Swear It Again

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“Swear It Again”
“Swear It Again” cover
Single by Westlife
from the album Westlife
Released Flag of the United Kingdom 12 April 1999
Flag of the United States 25 February 2000
Format CD Single
Genre Pop ballad, teen pop
Label Sony BMG, RCA
Writer(s) Steve Mac, Wayne Hector
Producer Steve Mac
Certification Flag of the United Kingdom Platinum
Westlife singles chronology
"Swear It Again"
(1999)
(1)
"If I Let You Go"
(1999)
(2)
"Swear It Again CD2"
"Swear It Again CD2"
"Swear It Again (Asian E.P.)"
"Swear It Again (Asian E.P.)"
Westlife (International Version) track listing
"Swear It Again"
(1)
"If I Let You Go"
(2)
Westlife (U.S. Version) track listing
"Swear It Again"
(1)
"Can't Lose What You Never Had"
(2)
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 track listing
"Swear It Again"
(1)
"If I Let You Go"
(2)

"Swear It Again" was Irish boy band Westlife's debut single. It peaked at #1 in the UK, moving 182 000 units in the first two weeks of its release.

To date, it is Westlife's only single to have charted in the USA, peaking at #20 and was #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart in 2000.

This single have sold 356.278 copies to date in UK and more than 1 000 000 total sales (750 000+ for its debut week) in USA which peaked at #2 in Billboard Single Sales Chart and achieved gold status there.

An Asian E.P. was also released. The song was performed live on Miss Teen USA 2000.

Contents

[edit] Track Listing

[edit] UK Version

[edit] CD1
  1. Swear It Again (Radio Edit)
  2. Forever
  3. Swear It Again (CD-Rom Function)

[edit] CD2
  1. Swear It Again
  2. Swear It Again (Rokstone Mix)
  3. Ronan Keating Interview

[edit] Australian Version

  1. Swear It Again
  2. Sweat It Again (Rokstone Mix)
  3. Forever
  4. Ronan Keating Interview
  5. Enhanced Section (Interview and Video Clip)

[edit] Asian E.P.

  1. Swear It Again (Radio Edit)
  2. Until The End Of Time
  3. Forever
  4. Everybody Knows
  5. Let's Make Tonight Special
  6. Don't Calm The Storm
  7. Ronan Keating Interviews Westlife

[edit] U.S. Version

  1. Swear It Again
  2. My Private Movie *
  3. I Don't Wanna Fight *
  4. Can't Lose What You Never Had *
  5. Flying Without Wings *

* These tracks were snippets of the full length songs.

[edit] Music Video

The band in the UK music video.
The band in the UK music video.

[edit] UK Version

The video features the band in a mini theatre, singing on a stage fitted with lighting panel flooring while facing a screen with black and white videos of their studio recording process.

[edit] US Version

The US music video features the band at a car wash and subsequently washing a white car.

[edit] Chart Performance

Country/Chart Peak
position
United World Chart 26
European Singles Chart 6
Australian Singles Chart 12
Belgian Singles Chart 10
Brazil Singles Chart 40
Canadian Singles Chart 21
Irish Singles Chart 1
Netherlands Singles Chart 27
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart 12
Swiss Singles Chart 25
UK Singles Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 20
U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 22
U.S. Billboard Singles Sales Chart 2
U.S. Pop, AC Airplay Chart 21

[edit] Year End Charts

Country/Chart Peak
position
Australia 79
United Kingdom 46
USA 75

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Song Credits

Swear It Again
Written By : Steve Mac, Wayne Hector
Forever
Written By : Alistair Tennant, Marcus Johnson, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

[edit] CD Production

Arranged By (Strings) : Richard Niles
Arranged By (Vocals) : Steve Mac, Wayne Hector
Engineer, Programmed By : Chris Laws

[edit] External Links

"Swear It Again" (UK Version) Official Music video
"Swear It Again" (US Version) Official Music video

Preceded by
"Perfect Moment" by Martine McCutcheon
UK Singles Chart Number-one single
April 25, 1999 - May 2, 1999
Succeeded by
"I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys