My Love (Westlife song)

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"My Love"
7MyLove1.jpg
Single by Westlife
from the album Coast to Coast
Released30 October 2000 (2000-10-30) [1]
Studio Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden)
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Per Magnusson
  • David Kreuger
Westlife singles chronology
"Against All Odds"
(2000)
"My Love"
(2000)
"What Makes a Man"
(2000)
CD2 artwork
Westlife-MyLoveCD2.jpg

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes. [11]

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [40] Gold5,000*
Sweden (GLF) [41] Gold15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [42] Gold400,000

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

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