By Request (Boyzone album)

By Request
Compilation album by Boyzone
Released 31 May 1999
Recorded 1994-1999
Genre Pop
Length 73:02
Label Universal
Producer Mike Mangini, Trevor Steel, Carl Sturken, Nigel Wright, Absolute, Jim Steinman, Ian Curnow, Mark Hudson, Steve Mac
Boyzone chronology
Where We Belong
(1998)Where We Belong1998		 By Request
(1999)		 Ballads – The Love Song Collection
(2003)Ballads – The Love Song Collection2003
Singles from By Request
  1. "When the Going Gets Tough"
    Released: 1 March 1999
  2. "You Needed Me"
    Released: 10 May 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

By Request is the first greatest hits album released by Irish boy band Boyzone. It has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.

Background

The album contains all of the band's singles release since the start of their career in 1994, with the exception of the Irish-only single "Working My Way Back to You", the Japanese only-single "Believe in Me", the American-only single "Mystical Experience", which appears as a bonus track on the Australian release, "Te Garder Pres De Moi", which appears as a bonus track on the French release, and "Everyday I Love You", which despite being an international release, only appears on the Asian release of the album, and was released as a single from The Singles Collection: 1994-1999 in the United Kingdom. The album also Ronan Keating's first solo outing, "When You Say Nothing at All", plus three tracks only ever previously issued in the United States, on the American version of Where We Belong.

The album was released on 31 May 1999 via Universal, and was preceded by the album's lead single, "When the Going Gets Tough", 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, and was certified as 6x Platinum, and has sold more than four million copies to date.[2] As of December 2014, it has sold 1,814,966 copies in the UK.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Love the Way You Love Me" (from Where We Belong)Victoria Shaw, Chuck CannonSteve Mac4:06
2."No Matter What" (from Where We Belong)Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman, Nigel WrightWebber, Steinman, Wright4:32
3."All That I Need" (from Where We Belong)Evan Rogers, Carl SturkenRogers, Sturken3:42
4."Baby Can I Hold You" (from Where We Belong)Tracy ChapmanStephen Lipson3:15
5."Picture of You" (from Where We Belong)Ronan Keating, Nigel Kennedy, Paul Watkins, Paul WilsonAbsolute3:28
6."Isn't It a Wonder" (from A Different Beat)Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin BranniganRay Hedges3:30
7."A Different Beat" (from A Different Beat)Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Stephen GatelyHedges4:10
8."Words" (from A Different Beat)Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice GibbPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:55
9."Father and Son" (from Said and Done)Cat StevensHedges2:56
10."So Good" (from Said and Done)Keating, Duffy, Graham, Lynch, GatelyHedges3:04
11."Coming Home Now" (from Said and Done)Keating, Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch, Stephen GatelyHedges3:47
12."Key to My Life" (from Said and Done)Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, GatelyHedges3:45
13."Love Me for a Reason" (from Said and Done)David Jones, Johnny Bristol, Wade BrownHedges3:39
14."When the Going Gets Tough" (Previously unreleased)Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Mutt Lange, Billy OceanMac4:07
15."You Needed Me" (Previously unreleased)Randy GoodrumMac3:14
16."When You Say Nothing at All" (Previously unreleased)Paul Overstreet, Don SchlitzLipson4:18
17."All the Time in the World" (Previously unreleased)Desmond Child, Damon Robbins, Victoria StephensonMike Mangini4:15
18."I'll Never Not Need You" (B-Side to When the Going Gets Tough single)Diane WarrenMangini4:13
19."Walk On (So They Told Me)" (Previously unreleased)Steven Greenberg, Mark HudsonMangini3:28

Personnel

  • Boyzone – vocals
  • Mike 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
  • 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 15
Canadian Albums (RPM) 35
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[12] 3
European Top 100 Albums[13] 2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 19
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 18
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[17] 21
Icelandic Albums (Tonlist)[18] 1
Irish Albums (IRMA) 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 16
Malaysian Albums (IFPI) 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[22] 8
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 5
Taiwanese Albums (IFPI)[26] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 50
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 45
German Albums (Offizielle Deutsche Charts)[28] 37
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[29] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) (Sommer Period)[30] 2
UK Albums (OCC) 2
Chart (2000) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) 69

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) 38

Certifications

[31]
Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[32] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[33] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[34] Gold 50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[35] 2× Platinum 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[36] Gold 250,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[37] 10× Platinum 150,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[38] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[39] 7× Platinum 105,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[40] 2× Platinum 100,000*
South Korea (RIAK)[41] 4x Platinum 45,548[42]
Sweden (GLF)[43] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[44] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] 6× Platinum 1,814,966[46]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[47] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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  1. ↑ Allmusic review
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