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Westlife

Studio album by Westlife

Released

November 1, 1999

May 15, 1999

May 7, 1999

Recorded

1998-1999

Genre

Pop

Length

65:32

Label

Sony BMG (UK)
RCA (US)

Producer

Simon Cowell, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector

Professional reviews

Allmusic link

Westlife chronology

Westlife
(1999)

Coast to Coast
(2000)

US Cover

Singles from Westlife

"Swear It Again"
Released: April 12, 1999
"If I Let You Go"
Released: August 9, 1999
"Flying Without Wings"
Released: October 18, 1999
"I Have A Dream/Seasons in the Sun"
Released: December 6, 1999
"Fool Again"
Released: March 17, 2000

Westlife is the Irish boyband Westlife's debut studio album and was released on November 1, 1999 in the UK. The album was put out after releasing three singles, namely "Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go" and "Flying Without Wings", all of which were UK #1 singles. The album entered the UK chart at its number 2 peak, selling little over 83,000, 1,000 sales short of being number one, which was occupied by "Steptacular" by Steps. The album was the 8th best selling of 1999 in the UK. Westlife Has Sold 4 Million Worldwide. Overseas, this was released on US in 2000 with different tracklisting and adding "My Private Movie" produced by Cutfather and Joe. It remains the only Westlife album to date to chart in the US, peaking at #129 on the Billboard 200. It also peaked at #15 in Australia. More Than Words, an The Extreme original, has been a single released in Brazil and peaked at #2. In December that same year, the double a-side single "I Have A Dream"/"Seasons In The Sun" became the Christmas #1 single of the year, and it remains as the most successful single of the band. In March 2000, the fifth and final single from the album, "Fool Again", was released and also debuted at #1. With this, Westlife achieved five #1 singles from the same album in less than a year, a record that remains unbroken to date.This said album was released into a boxed set with their album Turnaround on 25 January 2005. Nothing changes with the original tracklisting.

1 Track listing
2 Album Personnel
3 Chart performance
4 Video album
5 External links
6 References

Track listing

International version

Track No.	Title	Credits	Length
1	Swear It Again	Producer, Mixed By, Keyboards [All] - Steve Mac Written-By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	4:12
2	If I Let You Go	Mixed By, Recorded By [Strings] - Bernard Löhr Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Written-By - David Kreuger , Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson	3:45
3	Flying Without Wings	Performer [Choir Md] - Benny Diggs Producer, Mixed By, Keyboards [All] - Steve Mac Written-By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	3:39
4	I Have A Dream^A	Backing Vocals - Andrew Frampton, Lance Ellington Bass - Daniel Frampton Choir [Vocals] - Bodywork Theatre School Choir Drums - Pete Waterman Engineer - Dan Frampton Guitar [Guitars] - Erwin Keiles Keyboards - Andrew Frampton Mastered By - Richard Dowling Percussion - Simon Hill Producer - Frampton, Waterman Remix, Producer [Additional] - John Holliday, Trevor Steel Written-By - B.Andersson, B.Ulvaeus	4:09
5	Fool Again	Drums - John Doe Mixed By - Ronny Lahti Percussion - Gustave Lund Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Written-By - David Kreuger , Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson	3:57
6	No No	Backing Vocals [Additional] - Max Martin Guitar - Mats Berntoft Producer - Rami Written-By - Andreas Carlsson, Rami	3:17
7	I Don't Wanna Fight	Performer [Choir Md] - Benny Diggs Producer, Mixed By, Keyboards [All] - Steve Mac Written-By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	5:06
8	Change the World	Mixed By - Dan Frampton Producer - TTW Written-By - Ellington, Topham/Twig	3:11
9	Moments	Producer, Mixed By, Keyboards [All] - Steve Mac Written-By - Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	4:17
10	Seasons in the Sun	Mixed By - Tim 'Spag' Speight Producer - TTW Written-By - Brel, McKuen	4:11
11	I Need You	Guitar - Mats Berntoft Producer - Rami Written-By - Andreas Carlsson, Max Martin, Rami	3:51
12	Miss You	Flute - Jan Bengtsson Producer - Jake, Rami Recorded By [Strings] - Stefan Boman Written-By - Jake, Rami	3:55
13	More Than Words	Producer, Mixed By, Keyboards [All] - Steve Mac Written-By - Gary Cherone , Nuno Bettencourt	3:56
14	Open Your Heart	Producer - Jake Recorded By [Strings] - Stefan Boman Written-By - Andreas Carlsson , Jake	3:40
15	Try Again	Fiddle - Ulf Forsmark Mixed By - Bernard Löhr Producer, Arranged By, Programmed By - David Kreuger, Per Magnusson Recorded By [Strings & Tin Whistle] - Ronny Lahti Whistle [Tin] - Jan Bengtsson Written-By - David Kreuger, Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson	3:37
16	What I Want Is What I've Got	Producer - Rami Written-By - Alexandra, Rami	3:33
17	We Are One	Producer, Mixed By, Keyboards [All] - Steve Mac Vocals [Additional] - Alistair Tennant, Wayne Hector, Yvonne John Lewis Written-By - Alexadre Desplat, Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	3:44
18	Can't Lose What You Never Had	Engineer - Pete Lewis Engineer [Logic] - Rich Johnston Keyboards [Additional], Drum Programming [Additional] - Steve Kipner Keyboards, Drum Programming - David Frank Mixed By - Dave Bascombe Producer, Arranged By, Written-By - David Frank, Steve Kipner	4:26
19	Story of Love^B		3:54

