Because (Boyzone song)

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"Because"
Boyzone Because.jpg
Single by Boyzone
from the album Thank You & Goodnight
Released26 July 2018
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) John Shanks
Boyzone singles chronology
"Dream"
(2018)
"Because"
(2018)
"Love"
(2018)

"Because" is a song by Irish band Boyzone, released in July 2018 as the second single from their final studio album Thank You & Goodnight , the band announced the news on their Twitter and Facebook official accounts. [1] The song was released on 26 July 2018. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The song is written by John Shanks, Boyzone-member Ronan Keating, Ed Sheeran, and Amy Wadge. Keating reached out to Sheeran who sent the track to Boyzone. [8]

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Music video

The music video for the song was released on 26 July 2018, featuring the band, karaoke singing the lyric of the song on TV, in the TV, many people sang the lyrics, British musician Ed Sheeran also made a cameo appearance in the video. [9]

Track listing

  1. "Because" - 2:46

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom15 June 2018 Digital download [11] Warner Music Group
Republic of Ireland

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