight

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Jorgen Elofsson, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

69

2003 Where We Belong

Tonight/Miss You Nights

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

70

2003 I Won't Let You Down

Hey Whatever

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

71

2003 Singing Forever

Hey Whatever

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

72

2003 Heal

Turnaround

Nick Jarl, Savan Kotecha

73

2003 Obvious

Turnaround

Andreas Carlsson, Carl Bjorsell, Carl Falk, Didrik Thott, Savan Kotecha, Sebastian Thott

74

2003 When A Woman Loves A Man

Turnaround

Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Savan Kotecha

75

2003 On My Shoulder

Turnaround

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

76

2003 Turn Around

Turnaround

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

77

2003 I Did It For You

Turnaround

Diane Warren

78

2003 Thank You

Turnaround

Perry, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

79

2003 Home

Turnaround

Alan Chang, Amy Foster-Gillies, Michael Buble, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

80

2003 What Do They Know?

Turnaround

J. McCarthy, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

81

2003 You See Friends (I See Lovers)

Mandy

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

82

2004 I'm Missing Loving You

Obvious

Byrne, Egan, Feehily, Filan, McFadden

83

2005 Amazing

Face To Face

Carl Bjorsell, Carl Falk, Didrik Thott, Jake Schulze, Kristian Lundin, Sebastian Thott

84

2005 That's Where You Find Love

Face To Face

Chris Farren, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

85

2005 Hit You With The Real Thing

Face To Face

Carl Bjorsell, Carl Falk, Didrik Thott, Savan Kotecha, Sebastian Thott

86

2005 Change Your Mind

Face To Face

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

87

2005 Maybe Tomorrow

Face To Face (UK Version)

Carl Bjorsell, Didrik Thott, Sebastian Thott

88

2006 Still Here

The Love Album (Deluxe Edition) Kristian Lundin, Savan Kotecha

89

2006 Miss You When I'm Dreaming

Amazing

Jake Schulze, Savan Kotecha

90

2007 Us Against The World

Back Home

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

91

2007 Something Right

Back Home

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

92

2007 When I'm With You

Back Home

Jordan Omley, Louis Biancanello, Michael Mani, Sam Watters, The Jam, The Runaways

93

2007 It's You

Back Home

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

94

2007 Catch My Breath

Back Home

Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

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95

2007 The Easy Way

Back Home

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

96

2007 I Do (The Best Is Yet to Come)

Back Home

Mac, Hector, John Reid

97

2007 Pictures In My Head

Back Home

Arnthor Birgisson, Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha

98

2007 You Must Have Had A Broken Heart

Back Home

Jorgen Elofsson, Nicky Chinn

99

2008 Get Away

Us Against the World/Something Right

Michael Busbee, Steve Mac

100 2009 Leaving

Where We Are

Bryn Christopher, Carl Falk, Steven Lee Olsen

101 2009 No More Heroes

Where We Are

Emmanuel Kiriakou, Lindy Robbins, Savan Kotecha

102 2009 How To Break A Heart

Where We Are

James Scheffer, Jim Jonsin, Louis Biancanello, Sam Watters

103 2009 Talk Me DownA

Where We Are

Simon Petty

104 2009 Where We Are

Where We Are

Ryan Tedder, Savan Kotecha

105 2009 The Difference

Where We Are

Anne Preven, Brian Kennedy Seals, Scott Cutler

106 2009 As Love Is My WitnessA

Where We Are

Conner Reeves, Jonathan Shorten

107 2009 Another World

Where We Are

Sophie Delila, Steve Booker

108 2009 Sound Of A Broken Heart

Where We Are

John Reid, Louis Biancanello, Wayne Wilkins

109 2009 Reach Out

Where We Are

Chris Braide, Shazney Lewis

110 2009 I'll See You Again

Where We Are

Andy Hill, Shelly Poole

111 2010 Safe

Gravity

James Grundler, John Shanks

112 2010 Beautiful Tonight

Gravity

John Shanks, Paul Barry

113 2010 I Will Reach You

Gravity

Jamie Hartman, Steve Anderson

114 2010 Closer

Gravity

John Reid, John Shanks

115 2010 Tell Me It's Love

Gravity

John Shanks, Wayne Hector

116 2010 I Get Weak

Gravity

John Shanks, Savan Kotecha

117 2010 Before It's Too Late

Gravity

Anderson, Feehily, Simon Petty

118 2010 No One's Gonna Sleep Tonight

Gravity

John Shanks, Wayne Hector

119 2010 Difference In Me

Gravity

John Shanks, Wayne Hector

120 2010 Too Hard to Say Goodbye

Gravity

John Shanks

121 2011 Lighthouse

Greatest Hits

Gary Barlow, John Shanks

122 2011 Beautiful World

Greatest Hits

John Shanks, Ruth-Anne Cunningham,

123 2011 Wide Open

Greatest Hits

Grundler, Shanks

124 2011 Last Mile of the Way

Greatest Hits

Coyle Girelli, Dimitri Ehrlich

125 2011 Over and Out

Greatest Hits

Ben Earle, Craigie Dodds, John Shanks, Ruth-Anne Cunningham

126 2011 Poet's Heart

Lighthouse

John Shanks, Ruth-Anne Cunningham

List of original Westlife songs

281

References [1] "Home" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ discography). Westlife. . Retrieved 2012-06-22.

List of Westlife covers This is a list of songs which Westlife has covered. It comprises their 60+ studio recordings (Some were done also in live performances), 40+ concert live performances (some songs were only used as a sample music, some were instrumentals, and most are performed wholly) and 10+ from their television guestings (some could be in a proper performance or a guest sample).[1]

Studio recordings Year

Song

Album/Single

Originally By

1

1999 If I Had Words (with The Vards)

Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley

2

1999 Forever

Swear It Again

Damage

3

1999 I Have A Dream

Westlife (not on UK/US Version) Coast To Coast (UK Version)

ABBA

4

1999 Seasons In The Sun

Westlife

Terry Jacks

5

1999 More Than Words

Westlife

Extreme

6

2000 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (with Mariah Carey)

Coast To Coast

Phil Collins

7

2000 Uptown Girl

Coast To Coast World Of Our Own (UK Version)

Billy Joel

8

2000 No Place That Far

Coast To Coast

Sara Evans

9

2000 My Girl

Coast To Coast (Deluxe Edition)

The Temptations

10 2000 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

Coast To Coast (Deluxe Edition)

Jimmy Ruffin

11 2000 I'll Be There

Coast To Coast (Deluxe Edition)

The Jackson 5

12 2001 Angel

World Of Our Own

Sarah McLachlan

13 2002 Back at One (with Lulu)

Together (Lulu's album)

Brian McKnight

14 2002 Miss You Nights

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Cliff Richard

15 2003 Daytime Friends, Nighttime LoversB

Kenny Rogers

16 2003 Hey Whatever

Turnaround

Relish

17 2003 Mandy

Turnaround

Barry Manilow

18 2003 Greased Lightning

Mandy

John Travolta

19 2003 To Be With You

Turnaround

Mr. Big

20 2003 Lost In You

Turnaround (UK Version)

Garth Brooks

21 2004 Ain't That A Kick In The Head?

Allow Us To Be Frank

Dean Martin

22 2004 Smile

Allow Us To Be Frank

Nat King Cole

23 2004 Fly Me To The Moon

Allow Us To Be Frank

Frank Sinatra

24 2004 Let There Be Love

Allow Us To Be Frank

Van Alexander

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25 2004 The Way You Look Tonight

Allow Us To Be Frank

Fred Astaire

26 2004 Come Fly with Me

Allow Us To Be Frank

Frank Sinatra

27 2004 Mack The Knife

Allow Us To Be Frank

Louis Armstrong

28 2004 I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Allow Us To Be Frank

Tony Bennett

29 2004 Summer Wind

Allow Us To Be Frank

Frank Sinatra

30 2004 Clementine

Allow Us To Be Frank

Percy Montrose

31 2004 When I Fall In Love

Allow Us To Be Frank

Nat King Cole

32 2004 Moon River

Allow Us To Be Frank (UK Version)

Audrey Hepburn

33 2004 That's Life

Allow Us To Be Frank

Frank Sinatra

34 2004 Beyond The Sea

Bobby Darin

35 2005 You Raise Me Up

Face To Face

Secret Garden

36 2005 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (with Diana Ross)

Face To Face

Diana Ross

37 2005 White Christmas

When You Tell Me That You Love Me

Bing Crosby

38 2005 She's Back

Face To Face

Human Nature

39 2005 Desperado

Face To Face

The Eagles

40 2005 In This Life

Face To Face

Collin Raye

41 2005 Heart Without A Home

Face To Face

Nick Carter

42 2005 Color My WorldA

Face To Face

Backstreet Boys

43 2005 No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (with Donna Summer)

Discomania (Donna Summer's album)

Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand

44 2006 The Rose

The Love Album

Bette Midler

45 2006 Total Eclipse Of The Heart

The Love Album

Bonnie Tyler

46 2006 All Out Of Love (with Delta Goodrem)

The Love Album

Air Supply

47 2006 You Light Up My Life

The Love Album

Debbie Boone

48 2006 Easy

The Love Album

The Commodores

49 2006 You Are So Beautiful (To Me)

The Love Album

Joe Cocker

50 2006 Have You Ever Been In Love

The Love Album

Leo Sayer

51 2006 Love Can Build a Bridge

The Love Album

The Judds

52 2006 The Dance

The Love Album

Garth Brooks

53 2006 All or Nothing

The Love Album

O-Town

54 2006 You've Lost That Loving Feeling

The Love Album

The Righteous Brothers

55 2006 If

The Love Album (Deluxe Edition)

Bread

56 2006 Solitaire

The Love Album (Deluxe Edition)

Neil Sedaka

57 2006 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

The Love Album (Deluxe Edition)

George Benson

58 2007 Butterfly Kisses

The Love Album (Deluxe Edition)

Bob Carlisle

59 2007 Home

Back Home

Michael Bublé

60 2007 Hard to Say I'm Sorry

Home

Chicago

61 2007 I'm Already There

Back Home

Lonestar

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283

62 2007 Have You Ever

Back Home

Brandy

63 2009 What About Now

Where We Are

Daughtry

64 2009 As Love Is My WitnessA

Where We Are

Connor Reeves

65 2009 ShadowsA

Where We Are

AJ McLean

66 2010 Everybody Hurts

Helping Haiti

R.E.M.

67 2010 Please Stay

Safe

The Drifters

68 2010 Chances

Gravity

Athlete

69 2010 The Reason

Gravity

Hoobastank

A

The song has a mastered version of a different artist but was not included and released on any of the said artist's album. B Unreleased

Live performances Concerts Year

Tour/Event

SongA

Originally By

1

1998 Right Here Waiting

Boyzone's Where We Belong Tour (as supporting act) Richard Marx

2

2001 Buffalo Stance

Where The Dreams Come True Tour

3

2001 Teenage Dirtbag

Wheatus

4

2001 Wild Thing

Chip Taylor

5

2001 I Can't Get Next To You

The Temptations

6

2001 Ain't Too Proud to Beg

The Temptations

7

2001 Baby I Need Your Loving

Four Tops

8

2002 Jailhouse Rock

9

2002 Brown Eyed Girl

World of Our Own Tour

Neneh Cherry

Elvis Presley Van Morrison

10 2002 Build Me Up Buttercup

The Foundations

11 2002 Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

12 2003 I Get Around

The Greatest Hits Tour

Beach Boys

13 2003 Do You Love Me

The Contours

14 2003 Twist and Shout

The Isley Brothers

15 2003 Great Balls of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis

16 2003 Kiss

Prince and the Revolution

17 2004 Help!

Turnaround Tour

The Beatles

18 2004 I'll Be There For You

The Rembrandts

19 2004 Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Wham!

20 2004 That's the Way (I Like It)

KC and the Sunshine Band

21 2004 Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

Solomon Burke

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22 2005 Disco Inferno

The Number Ones Tour

The Trammps

23 2005 Oh, Pretty Woman

Roy Orbison

24 2005 I Feel Fine

John Lennon

25 2005 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

26 2005 Footloose

Kenny Loggins

27 2006 Billie Jean

Face to Face Tour

Michael Jackson

28 2006 Addicted to Love

Robert Palmer

29 2006 I Wish

Stevie Wonder

30 2006 Wild Wild West

Will Smith

31 2006 Senorita

Justin Timberlake and Pharell

32 2007 Don't Cha

Pussycat Dolls

33 2007 Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

The Love Tour

Backstreet Boys

34 2007 You Got It (The Right Stuff)

New Kids On The Block

35 2007 Picture Of You

Boyzone

36 2007 Everything Changes

Take That

37 2007 When Will I Be Famous

Bros

38 2008 ABC

Back Home Tour

Jackson 5

39 2008 Where Is the Love?

The Black Eyed Peas

40 2008 Sexyback

Justin Timberlake

41 2008 Blame It On The Boogie

Jackson 5

42 2008 Get Down On It

Kool & The Gang

43 2008 I'm Your Man

Wham!

44 2008 Let Me Entertain You

Robbie Williams

45 2008 My Heart Will Go On

Celine Dion

46 2010 I Gotta Feeling

A

284

Where We Are Tour

The Black Eyed Peas

47 2010 Halo

Beyoncé

48 2010 The Boys Are Back In Town

Thin Lizzy

49 2010 Sex on Fire

Kings of Leon

50 2010 Viva La Vida

Exclusive gig (2010)

51 2011

Gravity Tour (2011)

Coldplay

52 2011 Only Girl (In The World)

Rihanna

53 2011 The Time (Dirty Bit)

Black Eyed Peas

54 2011 Bad Romance

Lady Gaga

55 2011 I Predict a Riot

Kaiser Chiefs

56 2011 Don't Worry, Be Happy

Bobby McFerrin

57 2011 Mr. Vain

Culture Beat

58 2011 Rhythm is a Dancer

Snap!

Songs were sorted according to its release date

List of Westlife covers

285

Guest appearances Year

Song

Tour/Event

Originally By

Notes

1

1998 End of the Road

Boyz II Men

2

1999 If Tomorrow Never Comes

Garth Brooks

3

2000 Snow Is Falling

4

2000 Auld Lang Syne

5

2001 I'll Never Break Your Heart

John Daly Show

Backstreet Boys

6

2001 Last Christmas

Nolaig Shona

Wham!

7

2001 Never Can Say Goodbye

Children in Need

Jackson 5

8

2001 Oh Holy Night

Westlife and Friends: Christmas Special

Placide Cappeau

Feehily only

9

2001 Silent Night

Westlife and Friends: Christmas Special

Freeman Young

with Sinéad O'Connor

10 2001 Never Too Far/Hero Medley

2001 Top Of The Pops Awards

Mariah Carey

with Mariah Carey

11 2001 Little Drummer Boy

9th Vatican Christmas Concert

Katherine K. Davis

with Dolores O'Riordan

12 2002 Crazy Horses

An Evening with Donny Osmond

The Osmonds

with Donny Osmond

13 2003 Heaven

2003 TMF Awards

Bryan Adams

with Do

14 2003 You're the One That I Want

Live from Greasemania

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

15 2003 That's What Friends Are For

Live from Royal Variety Performance

Dionne Warwick and Friends Various Artists

16 2003 Karma Chameleon

Live from Taratata, Germany

Culture Club

17 2003 I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Live from Christmas In Pop World 2003

Wizzard

18 2004 Merry Christmas Everybody

Live from Christmas In Pop World 2004

Slade

The Dome 2000

from Unbreakable DVD

Chris de Burgh Robert Burns

19 2005 Lollipop

Ronald & Ruby

Byrne and McFadden only, with Frank Skinner

Byrne only

with Ronan Keating

20 2006 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Night Before Christmas 2006

Eddie Cantor

21 2007 Walking in the Air

Late Late Show

Aled Jones

with Mary Black

22 2010 No Matter What

Boyzone: A Tribute To Stephen Gately

Boyzone

with Boyzone

23 2011 Il Adore

Sunshine Night Time: A Tribute To Leigh Bowery

Boy George

Feehily only

References [1] http:/ / www. westlife. com/ discography

286

Tours List of Westlife concert tours The following is a comprehensive list of boy band Westlife concert tours. Year

Title

Duration

Number of shows

Notes

2000 East Meets Westlife Tour

Unknown (Asia)

Unknown

2001 Where Dreams Come True Tour

9 February 2001 - 11 May 2001; 8 June 2001 - 9 June 2001 (Europe) 14 May 2001 - 16 May 2001; 22 May 2001 - 6 June 2001 (Asia) 18 May 2001 - 20 May 2001 (Africa)

81

Their second tour, Where Dreams Come True Tour, was the band's first worldwide tour. They performed concerts in Europe, Asia and Africa. The tour was alternatively called the "No Stool Tour" to reflect the band's reputation of performing on stools. Concert footage was released on a video entitled, Where Dreams Come True. The concert was filmed in Dublin.

2002 World of Our Own Tour

1 April 2002 - 28 June 2002 (Europe)

62

For their third tour, the World Of Our Own Tour, the group promoted their third studio album, World of Our Own. The tour only reached Europe, with a majority of the dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

2003 Unbreakable Tour

13 April 2003 - 25 July 2003 (Europe) 25 October 2003 (Asia)

71

The Unbreakable Tour was the band's fourth concert tour and first greatest hits tour. It was commonly referred to as "The Greatest Hits Tour". It supported the compilation album, Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1. The imagery for the tour was inspired by Andy Warhol and the Las Vegas revues. A DVD of the tour was released entitled, The Greatest Hit Tour: Live rom M.E.N. Arena.

2004 Turnaround Tour

29 March 2004 - 2 August 2004 (Europe)

63

Their fifth tour, the Turnaround Tour, began in March 2004. Supporting their fourth studio album, Turnaround, the band primarily toured Europe. The concert at the Stockholm Globe Arena was filmed for a DVD release titled, The Turnaround Tour: Live From The Globe Stockholm. It is the first tour the group performed as a quartet.

2005 No. 1's Tour

1 February 2005 - 2 April 2005; 25 April 2005 - 17 May 2005 (Europe) 5 April 2005 - 10 April 2005 (Africa) 13 April 2005 - 14 April 2005 (Asia)

50

For their second greatest hits tour, the No. 1's Tour, the band played arenas in Europe, Africa and Asia. It marks the band's first international appearances since 2001. The show at the Hallam FM Arena was filmed for a video release.

2006 Face to Face Tour

3 April 2006 - 20 May 2006; 30 June 2006 - 27 August 2006 (Europe) 26 June 2006; 4 September 2006 - 12 September 2006 (Asia) 17 September 2006 - 23 September 2006 (Australia)

65

The Face to Face Tour served as the band's fifth concert tour. It supported the album, Face to Face. The concert at the Wemnbly Arena in London, was filmed for a DVD release.

The East Meets Westlife Tour was the debut tour by the band. It promoted the band's second studio album, Coast to Coast. Details of the tour are scarce and unknown. The trek primarily toured Asia during the summer of 2000.

List of Westlife concert tours

287

2007 The Love Tour

21 February 2007 - 28 February 2007 (Australia) 3 March 2007 - 9 March 2007 (Africa) 12 March 2007 - 3 May 2007 (Europe)

48

To support their seventh studio album, The Love Album, the group embarked on their seventh concert tour, The Love Tour.

2008 Back Home Tour

25 February 2008 - 29 March 2008; 16 May 2008 - 29 June 2008 (Europe) 7 May 2008 - 13 May 2008 (Australasia)

45

With their 2007 album, Back Home, the group promoted it with the tour of the same name. The tour serves as he group's only concert appearances in New Zealand. It also their first concert DVD since 2006. Their record-breaking stadium show at Croke Park was filmed for a DVD release. It celebrated their tenth anniversary in the industry.

2010 Where We Are Tour

2 May 2010 - 28 August 2010 (Europe)

36

Taking their first significant break in touring, the band started their tenth concert tour in 2010, called the Where We Are Tour. Supporting their ninth studio album, Where We Are, the band performed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The concert in London was filmed for DVD, Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2.

2011 Gravity Tour

7 March 2011 - 10 April 2011; 10 June 2011 - 10 September 2011 (Europe) 13 April 2011 - 14 April 2011; 21 September 2011 - 10 October 2011 (Asia) 16 September 2011 - 17 September 2011 (Africa)

46

One of the biggest tours of 2011, the group commenced their Gravity Tour in March 2011. Supporting the album of the same name, Gravity, the tour marked the band's first appearances in Asia since 2006.

2012 Greatest Hits Tour

22 February 2012 - 3 March 2012 (China) 14 May 2012 - 23 June 2012 (Europe)

41

The group's third greatest hits tour (and twelfth overall concert tour) begins in May 2012. It will serve as the band's final tour.