Notes:

^AI Have A Dream can only be found on versions not released in the UK/Ireland.
^BStory Of Love can only be found on the Japanese release of the album.

Asian Version

The Asian release of the album included the original tracklisting, packaged with a bonus disc. This disc was later released in the UK/Ireland as "No.1 Hits and Rare Tracks".

Track No.	Title	Length
1	I Have A Dream (Remix)	4.09
2	On The Wings Of Love	3.22
3	Swear It Again (Rokstone Mix)	4.49
4	If I Let You Go (Extended Mix)	5.36
5	That's What It's All About	3.26
6	Flying Without Wings (Acapella Mix)	3.25
7	Fool Again (2000 Remix)	4.08

U.S. version

Track No.	Title	Length
1	Swear It Again	4:09
2	Can't Lose What You Never Had	4:26
3	I Don't Wanna Fight	5:04
4	My Private Movie	4:07
5	Flying Without Wings	3:37
6	If I Let You Go	3:43
7	Fool Again	3:55
8	No No	3:15
9	Miss You	3:53
10	Open Your Heart	3:40
11	We Are One	3:44
12	I Need You	3:49
13	More Than Words	3:55

Album Personnel

Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric]:
Mats Berntoft (tracks: 2, 4, 14)

Arranged By [Strings]:
Henrik Janson (tracks: 2, 4, 11, 13, 14)
Richard Niles (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)
Ulf Janson (tracks: 2, 4, 11, 13, 14)

Arranged By [Vocals]:
Steve Mac (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)
Wayne Hector (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

Artwork By [Design]:
root

Backing Vocals [Additional]:
Anders Von Hofsten (tracks: 2, 11, 13 to 15)
Andreas Carlsson (tracks: 2, 5, 13)

Bass:
Steve Pearce (tracks: 3, 6, 12, 16)
Tomas Lindberg (tracks: 2, 13, 15)

Engineer [Assistant]:
Daniel Pursey (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

Engineer [Mix]:
Matt Howe (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

Engineer, Programmed By:
Chris Laws (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

Executive Producer:
Simon Cowell
Steve Mac
Wayne Hector

Guitar:
Esbjörn Öhrwall (tracks: 11, 13, 15)
Paul Gendler (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16)

Keyboards:
Per Magnusson (tracks: 2, 4, 14)

Photography:
Brian Aris

Chart performance

Country	Peak position	Sales	Certification
United Kingdom	2		4x Platinum
Ireland	1		18x Platinum
Indonesia	1	1,000,000+	20x Platinum^[1]^[2]
Philippines	1
Norway ^[3]	1
Belgium ^[4]	5
New Zealand ^[5]	5
Sweden ^[6]	5
Netherlands ^[7]	8
Denmark	12
Australia	15
Switzerland ^[8]	25
Germany	55
United States (Billboard 200) ^[9]	129

Video album

A video album was released also entitled "The Westlife Story" and peaked at #15 in UK.

