By Request (Boyzone album)

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By Request
Boyzone By Request cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Boyzone
Released31 May 1999
Recorded1994-1999
Genre Pop
Length73:02
Label Universal
Producer Michael Mangini, Trevor Steel, Carl Sturken, Nigel Wright, Absolute, Jim Steinman, Ian Curnow, Mark Hudson, Steve Mac
Boyzone chronology
Where We Belong
(1998)		By Request
(1999)		 Ballads – The Love Song Collection
(2003)
Singles from By Request
  1. "When the Going Gets Tough"
    Released: 1 March 1999
  2. "You Needed Me"
    Released: 10 May 1999
  3. "Everyday I Love You"
    Released: 22 November 1999 (Asian Special Edition Only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

Background

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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Love the Way You Love Me" (from Where We Belong ) Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon Steve Mac4:06
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, Sturken3:42
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 Absolute3:28
6."Isn't It a Wonder" (from A Different Beat )Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin BranniganRay Hedges3:30
7."A Different Beat" (from A Different Beat)Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Stephen Gately Hedges4:10
8."Words" (from A Different Beat) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb Phil Harding, Ian Curnow3:55
9."Father and Son" (from Said and Done ) Cat Stevens Hedges2:56
10."So Good" (from Said and Done)Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Duffy, Mikey Graham, Lynch, GatelyHedges3:04
11."Coming Home Now" (from Said and Done)Keating, Duffy, Graham, Lynch, GatelyHedges3:47
12."Key to My Life" (from Said and Done)Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, GatelyHedges3:45
13."Love Me for a Reason" (from Said and Done)David Jones, Johnny Bristol, Wade BrownHedges3:39
14."When the Going Gets Tough" (Previously unreleased)Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Mutt Lange, Billy Ocean Mac4:07
15."You Needed Me" (Previously unreleased) Randy Goodrum Mac3:14
16."When You Say Nothing at All" (Previously unreleased) Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz Lipson4:18
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 Mangini4:13
19."So They Told Me" (Previously unreleased)Steven Greenberg, Mark HudsonMangini3:28
French Bonus Track [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
18."Te Garder Pres De Moi" (featuring Alliage) Denny Randell, Sandy Linzer Steve Mac3:58
Asian Special Edition Bonus Tracks [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
20."Everyday I Love You"Gary Baker, Frank Myers, Jerry WilliamsStephen Lipson4:04
21."Will I Ever See You" Stephen Gately, Noel, Jerry Meehan, Michael MorrisonJerry Meehan4:36
22."No Matter" Keith Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan, Tracy Ackerman, John CaineRay Hedges3:58
Australian Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
20."I've Got You" Mikey Graham, Hedges, BranniganRay Hedges3:45
21."Let the Message Run Free"Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, GatelyRay Hedges5:03
22."Get Up and Get Over"Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, GrahamRay Hedges3:14
23."Mystical Experience"Chein García-AlonsoRay Hedges4:12
By Request: The B-Sides EP
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."What a Wonderful World" (Alison Moyet featuring Boyzone) Bob Thiele, George David Weiss Steve Mac4:00
2."Love Can Build a Bridge" (featuring the Comic Relief Supporters) John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet Stephen Lipson3:59
3."Words Can't Describe"Keating, Hedges, BranniganRay Hedges3:33
4."Too Late Tonight"Keating, Hedges, BranniganRay Hedges4:01

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [38] Platinum70,000^
Belgium (BEA) [39] Platinum50,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [40] Gold50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [41] 2× Platinum100,000^
Germany (BVMI) [42] Gold250,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [43] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [44] 7× Platinum105,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway) [45] 2× Platinum111,000 [46]
Sweden (GLF) [47] Platinum80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [48] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [49] 6× Platinum1,814,966 [50]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [51] 3× Platinum3,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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