By Request is the first greatest hits album by the 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.
Background 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 included on the UK 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.
Track listing
Personnel
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
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)PeakpositionCanadian Albums (RPM)35Estonian Albums (Eesti Top 10)1European Albums Chart2Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)21Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)1Irish Albums (IRMA)1Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi) Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Boyzone". 21Malaysian Albums (IFPI)2Scottish Albums (OCC)1Singapore Albums (SPVA)1Taiwanese Albums (IFPI)1
Year-end charts Chart (1999)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)50Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)45Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)9Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)66Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)13 European Albums (Eurochart Hot 100)14German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)37New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)3Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)2Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)14UK Albums (OCC)2 Chart (2000)PositionUK Albums (OCC)69
Decade-end charts Chart (1990–1999)Peakposition UK Albums (OCC)38
Certifications and sales
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