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

288

Concert tours Where Dreams Come True Tour Where Dreams Come True Tour Promotional poster for tour Tour by Westlife Start date

9 February 2001

End date

9 June 2001

Shows

70 Westlife tour chronology

East Meets Westlife (2000)

Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001)

World of Our Own Tour (2002)

The Where Dreams Come True Tour was the second concert tour by Irish boy band Westlife, in support of their second studio album, Coast to Coast. The tour was nicknamed "The No Stools Tour" due to the band's reputation of performing while perched on stools. Before this full-length world tour, they had a short tour within Uk, Ireland and Southeast Asian countries. A Coast To Coast Itinerary was made as a tour programme with original 63-page A5 sized spiral-bound tour itinerary book for 1 February to 31 March UK tour. It lists the band possibly doing 10 nights at Wembley Arena. Includes details on tour dates & venues, Crew & Band member listing, hotel & travel arrangements for both band & crew and more, complete with the original front colour cover and front clear protective cover laminate. This would have only been issued to crew/people involved with the tour, and were not for sale to the general public. In most cases less than 100 copies were ever made.[1]

Support Act • • • • • •

Reel Bellefire Masai Fixate Christian Wunderlich GrannySmiths

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289

Setlist 1. "Dreams Come True 2. "No No 3. "If I Let You Go 4. "Swear It Again 5. "Somebody Needs You 6. "Seasons in the Sun 7. "I Have A Dream 8. "You Make Me Feel 9. "When You're Looking Like That 10. "My Love 11. "Medley: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Wild Thing" "More Than Words "My Girl" "I Can't Get Next to You/Buffalo Stance" "Ain't Too Proud to Beg/Baby I Need Your Loving"

6. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" 12. "Fool Again 13. "Uptown Girl 14. "What Makes a Man 15. "I Lay My Love on You 16. "Flying Without Wings

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[2] Europe 9 February 2001

Newcastle

England

Telewest Arena

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

10 February 2001 11 February 2001 12 February 2001 13 February 2001 14 February 2001 16 February 2001 17 February 2001 18 February 2001 19 February 2001 20 February 2001 21 February 2001

Where Dreams Come True Tour

23 February 2001

290 Manchester

England

Manchester Evening News Arena

24 February 2001 25 February 2001 26 February 2001 27 February 2001

Nottingham

Nottingham Arena

Birmingham

NEC Arena

Sheffield

Sheffield Arena

London

Wembley Arena

28 February 2001 2 March 2001 3 March 2001 4 March 2001 6 March 2001 7 March 2001 8 March 2001 10 March 2001 11 March 2001 12 March 2001 13 March 2001 14 March 2001 16 March 2001

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Dublin

Ireland

Point Theatre

17 March 2001 19 March 2001 20 March 2001 21 March 2001 22 March 2001 23 March 2001 24 March 2001 25 March 2001 26 March 2001 27 March 2001 28 March 2001 29 March 2001 30 March 2001 31 March 2001

Where Dreams Come True Tour

6 April 2001

291 Manchester

England

Manchester Evening News Arena

7 April 2001 12 April 2001

London

Wembley Arena

Birmingham

NEC Arena

13 April 2001 14 April 2001 15 April 2001 17 April 2001 18 April 2001 19 April 2001 22 April 2001

Oslo

Norway

Vallhall Arena

23 April 2001

Stockholm

Sweden

Stockholm Globe Arena

24 April 2001

Copenhagen

Denmark

Forum Copenhagen

26 April 2001

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy Rotterdam

28 April 2001

Prague

Czech Republic

Paegas Arena

5 May 2001

Munich

Germany

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle

6 May 2001

Hanover

AWD Hall

7 May 2001

Düsseldorf

Philipshalle

9 May 2001

Berlin

Max-Schmeling-Halle

11 May 2001

Hamburg

Alsterdorfer Sporthalle Asia

14 May 2001

Beirut

Lebanon

Beirut Hall

15 May 2001

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Zabeel Stadium

16 May 2001

Tel Aviv

Israel

Hayarkon Park

Africa 18 May 2001

Cape Town

South Africa

Bellville Velodrome

19 May 2001

North West Province

Sun City Superbowl

20 May 2001

Johannesburg

MTN Sundome Asia

22 May 2001

Bangkok

Thailand

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium

24 May 2001

Jakarta

Indonesia

Soemantri Brodjonegoro Stadium

26 May 2001

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Putra Indoor Stadium

27 May 2001

Kallang

Singapore

Singapore Indoor Stadium

29 May 2001

Quezon City

Philippines

Araneta Coliseum

31 May 2001

Seoul

South Korea

Jamsil Arena

3 June 2001

Kowloon

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Coliseum

4 June 2001

Tokyo

Japan

Yoyogi National Gymnasium

5 June 2001 6 June 2001

Osaka

Osaka-jō Hall Europe

Where Dreams Come True Tour

292

8 June 2001

Barcelona

9 June 2001

Madrid

Spain

Palau Sant Jordi Palacio de Deportes

Live Concert DVD Where Dreams Come True Video by Westlife Released

19 November 2001

Recorded

Dublin

Genre

Pop

Length

110

Label

BMG

Director

Hamish Hamilton

Producer

Jim Parsons Westlife video chronology

Uptown Girl (2001)

Where Dreams Come True (2001)

World Of Our Own (2002)

A live concert DVD of the tour was released later that same year. The DVD contained several bonus materials such as an "Access All Areas" documentary, a "World Of Our Own" featurette, a link to an exclusive website and a music video of When You're Looking Like That in Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1 sound. This was re-released in China into CD/DVD format.[3] Release contains a free poster of the band and a booklet with the lyrics of the CD-songs translated to Chinese. With the same DVD tracklisting and bonus CD contains 5 live tracks from the same performance as the DVD: • • • •

Fool Again Uptown Girl What Makes A Man You Make Me Feel

• Flying Without Wings

References [1] http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=468677 [2] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319269731EZHHVQJTXD). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. [3] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Westlife-Where-Dreams-Come-True/ release/ 691489

External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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293

World of Our Own Tour World of Our Own Tour Tour by Westlife Start date

1 April 2002

End date

30 June 2002

Shows

46 Westlife tour chronology

Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001)

World of Our Own Tour (2002)

Unbreakable Tour (2003)

The World of Our Own Tour saw Westlife touring the UK and Europe in 2002. The tour centered around a space theme with giant globes for the band's entrance. Each band member earned £2 million, £14,000 each for their shows, £800,000 each from merchandising as well as an extra £300,000 each for lucrative deals with Adidas. The tour also featured 5 female dancers.

Support acts Support acts include No Way Out, K-otic, Natural, Six, Totally Spies, D'Side and Lauren Waterworth.

Setlist 1. "World of Our Own" 2. "Bop Bop Baby" 3. "Why Do I Love You" 4. "Bad Girls" 5. "Fool Again" 6. "I Lay My Love on You" 7. "Uptown Girl" 8. "Swear It Again What Makes a Man" 9. "If I Let You Go" 10. "Angel" 11. "Don't Say It's Too Late" 12. "Imaginary Diva" 13. "If Your Heart's Not In It" 14. "Medley: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Jailhouse Rock" "Brown Eyed Girl" "Build Me Up Buttercup" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Bohemian Rhapsody"

15. "Queen Of My Heart" 16. "My Love" 17. "Love Crime"

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18. "Flying Without Wings" 19. "I Cry" 20. "When You're Looking Like That"

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[1] Europe 1 April 2002

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy Rotterdam

3 April 2002

Oslo

Norway

Oslo Spektrum

5 April 2002

Copenhagen

Denmark

Forum Copenhagen

7 April 2002

Stockholm

Sweden

Stockholm Globe Arena

9 April 2002

Oberhausen

Germany

Arena Oberhausen

11 April 2002

Stuttgart

Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

12 April 2002

Munich

Olympiahalle

13 April 2002

Frankfurt

Festhalle Frankfurt

15 April 2002

Berlin

Max-Schmeling-Halle

16 April 2002

Kiel

Ostseehalle

19 April 2002

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Newcastle

England

Telewest Arena

20 April 2002 21 April 2002 22 April 2002 23 April 2002 25 April 2002 26 April 2002 27 April 2002 28 April 2002 29 April 2002 1 May 2002

Sheffield

Hallam FM Arena

2 May 2002 3 May 2002 4 May 2002 5 May 2002 7 May 2002 8 May 2002 9 May 2002 10 May 2002 11 May 2002 12 May 2002

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

World of Our Own Tour

295 14 May 2002

Manchester

England

Manchester Evening News Arena

15 May 2002 16 May 2002 17 May 2002 18 May 2002 21 May 2002 Birmingham

NEC Arena

22 May 2002 23 May 2002 24 May 2002 28 May 2002

London

Earls Court Exhibition Centre

29 May 2002 30 May 2002 31 May 2002 1 June 2002 3 June 2002

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Dublin

Ireland

Point Theatre

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Killarney

Ireland

Fitzgerald Stadium

4 June 2002 6 June 2002 7 June 2002 8 June 2002 10 June 2002 11 June 2002 12 June 2002 14 June 2002 15 June 2002 16 June 2002 17 June 2002 18 June 2002 20 June 2002 21 June 2002 22 June 2002 28 June 2002

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

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Unbreakable Tour

296

Unbreakable Tour Unbreakable Tour Tour programme Tour by Westlife Associated album

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1

Start date

13 April 2003

End date

25 July 2003

Shows

63 Westlife tour chronology

World of Our Own Tour (2002)

Unbreakable Tour (2003)

Turnaround Tour (2006)

The Unbreakable Tour is a concert tour of the Irish pop band Westlife which covered the UK and Europe in 2003. There were 62 tour dates, including a few outside concerts including their coming home concerts in their home towns of Dublin and Sligo. This tour was the band’s biggest production to date and featured a futuristic sci-fi stage complete with Andy Warhol inspired pop art projections, Las Vegas style neon signs and the latest in intelligent lighting technology which cost £7 million.

Setlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"When You're Looking Like That" "If I Let You Go" "Tonight" "Flying Without Wings" "My Love" "Bop Bop Baby" "Queen of My Heart" Medley

1. "To Be with You" 2. "I Get Around" 3. "Do You Love Me" 4. "Twist and Shout" 5. "Great Balls of Fire" 6. "Kiss" 9. "Fool Again" 10. "Swear It Again" 11. "Written In The Stars" 12. "I Lay My Love on You" 13. "Unbreakable" Encore • "Uptown Girl"

Unbreakable Tour

297

• "What Makes a Man" • "World Of Our Own"

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[1][2] Europe 13 April 2003

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

17 April 2003

London

England

London Docklands Arena

21 April 2003

Stuttgart

Germany

Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

22 April 2003

Nuremberg

Nuremberg Arena

24 April 2003

Berlin

Max-Schmeling-Halle

27 April 2003

Zurich

Switzerland

Hallenstadion

29 April 2003

Cologne

Germany

Kölnarena

30 April 2003

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

1 May 2003

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy Rotterdam

3 May 2003

Munich

Germany

Olympiahalle

4 May 2003

Frankfurt

Festhalle Frankfurt

5 May 2003

Hanover

Preussag Arena

6 May 2003

Hamburg

Color Line Arena

8 May 2003

Copenhagen

Denmark

Forum Copenhagen

9 May 2003

Oslo

Norway

Oslo Spektrum

10 May 2003

Stockholm

Sweden

Stockholm Globe Arena

14 April 2003 15 April 2003

11 May 2003 12 May 2003

Gothenburg

Scandinavium

15 May 2003

Nottingham

England

Nottingham Arena

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

16 May 2003 17 May 2003 19 May 2003 20 May 2003 21 May 2003 23 May 2003 24 May 2003 25 May 2003

Unbreakable Tour

298 27 May 2003

Birmingham

England

NEC Arena

28 May 2003 29 May 2003 31 May 2003 1 June 2003 3 June 2003

London

Wembley Arena

Manchester

Manchester Evening News Arena

4 June 2003 5 June 2003 7 June 2003 8 June 2003 10 June 2003 11 June 2003 12 June 2003 14 June 2003 15 June 2003 17 June 2003

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Dublin

Ireland

Lansdowne Road

Newcastle

England

Telewest Arena

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

18 June 2003 19 June 2003 21 June 2003 22 June 2003 24 June 2003 25 June 2003 27 June 2003 28 June 2003 1 July 2003 2 July 2003 3 July 2003 5 July 2003 6 July 2003 8 July 2003 9 July 2003 10 July 2003 12 July 2003 13 July 2003 15 July 2003 16 July 2003 17 July 2003

Aberdeen

Press and Journal Arena

Unbreakable Tour

299 18 July 2003

Sheffield

England

Sheffield Arena

Sligo

Ireland

Markievicz Park

19 July 2003 21 July 2003 22 July 2003 25 July 2003

Asia 25 October 2003

Admiralty

Hong Kong

Tamar Site

Cancellations and rescheduled shows 24 April 2003 Brussels, Belgium Forest National

Moved to 30 April 2003

25 April 2003 Leipzig, Germany Leipziger Messehalle Cancelled 26 April 2003 Vienna, Austria

Gasometer

Video album Features • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Games (Containing Exclusive Footage) Miss You Nights (Video) Tonight (Video) Tonight - Remix (Video) Hey Whatever (Video) Alternative Edit Of When You're Looking Like That Documentary Interactive Game English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Discs: 1 Format: PAL Layers: 1 Running Time: 90 minutes Transfer Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Cancelled

Unbreakable Tour

300

Credits • • • • •

Management: Louis Walsh Management Company Director: Russell Thomas Executive Producer: Robin Wilson Producer: Sara Martin Support Act: Boyband Zoo

References [1] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319318207PIIEAZMNKS). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. [2] Additional sources for dates in Europe •

• • • • •

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External links

•

Official Westlife Website

(http://www.westlife.com)

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301

Turnaround Tour Turnaround Tour Tour by Westlife Start date

29 March 2004

End date

2 August 2004

Shows

62 Westlife tour chronology

Unbreakable Tour (2003)

Turnaround Tour (2004)

No. 1's Tour (2005)

Turnaround Tour covered the UK and Europe in 2004, the tour was also supposed to appear in China, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Singapore however it was cancelled. Member Bryan McFadden left the group just 3 weeks before the first date of this tour in Belfast.

Support acts • • • • • • • • • •

Boyband Zoo Bellefire (select dates) The Conway Sisters (select dates) Kwest (select dates) Mark Dakriet (select dates) No Way Out (select dates) Pop! (select dates) Sub Bass 5 (select dates) Traphic (select dates) Twen2y4se7en (select dates)

Setlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Turn Around" "My Girl" "What Makes a Man" "World of Our Own" "Flying Without Wings" "Swear It Again" "Uptown Girl" Medley: 1. "Help!" 2. "I'll Be There For You" 3. "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"

4. "That's the Way (I Like It)" 5. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" 9. "When You're Looking Like That"

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302

10. "Tonight" 11. "On My Shoulder" 12. "Obvious" Encore • "Hey Whatever" • "My Love" • "Mandy" Notes

•

For concerts in Belfast, the group performed "Lost In You"

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue [1][2]

Europe—Leg 1 29 March 2004

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Nottingham

England

Nottingham Arena

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

30 March 2004 31 March 2004 2 April 2004 3 April 2004 4 April 2004 6 April 2004 7 April 2004 12 April 2004 13 April 2004 14 April 2004 16 April 2004 17 April 2004 18 April 2004 20 April 2004 21 April 2004 22 April 2004

Turnaround Tour

303 23 April 2004

Newcastle

England

Metro Radio Arena

25 April 2004 26 April 2004 27 April 2004

Birmingham

NEC Arena

29 April 2004

Sheffield

Hallam FM Arena

Manchester

Manchester Evening News Arena

London

Wembley Arena

30 April 2004 1 May 2004 3 May 2004 4 May 2004 5 May 2004 7 May 2004 8 May 2004 9 May 2004 11 May 2004

Dublin

Ireland

Point Theatre

Birmingham

England

NEC Arena

28 May 2004

Gothenburg

Sweden

Scandinavium

29 May 2004

Stockholm

30 May 2004

Oslo

Norway

Oslo Spektrum

1 June 2004

Copenhagen

Denmark

Forum Copenhagen

2 June 2004

Hamburg

Germany

Stadtpark Freilichtbühne

3 June 2004

Oberhausen

4 June 2004

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Heineken Music Hall

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

9 June 2004

Birmingham

England

National Indoor Arena

11 June 2004

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

13 June 2004

Brighton

England

Brighton Centre

12 May 2004 13 May 2004 15 May 2004 16 May 2004 18 May 2004 19 May 2004 20 May 2004 21 May 2004 23 May 2004 24 May 2004 25 May 2004

Stockholm Globe Arena

König Pilsener Arena

5 June 2004 6 June 2004 7 June 2004

14 June 2004

Turnaround Tour

304 [3]

Europe—Leg 2 24 July 2004

Edinburgh

Scotland

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

25 July 2004

Broadstairs

England

St Georges Church of England School

27 July 2004[A]

Liverpool

King's Dock

31 July 2004

Ipswich

Chantry Park

1 August 2004

Romsey

Broadlands

2 August 2004

Exeter

Powderham Castle

28 July 2004[A]

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A

 These concerts were a part of the "Liverpool Summer Pops"[4]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows 9 April 2004

Brighton, England

Brighton Cente

Rescheduled for 13 June 2004

10 April 2004 Brighton, England

Brighton Cente

Rescheduled for 14 June 2004

18 June 2004 Beijing, China

Capital Indoor Stadium

Cancelled

20 June 2004 Shanghai, China

Shanghai Indoor Stadium

Cancelled

22 June 2004 Guangzhou, China

Guangzhou Gymnasium

Cancelled

24 June 2004 Kowloon, Hong Kong

Hong Kong Coliseum

Cancelled

26 June 2004 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Putra Indoor Stadium

Cancelled

1 July 2004

Bangkok, Thailand

Cancelled

3 July 2004

Quezon City, Philippines Araneta Coliseum

5 July 2004

Kallang, Singapore

Impact Arena

Singapore Indoor Stadium Cancelled

Personnel MANAGEMENT: Louis Walsh Management Company DIRECTOR: Julia Knowles EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Solomon Nwabueze PHOTOGRAPHY: Jason Faser/PA Photos Limited

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

Cancelled

Turnaround Tour

References [1] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319321120MBFZLFUYVM). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. [2] Additional sources for dates in Europe: •

"Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319322887MKTGIKMNHS). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319323167KYNZGUCFKT). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319323442LYSZRVWXGZ). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319323595RGNUXEPJYZ). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319323656CGBCIXTULL). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. [3] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319324423HEVHWVVNGE). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 22 October 2011. . Retrieved 22 October 2011. [4] "2004 LIVERPOOL SUMMER POPS" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20040715083918/ http:/ / www. summerpops. com/ main. asp?action=display_artist& artist_id=158& archive=false). CMP Entertainment. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. summerpops. com/ main. asp?action=display_artist& artist_id=158& archive=false) on 15 July 2004. . Retrieved 27 October 2011.

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No. 1's Tour No. 1's Tour Promotional poster for tour Tour by Westlife Start date

1 February 2005

End date

14 April 2005

Shows

39 Westlife tour chronology

Turnaround Tour (2004)

No. 1's Tour (2005)

Face to Face Tour (2006)

The No. 1's Tour by the Irish pop group Westlife was originally called The Red Carpet Tour, but the name was later changed as confusion over the type of show became apparent. The Number Ones Tour took place after the Rat Pack album Allow Us to Be Frank.

Setlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"Uptown Girl" "Hey Whatever" "If I Let You Go" "Mandy" "Unbreakable" "My Love" "Swear It Again" "When You're Looking Like That" Medley:

1. "Disco Inferno" 2. "Oh, Pretty Woman" 3. "I Feel Fine" 4. "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" 5. "Footloose" 10. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" 11. "Smile" 12. "Mack the Knife" Encore • "World of Our Own" • "What Makes a Man" • "Flying Without Wings"

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Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[1][2] Europe 1 February 2005

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Dublin

Ireland

Point Theatre

2 February 2005 4 February 2005 8 February 2005 9 February 2005 11 February 2005 12 February 2005 13 February 2005 15 February 2005 16 February 2005 18 February 2005

Millstreet

Millstreet Arena

19 February 2005 20 February 2005 22 February 2005

London

England

Wembley Arena Pavilion

23 February 2005 26 February 2005

Manchester

Manchester Evening News Arena

27 February 2005 1 March 2005

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

Birmingham

England

NEC Arena

2 March 2005 6 March 2005 7 March 2005 8 March 2005

Brighton

Brighton Centre

10 March 2005

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

11 March 2005

Newcastle

England

Metro Radio Arena

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

Sheffield

England

Hallam FM Arena

12 March 2005 14 March 2005 15 March 2005 18 March 2005 19 March 2005 21 March 2005

Brighton

Brighton Centre

22 March 2005

Nottingham

Nottingham Arena

23 March 2005 28 March 2005

Stockholm

Sweden

Stockholm Globe Arena

29 March 2005

Horsens

Denmark

Forum Horsens Arena

30 March 2005

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Heineken Music Hall

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308 1 April 2005

Munich

2 April 2005

Halle in Westfalen

Germany

Olympiahalle Gerry Weber Stadion

Africa 5 April 2005

Durban

South Africa

Westridge Park Tennis Stadium

7 April 2005

Port Elizabeth

Vodacom NMMU Indoor Sports Centre

8 April 2005

Cape Town

Bellville Velodrome

10 April 2005

Johannesburg

Coca-Cola Dome Asia

13 April 2005

Manama

Bahrain

Ritz Carlton, Bahrain Hotel Garden

14 April 2005

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Media City Amphitheatre

[3]

Europe 25 April 2005

Nottingham

3 May 2005

Newcastle

7 May 2005

Millstreet

England

Nottingham Arena Metro Radio Arena

Ireland

Millstreet Arena

8 May 2005 11 May 205

Dublin

Point Theatre

14 May 2005 17 May 2005

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

Personnel MANAGEMENT: Louis Walsh Management Company DIRECTOR: Brett Turnbull EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: PRODUCER: Robin Wilson

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

References [1] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319443511DSGOWGDEZB). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 24 October 2011. . Retrieved 24 October 2011. [2] Additional sources for dates in Europe: •

"Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319444124OKQXWCQWVN). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 24 October 2011. . Retrieved 24 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319444313GJFHOWNCRY). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 24 October 2011. . Retrieved 24 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319444481EAGNJGTJFF). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 24 October 2011. . Retrieved 24 October 2011. [3] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319447101EFJVOYMFNT). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 24 October 2011. . Retrieved 24 October 2011.

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Face to Face Tour Face to Face Tour Promotional poster for tour Tour by Westlife Start date

3 April 2006

End date

12 September 2006

Shows

60 Westlife tour chronology

No. 1's Tour (2005)

Face to Face Tour (2006)

The Love Tour (2007)

This is the 5th world tour of the Irish pop band Westlife. This tour set a goal that they will play for a more smaller venues and audience to justify the title "Face To Face" The filmed video album for this tour came from their performance at the Wembley Arena. This also had a second leg of the tour 'summer nights' all over the biggest UK outdoor parks, castles and racing grounds. The Live concert DVD includes the same tracklisting with the setlist above. While the Australian version have the DVD with their studio album Back Home with The Love Album photo shoot and the music videos for "You Raise Me Up" and "Amazing".[1] The lads were also meant to tour Australia but this was postponed until the next tour. This was due to recording commitments.

Opening acts • 4thBase • Alsou • Roxanne

Setlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Flying Without Wings" "Hit You With The Real Thing" "When You're Looking Like That" "Amazing" "She's Back (contains elements of "Billie Jean") "Uptown Girl Medley: 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Addicted To Love" "Wild Wild West" (contains elements of "I Wish") "Señorita" "Don't Cha"

8. "Colour My World" 9. "Hey Whatever" 10. "The Dance"

Face to Face Tour 11. 12. 13. 14.

310

"Swear It Again" "Seasons in the Sun" "World Of Our Own" "Mandy"

Encore • "Queen of My Heart" • "What Makes a Man" • "You Raise Me Up"

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[2][3]

Europe 3 April 2006

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Millstreet

Ireland

Green Glens Arena

4 April 2006 5 April 2006 7 April 2006 8 April 2006 9 April 2006 11 April 2006

Dublin

The Point Theatre

12 April 2006 15 April 2006 16 April 2006 18 April 2006 19 April 2006 21 April 2006

Manchester

England

Manchester Evening News Arena

22 April 2006 24 April 2006

Nottingham

Nottingham Arena

Sheffield

Hallam FM Arena

Birmingham

NEC Arena

Newcastle

Metro Radio Arena

25 April 2006 27 April 2006 28 April 2006 29 April 2006 30 April 2006 2 May 2006 3 May 2006 5 May 2006

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

6 May 2006 7 May 2006 9 May 2006 10 May 2006

Aberdeen

Press and Journal Arena

Face to Face Tour

311 12 May 2006

Brighton

England

Brighton Centre

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

London

England

Wembley Arena

13 May 2006 14 May 2006 15 May 2006 17 May 2006 18 May 2006 19 May 2006 20 May 2006[A]

Lincoln

Sincil Bank Stadium Asia

26 June 2006

Shanghai

China

Shanghai Grand Stage

[4] Europe 30 June 2006[B]

Woodstock

England

Blenheim Palace

1 July 2006[B]

Harewood

Harewood House

8 July 2006[B]

Maidstone

Leeds Castle

9 July 2006[B]

Chatsworth

Chatsworth House

14 July 2006[B]

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff Coopers Field

15 July 2006[C]

Blickling

England

Blickling Hall

16 July 2006[B]

Bath

Recreation Ground

17 July 2006[D]

Liverpool

Big Top Arena at Clarence Dock

21 July 2006[B]

Edinburgh

Scotland

Edinburgh Castle Esplanade

22 July 2006[B]

Kedleston

England

Kedleston Hall

23 July 2006[B]

Northamptonshire

29 July 2006

East Cowes

30 July 2006[E]

Saffron Walden

Audley End House

18 August 2006[F]

Newmarket

Newmarket Racecourse

19 August 2006[G]

Chester

Chester Racecourse

25 August 2006[H]

Bangor

Wales

Vaynol Estate

26 August 2006[E]

London

England

Marble Hill Park

27 August 2006

Falmouth

Althorp Estate England

Durbar Lawn at Osborne House

Pendennis Castle [5]

Asia 4 September 2006

Quezon City

Philippines

Araneta Coliseum

6 September 2006

Seoul

South Korea

Jamsil Arena

8 September 2006

Kallang

Singapore

Singapore Indoor Stadium

9 September 2006

Chek Lap Kok

Hong Kong

AsiaWorld-Arena

10 September 2006

Taipei

Taiwan

TICC Plenary Hall

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Jakarta

Indonesia

Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A

 This concert was a part of "Lincoln Live!"

B

 These concerts were a part of the "Summer Nights Open Air Concert Series"[6]

C

 This concert was a part of the "National Trust Summer Concert Series"

D

 This concert was a part of the "Liverpool Summer Pops"[7]

E

 This concert is a part of "Music on a Summer Evening"

F

 This concert was a part of the "Newmarket Nights"

G

 This concert was a part of "Chester Live"[8]

H

 This concert was a part of the "Faenol Festival"[9]

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

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The Love Tour The Love Tour Tour by Westlife Start date

21 February 2007

End date

3 May 2007

Shows

50 Westlife tour chronology

Face to Face Tour (2006)

The Love Tour (2007)

Back Home Tour (2008)

The Love Tour was a tour by the Irish band Westlife. The tour started in Australia, and covered Africa and UK in 2007.

Support acts • • • • • •

Code 5 Cushh Dyyce Lady Nada The MacDonald Brothers The Unconventionals

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue [1]

Australia 21 February 2007

Perth

Australia

Challenge Stadium

23 February 2007

Adelaide

Adelaide Entertainment Centre

26 February 2007

Melbourne

Vodafone Arena

27 February 2007

Sydney

Acer Arena

28 February 2007

Brisbane

Brisbane Entertainment Centre [2]

Africa 3 March 2007

North West Province

South Africa

Sun City Superbowl

4 March 2007

Johannesburg

Helderfontein Estate and Conference Centre

6 March 2007

Port Elizabeth

EPRU Stadium

7 March 2007

Bloemfontein

Goodyear Park

8 March 2007

Durban

Westridge Park Tennis Stadium

9 March 2007[A]

Cape Town

River Club Golf and Conference Centre

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Nottingham

England

Nottingham Arena

13 March 2007

Sheffield

Hallam FM Arena

Manchester

Manchester Evening News Arena

14 March 2007 16 March 2007 17 March 2007 19 March 2007

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

Birmingham

England

NEC Arena

20 March 2007 21 March 2007 23 March 2007 24 March 2007 25 March 2007

Bournemouth

Windsor Hall

Brighton

Brighton Centre

London

Wembley Arena

Newcastle

Metro Radio Arena

26 March 2007 28 March 2007 29 March 2007 31 March 2007 1 April 2007 3 April 2007 4 April 2007 6 April 2007

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

7 April 2007 8 April 2007 10 April 2007

Aberdeen

Press and Journal Arena

11 April 2007 13 April 2007

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Dublin

Ireland

Point Theatre

14 April 2007 15 April 2007 16 April 2007 19 April 2007 20 April 2007 21 April 2007 23 April 2007 24 April 2007 26 April 2007 27 April 2007 28 April 2007 2 May 2007 3 May 2007

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

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A

 This concert was a part of "94.5 Kfm's Night of the Superstars"[5]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows 2 March 2007 Manzini, Swaziland Mavuso Trade Centre Cancelled

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

References [1] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319534309AJBCIUCCYD). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. [2] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319534327VYEFCGBOZU). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. [3] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319536198MSUMUGNEFQ). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. [4] Additional sources for dates in Europe: •

"Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319536532PVDNMTFACT). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319536590YLSBKBXIZS). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319536651AGRNOZDILK). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. [5] "Westlife and Bolton set for night of love" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319711290NLWCZLLWCY). Cape Times. Independent News & Media. 5 March 2007. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. highbeam. com/ doc/ 1G1-160111132. html) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011.

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316

Back Home Tour Back Home Tour Promotional poster for tour Tour by Westlife Start date

25 February 2008

End date

28 June 2008

Legs

2

Shows

42 Westlife tour chronology

The Love Tour (2007)

Back Home Tour (2008)

Where We Are Tour (2010)

The Back Home Tour is a world tour by Irish boyband, Westlife in support of their 9th studio album, Back Home. The band will be touring the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand. The tour is divided into two legs. The first leg kicked off in Belfast on 25 February and ended in London on 29 March 2008.th. The second leg started on a four-day visit on Australia for the promotion of the album and ended on 28 June 2008 in Plymouth Argyle Football Club in England. The 28-page tour programme was measuring 12" x 12", celebrating their 10 successful years as recording artists, crammed with stunning photos, spot lacquered images, interviews, personal messages from all 4 band members on lavish screen printed plastic pages and much more, with metallic-effect embossed outer cover.[1] The DVD for this tour was filmed at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 June 2008.

Support acts • • • •

The MacDonald Brothers (Europe—Leg 1, select dates) Annabel Fay (Australasia)[2] Hope (London) Shayne Ward (Dublin)

Setlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"Hit You With The Real Thing "World Of Our Own" "Something Right" "What Makes a Man" "Uptown Girl" "The Easy Way "If I Let You Go" (contains excerpts from "Where Is the Love?") "Mandy"

9. "My Love" 10. Medley:

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1. "SexyBack" 2. "Blame It on the Boogie" 3. "Get Down on It" 4. "I'm Your Man" 5. "Let Me Entertain You" 11. "I'm Already There" 12. Medley: 1. "Unbreakable" 2. "Queen of My Heart" 3. "Fool Again" 13. "Catch My Breath' 14. "Home" 15. "Us Against The World" 16. "Swear It Again" 17. "Flying Without Wings" Encore; • "When You're Looking Like That" • "You Raise Me Up" (contains elements of "My Heart Will Go On")

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[3] Europe 25 February 2008

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

29 February 2008

Liverpool

England

Echo Arena Liverpool

1 March 2008

London

The O2

Newcastle

Metro Radio Arena

26 February 2008 27 February 2008

2 March 2008 4 March 2008 5 March 2008 8 March 2008

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

Birmingham

England

NEC Arena

9 March 2008 10 March 2008 12 March 2008 13 March 2008 15 March 2008 16 March 2008

Manchester

Manchester Evening News Arena

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318 18 March 2008

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

24 March 2008

Nottingham

England

Nottingham Arena

25 March 2008

Sheffield

Sheffield Arena

London

Wembley Arena

20 March 2008 21 March 2008 22 March 2008

26 March 2008 28 March 2008 29 March 2008 [4]

Australasia 7 May 2008

Christchurch

New Zealand

Westpac Arena

9 May 2008

Wellington

TSB Bank Arena

10 May 2008

Auckland

Vector Arena

12 May 2008 13 May 2008

ASB Auditorium New Plymouth

TSB Stadium [5] Europe

16 May 2008

Aberdeen

Scotland

Press and Journal Arena

17 May 2008

Glasgow

19 May 2008

Newcastle

England

Metro Radio Arena

20 May 2008

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

25 May 2008

Sheffield

England

Sheffield Arena

27 May 2008

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

1 June 2008

Dublin

Ireland

Croke Park

3 June 2008

Birmingham

England

NEC Arena

4 June 2008

Manchester

England

Manchester Evening News Arena

21 June 2008

Galway

Ireland

Pearse Stadium

22 June 2008

Killarney

24 June 2008

Nottingham

England

Nottingham Arena

25 June 2008

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

28 June 2008

Plymouth

England

Home Park

29 June 2008[A]

Liverpool

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

28 May 2008

Fitzgerald Stadium

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A

 This concert was a part of the "Liverpool Summer Pops"[6]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Echo Arena Liverpool

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19 May 2008 Nottingham, England

Nottingham Arena

Postponed. Rescheduled to 24 June 2008

20 May 2008 Cardiff, Wales

Cardiff International Arena

Postponed. Rescheduled to 25 June 2008

22 May 2008 Birmingham, England

National Exhibition Centre

Postponed. Rescheduled to 3 June 2008

23 May 2008 Manchester, England

Manchester Evening News Arena Postponed. Rescheduled to 4 June 2008

25 May 2008 Herning, Denmark

MCH Hall M

Cancelled

26 May 2008 Oslo, Norway

Oslo Spektrum

Cancelled

28 May 2008 Oberhausen, Germany

König Pilsener Arena

Cancelled

29 May 2008 Rotterdam, Netherlands Cancelled

Ahoy Rotterdam

Live Concert DVD 10 Years Of Westlife – Live At Croke Park Stadium Video by Westlife Released

24 November 2008

Recorded

1 June 2008 (Dublin)

Genre

Pop

Label

Sony BMG

Director

Julie Knowles/ Charlie Lightening Westlife video chronology

Back Home 10 Years Of Westlife – Live At Croke Park Stadium The Karaoke Collection

The band's official website officially states on 2008 September that a DVD will be released entitled 10 Years Of Westlife – Live at Croke Park Stadium. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Video system: PAL Language: English No. of disks: 1 Catalogue number: 88697389499 Sound format: Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 Aspect ratio: 16:9, Widescreen – Aspect Ratio 4:3, Full Screen

Critical reception Online music stores has added a descriptive review on 2008 October: "After a staggering 10 years at the top of the UK charts, pop royalty Westlife release an amazing live DVD of their massive Croke Park stadium concert. On 1 June 2008 Westlife returned to their home country of Ireland to play the biggest concert of their career to date. Fresh from the success of their massive 'Back Home' world tour, the band played to a sell-out, 82,500 strong crowd at Croke Park Stadium, Dublin in honour of Westlife's 10th anniversary. A truly unforgettable occasion for Kian, Mark, Nicky and Shane. This beautifully shot DVD perfectly captures the emotion, intensity, spirit and magical moments of the concert and is a must have for any fans that want a true reminder of this very special day. The DVD also features an amazing 30 minute behind the scenes documentary, 'The Road Home', allowing up close and personal access to the world's biggest boy band. Fans will get to see

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320

Westlife in the lead-up to the concert, preparing, planning and rehearsing for the greatest show of their lives. Also featured are the Top 10 Westlife videos as voted for by the fans on westlife.com."

Tracklisting Title

Time Run

01 Introduction Music/Hit You With The Real Thing 04:45 02 World Of Our Own

03:51

03 Something Right

05:05

04 What Makes A Man

04:11

05 Uptown Girl

03:23

06 The Easy Way

03:29

07 If I Let You Go

03:39

08 Mandy

03:44

09 Sexyback/Blame It On The Boogie

03:49

10 Get Down On It

01:55

11 I'm Your Man

02:46

12 Let Me Entertain You

03:06

13 I'm Already There

06:38

14 Unbreakable

02:13

15 Queen Of My Heart

02:05

16 Fool Again

01:22

17 Catch My Breath

05:59

18 Home

03:37

19 Us Against The World

06:15

20 Swear It Again

11:59

21 Flying Without Wings

11:03

22 When You're Looking Like That

05:07

23 My Heart Will Go On/You Raise Me Up

06:57

24 End Credits

01:27

25 The Road Home Documentary

30:12

26 Us Against the World

03:57

27 Flying Without Wings

03:44

28 When You're Looking Like That

03:59

29 Bop Bop Baby

04:28

30 Obvious

03:38

31 Unbreakable

04:32

32 You Raise Me Up

04:00

33 World Of Our Own

03:31

34 What Makes A Man

03:43

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321 35 I Lay My Love On You

03:29

Chart performance SOURCE:[7] Chart

Peak position

Hong Kong

1

Ireland

1

Netherlands

14

New Zealand

1

South Africa

1

Sweden

10

UK

1

Release history Region

Date

[8]

Label

Catalogue No.

22 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499

Australia

[9]

Czech Republic

24 November 2008 Sony BMG

[10]

25 November 2008 Sony BMG

[11]

21 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499

Denmark Germany

[12]

Hong Kong

24 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697391949

Ireland

22 November 2008 Syco, RCA

[13]

12 December 2008 Sony BMG

Japan

[14]

26 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499

Norway

Philippines

[15]

24 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697391949

[16]

24 November 2008 Sony BMG

Slovakia

South Africa

[17]

[18]

Sweden

[19]

Switzerland

United Kingdom

21 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499 26 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499 21 November 2008 Sony BMG 88697389499

[20] 24 November 2008 Syco, RCA 88697389499

Back Home Tour

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

References [1] http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=434907 [2] Westlife with Annabel Fay – Christchurch – Eventfinder (http:/ / www. eventfinder. co. nz/ 2008/ may/ christchurch/ westlife. html) [3] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319537472FGCNAMIRKN). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. •

"Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319539868MWZLCQRJMV). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319539966JCXDSMUCMF). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319540052AJSEIFLPRY). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319540069XUYNBXICHF). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. [4] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319541309JTLOELZUZR). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. [5] Additional sources for dates in Europe: •

"Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319541718SHHGEDSQBS). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319541767HRSWQTVNGJ). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 25 October 2011. . Retrieved 25 October 2011. [6] Tansley, Janet (30 June 2008). "Review: Westlife, Summer Pops, ECHO Arena" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319711374KVWMCKVSOD). Liverpool Echo. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. liverpoolecho. co. uk/ liverpool-news/ local-news/ 2008/ 06/ 30/ review-westlife-summer-pops-echo-arena-100252-21172841/ ) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [7] http:/ / www. westlife. com/ news/ 2008/ 12/ 08/ westlife_riding_high_in_the_charts [8] http:/ / www. sonybmg. com. au/ dvd/ releaseDetails. do?catalogueNo=88697389499 [9] http:/ / www. arara. cz/ product/ 194648 [10] http:/ / www. cdskiven. dk/ default. asp?view=albuminfo& albumid=1134662& preorder=0& news=0& sale=0& secondhand=0& showGenre=0& showCat=1 [11] http:/ / www. sonybmg. de/ artists2. php?iA=7& artist=177992& product=88697389499 [12] http:/ / www. hmv. com. hk/ product/ dvd_music. asp?sku=194366 [13] http:/ / www. cdjapan. co. jp/ detailview. html?KEY=BVBP-21076 [14] http:/ / cdon. no/ musikk/ westlife/ 10_years_of_westlife_-_live_at_croke_park_stadium-4047776 [15] http:/ / www. sonybmg. com. ph/ index. php/ artists/ album/ 79/ 109 [16] http:/ / www. gorila. sk/ product/ 194648 [17] http:/ / www. take2. co. za/ music-westlife-10-years-of-westlife-live-at-croke-park-stadium-dvd-4025577. html [18] http:/ / cdon. se/ musikk/ westlife/ 10_years_of_westlife_-_live_at_croke_park_stadium-4047776 [19] http:/ / www. 1advd. ch/ Default. asp?idlnk=5744569 [20] http:/ / hmv. com/ hmvweb/ displayProductDetails. do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1& sku=886927& tduid=c73bae39aee4faae229650cb32a137d8

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Where We Are Tour Where We Are Tour Promotional poster for tour Tour by Westlife Associated album

Where We Are

Start date

2 May 2010

End date

3 December 2010

Legs

1

Shows

36 Total Westlife tour chronology

Back Home Tour (2008)

Where We Are Tour (2010)

Gravity Tour (2011)

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating [1]

Belfast Telegraph

favourable

Heat World

favourable

Liverpool Daily Post

favourable

[2] [3] [4]

News of the World The Star Yorkshire The Times This Is Bristol

[5]

favourable

[6] [7]

The Where We Are Tour is a tour by Irish pop band, Westlife in support of their ninth studio album, Where We Are. The band toured in numerous counties in the United Kingdom, namely Ireland, Faroe Islands, Scotland and Wales. The 14 May date of the tour, which took place on The O2 Arena, London, had a live broadcast on Sky Box Office.[8] It was also taped for a concert DVD, Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2, which was released in 29 November 2010.

Background Before the album was released, different reports had been publicized, such as Westlife already having their 2010 tour with two dates in Croke Park on their minds.[9] The tour was designed by Bez Halpin and produced by William Baker as said from an article with the content and design used for the tour.[10] On 28 May, it was announced that Westlife would play an intimate and exclusive gig called "A night with Westlife" at The O2 in Dublin, the gig will be filmed and streamed live via The O2's blueroom website o2blueroom.ie. The event took place on 20 August with

Where We Are Tour a shorter and different setlist.[11] The tour has been tagged by Stereoboard UK as the fourth most in-demand tour of 2010.[12]

Support acts Irish girlband Wonderland was announced as one of the support act for Westlife and were the only to serve the full tour.[13] On 27 April 2010, it was announced that American boyband WOW also served as an opening act for this tour, from 12 May in London's O2 up to 5 June in Dublin's Croke Park.[14] On 16 May 2010, boyband The MacDonald Brothers was added as a support act exclusively for the Glasgow dates.[15] JLS, runners up of The X Factor in 2008, along side Jedward another X Factor contender.[16] will support the band's return at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park on 5 June 2010,[17] which gives Westlife a total of four support acts for their Croke Park gig - Wonderland, Wow, JLS and Jedward. Indie rock group The Fuel will support the band on their Bristol date.[18] McLean also supports the band on 18 July, Tamworth Festival.[19]

Setlist 1. "Where We Are" 2. "What About Now" 3. "When You're Looking Like That" 4. "My Love" 5. "Uptown Girl" 6. "Swear It Again" 7. "Mandy" 8. "If I Let You Go" (contains excerpts from "All Out of Love") 9. "Shadows" 10. "Home" 11. "I'm Already There" 12. Medley 1. "I Gotta Feeling" 2. "Halo" 3. "How to Break a Heart" 4. "The Boys Are Back in Town" 5. "Sex on Fire" 13. "What Makes a Man" 14. "Flying Without Wings" 15. "World of Our Own" 16. "I'll See You Again" 17. "You Raise Me Up" Notes

•

"Reach Out" and "Unbreakable" were performed at the Odyssey Arena on 2 May 2010.

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Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[20][21] Europe 2 May 2010

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

6 May 2010

Nottingham

England

Trent FM Arena Nottingham

7 May 2010

Liverpool

Echo Arena Liverpool

9 May 2010

Sheffield

Sheffield Arena

London

The O2 Arena

Birmingham

LG Arena

3 May 2010 4 May 2010

10 May 2010 12 May 2010 13 May 2010 14 May 2010 16 May 2010 17 May 2010 20 May 2010

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff International Arena

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

Manchester

England

Manchester Evening News Arena

21 May 2010 22 May 2010 24 May 2010 25 May 2010 26 May 2010 28 May 2010 30 May 2010 31 May 2010

Newcastle

Metro Radio Arena

1 June 2010 5 June 2010

Dublin

Ireland

Croke Park

17 June 2010

Bristol

England

Ashton Gate Stadium

6 July 2010[A]

Cork

Ireland

The Docklands

18 July 2010[B]

Tamworth

England

Tamworth Castle

30 July 2010

County Sligo

Ireland

Lissadell House

5 August 2010[C]

Esher

England

Sandown Park Racecourse

7 August 2010[D]

Klaksvík

Faroe Islands

Miðbýur

13 August 2010[F]

Newmarket

England

Newmarket Racecourse

14 August 2010[G]

Newbury

20 August 2010[H]

Dublin

Ireland

The O2

21 August 2010

Mansfield

England

Field Mill Stadium

7 July 2010[A]

Newbury Racecourse

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326 27 August 22010

Llandudno

Wales

Venue Cymru Arena

28 August 2010

Cawdor

Scotland

Cawdor Castle

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A

 These concerts were a part of "Live at the Marquee"[22]

B

 This concert was a part of the "Midlands Music Festival"[23]

C

 This concert was a part of the "Sandown Park Music Nights"[24]

D

 This concert was a part of the "Summarfestivalurin"[25]

F

 This concert was a part of the "Newmarket Nights"[26]

G

 This concert was a part of the "Party in Paddock"[27]

H

 This concert was a part of "A Night in with Westlife"[28]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows 28 August 2010 Bangor, Wales Vaynol Estate Cancelled.[29] This concert was a part of the "Faenol Festival"[30]

External links • Official Westlife Website [1]

References [1] Johnston, Andrew. Where We Are Tour - Review (http:/ / www. belfasttelegraph. co. uk/ entertainment/ music/ news/ belfast-goes-crazy-for-westlife-14790559. html). belfasttelegraph.co.uk. [2] (2010-05-14). We saw Westlife live last night and shock we lied it (http:/ / www. heatworld. com/ Entertainment/ Music/ 2010/ 05/ We-saw-Westlife-live-last-night-and-shock-we-liked-it-/ ). Heat World. heatworld.com. [3] Kelly, Joanne (2010-05-10). Review: Westlife at Liverpool ECHO Arena (http:/ / www. liverpooldailypost. co. uk/ liverpool-life-features/ liverpool-arts/ 2010/ 05/ 10/ review-westlife-at-liverpool-s-echo-arena-92534-26411587/ ). Liverpool Daily Post liverpooldailypost.com. [4] Edwards, Natalie (2010-05-16). This tour is a grooved up version of the boysrsquo winning tried and tested formula (http:/ / www. newsoftheworld. co. uk/ entertainment/ Music-gigs/ 813662/ This-tour-is-a-grooved-up-version-of-the-boysrsquo-winning-tried-and-tested-formula. html). News of the World Newsoftheworld.co.uk. [5] Lewis, Claire (2010-05-11). review: Westlife, Sheffield Arena (http:/ / www. thestar. co. uk/ music/ REVIEW-Westlife-Sheffield-Arena. 6285570. jp). The Star Yorkshire. [6] Verrico, Lisa (19 May 2010). "Westlife ate the O2, SE10" (http:/ / entertainment. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ arts_and_entertainment/ music/ live_reviews/ article7129876. ece). London: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk. . Retrieved 19 May 2010. [7] "Westlife: Ashton Gate" (http:/ / www. thisisbristol. co. uk/ news/ change-s-better/ article-2322805-detail/ article. html). thisisbristol.co.uk. 18 June 2010. . Retrieved 20 June 2010. [8] http:/ / movies. sky. com/ westlife-on-sky-box-office [9] Villy (26 February 2009). "Westlife busy working on charts comeback" (http:/ / www. westlife. gr/ index. php?subaction=showcomments& id=1235677686& archive=& start_from=& ucat=4& ). Melaine Finn. . Retrieved 4 April 2009. [10] http:/ / www. plsn. com/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=5767& Itemid=101 [11] (http:/ / blueroom. o2online. ie/ Gig-and-Ticket-Guide/ Events/ ROGER-WATERS-(1). aspx) [12] http:/ / www. stereoboard. com/ content/ view/ 162743/ 9 [13] http:/ / www. stereoboard. com/ content/ view/ 97420/ 9 [14] http:/ / www. wowthegroup. com/ main. html [15] http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ news/ global/ 2010/ 05/ 18/ another_support_act_at_glasgow [16] http:/ / www. belfasttelegraph. co. uk/ entertainment/ music/ news/ jedward-to-support-westlife-at-croke-park-gig-14670273. html [17] http:/ / www. ireland. com/ goingout/ Westlife_Play_Croker_JLS/ maxi/ fast/ news/ irnews/ S40657 JLS Supporting Westlife [18] http:/ / www. thisisbristol. co. uk/ news/ Unbelievable-going-rock-Gate-Westlife/ article-2288242-detail/ article. html [19] http:/ / www. 4music. com/ artist/ mclean/ confirms-alesha-and-westlife-support-slots. html [20] "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319613264VJBLFCJOPT). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 26 October 2011. . Retrieved 26 October 2011. [21] Additional sources for dates in Europe:

Where We Are Tour •

"Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319613287AOKUACUENR). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ global/ schedule-upcoming-tour/ global/ all) on 26 October 2011. . Retrieved 26 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319613356JNUBYRHECT). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 26 October 2011. . Retrieved 26 October 2011. • "Upcoming Events" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319616023PRQWUOVTQI). Westlife Official Website. Simco Limited. Archived from on 26 October 2011. . Retrieved 26 October 2011. [22] "WESTLIFE EXTRA DATE ADDED FOR CORK'S LIVE AT THE MARQUEE" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319711514NLNCTFRLIV). Hot Press. 26 March 2010. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. hotpress. com/ news/ 6360551. html) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [23] Coleman, Andrew (14 May 2010). "Music: Westlife to headline Tamworth music festival" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319711641KTWQSKGGRG). Birmingham Mail. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. birminghammail. net/ what-is-on-in-birmingham/ rock-and-pop/ 2010/ 05/ 14/ westlife-to-headline-tamworth-music-festival-97319-26440902/ ) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [24] "Westlife four set for Sandown show" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319711751SMXBWTKGKP). Reading Post. Trinity Mirror. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. getreading. co. uk/ entertainment/ music/ s/ 2075417_westlife_four_set_for_sandown_show) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [25] "Bjóða fólki á Summarfestival [People invited to Summarfestival]" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319711839RAUZUYZTXN) (in Faroese). Norðlýsið. 25 November 2010. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. nordlysid. fo/ Default. aspx?ID=39& Action=1& NewsId=4678& PID=3782) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [26] "Westlife add their names to impressive Newmarket Nights line-up" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319712327UNFUPZYXHU). Newmarket Journal. Johnston Press. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. newmarketjournal. co. uk/ news/ latest-news/ westlife_add_their_names_to_impressive_newmarket_nights_line_up_1_551085) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [27] "Westlife In Newbury" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319712366LHPUGSAQAT). Newbury Sound. Celador. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. newburysound. co. uk/ westlife-in-newbury-i-4798. php) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [28] "Telefónica O2 Ireland Selects Brightcove Platform for Online Video Initiatives" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319712484DTCXKZUVJN) (Press release). Brightcove. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. brightcove. com/ en/ company/ press/ telefonica-o2-ireland-selects-brightcove-platform-online-video-initiatives) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [29] owen, Dan (12 August 2010). "Westlife to perform in Llandudno" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319712744FWCIHJTYJG). North Wales Weekly News. Trinity Mirror. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. northwalesweeklynews. co. uk/ conwy-county-news/ local-conwy-news/ 2010/ 08/ 12/ westlife-to-perform-in-llandudno-55243-27043398/ ) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011. [30] "Westlife are to headline the Faenol Festival" (http:/ / www. freezepage. com/ 1319712673KFZUPRCXAN). Caernarfon Herald. Trinity Mirror. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. caernarfonherald. co. uk/ caernarfon-county-news/ local-caernarfon-news/ 2010/ 05/ 13/ westlife-are-to-headline-the-faenol-festival-88817-26439256/ ) on 27 October 2011. . Retrieved 27 October 2011.

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328

Gravity Tour Gravity Tour Promotional poster for tour Tour by Westlife Associated album

Gravity

Start date

7 March 2011

End date

10 October 2011

Legs

5

Shows

33 in Europe 12 in Asia 2 in Africa 46 Total Westlife tour chronology

Where We Are Tour (2010)

Gravity Tour (2011)

Greatest Hits Tour (2012)

Not to be confused with the concert tour of the same name by Sara Bareilles The Gravity Tour is the eleventh concert tour by Irish boy band, Westlife. The tour will support their eleventh studio album, Gravity. The tour visits Europe, Asia and Africa. [1]

Background The tour was announced a mere two weeks after the group completed their Where We Are Tour. The tour is directed by William Baker, who is known for his work with Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis and Björk, will serve as creative director.[2] With a new touring band and musical director, the group stated this tour will be "bigger and better" then their previous feats.[3] The group hinted the tour having a space theme (to tie in with the title) and possibly feature a medley of hits by Barbadian recording artist, Rihanna.[4] The tour became of major success in its infancy, with many ticket vendors’ website crashing moments after tickets went on sale. Originally, tour dates were announced only for the United Kingdom[2], but dates have since been added for Ireland, the Arabian Peninsula, and festival shows in Europe. Prominent car dealer Volkswagen supported this tour. Tour manager, Steve Martin explained, "With such a demanding tour schedule for the band over the next few weeks, we really wanted something that offered comfort but that was understated and reliable. The Phaeton and Caravelle blend all of this together to fit the bill perfectly and are the ideal support act for the tour".[5] During the concert at the Echo Arena Liverpool in Liverpool, England, the show was briefly paused as a set malfunction left the group hanging from the arena's ceiling by a swaying bar. A team of security guards helped lower the group, resuming the concert.[6]

Gravity Tour

329

Opening acts • Wonderland (Europe—Leg 1)[7] • Glenn Cal (Europe—Leg 1)[7]

Setlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"No One’s Gonna Sleep Tonight" "When You're Looking Like That" "World of Our Own" "What Makes a Man" "Safe" "Home" "Beautiful Tonight" "Medley" 1. "Viva la Vida" 2. "Only Girl (In the World)" 3. "The Time (Dirty Bit)"

4. "Bad Romance" 5. "I Predict a Riot" 9. "Seasons in the Sun" 10. "You Raise Me Up" 11. "I’m Already There" 12. "I Will Reach You" 13. "Flying Without Wings" Encore • "What About Now" • "Uptown Girl" Source:[8]

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

[2][9] Europe 7 March 2011

Cardiff

Wales

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff

London

England

The O2

8 March 2011 9 March 2011 11 March 2011 12 March 2011 14 March 2011

Newcastle

Metro Radio Arena

16 March 2011

Nottingham

Capital FM Arena Nottingham

18 March 2011

Liverpool

Echo Arena Liverpool

15 March 2011

Gravity Tour

330 19 March 2011

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

Manchester

England

Manchester Evening News Arena

20 March 2011 22 March 2011 23 March 2011 25 March 2011

Birmingham

LG Arena

27 March 2011

London

Wembley Arena

28 March 2011

Sheffield

Motorpoint Arena Sheffield

31 March 2011

Birmingham

LG Arena

2 April 2011

Dublin

Ireland

The O2

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

Dublin

Ireland

The O2

29 March 2011

3 April 2011 5 April 2011 6 April 2011 8 April 2011 9 April 2011 10 April 2011 [10][11][12]

Asia 13 April 2011

Muscat

Oman

InterContinental Gardens

14 April 2011

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Jebel Ali Center of Excellence

[10][13] Europe 10 June 2011[A]

London

England

Base Court at Hampton Court Palace

9 July 2011[B]

Cork

Ireland

The Docklands

15 July 2011[C]

Brandon

England

Thetford Forest

16 July 2011[C]

Tetbury

Westonbirt Arboretum

17 July 2011

Hampshire

Broadlands Park

23 July 2011

Hamilton

Scotland

Hamilton Park Racecourse

30 July 2011

Doncaster

England

Keepmoat Stadium

10 September 2011[D]

London

Hyde Park [14][15]

Africa 16 September 2011[E]

Windhoek

Namibia

Wanderers Sports Grounds

17 September 2011

Centurion

South Africa

SuperSport Park

[16][17]

Asia 21 September 2011

Shanghai

China

Shanghai Indoor Stadium

23 September 2011

Guangzhou

Guangzhou International Sports Arena

25 September 2011

Beijing

MasterCard Center

27 September 2011

Chek Lap Kok

Hong Kong

AsiaWorld-Expo

29 September 2011

Quezon City

Philippines

Smart Araneta Coliseum

Gravity Tour

331 1 October 2011

Hanoi

Vietnam

My Dinh National Stadium

3 October 2011

Kallang

Singapore

Singapore Indoor Stadium

5 October 2011

Jakarta

Indonesia

Tennis Indoor Senayan

7 October 2011

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Putra Indoor Stadium

9 October 2011

Seoul

South Korea

Hwajung Gymnasium

10 October 2011

Taipei

Taiwan

NTU Sports Center

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A

 This concert is a part of the Hampton Court Palace Festival[18]

B

 This concert is a part of Live at the Marquee[19]

C

 These concerts are a part of Forestry Commission—Live Music[20]

D

 This concert is a part of the "BBC Proms In The Park"[21]

E

 This concert is a part of the "FNB Festival"[22]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows 19 June 2011 Douglas, Isle of Man Nobles Park Cancelled.[23] This concert was a part of the Manx Telecom Bay Festival.[24]

Box office score data Venue

City

The O2 Arena[A]

London

Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester The O2[B] A

Dublin

Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue [25]

21,128 / 25,000 (84%)

$1,420,080

14,255 / 16,069 (89%)

$938,521

41,124 / 41,124 (100%)

$3,359,670

[26] [27]

[28]

 This concert ranked seventh in Billboard's "Hot Tours" for March 2011.

B

[29]

 This concert ranked as fifth in the Billboard's "Hot Tours" for June 2011.

External links • Westlife's Official Website [1]

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Gravity Tour [8] Jones, Laura (19 March 2011). "Westlife wow Liverpool crowds at the ECHO arena" (http:/ / www. liverpooldailypost. co. uk/ liverpool-news/ regional-news/ 2011/ 03/ 19/ westlife-wow-liverpool-crowds-at-the-echo-arena-gallery-100252-28365027/ ). Liverpool Daily Post. Trinity Mirror. . Retrieved 7 April 2011. [9] Additional sources for dates in Europe: •

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Greatest Hits Tour Greatest Hits Tour Promotional poster for tour Tour by Westlife Associated album Greatest Hits Start date

22 February 2012

End date

23 June 2012

Legs

2

Shows

33 in Europe 8 in Asia 41 Total

Westlife tour chronology

Gravity Tour (2011)

Greatest Hits Tour (2012)

The Greatest Hits Tour[1] was the twelfth and final concert tour by Irish boy band, Westlife. The tour, visited the Europe and Asia and supported the group's compilation album, Greatest Hits. After the tour finished, the group disbanded after performing for 14 years.[2] The last show, on 23 June 2012 was aired live via satellite from Croke Park, Dublin to cinemas all across Europe.[3] Delayed screenings will be shown in cinemas in Indonesia, Australia, and South Africa in July and August 2012.[3] The encore was also shown again in select cinemas across UK on 26 June 2012.[3]

Background In October 2011, the group revealed plans for the release of a compilation album, spanning their entire career.[4] Many media outlets speculated the band would tour the album. An official announcement was made on 18 October 2011, a mere week after ending their previous tour in Southeast Asia.[5] On the statement released on the group's website, it reported they would perform all 14 of their number one hits along with other favorites. After announcing the tour, tabloids rumored the band would breakup after their tour was done.[6] On 20 October 2011, the members of the band made an official announcement of their disbanding.[7] They responded: "We see the greatest hits collection and the farewell tour as the perfect way to celebrate our incredible career along with our fans. We are really looking forward to getting out on the tour and seeing our fans one last time. We would like to thank our fans who have been with us on this amazing journey and are part of our family too. We never imagined when we started out in 1998 that 14 years later we would still be recording, touring and having hits together. It has been a dream come true for all of us."[8]

Greatest Hits Tour

Opening acts • • • • • •

Wynona Leigh McCullough (Belfast) Jedward (Dublin)[9] The Wanted (Dublin)[10] Lawson (Dublin)[11] Lilygreen & Maguire (United Kingdom)[12] Glenn Cal (United Kingdom)(Dublin, Ireland) [13]

Setlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"What About Now" "What Makes a Man" "My Love" "Safe" "Uptown Girl" "If I Let You Go" "Queen of My Heart"

8. "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" 9. Medley: 1. "I Gotta Feeling" 2. "Party Rock Anthem" 3. "Sex on Fire" 4. "Don't Cha" 5. "Let Me Entertain You" 6. "Bohemian Rhapsody" 10. "When You're Looking Like That" 11. "Mandy" 12. "Seasons in the Sun" 13. "Swear It Again" 14. "Home" 15. "You Raise Me Up" Encore • "World of Our Own" • "Flying Without Wings"

Tour dates

335

Greatest Hits Tour

336

Date

City

Country

Venue

[14][15]

Asia 22 February 2012

Beijing

China

MasterCard Center

24 February 2012

Hangzhou

Yellow Dragon Gymnasium

25 February 2012

Shanghai

Shanghai Grand Stage

26 February 2012

Shenzhen

Shen-Zhen-Wan Sports Centre

28 February 2012

Wuhan

Hongshan Gymnasium

1 March 2012

Chengdu

Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium

2 March 2012

Guangzhou

Guangzhou Gymnasium

3 March 2012

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

AWE Hall 10

[16] Europe 10 May 2012

Cardiff

Wales

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff

12 May 2012

London

England

The O2 Arena

13 May 2012

Sheffield

Motorpoint Arena Sheffield

14 May 2012

Newcastle

Metro Radio Arena

15 May 2012

Liverpool

Echo Arena

17 May 2012

Cardiff

Wales

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff

19 May 2012

Sheffield

England

Motorpoint Arena Sheffield

20 May 2012

Birmingham

LG Arena

22 May 2012

Nottingham

Capital FM Arena Notthingham

23 May 2012

London

The O2 Arena

26 May 2012

Manchester

Manchester Arena

27 May 2012

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

29 May 2012

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

4 June 2012

Birmingham

England

LG Arena

5 June 2012

Nottingham

Capital FM Arena Nottingham

7 June 2012

London

The O2 Arena

8 June 2012

Birmingham

LG Arena

9 June 2012

Manchester

Manchester Arena

11 June 2012

Cardiff

Wales

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff

12 June 2012

Sheffield

England

Motorpoint Arena Sheffield

13 June 2012

Liverpool

15 June 2012

Newcastle

18 May 2012

24 May 2012

30 May 2012 1 June 2012 2 June 2012

Echo Arena England

Metro Radio Arena

Greatest Hits Tour

337 16 June 2012

Glasgow

Scotland

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

20 June 2012

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

22 June 2012

Dublin

Ireland

Croke Park

17 June 2012 19 June 2012

23 June 2012

Box office score data Venue

City

Tickets Sold / Available

The O2 Arena

London

59,626 / 63,021 (95%)

Manchester Arena Manchester

13,960 / 14,435 (97%)

Gross Revenue [17][18]

$3,939,530

[19]

$907,287

External links • Westlife's Official Website [20]

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Videography The Karaoke Collection The Karaoke Collection Video by Westlife Released

2009

Recorded

1998 - 2008

Genre

Pop

Length

64 min

Label

Sony BMG

Director

Various Westlife video chronology

10 Years Of Westlife - Live At Croke Park Stadium 2008

The Karaoke Collection 2009

Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 2010

The Karaoke Collection is the DVD only released on Hong Kong,[1] Philippines,[2] Singapore,[3] Malaysia, and Taiwan[4] in January 2009. It contains 22 of their music video hits. This is the first time Sony Music will release an Official Karaoke of music videos in DVD form.

Critical reception With 40 Million albums sold worldwide, 14 #1 hits and after 10 years, Westlife is back with an amazing first time ever Karaoke DVD. Fans can now sing along to their favorite Westlife songs which are available here! This release features some of their most popular hit songs such as 'Flying Without Wings', 'Swear It Again', 'Uptown Girl', 'Home', 'You Raise Me Up' and many more.

Tracklisting 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Home Us Against the World Something Right The Rose Amazing You Raise Me Up Fly Me To The Moon Mandy Obvious

10. Unbreakable 11. Angel 12. Bop Bop Baby

The Karaoke Collection 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

340

Queen of My Heart Uptown Girl I Lay My Love on You My Love What Makes a Man When You're Looking Like That Flying Without Wings Fool Again If I Let You Go Swear It Again

Release history Region

Date

Hong Kong [4]

January 19, 2009 Sony Music 88697367709

[2] January 26, 2009

[5]

Malaysia

Catalogue No.

January 22, 2009

Taiwan

Philippines

Label

July 3, 2009

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

http:/ / www. sonybmg. com. hk/ SonyBMG/ chi/ international/ fwdToInterSingerDetails. do?singerId=147& category=U& albumId=764 http:/ / www. sonymusic. com. ph/ index. php/ artists/ album/ 79/ 128 http:/ / www. sonybmg. com. sg http:/ / www. sonybmg. com. tw/ album_info. php?al_prodno=88697367709 http:/ / www. sonymusic. com. my/ product_info. php?cPath=1_123& products_id=992

Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2

341

Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 Video by Westlife Released

November 29, 2010

Recorded

May 14, 2010 (London)

Genre

Pop

Label

Sony BMG Westlife video chronology

The Karaoke Collection Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2

Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 is a concert DVD by Irish boyband Westlife from their Where We Are Tour.