External links

Official Westlife Website

References

v • d • e Westlife

Kian • Mark • Nicky • Shane Discography • Videography • Songlist (Originals • Covers • Remixes) • Miscellaneous • Tours • Awards • Records

Studio albums	Westlife (1999) • Coast to Coast (2000) • World of Our Own (2001) • Turnaround (2003) • Face to Face (2005) • Back Home (2007) • Where We Are (2009)

Tribute and Cover albums	Allow Us to Be Frank (2004) • The Love Album (2006)

Greatest Hits album	Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (2002)

Compilation albums	No. 1 Hits and Rare Tracks (2000) • Released (2005)

Live Tours and DVDs	Where Dreams Come True (with Live DVD) • World Of Our Own • The Greatest Hits (with Live DVD) • Turnaround (with Live DVD) • The Number Ones (with Live DVD) • Face To Face (with Live DVD) • The Love Tour • Back Home (with Live DVD)

Music and Documentary DVDs	The Westlife Story • Flying Without Wings Karaoke • Coast To Coast - Up, Close and Personal • Uptown Girl • World Of Our Own • Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 • Westlife - The Complete Story • Back Home • The Karaoke Collection

Autobiography	Westlife - Our Story

Related Articles	Brian McFadden • Simon Cowell • Louis Walsh • Ronan Keating • Steve Mac • Wayne Hector Cecelia Ahern • Jodi Albert • Kevin McDaid

v • d • e Westlife singles

Westlife	"Swear It Again" · "If I Let You Go" · "Flying Without Wings" · "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" · "Fool Again"

Coast to Coast	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" · "My Love" · "What Makes a Man" · "I Lay My Love on You" · "Uptown Girl" · "When You're Looking Like That"

World of Our Own	"Queen of My Heart" · "World of Our Own" · "Bop Bop Baby"

Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1	"Unbreakable" · "Tonight/Miss You Nights"

Turnaround	"Hey Whatever" · "Mandy" · "Obvious"

Face to Face	"You Raise Me Up" · "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" · "Amazing"

The Love Album	"The Rose"

Back Home	"Home" · "Us Against the World" · "Something Right"

Where We Are	"What About Now"

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Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Swear It Again (Lyrics)	Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	Westlife	(4:07)
Can't Lose What You Never Had (Lyrics)	Steve Kipner, David Frank	Westlife	(4:21)
I Don't Wanna Fight (Lyrics)	Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	Westlife	(5:03)
My Private Movie (Lyrics)	Steve Kipner, David Kopatz, Jack Kugell	Westlife	(4:05)
Flying Without Wings (Lyrics)	Steve Mac, Wayne Hector	Westlife	(3:36)
If I Let You Go (Lyrics)	Dave Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Jörgen Elofsson	Westlife	(3:41)
Fool Again (Lyrics)	Dave Kreuger, Per Magnusson, Jörgen Elofsson	Westlife	(3:54)
No No (Lyrics)	Andreas Carlsson, Rami	Westlife	(3:14)
Miss You (Lyrics)	Rami	Westlife	(3:53)
Open Your Heart (Lyrics)	Andreas Carlsson	Westlife	(3:40)
We Are One (Lyrics)	Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Alexandre Desplat	Westlife	(3:43)
I Need You (Lyrics)	Max Martin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami	Westlife	(3:48)
More Than Words (Lyrics)	Nuno Bettencourt, Gary Cherone	Westlife	(3:54)