Love Me for a Reason

"Love Me for a Reason"
Single by The Osmonds
from the album Love Me for a Reason
B-side "Fever"
Released 1974
Format 7"
Genre Pop
Length 4:02
Label MGM
Writer(s) Wade Brown
David Jones Jr.
Johnny Bristol
Producer Mike Curb

"Love Me for a Reason" is a song by The Osmonds, and released in 1974. Twenty years later, Boyzone covered the song. Both versions were successful, reaching the top ten of the charts in many countries.

Contents

Original song

Written by Johnny Bristol and produced by Mike Curb, "Love Me for a Reason" was The Osmonds' last top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10; it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In the UK it fared even better, spending three weeks at the top in August 1974. The original version by Johnny Bristol from the 1974 album "Hang On In There Baby" was released as a single on MGM, but The Osmonds version received all the kudos.

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Love Me for a Reason" — 4:02
  2. "Fever" — 3:15

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1974) Peak
position
German Singles Chart[1] 39
Irish Singles Chart[2] 2
UK Singles Chart[3] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[4] 2
U.S. Billboard Pop Singles[4] 10

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"When Will I See You Again" by The Three Degrees		 UK number one single
August 31, 1974 - September 14, 1974 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas and Biddu

Boyzone version

"Love Me for a Reason"
Single by Boyzone
from the album Said and Done
B-side Daydream Believer
Released 28 November 1994
Format CD single, cassette
Recorded 1994
Genre Pop
Length 3:39
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Wade Brown, David Jones Jr., Johnny Bristol
Producer Ray Hedges
Boyzone singles chronology
"Working My Way Back to You"
(1994)		 "Love Me for a Reason"
(1994)		 "Key to My Life"
(1995)

The song was revived by Boyzone in 1994, becoming their breakthrough single in the UK, reaching #2 on the UK singles chart in December that year. It was the 20th biggest selling boyband single of the 90's in the UK. The song was the 19th best selling single of 1994 in the UK. The song has received a Gold sales status certification for sales of over 400,000 copies in the UK. The song sold 590,000 copies worldwide.

Track listings

UK CD1 (Jewel Case)[6]
  1. "Love Me for a Reason" — 3:41
  2. "Daydream Believer" — 3:06
UK CD2 (Limited Edition Digipak w/Poster)[7]
  1. "Love Me for a Reason" — 3:41
  2. "Daydream Believer" — 3:06
Japanese CD single[8]
  1. "Love Me for a Reason" — 3:39
  2. "Daydream Believer" — 3:07
  3. "Working My Way Back to You" — 7:08
  4. "Father and Son" — 2:40

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[9] 1
UK Singles Chart[10] 2
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[11] 8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[11] 12
Danish Singles Chart 3
Dutch Top 40[12] 7
German Singles Chart[13] 47
Norwegian Singles Chart[11] 16
Swedish Singles Chart[11] 28
Swiss Singles Chart[11] 15
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[11] 48
French SNEP Singles Chart[11] 28

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
UK Singles Chart (1994 Year-End) 19
Chart (1995) Position
Dutch Top 40[12] 34
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[14] 45
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[15] 42

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 400,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
Preceded by
"Saturday Night" by Whigfield		 Irish IRMA number-one single
October 21, 1994 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Always" by Bon Jovi

References

  1. ^ "The Osmonds singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Osmonds/single. Retrieved 19 April 2010. 
  2. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 1, 2008)
  4. ^ a b Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  5. ^ "British single certifications – Osmonds – Love Me for a Reason". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Love Me for a Reason in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
  6. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=44097
  7. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=43410
  8. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=164385
  9. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 17, 2008)
  10. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Love Me for a Reason", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 17, 2008)
  12. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1995" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201995.pdf. Retrieved 19 April 2010. 
  13. ^ "Boyzone singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Boyzone/single. Retrieved 19 April 2010. 
  14. ^ 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  15. ^ 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  16. ^ "British single certifications – Boyzone – Love Me for a Reason". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Love Me for a Reason in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
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