Background It was confirmed that the concert was recorded on their May 14 date on O2 Arena, London, England. The release date will be on 29 November 2010. Formats will be on DVD and Blu-ray. It will be the band's first-ever Blu-ray disc. Pre-order links were out first by Play.com on 12 October 2010.[1][2] The album will include an unseen backstage documentary during the said tour and the music video of What About Now.[3] According to description released: ‘The Where We Are Tour: Live From The 02’ also gives fans a rare, intimate glimpse into the lives of Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Shane Filan with the bonus ‘Where We Are – The Documentary’. This compelling behind the scenes documentary provides a fly on the wall insight into the lives of the band in the run up and during the tour. The boys also chat exclusively about why this tour meant so much to them. Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions will also include the epic ‘What About Now’ video. In addition, the Blu-ray will feature a full hour and a half exclusive commentary where the boys discuss the show in detail and talk about what we can expect from the next tour. It is simply essential viewing for any Westlife fan.[4]

Tracklisting 1. "Where We Are" 2. "What About Now" 3. "When You're Looking Like That" 4. "My Love" 5. "Uptown Girl" 6. "Swear It Again" 7. "Mandy" 8. "If I Let You Go" 9. "Shadows" 10. "Home" 11. "I'm Already There" 12. "I Gotta Feeling"

Where We Are Tour: Live from The O2 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

342

"Halo"/"How to Break a Heart" "The Boys Are Back in Town" "Sex on Fire" "What Makes a Man" "Flying Without Wings" "World of Our Own" "I'll See You Again" "You Raise Me Up"

Chart performance Chart

Peak position

Ireland

1

United Kingdom

3

Release history Region

Date

[5]

Format

Label

26 November 2010 DVD, Blu-ray RCA Records, Sony Music, Syco Music

Europe

[4]

29 November 2010

South Africa

[6]

United Kingdom [7]

Finland

[8]

Malaysia

12 January 2011 30 November 2010

References [1] "Westlife: The Where We Are Tour Live From The O2" (http:/ / www. play. com/ DVD/ DVD/ 4-/ 17197587/ Westlife-The-Where-We-Are-Tour-Live-From-The-O2/ Product. html). Play.com. . Retrieved 2011-04-22. [2] "Westlife: The Where We Are Tour Live From The O2 (Blu-ray)" (http:/ / www. play. com/ DVD/ Blu-ray/ 4-/ 17197592/ Westlife-The-Where-We-Are-Tour-Live-From-The-O2/ Product. html). Play.com. . Retrieved 2011-04-22. [3] "Official News (GB)" (http:/ / www. westlife. com/ gb/ news/ gb/ 2010/ 10/ 14/ westlife_announce_the_where_we_are_tour_dvd_and_blu_ray_). Westlife. 2010-10-14. . Retrieved 2011-04-22. [4] "Westlife - The Where We Are Tour : Live from the O2 (DVD)" (http:/ / www. take2. co. za/ music-westlife-the-where-we-are-tour-live-from-the-o2dvd-8637451. html). TAKE2. . Retrieved 2011-04-22. [5] Delivery time: 1-3 working days. "The Where We Are Tour" (http:/ / cdon. eu/ music/ westlife/ the_where_we_are_tour-12580070?page=2). Cdon.eu. . Retrieved 2011-04-22. [6] "Where We Are Tour: Live From The O2 (2010): BLU-RAY" (http:/ / hmv. com/ hmvweb/ displayProductDetails. do?sku=832281). hmv.com. . Retrieved 2011-04-22. [7] "Westlife : The where we are tour" (http:/ / www. levykauppax. fi/ artist/ westlife/ the_where_we_are_tour_live_from_the_o2/ dvd/ ). Levykauppax.fi. . Retrieved 2011-04-22. [8] "Sony Music, Where We Are Tour" (http:/ / www. sonymusic. com. my/ product_info. php?cPath=1_123& products_id=1296). Sony Music. . Retrieved 2011-04-22.

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Bibliography Westlife: Our Story Westlife - Our Story Author(s)

Nicky Byrne Kian Egan Mark Feehily Shane Filan

Country

Ireland

Language

English German

Genre(s)

Autobiography

Publisher

HarperCollins (United Kingdom)

Publication date 16 June 2008 Media type

Print (Hardback, Paperback)

Pages

306

Westlife - Our Story is the autobiographical book by the Irish boyband Westlife, released by HarperCollins (UK) on 16 June 2008. The book tells the story of their lives for the past ten years, from how it started in Sligo to today's multi-platinum record charters, along with private pictures of the members, exclusively to the book. Westlife launched this book by doing signings around the United Kingdom and Ireland. They also released a German version of the book in December 2008, and an Australian version on 8 January 2009.[1] They released a paperback version of the book with different cover on 28 May 2009. It includes their say regarding their Croke Park gig and an additional audio CD with greetings from each one of them.

References [1] "Westlife: Our Story" (http:/ / www. harpercollins. com. au/ books/ Westlife-Our-Story-Westlife/ ?isbn=9780007288144). HarperCollins Publishers. . Retrieved 2011-08-30.

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Awards List of awards and nominations received by Westlife This is a list of the major awards which Westlife has won or was nominated for since 1998.

Won Awards This list is incomplete. Year

Award

Category

1998

Smash Hits

Best New Tour Act

1999

MTV Europe Music Awards

Best UK and Ireland Act

TMF Awards

Best Breakthrough Artist/Newcomer

Top Of The Pops Awards

Best Band Of The Year Best Love Song (Swear It Again)

2000

Heineken/Hot Press

Best New Act

TV Hits Awards

Best New Act

ITV's Record of the Year

Record of the Year (Flying Without Wings)

ITV's Record of the Year

Record of the Year (My Love)

Disney Channel Kids Awards

Best Male Group

Hit Awards

Best International Group

Celebrity Awards

Pop Stars Of The Year

TMF Awards

Best International Band

Smash Hits

Best Album (Coast To Coast)

Smash Hits

Best Single (My Love)

Smash Hits

Best Non - British Band

Smash Hits

Best Band On Planet Pop

Smash Hits

Best Hair Cut (Kian Egan)

Smash Hits

Most Fancied Male (Shane Filan)

Smash Hits

Best Boyband in the Universe

MTV Europe Music Awards

Best UK And Ireland Act

Capital FM Awards

Best International New Comer

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

TV Hits Awards

Best Band

TV Hits Awards

Best Looking Pop Star (Shane Filan) Best World Artist Of 2000 Voice Of The 21st Century (Shane Filan)

List of awards and nominations received by Westlife

2001

2002

Capital FM Awards

Best International Group

Disney Channel Kids Awards

Best Male Group / Artist

Disney Channel Kids Awards

Group Of The Year

Pepsi Chart People's Choice

Best Breakthrough Video (Uptown Girl)

Smash Hits

Best Band On Planet Pop

Smash Hits

Best Album (World Of Our Own)

Smash Hits

Best Hair Cut (Nicky Byrne)

Top Of The Pops Awards

Best Pop Act

Online Music Awards

People's Choice

RIA Singapore

Best Top Ten Selling Album

Radio Music Awards

Listener's Choice Best Group

VIVA Comet

Zuschauer Comet

Brit Awards

Best Pop Act

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

MTV Asia Awards

Best International Pop Act

Top Of The Pops Awards

Top Pop Act

Radio Music Awards

Listener's Choice Best Group

RAV Awards

Most Column Inches

RAV Awards

You Pretend To Hate Them But Know All Their Songs

Clear top 10

The International Hitmaker

NRJ Awards

Best Foreign Band

Hot Press Irish Music Awards

Outstanding Achievement In Popular Music

Irish Buzz WKD Awards

Best Irish Band

IFPI Hong Kong

Top Sales Music Award (World Of Our Own)

Smash Hits

Hall Of Fame

Smash Hits

Best Pop Band

Smash Hits

Best International Act

Smash Hits

Best Cover Of The Year

Smash Hits

Party Mentalist Of The Year (Bryan McFadden)

Brit Awards

Best Pop Act

TMF Awards

Best International Pop Act

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Single (Uptown Girl)

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Album (World of Our Own)

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

National Music Awards

Favorite UK Band

MTV Asia Awards

Favorite Pop Act

Capital FM Awards

Best International Group

Digital Awards

People's Choice Award for Best Official Website

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List of awards and nominations received by Westlife

2003

ITV's Record of the Year

Record of the Year (Mandy)

TMF Awards

Best Pop Act

Capital Radio Awards

Best International Group

Capital Radio Awards

Best Website (www.westlife.com)

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

MTV Immies

Best Male International Pop Act

Smash Hits Poll

Best International Act

IMA Awards

Best Website (www.westlife.com) Celebrity Dad Of The Year (Bryan McFadden)

2004

Smash Hits T4's Pollwinner Party

Favorite Download (Flying Without Wings)

Digital Awards

People's Choice Award for Best Official Website (www.westlife.com)

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

World Music Awards

World Best-Selling UK/Ireland Act

NRJ Awards

Best Pop Band

Nordic Music Awards

Best International Pop Act Gold of Top Band/Group Top 10 International Gold Songs

2005

ITV's Record of the Year

Record of the Year (You Raise Me Up)

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

2006

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

2007

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

Variety Club Showbiz Awards

Best Recording Artist

2008

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

2009

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

VIP Style Awards

Most Stylish Man on X-pose (Nicky Byrne)

2010

Meteor Awards

Best Irish Pop Act

2011

Nokia Digital Media Awards

Best in Social Media

2012

HMA 2012 Hit FM Music Awards

China Live Act of the Year

MTV Battle of the Boybands

Ultimate Boyband of All Time

Nominated Awards

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List of awards and nominations received by Westlife

Year

347

Award

Category

2001

Brit Awards

Best International Group

2002

Brit Awards

Best International Newcomer

2002

Echo (music award)

Gruppe des Jahres international

2005

Brit Awards

Best Pop Act

2006

MTV Asia Awards

Favourite Pop Act

Brit Awards

Best Pop Act

References External links • Official Westlife Website (http://www.westlife.com)

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Associated acts Wonderland Wonderland

Four members of Wonderland Background information Origin

Dublin, Ireland

Genres

Pop, country, folk, pop rock, teen pop, dance

Years active 2008–2011 Labels

Universal, Mercury

Website

[www.wonderlandofficial.com www.wonderlandofficial.com] Members Jodi Albert Sharon Condon Corrina Durran Leigh Learmont Kasey Smith

Wonderland were an Irish girlband, formed by Louis Walsh and Westlife band-member Kian Egan. The band were put together after auditions were held for five females in July 2008. Its five members were Jodi Albert, Sharon Condon, Corrina Durran, Leigh Learmont and Kasey Smith. Wonderland's debut single "Not a Love Song" was released on 25 February 2011 in Ireland and on 6 March 2011 in the United Kingdom. Their eponymous debut album was released on 6 June 2011, the same day as their second single, "Starlight". Wonderland released their third single, "Nothing Moves Me Anymore", in August 2011. The following month, it was announced the band had been dropped by their record label. The group later decided to split up.

Formation In July 2008, it was announced that Louis Walsh and Westlife singer Kian Egan were to hold open auditions for a new girl group that they would co-manage.[1] Auditions for five females between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five were held in Dublin that month.[1] On 26 July 2008, seven hundred girls auditioned for the girl group in front of Walsh, Egan and A&R scout, Sheila Burgess.[2] Walsh said "We're looking for talent. Undiscovered talent, young with a good attitude and who will look good. We don't want good -- we want great."[2] Over three thousand hopefuls auditioned.[3] In December 2008, it was revealed that the band had been put together, but had not been named.[4] Sharon Condon, Corrina Durran, Leigh Learmont, Kasey Smith, and Jodi Albert were picked to form the new band.[5] Albert told Hello Magazine in February 2011 that around three thousand girls turned up to the auditions.[6]

Wonderland She said that over three months, there were eight rounds where the numbers got smaller and eventually the girls were whittled down to the five who formed the band.[6] Albert added that the girls had "gravitated towards each other" and become friends during the process.[6] The girls decided to name the band Wonderland and Learmont revealed that it took the band a year and a half to come up with the name.[5][7] Condon told Maria Duffy of Hello Magazine that the band thought of names such as "Daisy Chains and Wildflowers but nothing seemed right."[6] Egan eventually came up with the name Wonderland after he noticed a poster for the 2010 adaptation of Alice in Wonderland on the side of a bus.[6] Condon explained, "It just clicked with him straight away and when he put it to us and to the record company, we just all knew it was right. Now I couldn't imagine any other name."[6]

History In October 2008, it was reported that Wonderland had signed a six figure record deal with Mercury Records.[8][9] The band made their first live television appearance on The Late Late Show in December 2008.[4] In May 2010, it was announced that Wonderland were to support Westlife on their Where We Are Tour tour.[10] The band were also invited to play at the 2010 Isle of Wight Festival.[11] Walsh announced that he would launch Wonderland with a reality television programme, entitled Louis Walsh & Kian Egan's Next Big Thing (previously The Management) in October 2010.[12][13] The programme followed the band for two years as they prepared to release their debut single and album.[14] It began airing on ITV2 on 30 October 2010 in the UK and was later broadcast on TV3 in Ireland.[7] Wonderland were given a mention on the popular gossip blog written by Perez Hilton, after fans sent him a link to one of their performances.[7] Wonderland's debut single was confirmed to be "Not a Love Song" and it was released in Ireland on 25 February 2011 and in the UK on 6 March.[7][15] Albert described the song as "fun and cheeky". She added that it has a "rocky edge", but with a bit of country in it too.[7] During an interview with Digital Spy, Durran said they had received a positive reception to the song when they sang it on the Westlife tour.[7] On 4 March 2011, Wonderland released an EP entitled Introduction to Wonderland. The EP contains "Not a Love Song", one music video and three live acoustic tracks.[16] The band recorded their self-titled debut album in 2010. In a November 2010 interview, Durran said that nine tracks had been recorded, with a few more to finish.[7] Wonderland worked with Andy Hill, Shep Solomon and Bob Clearmountain on the tracks.[7] "In Your Arms" written with Mark Owen and a cover of Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" were confirmed for the album.[7] In February and March 2011, Wonderland toured with both Boyzone and Westlife around the UK and Ireland.[17] The band also performed at several schools around the country.[18] Durran said that the experience was "one of the best things we've ever done" and that the band had had a "brilliant reaction and have been bombarded with positive comments on facebook from the students."[6] Wonderland toured with Olly Murs during April and May 2011 and will support American rapper 50 Cent on his UK tour later in the year.[19][20] Wonderland was released on 6 June 2011, the same day as the band's second single "Starlight".[19] "Nothing Moves Me Anymore" was released as the third single from the album.[21] In September 2011, Melanie Finn of the Evening Herald reported Wonderland had been dropped by Mercury Records.[22] Of the news, Walsh told Finn "They had some great songs, they could all sing and they worked really hard. They tried to do something different and it's just a shame it didn't work out. But people haven't heard the last of them."[22] Egan also confirmed the news and added "It's been an amazing journey for us all. Incredible memories were made."[23] Caitriona Giblin of the Irish Daily Star reported Wonderland's future remained uncertain as no one had confirmed any plans for them to continue.[23] On 19 September, Condon told the Evening Herald that she planned to launch a solo career, despite Walsh and Egan's attempts to keep Wonderland together.[24] The singer opined the group cannot continue as they do not have the dancers or the production to succeed.[24] She also explained Albert's pregnancy would have made things more difficult for the band, saying "If you look at Una Healy now from The Saturdays, she's fine because they are an established band, but we weren't. At the end of the day, I don't really know the reason we were dropped, maybe our

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music just wasn't good enough, but I think there was more to it than that."[24] Condon thought Wonderland were not what people were looking for as they tried to be something different with their sound and style. She revealed to the paper that there are talks about redesigning the band.[24] On 28 September 2011, it was confirmed Wonderland had split up.[25] The band posted a message on their Facebook page saying: "As some of you may know already we have parted ways with Mercury Records. We have taken the past few weeks to consider our future as a band. After a lot of thinking and talking we have decided that we will no longer continue as Wonderland. We feel we have given it all we have and we could not take it any further. We want to say a massive thank you to all our fans for the love and support they have shown us over the three years we have been together. We really feel we had an amazing time and it will be something we remember for the rest of our lives."[25]

Discography Studio albums Title

Album details

Peak chart positions

IRE

UK

SCO

8

7

[26] Wonderland • • •

Released: 6 June 2011 Label: Mercury Records Format: CD, Digital download

6

[27]

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays Title Introduction To Wonderland • • •

Album details Released: 4 March 2011 Label: Mercury Records Format: Digital download

Singles Year

Single

Chart positions

IRE

Album

UK

[28]

[29][30]

2011 "Not a Love Song"

22

144

"Starlight"

—

57

"Nothing Moves Me Anymore"

—

—

Wonderland

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Wonderland

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Filmography • 2010: Louis Walsh and Kian Egan's Next Big Thing

Awards and nominations Year

Nominee

Award

Category

2011 Wonderland Glamour Women of the Year Awards Best Band Wonderland BT Digital Music Awards

Result

Ref

Nominated [31]

Breakthrough Artist of the Year Nominated [32]

References [1] Hilton, Beth (17 July 2008). "Louis Walsh looks for new girl group" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ news/ a111757/ louis-walsh-looks-for-new-girl-group. html). Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [2] "700 Irish girls audition for new Louis Walsh girl band" (http:/ / www. belfasttelegraph. co. uk/ entertainment/ music/ news/ 700-irish-girls-audition-for-new-louis-walsh-girl-band-13921251. html). Belfast Telegraph (Independent News & Media Group). 26 July 2008. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [3] "Introducing: Wonderland" (http:/ / www. entertainment-focus. com/ news/ introducing-wonderland). Entertainment Focus. 2 November 2010. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [4] Balls, David (26 December 2008). "Louis Walsh unveils his new girl band" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ thesound/ a139332/ louis-walsh-unveils-his-new-girl-band. html). Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [5] "Introducing Louis Walsh's girl band Wonderland" (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ news/ newsvideo/ celebrity-news-video/ 8099615/ Introducing-Louis-Walshs-girl-band-Wonderland. html). The Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). 1 November 2010. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [6] Duffy, Maria (13 February 2011). "Wonderland – Here come the girls!" (http:/ / blogs. hellomagazine. com/ twitterverse/ 2011/ 02/ wonderland-here-come-the-girls. html). Hello Magazine. Hello Ltd.. . Retrieved 21 June 2011. [7] Copsey, Robert (3 November 2010). "Wonderland" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ interviews/ a285550/ wonderland. html). Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [8] "Louis Walsh makes Aloud noise with new girl band" (http:/ / www. mirror. co. uk/ celebs/ columnists/ zoe/ 2008/ 10/ 05/ louis-walsh-makes-aloud-noise-with-new-girl-band-115875-20776217/ ). Daily Mirror (Trinity Mirror). 5 October 2008. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [9] "Louis Walsh & Kian Egan’s Next Big Thing – Wonderland" (http:/ / www. itv. com/ presscentre/ louiswalshkianegansnextbigthingwonderland/ ep1week44/ default. html). Press Centre. Itv.com. 26 October 2010. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [10] "Westlife Announce UK Tour Support from Wonderland & WOW" (http:/ / www. stereoboard. com/ content/ view/ 97420/ 9). Stereoboard. Eyedigit Limited. 6 May 2010. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [11] "Isle of Wight Festival Line-up 2010" (http:/ / www. itv. com/ lifestyle/ isleofwightfestival2010/ lineup/ ). Itv.com. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [12] "ITV to film Walsh launching new girl band" (http:/ / www. breakingnews. ie/ entertainment/ itv-to-film-walsh-launching-new-girl-band-457087. html). Breakingnews.ie (Thomas Crosbie Media). 10 May 2010. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [13] Love, Ryan (9 September 2010). "Walsh's new girlband 'lands ITV2 show'" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ tv/ news/ a275040/ walshs-new-girlband-lands-itv2-show. html). Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [14] Horan, Ocean (25 October 2010). "From Westlife to Wonderland" (http:/ / thismorning. itv. com/ thismorning/ showbiz/ westlife-wonderland). This Morning. Itv.com. . Retrieved 6 November 2010. [15] "Wonderland: 'Not A Love Song'" (http:/ / www. digitalspy. co. uk/ music/ musicvideos/ a306855/ wonderland-not-a-love-song. html). Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd. . Retrieved 9 March 2011. [16] "Event: Wonderland – Introduction To Wonderland EP" (http:/ / www. teentoday. co. uk/ wonderland-ep/ ). Teen Today. 1 March 2011. . Retrieved 9 March 2011. [17] "Girl group Wonderland tour with Westlife and release debut single" (http:/ / programmes. stv. tv/ the-hour/ music/ 215188-girl-group-wonderland-tour-with-westlife-and-release-debut-single/ ). stv.tv (STV Group plc). 10 December 2010. . Retrieved 16 January 2011. [18] Palmer, Jim (4 February 2011). "Wonderland plays to packed school halls" (http:/ / www. thisiskent. co. uk/ where/ sheppey/ Wonderland-plays-packed-school-halls/ article-3167031-detail/ article. html). Kent and Sussex Courier (Northcliffe Media). . Retrieved 8 February 2011.

Wonderland [19] "Wonderland To Support Olly Murs On Tour" (http:/ / www. omgmusic. com/ news/ wonderland-to-support-olly-murs-on-tour). OMG Music!. 4 March 2011. . Retrieved 9 March 2011. [20] Dawson, Kim; Cabooter, James (2 June 2011). "Westlife's Relief" (http:/ / www. dailystar. co. uk/ posts/ view/ 193945/ Westlife-s-relief/ ). Daily Star (Northern and Shell Media). . Retrieved 16 June 2011. [21] "Olly Murs strips off for hot girl group Wonderland" (http:/ / programmes. stv. tv/ the-hour/ showbiz/ celebs-on-the-sofa/ 258315-olly-murs-strips-off-for-hot-girl-group-wonderland/ ). The Hour. STV. 17 June 2011. . Retrieved 21 June 2011. [22] Finn, Melanie (9 September 2011). "Louis defiant as Wonderland dumped by their record label" (http:/ / www. herald. ie/ news/ louis-defiant-as-wonderland-dumped-by-their-record-label-2872149. html). Evening Herald (Independent News & Media). . Retrieved 9 September 2011. [23] Giblin, Caitriona (12 September 2011). "Kian speaks about Wonderland's 'amazing journey'" (http:/ / starplus. ie/ music/ kian-speaks-about-wonderlands-amazing-journey/ 3088/ ). Irish Daily Star (Independent Star Limited). . Retrieved 16 September 2011. [24] "I'm going solo, reveals Wonderland's Sharon" (http:/ / www. herald. ie/ entertainment/ music/ im-going-solo-reveals-wonderlands-sharon-2880638. html). Evening Herald (Independent News & Media). 19 September 2011. . Retrieved 24 September 2011. [25] "Girlband weren't living in a Wonderland before split" (http:/ / www. herald. ie/ entertainment/ around-town/ girlband-werent-living-in-a-wonderland-before-split-2889326. html). Evening Herald (Independent News & Media). 28 September 2011. . Retrieved 28 September 2011. [26] http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 3/ 2011-06-18/ [27] http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ scottish-albums-chart/ [28] "Wonderland - Irish Charts" (http:/ / irish-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Wonderland+ [IE]). irish-charts.com/ Hung Medien. . Retrieved 28 May 2011. [29] "Wonderland" (http:/ / acharts. us/ album/ 63800). acharts. . Retrieved 13 June 2011. [30] http:/ / www. zobbel. de/ cluk/ 110618cluk. txt [31] "Vote for Glamour Women of the Year Awards" (http:/ / www. glamourmagazine. co. uk/ celebrity/ glamour-awards-2011). Glamour. Condé Nast Publications. . Retrieved 1 March 2011. [32] "BT Digital Music Awards 2011" (http:/ / www. btdma. com/ index. php/ pages/ awards). BT Group. . Retrieved 30 August 2011.

