No Matter What (Boyzone song)

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"No Matter What"
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Single by Boyzone
from the album Songs from Whistle Down the Wind and Where We Belong
Released3 August 1998 (1998-08-03)
Studio
  • Skratch, Metropolis, Sarm West (London, England)
  • FLM (Hollywood, California)
  • Barking Dog (New York City)
Length4:34
Label Polydor
Composer(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyricist(s) Jim Steinman
Producer(s)
Boyzone singles chronology
"All That I Need"
(1998)		"No Matter What"
(1998)		"I Love the Way You Love Me"
(1998)
Music video
"No Matter What" on YouTube

"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind that was popularised by Irish boyband Boyzone in 1998 when they recorded it to tie in with the show's first UK production. The song was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman, while Lloyd Webber, Steinman and Nigel Wright produced the track, with additional production by Franglen & Lupino. The song was also featured on the US edition of the soundtrack to the 1999 film Notting Hill , and was released to American radio on 10 May 1999.

Contents

The song became their fourth number-one on the UK Singles Chart, with its three-week stay atop the chart making it Boyzone's longest-running number-one single, as well as being their overall bestselling single and the best selling single by an Irish artist in UK chart history. It was also the first ever winner of the annual The Record of the Year award held on ITV in December 1998. [1] . It also became the band's first and only song to have any chart success in the US. Jewels & Stone did a remix for the song for dance clubs which was popular. In the UK, the song has sold 1.15 million copies and another 3 million worldwide. [2] The song was performed by Meat Loaf as part of a medley with another number from Whistle Down the Wind, "Home by Now", in his 1998 compilation album The Very Best of Meat Loaf and individually as a B-side to his 1998 single "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" and to his 1999 single "Is Nothing Sacred", and by Luciano Pavarotti as a duet with Boyzone in the live concert and album Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo .

Critical reception

British newspaper Birmingham Evening Mail wrote, "Tina Arena has already had one hit from the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Jim Steinman stage musical 'Whistle Down The Wind' - but expect this one to do even better. As a change Stephen Gately shares lead vocals on what is essentially a simple but hugely memorable ballad. Prepare that number one spot now." [3] A reviewer from Daily Record noted that it "shows a depth of maturity that bodes well for the future", [4] later adding that the band "are continuing their efforts to evolve into a group which will be able to appeal to an older audience." [5]

Music video

A music video was made to accompany the song. It shows an African man leaving in a hot air balloon. The members of Boyzone are standing on the ground watching him depart, joined by a shirtless boy with a guitar and an apple, a girl in a white tank top and grey trousers, and an East Asian woman. The African man eventually drops a small golden crucifix, in reference to the Christian themes of Whistle Down the Wind. [6]

An alternate version was later produced as a tie-in for Notting Hill, using alternate footage of Boyzone from the same shoot as the original video and clips from the film. [7]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the By Request album booklet. [14]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [64] Platinum70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [65] Gold25,000*
Belgium (BEA) [66] Platinum50,000*
Germany (BVMI) [67] Platinum500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [68] 2× Platinum150,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [69] Platinum10,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway) [70] 2× Platinum 
Sweden (GLF) [71] Platinum30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [72] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [73] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United Kingdom3 August 1998
  • CD
  • cassette
 Polydor [74]
Japan6 January 1999CD [75]
United States10 May 1999 Contemporary hit radio [76] [77]

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