By Request is the first greatest hits album by Irish boy band Boyzone. It was released on 31 May 1999 by Universal. The album is their best selling release to date, with sales of over 4 million copies worldwide.
By Request | ||||
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Released | 31 May 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1994-1999 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 73:02 | |||
Label | Universal | |||
Producer | Michael Mangini, Trevor Steel, Carl Sturken, Nigel Wright, Absolute, Jim Steinman, Ian Curnow, Mark Hudson, Steve Mac | |||
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Singles from By Request | ||||
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The album contains all of the band's singles release since the start of their career in 1994, with the exception of the Irish-only single "Working My Way Back to You", the Japanese only-single "Believe in Me", the American-only single "Mystical Experience", which appears as a bonus track on the Australian release, "Te Garder Pres De Moi", which appears as a bonus track on the French release, and "Everyday I Love You", which despite being an international release, only appears on the Asian release of the album, and was released as a single from The Singles Collection: 1994-1999 in the United Kingdom. The album also features Ronan Keating's first solo outing, "When You Say Nothing at All", plus three tracks only ever previously issued in the United States, on the American version of Where We Belong.
The album was released on 31 May 1999 via Universal, and was preceded by the album's lead single, "When the Going Gets Tough", released on 1 March 1999 as the official Comic Relief single for that year. The album was the second best selling album of the year in Britain, spending nine weeks atop the UK Album Chart, and was certified as 6× Platinum, selling more than four million copies worldwide to date.[2] As of December 2014, it has sold 1,814,966 copies in the UK.[3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Love the Way You Love Me" (from Where We Belong) | Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon | Steve Mac | 4:06 |
2. | "No Matter What" (from Where We Belong) | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman | Webber, Steinman, Nigel Wright | 4:32 |
3. | "All That I Need" (from Where We Belong) | Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken | Rogers, Sturken | 3:42 |
4. | "Baby Can I Hold You" (from Where We Belong) | Tracy Chapman | Stephen Lipson | 3:15 |
5. | "Picture of You" (from A Different Beat) | Ronan Keating, Eliot Kennedy, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson | Absolute | 3:28 |
6. | "Isn't It a Wonder" (from A Different Beat) | Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Ray Hedges | 3:30 |
7. | "A Different Beat" (from A Different Beat) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Stephen Gately | Hedges | 4:10 |
8. | "Words" (from A Different Beat) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Phil Harding, Ian Curnow | 3:55 |
9. | "Father and Son" (from Said and Done) | Cat Stevens | Hedges | 2:56 |
10. | "So Good" (from Said and Done) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Duffy, Mikey Graham, Lynch, Gately | Hedges | 3:04 |
11. | "Coming Home Now" (from Said and Done) | Keating, Duffy, Graham, Lynch, Gately | Hedges | 3:47 |
12. | "Key to My Life" (from Said and Done) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, Gately | Hedges | 3:45 |
13. | "Love Me for a Reason" (from Said and Done) | David Jones, Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown | Hedges | 3:39 |
14. | "When the Going Gets Tough" (Previously unreleased) | Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Mutt Lange, Billy Ocean | Mac | 4:07 |
15. | "You Needed Me" (Previously unreleased) | Randy Goodrum | Mac | 3:14 |
16. | "When You Say Nothing at All" (Previously unreleased) | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | Lipson | 4:18 |
17. | "All the Time in the World" (Previously unreleased) | Desmond Child, Damon Robbins, Victoria Stephenson | Michael Mangini | 4:15 |
18. | "I'll Never Not Need You" (B-Side to When the Going Gets Tough single) | Diane Warren | Mangini | 4:13 |
19. | "So They Told Me" (Previously unreleased) | Steven Greenberg, Mark Hudson | Mangini | 3:28 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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18. | "Te Garder Pres De Moi" (featuring Alliage) | Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer | Steve Mac | 3:58 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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20. | "Everyday I Love You" | Gary Baker, Frank Myers, Jerry Williams | Stephen Lipson | 4:04 |
21. | "Will I Ever See You" | Stephen Gately, Noel, Jerry Meehan, Michael Morrison | Jerry Meehan | 4:36 |
22. | "No Matter" | Keith Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan, Tracy Ackerman, John Caine | Ray Hedges | 3:58 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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20. | "I've Got You" | Mikey Graham, Hedges, Brannigan | Ray Hedges | 3:45 |
21. | "Let the Message Run Free" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, Gately | Ray Hedges | 5:03 |
22. | "Get Up and Get Over" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham | Ray Hedges | 3:14 |
23. | "Mystical Experience" | Chein García-Alonso | Ray Hedges | 4:12 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "What a Wonderful World" (Alison Moyet featuring Boyzone) | Bob Thiele, George David Weiss | Steve Mac | 4:00 |
2. | "Love Can Build a Bridge" (featuring the Comic Relief Supporters) | John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet | Stephen Lipson | 3:59 |
3. | "Words Can't Describe" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Ray Hedges | 3:33 |
4. | "Too Late Tonight" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan | Ray Hedges | 4:01 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[38] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Belgium (BEA)[39] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[40] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[41] | 2× Platinum | 100,000^ |
Germany (BVMI)[42] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[43] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[44] | 7× Platinum | 105,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[45] | 2× Platinum | 100,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[46] | Platinum | 80,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[47] | Gold | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[48] | 6× Platinum | 1,814,966[49] |
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Europe (IFPI)[50] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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