External links • • • • •

Official website (http://www.wonderlandofficial.com) Wonderland (band) (https://twitter.com/WonderlandSongs) on Twitter Wonderland (band) (http://www.myspace.com/wonderlandofficial) on Myspace Wonderland (band) (https://www.facebook.com/WonderlandOfficial) on Facebook Wonderland (band)'s channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/wonderlandofficial) on YouTube

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Associated people Simon Cowell Simon Cowell

Cowell at The X Factor in 2011. Born

Simon Phillip Cowell 7 October 1959 Lambeth, London, England

Occupation

A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, television personality

Years active 1979–present

Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol. He is also the owner of the television production and music publishing house Syco. As a judge, Cowell is known for his blunt and often controversial criticisms, insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities. He is also known for combining activities in both the television and music industries, having promoted singles and records for various artists, including television personalities. He was most recently featured on the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent and the second season of The X Factor USA. In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed Cowell at number 41 in a list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".[1]

Early life Cowell was born in Lambeth, London[2] and brought up in Elstree, Hertfordshire.[3] His mother, Julie Brett (née Josie Dalglish), is a former ballet dancer and socialite, and his father, Eric Selig Phillip Cowell (1918–1999),[2] was an estate agent developer and music industry executive.[4] Cowell's father was from a mostly Jewish family, though he did not discuss his background with his children (Cowell's paternal grandmother had immigrated from Poland).[5] Cowell's mother was from a Christian background, and is of part Scottish descent.[5][6][7] He has one brother and three half-brothers and a half sister; younger brother Nicholas Cowell, half-brother John Cowell, half-brother Tony Cowell, half-brother Michael Cowell and half sister June Cowell.[8] The surname Cowell is an anglicization of the Irish Gaelic patronymic name MacCathmhaoil meaning "son of the Battle Chief". Cowell attended Radlett Preparatory School and the independent Dover College as did his brother, but left after taking GCE O levels. He passed in English Language and Literature and then attended Windsor Technical College

Simon Cowell where he gained another GCE in Sociology.[9] At the age of 17, he dated model Paula Hamilton.[10] Cowell took a few menial jobs—including, according to Tony, working as a runner on Stanley Kubrick's The Shining[11]—but did not get along well with colleagues and bosses, until his father who was executive at the recording giant EMI Music Publishing, managed to get him a job in the mail room.[12]

Career Cowell's father's connections originally got him rehired as the assistant to an A&R man. From there onwards, Simon worked his way up and eventually got promoted to a music publishing[13] position but left during the early 1980s to form E&S Music with his boss at EMI, Ellis Rich (later Chairman of the Performing Right Society). The company had several hit records at one point with five singles in the UK top 40. The offices were in a converted gentleman's washroom in the NCP car park on Brewer Street in London's Soho district. Cowell left by mutual agreement a few years later. He worked for Iain Burton, manager of choreographer Arlene Phillips, co-founder of dance group Hot Gossip and of nascent independent record label Fanfare Records. Cowell worked with Burton for eight years at Fanfare where he achieved his first real success in the music industry, becoming a partner and building Fanfare into a highly successful 'indie' pop label. Fanfare had numerous top ten hits with various pop artists and particularly Sinitta, selling more than 500,000 copies of her debut single "So Macho", and more than 500,000 copies of her album Rondo Veneziano.[14] Next in 1984, Cowell and Burton met up with Pete Waterman for the first time. Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman formed the songwriting and record producing trio known as Stock Aitken Waterman.[15] Stock Aitken Waterman helped Fanfare during the second half of the 1980s producing several hit singles for Sinitta and licensing The Hit Factory SAW Compilation Albums to Fanfare. Next in 1989, Fanfare's parent, Public Company, found itself in difficulties, forcing Fanfare into the hands of BMG. An in-debt Cowell was forced to move back in with his parents. Later that year, he became an A&R consultant for BMG. In 1990, he appeared as a contestant on the UK gameshow Sale of the Century.[16][17] Subsequently, Cowell signed up a number of acts to S-Records that became successful, including Curiosity Killed the Cat, Sonia, Five, Westlife, Robson & Jerome, and Ultimate Kaos. He also released several novelty recordings featuring the likes of Teletubbies,[18] wrestlers of WWE, Zig and Zag, and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers that were huge successes.[3] In 2002, Cowell set up another label, Syco Music, which later became part of Columbia Records and Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Artists such as Leona Lewis, Il Divo and contestants from The X Factor and America's Got Talent are released on Syco. Cowell explained, "There has to come a point when I will step down from being on camera and remain behind the scenes because you can't keep doing this forever...I think by [the end of my contract] that the public will be sick to death of me anyway and it will be time to go."[19] In 2006, Cowell signed to two more record-breaking deals. In the US, he agreed to remain as a judge on American Idol, earning £20 million (US$33 million) per season for another five years. He also has a deal with FOX which allows his production company to broadcast Got Talent and American Inventor on other networks, but he may not appear on them. In the UK, he signed a "golden handcuffs" deal with ITV, worth approximately £6.5 million a year for three years, which gave ITV rights to his talent show The X Factor, a British singing talent show, and Grease Is the Word, a musical talent show to find the stars of a Grease production in London's West End. In late 2005, he signed a new contract to remain working for Sony BMG. In 2010, Cowell finalised a deal which secures the long-term business future of Syco with Sony Music Entertainment.[20] The deal will also see him launching a US version of X Factor on 21 September 2011.[21]

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Idol franchise and Il Divo Cowell was given the role of judge on the first series of Pop Idol in the UK by then ITV Controller of Entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz[22] in 2001, he was then judge on the first season of American Idol in 2002. With his notoriously critical reputation, Cowell is likened to TV personalities such as Judith Sheindlin and Anne Robinson. Though comparable to Robinson, Cowell has expressed his dislike for her and has commented in an interview, "I hate her and I hate her show because it's just an act".[23] Cowell's prominence grew, fed by his signature phrase, "I don't mean to be rude, but ...", inevitably followed by an unsparingly blunt appraisal of the contestant's talents, personality, or even physical appearance. A lot of these one-liners were the product of coaching that Cowell received from noted publicist Max Clifford.[24] Cowell also appeared on the one-off World Idol programme in 2003, where it became clear that each country's version of the Idol had attempted to come up with its own "Simon Cowell" type personality. In 2003, Cowell placed No 33 on Channel 4's list of the all-time 100 Worst Britons. Cowell's S Records signed the top two finishers of the first season of Pop Idol, Will Young and Gareth Gates, both of whom went on to have No 1 UK hits. Efforts begun in 2001 materialised in 2004, when Cowell returned to his group manufacturing roots with his latest brainchild, the internationally successful operatic pop group Il Divo,[25][26] consisting of three opera singers and one pop singer of four different nationalities. Inspired by the success of Il Divo, Simon created a child version, Angelis, beating competition from many similar groups emerging at Christmas 2006.[27] On 11 January 2010, Cowell's exit from American Idol was made official. The 2010 season was Cowell's last on the show. It was also announced that FOX had acquired the rights to The X Factor USA, an American version of Cowell's popular British show, The X Factor, which began in September 2011.[28][29]

The X Factor In 2004, with Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, Cowell was a judge on the first series of the British television music competition The X Factor, which he created using his production company, Syco. The X Factor was an instant success with the viewers and began its eighth series in 2011.

Cowell alongside Cheryl Cole as judges on The X Factor UK's series seventh.

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Leona Lewis, the winner of the third series of The X Factor, was signed to Cowell's label Syco and has had number one singles and album sales around the world.[34][35] Cowell returned for a fourth series on 18 August 2007 alongside Osbourne, Walsh and new judge, Dannii Minogue. Walsh had previously been sacked from the judging panel by Cowell for the fourth series, and was subsequently replaced by Brian Friedman, who was a judge on Grease Is the Word. Walsh was later brought back a week into the auditions by Cowell when he and Osbourne realised that they missed Walsh and that without One Direction signed to Cowell's record label after finishing him, there was no chemistry between the judges. Cowell third and being mentored by Cowell in 2010. The group are returned for the fifth series in 2008, with Walsh, Minogue [30][31][32][33] Cowell's latest international breakout act. and new judge Cheryl Cole, as Osbourne decided to quit before the show began.[36][37] Cowell returned for series 6 and 7 as well, although series 7 was to be his last, as he left in 2011 in order to launch The X Factor in America. After placing third in the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, boyband One Direction signed to Cowell's label in 2011, and the group have gone on to top singles and album charts worldwide.[38][39] The X Factor Australia launched in 2005, but was cancelled due to poor ratings. It returned to Australian television for its second season on 30 August 2010, with Kyle Sandilands, Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian and Natalie Imbruglia as judges.[40] Season 3 began on 29 August 2010 and ended on 22 November. It featured Ronan Keating, Mel B, Guy Sebastian and Natalie Bassingthwaighte as judges. Cowell also launched The X Factor USA in September 2011 on American broadcaster Fox. It was originally announced that he would be a judge both on the UK and U.S. editions of the show, which air at similar times of the year,[20][21] but MTV officially reported on 17 April 2011 that this was not true; Cowell is no longer a judge in the UK version,[41] but instead will be an enormous presence backstage.[42] He currently is a judge on The X Factor USA . For season 1, he was joined by Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and formerly Cheryl Cole. After Abdul and Scherzinger left the show they were replaced by Demi Lovato and Britney Spears, who both serve as current judges along Cowell and Reid. In October 2010, Cowell signed new three-year deals with ITV for both Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor, renewing both shows until 2013.[43]

Got Talent franchise Following the success of the Idol and X Factor franchises, Cowell, his company Syco, and its business partners developed a talent show format open to performers of any kind, not only singers, but also dancers, instrumentalists, magicians, comedians, novelty acts, and so on. The origins of the Got Talent format can be traced to the British show Opportunity Knocks, which began as a radio programme in the 1940s and later transferred to television, where it was an ITV staple for several decades. Looking further back, Opportunity Knocks had its roots in the variety show traditions of British music hall and American vaudeville. Cowell is the executive producer of America's Got Talent,[44] which debuted in June 2006, along with Fremantle producers of the Idol series, but he does not appear on the show due to the terms of his contract with FOX. The show was a huge success for NBC, drawing around 12 million viewers a week, and beating So You Think You Can Dance on FOX (produced by rival and Idol creator Simon Fuller). Britain's Got Talent[45] debuted on ITV in June 2007. Cowell appears as a judge alongside Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. The show was a ratings success and second and third seasons followed in 2008 and 2009. The third

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Other shows On 16 March 2006, Simon Cowell's next competition show, American Inventor,[48][49] debuted on ABC. Fledgling entrepreneurs from across the United States competed to see who could come up with the best new product concept. The 2006 winner, Janusz Liberkowski,[50][51] received $1 million and the opportunity to develop his idea into a business. The show returned one more time in 2007 for a second season. In 2006, Cowell executive-produced Celebrity Duets,[52] which was described as "an Idol show for Hollywood superstars." The show was hosted by Wayne Brady, and its judges were Marie Osmond, Little Richard[53] and David Foster. Cowell was also the executive producer of Grease Is the Word for ITV. This show set out to find performers to play Danny and Sandy in the 2007 West End revival of Grease. It was hosted by Zoë Ball and judged by Britons David Ian and Sinitta and Americans David Gest and Brian Friedman. The musical theatre casting concept had already been introduced by the BBC with the ratings hit How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, but Cowell's show was not the hoped for success. He himself said, "It has been slaughtered by the critics – and rightly so. It is far too similar to our other formats."[54] Cowell collaborated with UK production company Shed Media to produce 2008 ITV drama series Rock Rivals, which is based on an X Factor type show.[55] In 2011, Cowell also created his first game show, titled Red or Black? and hosted by Ant & Dec, for ITV.[56] Series 1 was broadcast over seven nights in one week (excluding Tuesday), from 3 to 10 September. The show has been recomissioned by ITV for a second series in 2012, which will be aired weekly.[57]

Other activities Cowell has been involved in charity work for many years.[58] He supports children from The Association Of Children's Hospices and invites them backstage to the screenings of The X Factor.[59] When he can, he stops by some of the hospices to visit the children.[59] He also supports animal rights and has appeared in a video for PETA in which he reminds drivers of the cruelty to animals that can occur when their pets are locked in cars in the summer.[60][61] In view of his charitable works, particularly the production of the charity single Everybody Hurts in aid of victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, as well as his services to the music industry, there was considerable media speculation as to whether Cowell would receive a knighthood in the Queen's 2010 Birthday Honours, a proposal allegedly put forward by former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.[62] Cowell stated that he believed his chances of receiving the honour were "zero" following what he described as being a "royal row";[63] ultimately Cowell did not receive an honour in the list. In December 2003, Cowell published his autobiography titled I Don't Mean to be Rude, but.... In it, he told the whole story of his childhood, his years working in music and experiences on Pop Idol, Pop Stars Rivals, and American Idol, and finally, his tips for being successful as a pop star. Cowell has appeared as a guest voice in an episode of The Simpsons ("Smart and Smarter"), in which he gets beaten up by Homer Simpson (while criticising Homer's punches).[64][65] His voice was also heard on an episode of Family Guy ("Lois Kills Stewie"), in which he told Stewie that his singing was so awful that he should be dead.[66][67][68] He made an MTV Movie Award-winning cameo appearance as himself in Scary Movie 3, where he sits in judgment during a battle rap (and subsequently gets killed by gunfire for criticising the rappers). He also appears in the DVD version of Shrek 2 as a judge in Far Far Away Idol, and also provided the voice.[69] He appeared on an episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (the original British version) and Saturday Night Live in 2004. Cowell has also guest-starred (filling in for Regis Philbin) in the popular talk show Live with Regis and

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Simon Cowell Kelly during American Idol's finalist week in early 2006. Cowell was once the fastest "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" on BBC's motoring show Top Gear, driving a Suzuki Liana around the show's test track in a time of 1:47.1. When Top Gear retired the Liana along with its rankings after the eighth series, Cowell was the eighth fastest overall and the third fastest non-professional driver. On 11 November 2007 Cowell yet again appeared on Top Gear, achieving a time of 1:45.9 thus putting him ahead of Gordon Ramsay and back at the top of the table.[70] Cowell introduced entertainer Dick Clark at the 2006 Primetime Emmy Awards. He was seen on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice where he donated £25,000 for a fun fair ticket. Cowell has also appeared on the MTV shows Cribs and Punk'd. On Punk'd, Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson set him up to believe his $400,000 Rolls Royce was stolen and had caused an accident by using a nearly identical car.[71] Cowell was chosen as the first subject of the re-launched This Is Your Life in an episode broadcast on 2 June 2007. He was presented with the Red Book by Sir Trevor McDonald while presenting American Idol.[72] On 1 July 2007 Cowell appeared alongside Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest as a speaker at the Concert For Diana, held at Wembley Stadium, London.[73] Cowell was a partner in the Royal Ascot Racing Club, a thoroughbred horse racing syndicate which owned the 2005 Epsom Derby winner, Motivator.[74] In May 2010, he portrayed himself again, in another episode of The Simpsons, "Judge Me Tender".[75] In December 2010, he was added as a new entry to the latest edition of Who's Who.[76] At the 2012 Pride of Britain Awards on 30 October, Cowell, along with Michael Caine, Elton John, Richard Branson and Stephen Fry, recited Rudyard Kipling's poem If— in tribute to the 2012 British Olympic and Paralympics heroes.[77]

Personal life Cowell became engaged to make up artist Mezhgan Hussainy in February 2010, however the couple separated in 2012.[78] They met on the set of American Idol.[79] Cowell is the godfather of pop singer Sinitta's adopted children.[80] Upon his appearance on Top Gear, it was revealed that Cowell pays more than £21.7m per year in income tax, suggesting that his taxable income is over £54.25m per year with income tax at the time approximately 40%.[81][82] (NB: UK Income Tax 40% for earnings over £34,600). Cowell was estimated to have a fortune of £200 million in the Sunday Times Rich List of 2011, making him the sixth richest person in the British music industry.[83] Cowell splits his time between homes in London and Los Angeles.[84] He owns a £9million home in Holland Park, West London,[84] and has a £13.7million ($22 m), 11,550 sq ft (1,073 m2) home in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.[85] In April 2012 he said that he had an affair with fellow The X Factor judge Dannii Minogue during her time on the show.[78]

Political views Cowell is a supporter of the Conservative Party. In 2010, Cowell endorsed David Cameron to be Prime Minister and claimed that he has the 'substance and the stomach to navigate us through difficult times'.[86] In the aftermath of the election, it was reported that he had fallen out with fellow X Factor judge Cheryl Cole (who had declared her support for Labour and Gordon Brown) in a telephone conversation about politics.[87]

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UK. 18 May 2007. . Retrieved 14 August 2010. [55] X marks the spat in new drama (http:/ / www. thesun. co. uk/ sol/ homepage/ showbiz/ tv/ 767068/ Simon-Cowell-Rock-Rivals-X-marks-the-spat-in-new-reality-drama. html) The Sun. Retrieved 12 April 2012 [56] Red or Black? has Simon Cowell's fingerprints all over it (http:/ / www. mirror. co. uk/ lifestyle/ staying-in/ what-s-on-tv/ red-or-black-has-simon-cowells-fingerprints-151680) The Mirror. Retrieved 12 April 2012 [57] Simon Cowell's Red Or Black recommissioned for a second series... with a new prize jackpot of £3.5MILLION (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-2114392/ Simon-Cowells-Red-Or-Black-recommissioned-second-series--new-prize-jackpot-3-5MILLION. html) Daily Mail. Retrieved 12 April 2012

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Simon Cowell [87] Cheryl Cole furious with Simon Cowell’s Conservative politics (http:/ / www. unrealitytv. co. uk/ x-factor/ cheryl-cole-furious-with-simon-cowells-conservative-politics/ ) Unrealitytv.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2012

External links • • • • •

Simon Cowell (http://xfactor.itv.com/2008/judgesandhosts.html) at itv.com/xfactor Simon Cowell (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1101562/) at the Internet Movie Database Simon Cowell (http://www.people.com/people/simon_cowell) at People.com Simon Cowell for PETA (http://www.furisdead.com/feat-simoncowell.asp) Simon Cowell on World Top 100 A&R Chart (http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=hitqnews/ archive/2005/December19_3_57_13.html) • New York Times: How a Hit Almost Failed Its Own Audition (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/ business/yourmoney/30idol.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5088&en=669f98ef7731ce30&ex=1304049600& partner=rssnyt&emc=rss) • Reviews and short bio of Simon Cowell (http://www.digitalreview.net/simon_cowell.html) • Playboy Interview: Simon Cowell, February 2007 (http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/features/ simon-cowell/simon-cowell-01.html) • Interview, HitQuarters Oct 2001 (http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/ intrview_Simon_Cowell02_Interview.html) • 2011 radio interview (http://khitschicago.radio.com/2011/04/21/ eddie-jobo-talk-with-simon-cowell-about-his-new-show-x-factor/) with Simon Cowell

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Walsh at a Manchester hotel in 2009 Born

Michael Louis Vincent Walsh 5 August 1952 Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Ireland

Nationality

Irish

Occupation

Entertainment manager, Television personality

Years active 2001–present Employer

Syco / ITV

Television

Irish Popstars (2001) Popstars: The Rivals (2002) You're a Star (2003–04) The X Factor (2004–present) Britain's Got Talent (2010, 2011) The X Factor USA (2012)

Awards

Mayo Person of the Year 2009

Louis Walsh (born Michael Louis Vincent Walsh;[1] 5 August 1952)[2] is an Irish entertainment manager and judge on British television talent show The X Factor. Originally from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Walsh moved to Dublin to get a start in the music industry.[3] He managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone and Westlife, three of Ireland's most successful pop artists in recent decades. In later life, Walsh began an alternative career as a TV talent pundit and personality. He has been a judge on The X Factor since the show's inception in 2004,[4] mentoring the "Groups" category 5 times and the "Overs" category 3 times. He was the winning judge of the show's second series, mentoring Shayne Ward. He has also appeared on You're a Star, Popstars, Popstars: The Rivals, Britain's Got Talent.

Band manager In the 1990s, Walsh decided to create an Irish version of Take That, which the papers picked up on when Walsh advertised the open auditions. The band created was Boyzone, whom Walsh managed to international success achieving 16 top three singles, six of which were number ones, as well as four number one albums, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. When Ronan Keating announced he wanted to take a break from Boyzone, Walsh continued to manage his career. Keating achieved a number one hit with "Life Is a Rollercoaster" in 2000 while his album sold 4.4 million copies. Keating and Walsh later agreed to part company as Keating's solo career reached an

Louis Walsh all time high. Walsh then went back to the boy band formula to create Westlife, which Keating co-managed with Walsh for the first couple of Westlife's number one singles and albums. Despite an earlier bitter feud, Walsh had a public reconciliation with Boyzone, including Ronan Keating, on the ITV2 programme Ghosthunting with Louis Walsh and Boyzone in which they explored a network of subterranean streets beneath Edinburgh. On 10 October 2009, Boyzone member Stephen Gately died in his sleep at the age of 33. Walsh commented: "I'm in complete shock. I was only with him on Monday at an awards ceremony. We don't know much about what's happened yet. I only heard after The X Factor and we will rally around each other this week. He was a great man."[5] In December 2012, he became Union J's manager. [6]

Television career Walsh's first television work was in 2001, in the Irish version of Popstars. The following year Walsh appeared as a judge on the UK ITV show Popstars: The Rivals with Pete Waterman and Geri Halliwell. Walsh went head-to-head with Waterman on the show with his girlband Girls Aloud battling it out with Waterman's boy band One True Voice. Girls Aloud's debut single "Sound of the Underground" reached number one in the UK. Walsh managed the band to achieve a million singles sales while their debut album went platinum. Walsh also frequently appears on various talent shows on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the most recent being You're a Star. He covered for Simon Cowell as a judge on Britain's Got Talent during series four's Birmingham auditions on 3 and 4 February 2010 due to Cowell being ill. He again filled in for David Hasselhoff at the London auditions in the following series when Hasselhoff was unavailable due to appearing in pantomime. Walsh will also appear on The X Factor USA season two auditions in Kansas City covering for Simon Cowell. In January 2012, Walsh appeared on the ITV documentary series The Talent Show Story where he was interviewed about being a judge on The X Factor and Popstars The Rivals. Fellow Popstars judge Pete Waterman also appeared on the programme as well as past and present X Factor judges, including Dannii Minogue, Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland and Gary Barlow. In Spring 2012, Walsh appeared in the ITV panel show Mad Mad World.

