No Matter What (Boyzone song)

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"No Matter What"
Single by Boyzone
from the album Where We Belong
Released 3 August 1998
Genre Pop
Length 4:34
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) & Jim Steinman (words)
Producer Jim Steinman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nigel Wright
Boyzone singles chronology
"All That I Need"
(1998)		 "No Matter What"
(1998)		 "I Love The Way You Love Me"
(1998)

"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman and popularized by the group Boyzone. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and was the only Boyzone hit to become popular in the U.S. Jewels & Stone did a remix for the song for dance clubs which was very popular. In the UK, the song sold 1.1 million copies and another three million worldwide.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

CD1
  1. "No Matter What" - 4:34
  2. "Where Have You Been?" - 3:08
  3. "All That I Need" (Phil Da Costa Oxygen Edit) - 3:35
CD2
  1. "No Matter What" - 4:34
  2. "She's The One" - 3:12
  3. "Live Interview With Boyzone" (CD Rom)
Japanese CD single[1]
  1. "No Matter What" - 4:34
  2. "Father And Son" - 2:47
  3. "Words" - 3:55

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 5
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[3] 2
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 3
Canadian Singles Chart 51
Danish Singles Chart[5] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[3] 1
French Singles Chart[3] 43
German Singles Chart[6] 2
Irish Singles Chart[7] 1
Italian Singles Chart[6] 13
New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 2
UK Singles Chart[8] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] 12

[edit] End-of-year charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[citation needed] 9
UK Singles Chart[citation needed] 4

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[10] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[11] Gold 15,000x
Germany (BVMI)[12] Platinum 500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[13] 2× Platinum 150,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[14] Platinum 15,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[15] 2× Platinum 20,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[16] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Platinum 600,000^

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

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"Ghetto Supastar" by Pras Michael feat. Mýa and Ol' Dirty Bastard		 Irish IRMA number-one single
August 8, 1998 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Millenium" by Robbie Williams
Preceded by
"Life" by Des'ree		 Dutch Singles Chart
October 3, 1998 (7 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" by Vengaboys
Preceded by
"Are You That Somebody?" by Aaliyah		 New Zealand Singles Chart
October 18, 1998 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Rollercoaster" by B*Witched
Preceded by
"All About The Money" by Meja		 Danish Singles Chart
September 18, 1998 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Only When I Lose Myself" by Depeche Mode
Preceded by
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith		 Norwegian Singles Chart
Week 37, 1998 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Unforgivable Sinner" by Lene Marlin
Preceded by
"Viva Forever" by Spice Girls		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
August 9, 1998 - August 30, 1998 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" by Manic Street Preachers

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Boyzone No Matter What Japan Promo 5" CD SINGLE (135975)". Eil.com. http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=135975. Retrieved 2012-01-08. 
  2. ^ Australia Singles Chart Acharts.us (Retrieved November 13, 2008)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Steffen Hung. "Boyzone - No Matter What". dutchcharts.nl. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-01-08. 
  4. ^ Belgium Walonia Singles Chart
  5. ^ "Hits of the World: Denmark (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 10/01/98". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media) 110 (42): 63. 17 October 1998. ISSN 0006-2510. 
  6. ^ a b "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Boyzone/3289/single. Retrieved 2012-01-08. 
  7. ^ "Irish charts". 
  8. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
  9. ^ US Adult Contemporary Chart Billboard.com (Artist Chart History)
  10. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1999.htm. 
  11. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Boyzone – No matter what" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Boyzone in the field Interpret. Enter No matter what in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  12. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Boyzone; 'No matter what')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=No+matter+what&strInterpret=Boyzone&strTtArt=single&strAwards=unchecked. 
  13. ^ "Dutch single certifications – Boyzone – No matter what" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60463. 
  14. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – Boyzone – No matter what". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/oldchart.asp?chartNum=1147&chartKind=S. 
  15. ^ "Norwegian single certifications – Boyzone – No matter what" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist. 
  16. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Boyzone; 'No matter what')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Boyzone+No+matter+what. 
  17. ^ "British single certifications – Boyzone – No matter what". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter No matter what in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Click Go
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