I Lay My Love on You

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"I Lay My Love on You"
Westlife - I Lay My Love On You.jpeg
Single by Westlife
from the album Coast to Coast
Released29 January 2001 (2001-01-29)
Studio Cheiron (Stockholm)
Length3:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Per Magnusson
  • David Kreuger
Westlife singles chronology
"What Makes a Man"
(2000)
"I Lay My Love on You"
(2001)
"Uptown Girl"
(2001)
Music video
"I Lay My Love on You" on YouTube

"I Lay My Love on You" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released as the fourth single from their second studio album, Coast to Coast (2000), in January 2001 outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. A Spanish version of the song, "En ti deje mi amor", was also recorded and can be found on their South African-only release, Released. [1] [2] It is the band's 19th-most streamed song in the United Kingdom as of January 2019. [3]

Contents

Background

"I Lay My Love on You", along with "When You're Looking Like That", were not released in the UK. In an interview with Westlife, Mark Feehily said that the main reason behind it was because they had not had as much exposure in Asia and Australia. [4]

Music video

The music video features Westlife's activities in Asia, including South Korea, Japan, and Singapore. Many parts of the video was also shot in Singapore. [5] It also features the band promoting their latest studio album at the time, Coast to Coast. The video also interspersed with the band singing. [6]

Track listings

CD1

  1. "I Lay My Love on You" (Single Remix) – 3:29
  2. "Dreams Come True" – 3:07

CD2

  1. "I Lay My Love on You" (Single Remix) – 3:29
  2. "Dreams Come True" – 3:07
  3. "My Love" – 3:52
  4. "Nothing Is Impossible" – 3:15

Credits and personnel

Recording [8]

Personnel [8]

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Sweden29 January 2001CD [24]
Australia19 February 2001 [25]
Japan21 February 2001 BMG Japan [26]

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