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Walsh appeared from 2004 as a judge, along with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne on ITV talent show,[7] The X Factor. In 2004, Walsh found chart success with G4, who went on to have a chart topping album and completed two tours of the UK. In 2005 Walsh managed the winner Shayne Ward, whose debut single "That's My Goal" spent four weeks at UK number one. In November 2005, Walsh quit the show mid-series out of protest regarding his treatment on the show; the most explicit example being Osbourne's drenching him with drinking water during a live recording.[8] Walsh returned on the Saturday evening's live show, stating that he could not abandon his remaining competitor and eventual winner, Shayne Ward. Ward went on to win the competition with over 10 million votes in the final. Walsh then went on to win The X Factor: Battle of the Stars with actress Lucy Benjamin. ITV announced in March 2007 that Walsh would not return as a judge on The X Factor, but would remain behind the scenes managing some Walsh in London wearing a JLS hoodie acts from the show.[9] According to UK tabloid newspaper The Sun, the decision to be replaced with two other judges came as a shock to him. He was replaced on the panel by American choreographer Brian Friedman. Osbourne, Cowell, Friedman and new judge Dannii Minogue appeared at the London auditions; however, after the first few days, Cowell decided to re-hire Walsh to the panel. On 22 June 2007, Walsh confirmed he would be returning as a judge on the fourth series of The X Factor. Friedman was reinstated as the show's Creative Director. Walsh mentored the Over 25s category in series four. In the 'Judges Houses' stage of the competition, Walsh took his acts to Dublin and invited guest Kian Egan to help him decide who to take through to the live shows. Simon Cowell reportedly told Walsh off for his comments about the Spice Girls. Walsh had said that the girl group were "past their sell-by date" and lacking in talent, but Cowell already had plans to book the girls on the show.[10] In 2008, Walsh returned for the fifth series along with Cowell, Minogue and Cheryl Cole, who was hired after Osbourne quit the previous June. In this series, Walsh mentored the groups, choosing JLS, Girlband and Bad Lashes to represent him in the live shows. Walsh took his acts to Castle Leslie in Ireland during the judges houses stage where he was aided by Westlife star Shane Filan. Bad Lashes and Girlband were the first two acts to be eliminated over the first two weeks, but JLS finished as runners-up. Walsh returned to the sixth series show in 2009, again mentoring the groups for the fourth time in six years. During the judges houses stage, the Groups and Walsh flew to Lake Como in Italy where Boyzone singer Ronan Keating helped Walsh pick his final three. Walsh took Kandy Rain, Miss Frank and John & Edward to the live shows. Kandy Rain were eliminated in the first live results show, from which Walsh was absent due to the sudden death of Boyzone member Stephen Gately. Walsh was absent again on the Saturday and Sunday of the second week of live shows due to Gately's funeral on 17 October. During these weeks, Dannii Minogue, Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole appeared as a panel of only three judges. In week three, Miss Frank were eliminated from the competition, while John & Edward were eliminated in week seven, though went on to have successful careers in the industry. In 2010, Walsh returned to the The X Factor along with Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell, and Dannii Minogue who returned during the live shows. Nicole Scherzinger, Geri Halliwell, Katy Perry, Pixie Lott and Natalie Imbruglia all appeared as guest judges alongside Walsh and Cowell during the auditions in place of Dannii Minogue and in some cases Cheryl Cole. Walsh mentored the Over 28s category on the seventh series of The X Factor. In the judges houses stage, Walsh took his acts to Adare in Ireland. Walsh was helped by former judge and friend Sharon Osbourne. His last surviving act, Mary Byrne, was eliminated in the semi-final on 5 December 2010.[11]

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Louis Walsh Walsh returned to the show in 2011 for series eight. He joined new panelists Kelly Rowland, Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos, who replaced former judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole, all of whom left the show after series seven. This meant that, following Cowell's departure, Walsh became the only original judge left on the programme. During the Bootcamp stages it was announced that he would mentor the Over 25s category for the rest of the competition. In the Judges Houses stage, Walsh took his acts to Barcelona in Spain where he was aided by Cowell's former aid Sinitta. His most successful act of the competition was Kitty Brucknell who made it to week six of the live shows before she was eliminated. Walsh chose Brucknell, Sami Brookes, Johnny Robinson and Jonjo Kerr to go through to the live shows. During the live shows of series eight, in an interview with former judge Dannii Minogue, Walsh stated that he "didn't know" whether he would return as a judge in 2012. However, on 3 May 2012, Walsh confirmed he would return for his ninth series alongside Tulisa Contostavlos and Gary Barlow who will return to the show. Walsh, Barlow and Contostavlos will join an array of guest judges during the auditions due to show's producers not being able to sign a replacement judge for Kelly Rowland in time after she left the show after one series. Walsh's former college on Popstars The Rivals, Geri Halliwell joined the judges in Liverpool, former American X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger and singers Leona Lewis and Rita Ora joined the panel in London respectively. Australian X Factor judge Mel B appeared at the Manchester auditions. Nicole Scherzinger joined Louis Walsh and the fellow judges Tulisa Contostavlos and Gary Barlow as a full-time judge for ninth series. Walsh substituted for Simon Cowell at the Kansas City auditions for season two of the American version while Cowell was recovering from bronchitis. He joined the other season two judges: L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato and Britney Spears, and was introduced with the line, "When Simon needs an opinion from someone he trusts, I'm the man he calls".[12] His episode broke ratings records for the series.[13]

List of groups and performers managed by Walsh Walsh manages and has managed many singers and groups, including: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Westlife – 1998–2012 Boyzone – 1993–2000, 2007–present Ronan Keating – 2000–present Shayne Ward – 2005–2009 Jedward – 2009–present[14] Wonderland – 2010–2011 Bellefire – 2000–2004 Six – 2001–2002 Girls Aloud – 2002–2003 G4 – 2004–2007 Samantha Mumba – 2000–2002 Eton Road – 2006–2008 JLS – 2008–present The Carter Twins Kerri Ann Rob Carney - 2006–present Union J - 2012–present

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Louis Walsh vs. News Group Newspapers Walsh sought access to documents which allegedly show The Sun tabloid paid €700 to a man who made a false sexual assault accusation against Walsh. The man was later sentenced to imprisonment for the false accusation.[15] The senior counsel for Walsh told the High Court on 14 May 2012: "The Sun directed the operation to take out Louis Walsh as a public person."[16] On 10 August 2012, the High Court ordered The Sun to give all documents and information to Walsh relating to the preparation of an article in The Sun: "Louis Probed Over 'Sex Attack' on Man in Loo". The article was published both in The Sun and their website on 23 June 2011. Walsh sued for defamation of character resulting from the false and malicious allegations and the case was settled out of court.[17][18] Walsh also took legal action against The Sun in the courts of Ireland, where it is also published, and on 28 November 2012 was awarded damages of €500,000 and €180,000 costs.[19]

Awards and honours • 2009 Mayo Person of the Year[2]

References [1] "Biography – Louis Walsh" (http:/ / www. thebiographychannel. co. uk/ biographies/ louis-walsh/ biography. html). thebiographychannel.co.uk. . Retrieved 3 October 2011. [2] "Louis Walsh is Mayo Person of the Year" (http:/ / www. mayonews. ie/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=5825& Itemid=38). Mayonews.ie. 27 January 2009. . Retrieved 3 October 2011. [3] Adams, Tim (30 November 2002). "The cynical Svengali" (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ theobserver/ 2002/ dec/ 01/ features. review17). The Observer (London). . Retrieved 6 April 2012. [4] "Louis Walsh Biography, Picture Gallery & Video" (http:/ / www. heatworld. com/ Celeb-AZ/ Michael-Walsh/ ). heatworld.com. 5 August 1952. . Retrieved 3 October 2011. [5] "News of the World" (http:/ / www. newsoftheworld. co. uk/ news/ 544219/ Boyzone-star-Stephen-Gately-dies. html). . (subscription

required) [6] http:/ / www. gigwise. com/ news/ 78142/ louis-walsh-said-to-have-signed-union-j-to-a-new-management-deal [7] "Furious Walsh walks out on X Factor" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ pages/ live/ articles/ showbiz/ showbiznews. html?in_article_id=369460& in_page_id=1773). Daily Mail (London). 23 November 2005. . [8] X Factor Hurls Water on Louis Walsh » Propeller (http:/ / tv. netscape. com/ story/ 2006/ 09/ 25/ x-factor-hurls-water-on-louis-walsh/ ). Tv.netscape.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-03. [9] "Walsh to step down from X Factor" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 6432249. stm). BBC News. 8 March 2007. . Retrieved 11 May 2010. [10] Simon scolds Louis (http:/ / www. myparkmag. co. uk/ articles/ celebs/ tv-news/ simon-scolds-louis. jsp) [11] "It’s a rap: Cher Lloyd makes X Factor finals by the skin of her teeth" (http:/ / entertainment. stv. tv/ tv/ 214343-its-a-rap-cher-lloyd-makes-x-factor-finals-by-the-skin-of-her-teeth/ ). 5 December 2010. . Retrieved 8 December 2010. [12] Brady, Buzz (21 September 2012). "'Who the hell is Louis?' Walsh stands in for Simon Cowell on US "X Factor" – VIDEO: Irish music mogul steps in for Cowell during Kansas auditions" (http:/ / www. irishcentral. com/ ent/ Who-the-hell-is-Louis-Walsh-stands-in-for-Simon-Cowell-on-US-X-Factor--VIDEO-170675996. html). Irish Central. . Retrieved 21 September 2012. [13] Butler, Laura (21 September 2012). "Louis Walsh makes splash across pond as his X Factor USA episode is ratings winner" (http:/ / www. independent. ie/ entertainment/ tv-radio/ louis-walsh-makes-splash-across-pond-as-his-x-factor-usa-episode-is-ratings-winner-3235847. html). Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). . Retrieved 21 September 2012. [14] Louis "Walsh signs X Factor duo John and Edward" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 8394016. stm). BBC News. Louis. [15] "Jail term for false Walsh claims" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ world-europe-16729470). BBC News. 25 January 2012. . Retrieved 28 November 2012. [16] Healy, Tim (14 May 2012). "X-Factor judge Louis Walsh wants access to Sun documents on false assault accusation" (http:/ / www. independent. ie/ lifestyle/ independent-woman/ celebrity-news-gossip/ xfactor-judge-louis-walsh-wants-access-to-sun-documents-on-false-assault-accusation-3108842. html). Irish Independent (Independent News & Media). . Retrieved 14 May 2012. [17] "Louis Walsh entitled to Sun newspaper's documents on false allegations - court" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ news/ 2012/ 0810/ louis-walsh. html). RTÉ News (RTÉ). 10 August 2012. . Retrieved 10 August 2012. [18] "X Factor judge Louis Walsh settles 500,000 euro defamation case" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ world-europe-20524505). BBC News. 28 November 2012. . Retrieved 28 November 2012.

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External links • Louis Walsh (http://www.xfactor.tv/judges/profile/?scid=7) at itv.com/xfactor • IMDb Profile (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1123986/)

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Ronan Keating Background information [1]

Birth name

Ronan Patrick John Keating

Born

3 March 1977 Finglas, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Genres

Pop, dance pop, folk rock, electropop

Occupations

Musician, singer-songwriter, television/radio personality, actor, composer

Years active

1993–present

Labels

Polydor

Associated acts Boyzone Website

www.ronankeating.com

[2]

Ronan Patrick John Keating[1] (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Irish group Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and resulted in 9 albums. Keating gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing at All" was featured in the film Notting Hill and peaked at number one in several countries. As a solo artist, Keating has sold over 25 million records worldwide alongside the 30 million records with Boyzone,[3][4][5] and in Australia he is best known as a judge on The X Factor.[6] Keating has worked as a charity campaigner, most notably for the Marie Keating Foundation, a foundation that raises awareness for breast cancer. It is named after his mother, who died of the disease in 1998. Keating's fortune is around €20 million.[7][8]

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History 1993–99: Early career, Boyzone and marriage

Boyzone performing at the tour with Ronan Keating as the lead singer.

Ronan Keating was born on 3 March 1977, the youngest of five children. He grew up on the Northside of Dublin and Co Meath. His father Gerry Keating was a lorry driver; his mother Marie was a hairdresser and had her own salon in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath. He has one sister: Linda, and three brothers: Ciaran, Gerard and Gary.[9] He was a track and field athlete and represented Ireland in several tournaments, winning the All Ireland under-13 200m title. He also worked as an assistant in a shoe shop just as his siblings emigrated to the United States.[10]

Keating is also godfather to Mackenzie Bannatyne. Keating joined the band Boyzone on 1993. Keating, Keith Duffy, Richard Rock, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately were chosen as Boyzone members. Rock would later leave the group before being replaced by Mikey Graham. The group performed in various clubs and pubs before being signed by PolyGram in 1994 and released a cover version of "Working My Way Back to You" by The Four Seasons. The group also released a cover version of "Love Me for a Reason" which would peak on several charts. In 1998, his mother died at the age of 54[11] from breast cancer,[12][13] resulting in the establishment of the Marie Keating Foundation. Keating married Yvonne Connolly in April 1998 and together, the couple have three children: Jack (born 15 March 1999), Marie (born 18 February 2001) and Ali (born 7 September 2005). From 1994–1999, Boyzone released 17 singles, 3 studio albums and 1 compilation album before disbanding in 2000 selling 27 million records and 3 million records from 4 singles, 1 compilation and studio album since their reformation.

Ronan and When You Say Nothing At All: 1999–2000 In 1999, while still a member of Boyzone, Keating recorded a version of "When You Say Nothing At All" for the motion picture Notting Hill. The single peaked at number one in the UK charts, leading to a successful solo career.[14] Keating released his debut solo album entitled Ronan in 2000, peaking at number one in the UK Albums Chart. The album was given several negative reviews, although it sold over 750,000 copies and became one of the top selling albums of the year in the United Kingdom. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, and has been certified four-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of 1.2 million copies. In the singer's native Ireland, the album debuted at number two. The album also became a commercial success in other European countries, where it charted within the top ten of eight countries. In 2001, Ronan was certified two-times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments of two million copies inside Europe.[15] The album produced four UK and Irish top-ten singles: "When You Say Nothing at All" (originally recorded for the soundtrack of the 1999 film Notting Hill), "Life Is a Rollercoaster", "The Way You Make Me Feel", and "Lovin' Each Day", the latter of which was featured on the re-release edition of the album, and later on Keating's second album, Destination (2002).Also the song "Lovin each day" is from a movie "Summer catch".

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1999–2007: Destination, touring and 10 Years of Hits After the successful debut album Ronan Keating continued on with his solo career and since has released four more studio albums: Destination (2002), Turn It On (2003), 10 Years of Hits (2004) and Bring You Home (2006), four of which peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart. Keating collaborated with several major stars, including Elton John, Lulu, LeAnn Rimes and the Bee Gees, for these albums. Keating and Paul Brady co-wrote the 2001 hit single "The Long Goodbye",[16] one of Keating's most loved hits amongst fans and a huge hit for Brooks & Dunn in the United States. Keating and Brady won the "BMI European song-writing award" for the single. In 2003, Keating was named Rear of the Year – an award given to celebrities with a notable posterior.[17] In October 2007, Keating was listed in the Guinness Book of Records for being the only artist ever to have 30 consecutive top 10 singles in the UK chart, beating the likes of Elvis Presley. Keating also embarked on two world tours, won the Ivor Novello and BMI songwriting awards, released an autobiography, had a role as ambassador for Christian Aid and had sales in excess of 22 million albums worldwide. In 2007 he released two fragrances, the range consists of a female fragrance, 'Hope By Ronan', which is based upon musk and amber scents and a male scent; and 'Believe by Ronan', based on Sicilian lemon, lavender and Clary sage smells. All proceeds go to the Marie Keating foundation. Keating performed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup opening party at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in front of an audience of nearly 250,000 people, and posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine's 10 Years of Naked Centrefolds. On 9 May 2007, Keating became the first international number-one selling foreign artist to perform a concert in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Keating also performed at the Olympic Stadium Indoor Arena. Keating has dueted with Elton John at Madison Garden in New York and has sung for the Pope twice and performed for Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust 30th birthday, which took place at the Tower of London. He performed on stage for the Swedish Royal family at Crown Princess Victoria's birthday celebrations, and at the opening ceremony of the 19th European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

2007–10: Boyzone reformation and Stephen Gately's death On 5 November 2007, Keating confirmed that Boyzone would reunite for a special appearance on the BBC's annual fundraiser, Children in Need, performing a medley of hits, although had not yet commented on the possibility of a new tour or album. Soon, the Boyzone went on a 29-date tour. The tour, taking in cities such as Cardiff, Newcastle, Liverpool, London at the O2 Arena and Wembley, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Edinburgh Castle and the RDS in Dublin. A greatest hits collection was released and two new singles in 2008 selling 700,000 copies. Stephen Gately, close friend and bandmate of Keating, died on 10 October 2009 of a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs. This left Keating devastated. In 2009 Keating co-wrote the song "Believe Again" sung by Niels Brinck, who won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow where it qualified for the final from the second semi-final and finished in 13th place with 74 points.[18] Following the success of Ronan Keating's album Songs For My Mother,[19] he has recorded another entitled Winter Songs. Teaming up again with Songs For My Mother producer Steve Lipson, Keating pulled together eleven songs that evoked memories of winter and Christmas for him. Winter Songs is a mix of traditional and modern festive classics, including tracks from artists such as Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell and Sugarland along with perennials "Silent Night" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". The album also includes two brand new songs, "Its Only Christmas" and "Scars".[20] In March 2010 the new Boyzone album "Brother" was released and went to number one in UK and Ireland selling 500,000 copies with very little promotion to add to the singles which sold 175,000 copies. On 12 November 2010, Keating released his seventh studio album entitled, Duet in Australia and New Zealand.[21] "Believe Again" was released as the lead single from the album and features guest vocals from Australian singer,

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2011–present: Touring, Fires 2013 He joined Boyzone on their tour of the UK and Ireland during February and March 2011 with a 21 date tour of the Ireland and UK with their arena-based Brother Tour, each of the band members received £1million from it. Ronan and the rest of the lads said it was a tour dedicated to their brother 'Steo'.[22] Bringing some Antipodean sunshine to proceedings were the soulful vocals of singer/songwriter Guy Sebastian, support act from Australia.[23] On 21 March 2011 a new album from Ronan Keating was released worldwide named When Ronan Met Burt.[24] In April he will make his film debut in Australia to shoot scenes for the top secret project.[25] He performed at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany in front of a 16,500 crowd.[26] Keating toured Australia and New Zealand in the beginning of 2012 at the state theatre in Sydney, Brisbane convention centre, Melbourne Regent Theatre, Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Canberra Royal Theatre, Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Adelaide festival theatre and at Perth Kings Park in front of 29,000 in all making 1.6 million pounds.[27] His fifth studio album named Fires was released on 3 September 2012 in the UK and 30 August in Ireland,Germany, Australia and worldwide Keating performing in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands, in [28] it was released through Universal Music and was produced by 2012 Greg Wells and co-written by Keating and Gregg Alexander. To promote the record Keating embarked on a short promotional tour on 3 August to the Summarfestivalur in The Faroe Islands in front of 14,000 fans,[29] 5 August to the Þjóðhátíð festival in Iceland and on 17 August to Festas Mar in Portugal as well as appearances in Germany and Australia.[30] A tour in the UK and Ireland in 2013 follows to Colston Hall in Bristol, The O2 Arena, Cardiff International Arena, Brighton Centre, Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, LG Arena in Birmingham, Bournemouth International Centre, Sheffield City Hall, Blackpool Opera House, Liverpool Echo Arena, Manchester Apollo, Newcastle City Hall, Clyde Auditorium and AECC in Scotland and The O2 in Ireland to an audience of 80,000 fans predicted to make £3,000,000.[31] On 21 July the single from the album, also named "Fires", was given its first worldwide release on BBC Radio 2. The video premiered on Youtube on 1 August 2012 at 9am. It was released as a digital download and CD on 24 August worldwide and 27 August in the UK.[32] Keating said: "Now I have a new lease of life and I'm ready to write and record, i'm working on a new studio album, which I hope to release later this year, it will feature brand new songs".[33] "It's not folk. It's a mix! It's a pop album. Gregg Alexander and I are working together again. It's got that 'Life is a Rollercoaster' feel again. I'm having fun with it again, it's been five years since I've done a studio album. I'm a little bit nervous, I just want to make a great record, for me, rather than for anyone else."

