Wild Dreams (Westlife album)

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Wild Dreams
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Studio album by
Released26 November 2021 (2021-11-26)
Genre
Length36:55
Label East West
Westlife chronology
Spectrum
(2019)
Wild Dreams
(2021)
Alternative cover
Westlife - Wild Dreams (Deluxe Edition).png
Deluxe edition cover. Another version of the deluxe edition feature the same photo, tinted either green or yellow
Wild Dreams track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Starlight"
  • Scott
  • Lostboy
3:44
2."Alone Together"
  • Yacoub
  • Sly
3:28
3."Wild Dreams"
  • Feehily
  • Filan
  • Richard "Liohn" Zastenker
  • Yacoub
  • Johannes Klahr
  • Klahr
  • Liohn
2:32
4."Lifeline"
  • Steve Fitzmaurice
  • Alex Stacey
3:31
5."Alive"
  • Henessey
  • Rainsford
3:31
6."Rewind"
  • Digital Farm Animals
  • Stacey
3:48
7."Do You Ever Think of Me"
3:25
8."My Hero"Mac3:16
9."End of Time"
Saints + Sinners3:16
10."Magic"
  • Feehily
  • Filan
  • Tom Williams
  • Alexander Charles
  • Scott
  • Scott
3:20
11."Always with Me"
  • Feehily
  • Filan
  • Philip Magee
  • Stephen Garrigan
  • Cian MacSweeny
Saints + Sinners3:04
Total length:36:59
Digital and deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."World of Our Own" (live at Ulster Hall)4:10
13."Uptown Girl" (live at Ulster Hall)3:12
14."Flying Without Wings" (live at Ulster Hall)4:24
15."You Raise Me Up" (live at Ulster Hall)6:50
Total length:55:38

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Wild Dreams
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Gold100,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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