By Request is the first greatest hits album by Irish boy band Boyzone. It was released on 31 May 1999 by Universal. The album is their best-selling release to date, with sales of over 4 million copies worldwide.
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The album contains nearly all of the band's singles since the start of their career in 1994. Singles not included are the Irish-only single "Working My Way Back to You" and the Japanese only-single "Believe in Me". The American-only single "Mystical Experience", appears as a bonus track on the Australian release, "Te Garder Pres De Moi", appears as a bonus track on the French release, and "Everyday I Love You" only appears on the Asian release of the album. The latter was released as a single in the United Kingdom in December 1999 despite not being include on the U.K. edition of the album. The album also features Ronan Keating's first solo outing, "When You Say Nothing at All", and three tracks only previously issued on the American version of Where We Belong.
The album was released on 31 May 1999 via Universal and was preceded by the single "When the Going Gets Tough", which was released on 1 March 1999 as the official Comic Relief single for that year. The album was the second best selling album of the year in Britain, spending nine weeks atop the UK Album Chart. It was certified 6× Platinum, selling 1,814,966 copies in the UK alone.[2][3]
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1. | "I Love the Way You Love Me" (from Where We Belong) | Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon | Steve Mac | 4:06 |
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2. | "No Matter What" (from Where We Belong) | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman | Webber, Steinman, Nigel Wright | 4:32 |
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3. | "All That I Need" (from Where We Belong) | Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken | Rogers, Sturken | 3:42 |
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4. | "Baby Can I Hold You" (from Where We Belong) | Tracy Chapman | Stephen Lipson | 3:15 |
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5. | "Picture of You" (from A Different Beat) | Ronan Keating, Eliot Kennedy, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson | Absolute | 3:28 |
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6. | "Isn't It a Wonder" (from A Different Beat) | Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan | Ray Hedges | 3:30 |
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7. | "A Different Beat" (from A Different Beat) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Stephen Gately | Hedges | 4:10 |
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8. | "Words" (from A Different Beat) | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb | Phil Harding, Ian Curnow | 3:55 |
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9. | "Father and Son" (from Said and Done) | Cat Stevens | Hedges | 2:56 |
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10. | "So Good" (from Said and Done) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Duffy, Mikey Graham, Lynch, Gately | Hedges | 3:04 |
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11. | "Coming Home Now" (from Said and Done) | Keating, Duffy, Graham, Lynch, Gately | Hedges | 3:47 |
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12. | "Key to My Life" (from Said and Done) | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, Gately | Hedges | 3:45 |
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13. | "Love Me for a Reason" (from Said and Done) | David Jones, Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown | Hedges | 3:39 |
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14. | "When the Going Gets Tough" (Previously unreleased) | Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Mutt Lange, Billy Ocean | Mac | 4:07 |
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15. | "You Needed Me" (Previously unreleased) | Randy Goodrum | Mac | 3:14 |
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16. | "When You Say Nothing at All" (Previously unreleased) | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | Lipson | 4:18 |
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17. | "All the Time in the World" (Previously unreleased) | Desmond Child, Damon Robbins, Victoria Stephenson | Michael Mangini | 4:15 |
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18. | "I'll Never Not Need You" (B-Side to When the Going Gets Tough single) | Diane Warren | Mangini | 4:13 |
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19. | "So They Told Me" (Previously unreleased) | Steven Greenberg, Mark Hudson | Mangini | 3:28 |
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Asian Special Edition Bonus Tracks[5]Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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20. | "Everyday I Love You" | Gary Baker, Frank Myers, Jerry Williams | Stephen Lipson | 4:04 |
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21. | "Will I Ever See You" | Stephen Gately, Noel, Jerry Meehan, Michael Morrison | Jerry Meehan | 4:36 |
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22. | "No Matter" | Keith Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan, Tracy Ackerman, John Caine | Ray Hedges | 3:58 |
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Australian Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks[6]Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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20. | "I've Got You" | Mikey Graham, Hedges, Brannigan | Ray Hedges | 3:45 |
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21. | "Let the Message Run Free" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, Gately | Ray Hedges | 5:03 |
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22. | "Get Up and Get Over" | Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham | Ray Hedges | 3:14 |
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23. | "Mystical Experience" | Chein García-Alonso | Ray Hedges | 4:12 |
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- Boyzone – vocals
- Michael Mangini – guitar, producer
- James McNally – accordion, whistle
- Ann Morfee – violin
- Steve Morris – violin
- Tessa Niles – background vocals
- Graeme Perkins – organizer
- Audrey Riley – cello
- Trevor Steel – programming, producer
- Miriam Stockley – background vocals
- Carl Sturken – arranger, producer
- Philip Todd – saxophone
- Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
- Warren Wiebe – background vocals
- Gavyn Wright – string director
- Nigel Wright – keyboards, producer
- Guy Barker – trumpet
- Clare Finnimore – viola
- Matt Howe – mix engineer
- Gillian Kent – violin
- Michael Hart Thompson – guitar
- Jeremy Wheatley – mix engineer
- Andy Caine – background vocals
- Clare Thompson – violin
- Bruce White – viola
- John Matthews – background vocals
- Andy Earl – photography
- Alex Black – assistant engineer
- Tim Willis – assistant engineer
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- Ben Allen – guitar
- John R. Angier – keyboards
- Emma Black – cello
- Deborah Widdup – violin
- Nastee – DJ
- Anna Hemery – violin
- Wayne Hector – background vocals, vocal arrangement
- Yvonne John Lewis – background vocals
- Absolute – Producer, mix engineer
- Richard George – violin
- Skoti-Alain Elliot – bass, programming, track engineer
- Laura Melhuish – violin
- Orla Quirke – design, direction
- Jim Steinman – producer, executive producer
- Paul Martin – viola
- Tracie Ackerman – background vocals
- Tom Lord-Alge – mix engineer
- Andy Bradfield – remixing
- Nick Cooper – cello
- Ian Curnow – producer
- Danny Grant – keyboards
- Sue Dench – viola
- Andy Duncan – drums
- Simon Franglen – keyboards, engineer, programming
- Scott Gordon – vocal engineer
- Mark Hudson – vocal arrangement, vocal producer
- Eric Lijestrand – digital editing
- Steve Lipson – bass, producer, programming, mandolin
- Danny Foy – Guitar
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Year-end charts
Chart (1999) |
Position |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[28] |
50 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[29] |
45 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30] |
9 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[31] |
66 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32] |
13 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[33] |
37 |
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[34] |
3 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) (Sommer Period)[35] |
2 |
UK Albums (OCC)[36] |
2 |
Chart (2000) |
Position |
UK Albums (OCC)[37] |
69 |
Decade-end charts
Chart (1990–1999) |
Peak position |
UK Albums (OCC) |
38 |
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"Listen - Danmarks Officielle Hitliste - Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark - Uge 3". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Copenhagen. 23 January 2000.