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Boyzone 2013 Keating will be reuniting with his Boyzone bandmates Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch in 2013 to celebrate their 20th anniversary as a group, "Next year Boyzone will be 20 years gone, so we'll be doing something. We have plans to get various other artists in the mix as well, I know Rizzle Kicks are interested and I have plans to get my nephew Will on a track somewhere in the album"[34] The new album releasing in the summer of 2013 will feature 10 new songs and 10 songs re-recorded with two singles and the band will tour at the end of October till the end of the year around the UK, Ireland, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. In January 2013, it was announced the new CD is likely to include three songs with Stephen Gately's vocals on it however, there is a row over who owns the singers estate and currently these songs will not be allowed to be released yet. [35]

Charity work In October 2005 shortly after joining Christian Aid and the Trade Justice Campaign in 2004, Keating went to Rome where he was appointed as a UN Goodwill Ambassador via the Food and Agricultural Organisation.[36] Keating ran in the London Marathon on 13 April 2008 to raise money for Cancer Research, with a personal best time of 3hr 59min.[37] He has also walked the length of Ireland twice, each time raising money for the Marie Keating Foundation, now linked to Cancer Research in the UK. Each year the foundation holds charity balls and various events, raising funds to keep their mobile units on the road. In 2009 Keating climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief; joining him were Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Kimberley Walsh, Denise van Outen, Fearne Cotton, Alesha Dixon and Cheryl Cole.[38] In June 2009 Keating received a Special Achievement Award from Cancer Research UK – he was singled out for his work with them since 2006. He, along with the Marie Keating Charity, has helped to raise over £1.7 million for the UK charity. This money is used to fund three special mobile units which raise awareness throughout the UK.[39] In October 2009 he pulled out of the Chicago Marathon due to the sudden death of his bandmate Stephen Gately; he had intended to run in memory of his mother.[40] In September 2011 he swam the Irish sea 90 km stretch from Dublin to Holyhead with a team of celebrities to raise money for cancer charities and set a new Guinness World Record for open water swimming with a 11-member celebrity team. They raised £1 million for Cancer Research Britain and the Marie Keating Foundation.[41]

Awards Over the years he has won Smash Hits Best Solo Male. He was given a tree in London's Hyde Park for performing for The Prince's Trust.[42] He also has a World Music Award for the best selling Irish artist.[43]

Other work Presenting On 3 May 1997, Keating presented the Eurovision Song Contest along with Carrie Crowley.[44] He presented the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1997 and 1999, and co-presented the MTV Asia Awards in 2002 with Mandy Moore. He also hosted Miss World 1998.[45] In 1999 Keating presented BBC1 talent show Get Your Act Together for the full 9 episodes. On 20 April 2009, Keating guest co-hosted The Morning Show in Australia alongside Kylie Gillies, while the show's regular male co-host Larry Emdur was on holiday.[46] In addition, he has stood in for Steve Wright on his Sunday Love Songs on BBC Radio 2.[47] He currently presents a Sunday request show on Magic 105.4 FM.[48]

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Ronan Keating In a section for the Jeremy Clarkson 2009 DVD Duel, Keating was invited to take part in an off-road race to find "the fastest off-road celebrity", along with newsreader Kate Silverton, Rugby player Matt Dawson, and Clarkson.[49] He came third overall, after being forced to abandon the car with only 20 seconds left to complete the course to disarm the on-board time bomb. Keating is a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor on the Seven Network in 2010. Season two has him mentoring the over 25's category. His fellow Boyzone bandmembers helped him in the judges' house selection of the contest. He was the winning mentor for the 2010 Season; his over 25 artist Altiyan Childs won the show. In 2010 the edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant in Vietnam, Keating made a star appearance to sing his solo hits. He appeared as a guest on episode 7, series 5 of Celebrity Juice along with Kimberley Walsh and Chipmunk.

Acting Keating says he'd like to break into acting but does not intend to stop working as a recording artist. He unsuccessfully auditioned for a role in the The Hobbit. The film is based on the J. R. R. Tolkien novel of the same name.[50][51] In April 2011, Keating worked on his movie in Australia, a romantic musical comedy called Goddess, co-starring the British actress Laura Michelle Kelly. The film is being directed by Mark Lamprell, who wrote Babe – Pig in the City.[52]

Controversy Louis Walsh When Keating announced he wanted to take a break from Boyzone, Louis Walsh continued to manage his career. Keating achieved a number one hit with "Life is a Rollercoaster" in 2000 while his album sold 4.4 million copies. Keating and Walsh later agreed to part company and then had a bitter falling out.[53][54] Walsh told the press: "[Keating] wasn't the most talented one – he's not a great singer and he's got no personality."[55] Keating later told Closer magazine: "That man absolutely tried to ruin me and if he thinks we can ever hug and make up he can forget it. I haven't heard from him in three years and I wouldn't have a problem if I never saw him again. He's not a nice character."[56] The feud between the two men had apparently ended by March 2008 after they were brought together following the death of Boyzone bandmate Stephen Gately[57] and they helped in selecting the finalists in the Groups category in The X Factor.[58]

Thom Yorke Keating has criticised Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke several times in the press throughout late 2008 and early 2009, calling him a "muppet" and an "idiot" due to Yorke allegedly ignoring Keating at a hotel.[59] Shortly after Keating's remarks, Kanye West and Miley Cyrus also complained about Yorke's alleged rudeness. In response to the accusations, Yorke left a blog on Radiohead's official site for those who were not among "those people I have managed to offend by doing nothing."[60]

Personal life Keating married model Yvonne Connolly in April 1998 and together, the couple have three children – Jack (born 15 March 1999), Marie (born 18 February 2001) and Ali (born 7 September 2005).[61] Following the death of his mother Marie in 1998 of breast cancer, the family home, which Keating had bought at the age of eighteen, was sold, rendering his father Gerry homeless and resulting in a bitter feud between father and son – Gerry was not invited to his son's wedding, which took place in Nevis. The two later reconciled after two years without communication.[10]

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Studio albums • • • • •

Ronan (2000) Destination (2002) Turn It On (2003) Bring You Home (2006) Fires (2012)

Compilation and covers albums • • • •

10 Years of Hits (2004) Songs for My Mother (2009) Winter Songs (2009) Duet (2010)

• When Ronan Met Burt (2011)

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External links • Ronan Keating (http://www.ronankeating.com/)- The Official Britain and Ireland Website • Marie Keating Foundation (http://www.mariekeating.com) • Ronan Keating "This is Who I Am" Interview (http://thisiswhoiam.heatworld.com/Celebrities/View/ Ronan_Keating) Heat World, June 2009 • FAO Goodwill Ambassador website (http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/ambassadors/ambassadors/ ambassadors-ronankeating/en/)

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Jodi Albert

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Jodi Albert Jodi Albert Born

22 July 1983 Chingford, London, England

Other names Jodi Egan Occupation

Singer-songwriter, actress, model,

Years active

2000–present

Spouse(s)

Kian Egan (2009–present)

Jodi Mary Albert (born 22 July 1983) is an English actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the British soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4 from 2002 to 2004, returning for guest appearances in 2005 & 2006, and her inclusion as one fifth of Irish girl group Wonderland.

Biography Albert attended the independent fee-paying Sylvia Young Theatre School, and shared lessons with Lee Ryan, Matt Willis, Billie Piper, Gem Allen (Stonefoxx) and Amy Winehouse. At the age of ten, she played the part of Young Cosette in Les Misérables at London's Palace Theatre.

Career After leaving school she was in the short-lived British girlband Girl Thing, who had a top ten hit in the United Kingdom in 2000 with the song Last One Standing. In 2002 she joined the cast of soap opera Hollyoaks on Channel 4, playing Debbie Dean. She left in 2005, but returned for guest appearances in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Albert won the British Soap Award for Sexiest female for her role in Hollyoaks. After leaving Hollyoaks, Albert appeared in the reality television series California Dreaming, in a bid to make it in Hollywood, leaving the series before its conclusion. Since then she has appeared in: Five sitcom Respectable; Casualty and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries for the BBC; and the British film Popcorn, opposite ex-EastEnders star Jack Ryder. Albert has posed for numerous photoshoots for several men's magazines including Maxim and FHM. She is featured in Maxim's 'Girls of Maxim' gallery,[1] also being named three times in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list: #93 in 2003; #73 in 2004; and #65 in 2005. In 2008 Albert became part of Irish-based girlgroup Wonderland, formed through auditions arranged by her husband in partnership with music manager Louis Walsh.

Jodi Albert

Personal life Albert married Kian Egan, a member of the Irish boy band Westlife, in May 2009, in Barbados.[2][3] On 31 July 2011 Jodi announced they were expecting their first baby. Kian announced it through Westlife's official Facebook page that Jodi had given birth to a boy named Koa at 18:10 on 20 December 2011

Credits Songwriting • • • • • • • • •

"Air Brush"[4] "Believe"[5] "Bounce"[6] "Don't Look Down"[5] "Getting Mad Not Even"[7] "Girl Thing"[5] "Girlfriend"[5] "If That's What It Takes"[5] "Last Goodbye"[5]

• • • • • •

"Last One Standing"[8] "Like Ya Like It"[9] "Not a Love Song"[10] "Signs"[11] "That's The Way We Do It"[12] "Time Has Run Out"

Demo • "La Dolce Vita"[13]

Cameo appearance • Westlife - "Us Against the World" [14]

References [1] "Girls of Maxim Gallery" (http:/ / www. maximonline. com/ girls_of_maxim/ pictures_and_bio/ 1093/ JodiAlbert. girl?src=wiki). . Retrieved 2007-02-17. [2] "Hello magazine, 'Boys and girls come out to play in Dublin'" (http:/ / www. hellomagazine. com/ music/ 2007/ 02/ 02/ meteor-music-awards/ ). . Retrieved 2007-02-17. [3] "BBC website, 'Westlife's Kian to marry actress'" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 7172275. stm). BBC News. 4 January 2008. . Retrieved 2008-01-04. [4] http:/ / www. ascap. com/ ace/ search. cfm?requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=882222400& search_in=i& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1 [5] http:/ / www. harryfox. com/ songfile/ public/ publicsearch. jsp [6] http:/ / www. ascap. com/ ace/ search. cfm?requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=320579282& search_in=i& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1 [7] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=11172967& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID [8] http:/ / www. ascap. com/ ace/ search. cfm?requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=422988638& search_in=i& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1 [9] http:/ / repertoire. bmi. com/ title. asp?blnWriter=True& blnPublisher=True& blnArtist=True& keyID=5089729& ShowNbr=0& ShowSeqNbr=0& querytype=WorkID

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External links • Jodi Albert (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307799/) at the Internet Movie Database

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Kevin McDaid

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Kevin McDaid Kevin McDaid Birth name

Kevin McDaid

Born

7 March 1984 Nigeria

Genres

Pop

Occupations

Singer, photographer

Instruments

Vocals

Years active

2004–2005

Associated acts V (band)

Kevin McDaid (born in Nigeria on 7 March 1984) was brought up in Newcastle, England. He was best known as member of the British boy band V, which he joined in 2003 along with four other boys. The band had three fairly successful chart hits during 2004, before splitting up in February 2005, less than a year after their first single was released.

Adult modelling Whilst he was still an unknown, McDaid posed in explicit nude photographs for the UK-based amateur porn website ladstrip.co.uk. In one series of photographs he engaged in various sexual acts with another man, "Ross", whose own solo pictures can still be found on the site. Due to McDaid's uncertain age at the time the photographs were taken, sites that published them after he came into the limelight were threatened with legal action by lawyers acting for him.[1][2] "The snaps, which showed him in various steamy clinches, were posted on a gay internet site under the name of "Tight Calvin"...Kevin was only about 17 or 18 at the time."[3]

Photography He is now a professional photographer which include photography for Westlife's albums Where We Are and Gravity, which were released in 2009 and 2010 respectively along with other artists and models. He also did all the photography in Westlife's 2010 tour programme. Other names he has worked with include Lee Ryan, Aaron Renfree, Jedward, Max George (singer) and Alphabeat.

Personal life In August 2005, he was announced in The Sun[4] newspaper as the long-term boyfriend of Westlife member Mark Feehily.[2] They had been a couple since January 2005.[5] They got engaged on 28 January 2010, and Feehily confirmed the news via Twitter.[6] The couple own a pet pug named Saffy and French bulldog named Nullah.[7] McDaid appeared on the front cover of the December 2007 issue of Attitude with Feehily.[8] In 2011, Mark discussed the couple's plans concerning having children together and discussed their marriage plans. Asked if he had given any thought to how the couple might become parents, Feehily replied: "I would take some serious time to look into all the options. Everybody's got their own circumstances, so there's no simple answer about what's going to be right for you or the kid... Asked about his other future plans with McDaid, Feehily replied: "We're best friends and we live together and we're going to get married soon. I can't wait, but we haven't finalised the date."[9] On 31 December 2011, Feehily announced on Twitter that he and McDaid had split after seven years together.[10]

Kevin McDaid

References [1] "Gay Belfast News Page August 2005" (http:/ / www. gaybelfast. net/ fiveaug. htm). Gaybelfast.net. . Retrieved 2012-01-01. [2] "Gay Belfast News Page August 2005" (http:/ / www. webcitation. org/ 5wK84crxC). Gaybelfast.net. Archived from the original (http:/ / www. gaybelfast. net/ fiveaug. htm) on 2011-02-07. . Retrieved 2011-01-20. "Westlife star Mark Feehily has announced he is gay, and that he is in a relationship with Kevin McDaid a former pornstar at www.ladstrip.co.uk (photos available at http:/ / groups. yahoo. com/ group/ KevinMcDaid) and boyband member of V. Feehily, who is one of the Irish chart topping act’s founding members, made the announcement today in the Sun newspaper, saying he is happy with his sexuality. He added that he is not looking to act as a role model for other gay men. "I am gay and I'm very proud of who I am. I'm not asking for any sympathy or to be a role model to anyone else." he said. The Westlife star says his friends and family are supportive of his sexuality and that he is in a long-term relationship. He has been seeing Kevin McDaid and is in a long-term relationship with the singer, according to the press report. "My close friends and family, the people I love, have been incredibly supportive to me and that's what really matters." Westlife are currently the biggest boyband in Europe, repeatedly hitting the top spot of both single and album charts." [3] Crickmer, Gareth (2005-08-21). SEX SECRET OF WESTLIFE PAL. Sunday Mirror. "WESTLIFE star Mark Feehily's gay lover was a porn star before he tried to break into the showbiz big-time. Pretty boy Kevin McDaid, 21, left, landed himself in hot water with his young fans when he was snapped enjoying romps with an older man just months before forming his first boy band. The snaps, which showed him in various steamy clinches, were posted on a gay internet site under the name of "Tight Calvin".But his secret was exposed when a teenage girl fan recognised him. She discovered the pictures on the web after following a link from his former band Bak2Bak's website. She told her shocked dad who tried to track down Kevin through a college where he had been studying in Newcastle. But college bosses were powerless to act as Kevin had already quit his dancing course to seek fame in London. Last night one of Kevin's college mates said: "The pictures showed him having sex and indulging in other sex acts. No-one could believe he had done this, we were all stunned. He used to tell everyone at college that he liked girls and then the next thing we knew he was putting these pictures on a website."" [4] Newton, Victoria (2005-08-19). "Mark: Gay & proud of it" (http:/ / www. thesun. co. uk/ sol/ homepage/ news/ 111198/ Mark-Gay-proud-of-it. html). London: The Sun. . Retrieved 2011-02-07. [5] Georgina Littlejohn (5 January 2011). "Westlife singer Mark Feehily and Kevin McDaid holiday with Kian Egan and Jodi Albert" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-1344236/ Westlife-singer-Mark-Feehily-Kevin-McDaid-holiday-Kian-Egan-Jodi-Albert. html). London: Dailymail.co.uk. . Retrieved 2011-01-20. [6] "Westlife's Mark Feehily and Kevin McDaid Announce Their Engagement" (http:/ / www. queeried. co. uk/ westlifes-mark-feehily-and-kevin-mcdaid-announce-their-engagement/ ). Queeried.co.uk. 1999-02-22. . Retrieved 2011-01-20. [7] "Here u go,our two little bitches. Nullah's a French Bulldog &... on Twitpic" (http:/ / twitpic. com/ zl9hc). Twitpic.com. 2010-01-24. . Retrieved 2012-01-01. [8] Fallen Angel (2007-12-13). "Westlife's Mark appears in Attitude with his boyfriend" (http:/ / www. afterelton. com/ blog/ fallenangel/ westlifes-mark-has-attitude). AfterElton.com. . Retrieved 2012-01-01. [9] "Westlife star wants to be a father - RTÉ Ten" (http:/ / www. rte. ie/ ten/ 2011/ 0326/ westlife. html). Rte.ie. 26 March 2011. . Retrieved 2012-01-01. [10] Andrea Magrath (1 January 2012). "Westlife singer Mark Feehily splits from boyfriend Kevin McDaid after seven years | Mail Online" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-2080700/ Westlife-singer-Mark-Feehily-splits-boyfriend-Kevin-McDaid-seven-years. html). London: Dailymail.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-01-01.

External links • Kevin McDaid (https://twitter.com/kevinmcdaid) on Twitter

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Related articles Other compilation albums of Westlife Released Compilation album by Westlife Released

31 March 2005 (South Africa)

Recorded

1999 - 2005

Genre

Pop

Language

English, Spanish

Label

Sony BMG Westlife chronology

Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)

Released (2005)

Face To Face (2005)

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating [1]

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Golden Hits Compilation album by Westlife Released

24 January 2001 (Hong Kong)

Recorded

1999 - 2001

Genre

Pop

Language

English

Label

Sony BMG Westlife chronology

Coast to Coast (2000)

Golden Hits (2001)

World of Our Own (2001)

Other compilation albums of Westlife

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Grandes Exitos Compilation album by Westlife Released

4 June 2002 (Venezuela)

Recorded

1999 - 2002

Genre

Pop

Language

English, Spanish

Label

Sony BMG Westlife chronology

World of Our Own (2001)

Grandes Exitos (2002)

Turnaround (2003)

Released is a special South African only compilation album released by Irish boyband Westlife. The album was released on 31 March 2005, in support of the group's Asian leg of their Face To Face Tour.[2] The album consists of a range of well known hits, remixes, b-sides and international language versions. "Don't Calm The Storm" and "I Won't Let You Down" were released to South African radio charts to promote the album, where both charted at #8. The album includes the Spanish versions of their popular singles I Lay My Love on You and When You're Looking Like That. Two similar albums were also released exclusively in foreign countries. Golden Hits is a special Hong Kong only compilation album, released on 24 January 2001, in support of the recent release of the group's second album, Coast to Coast. Similarly to Released, the album contains a range of singles, album tracks and b-sides, plus a previously unreleased Westlife megamix. The album contains a unique picture & lyric booklet.[3] Grandes Exitos is a special Venezuelan only compilation album, released on 4 June 2002, following the release of the group's third album, World of Our Own. The album contains tracks from all three of the group's studio albums.[4] More Than Words was released as a single from the album in March 2002,[5] peaking at #3 on the Venezuelan singles chart. The single featured exclusive remixes of three of the group's biggest hits.

Track listing Released (2005) 1. "When You're Looking Like That" (2000 Remix) (From 'Coast To Coast') 2. "Don't Calm The Storm" (From The 'Swear It Again' Single) 3. "I Won't Let You Down" (From The 'Hey Whatever' Single) 4. "Tonight" (Metro Mix) (From The 'Tonight' Single) 5. "Angel" (Single Remix) (From The 'World Of Our Own' Single) 6. "Close Your Eyes" (From 'Coast To Coast') 7. "Where We Belong" (From The 'Tonight' Single) 8. "Until The End Of Time" (From The 'Swear It Again' E.P.) 9. "Bop Bop Baby" (Almighty Mix) (From The 'Bop Bop Baby' Single) 10. "Mandy" (Club Mix) (Previously Unreleased) 11. "Uptown Girl" (Extended Version) (From The 'Uptown Girl' Single) 12. "Greased Lightning" (From The 'Mandy' Single) 13. "Nothing Is Impossible" (From 'Coast To Coast' - Asian Edition) 14. "Lost In You" (From 'Turnaround')

Other compilation albums of Westlife 15. 16. 17. 18.

"You See Friends (I See Lovers)" (From The 'Mandy' Single) "Westlife Megamix" (From 'Coast To Coast' - Special Edition) "En Ti Deje Mi Amor" (From 'World Of Our Own' Single) "Con Lo Bien Que Te Ves" (From The 'When You're Looking Like That' Single)

Golden Hits (2001) 1. "Uptown Girl" (From 'Coast To Coast' - Special Edition) 2. "I'll Be There" (From The 'What Makes A Man' Single) 3. "Against All Odds" (From 'Coast To Coast') 4. "I Have A Dream" (From 'Coast To Coast') 5. "Season In The Sun" (From 'Westlife') 6. "I Lay My Love On You" (From 'Coast To Coast') 7. "My Love" (From 'Coast To Coast') 8. "Fool Again" (From 'Westlife') 9. "My Girl" (From The 'What Makes A Man' Single) 10. "If I Let You Go" (From 'Westlife') 11. "Flying Without Wings" (From 'Westlife') 12. "Swear It Again" (From 'Westlife') 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

"More Than Words" (From 'Westlife') "Soledad" (From 'Coast To Coast') "On The Wings Of Love" (From The 'I Have A Dream' Single) "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" (From The 'What Makes A Man' Single) "My Private Movie" (From 'Westlife' - The US Version) "Tunnel Of Love" (From The 'Fool Again' Single) "Westlife Megamix 2001" (From 'Coast To Coast' - Special Edition) "Dreams Come True" (From 'Coast To Coast')

Grandes Exitos (2002) 1. "Queen Of My Heart" (From 'World Of Our Own') 2. "I Cry" (From 'World Of Our Own') 3. "Evergreen" (From 'World Of Our Own') 4. "Drive (For All Time)" (From 'World Of Our Own') 5. "I Lay My Love On You" (From 'Coast To Coast') 6. "Against All Odds" (From 'Coast To Coast') 7. "Soledad" (From 'Coast To Coast') 8. "Every Little Thing You Do" (From 'Coast To Coast') 9. "Uptown Girl" (From 'Coast To Coast' - Special Edition) 10. "I Have A Dream" (From 'Coast To Coast') 11. "My Girl" (From 'Coast To Coast' - Special Edition) 12. "En Ti Deje Mi Amor" (From 'Coast To Coast' - Deluxe Edition) 13. "Season In The Sun" (From 'Westlife') 14. "More Than Words" (From 'Westlife')

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