Lovin' Each Day

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"Lovin' Each Day"
RonanKeatingLovin1.jpg
Single by Ronan Keating
from the album Ronan (re-release) and Destination
B-side
  • "Starlight"
  • "Somedays"
Released9 April 2001 (2001-04-09)
Studio Soul II Soul, PWL (London, England)
Length3:33
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Gregg Alexander
  • Rick Nowels
Ronan Keating singles chronology
"In This Life"
(2000)
"Lovin' Each Day"
(2001)
"If Tomorrow Never Comes"
(2002)
Music video
"Lovin' Each Day" on YouTube

"Lovin' Each Day" is the fourth and final single released from Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating's debut solo album, Ronan (2000). The song was written by Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels and was included only on the re-release of the album before appearing on Keating's second album, Destination (2002). The single was released on 9 April 2001 in Australia and on 16 April in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Contents

Commercially, "Lovin' Each Day" peaked at number one in Scotland, number two on the UK Singles Chart, and entered the top 10 in Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and Portugal. It was Keating's first song to appear on a US Billboard chart, peaking at number 32 on the Adult Top 40. Sales of the song increased when it was used as the theme for Sky Sports' Ford Super Sunday coverage in 2001, and the song received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams exceeding 400,000 copies in 2023.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes. [1]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [34] Gold400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Australia9 April 2001CD Polydor [35]
Ireland16 April 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
[36]
United Kingdom [37]
United States22 May 2001 Contemporary hit radio A&M [38]
25 June 2001 Hot adult contemporary radio [39]

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