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"Love Me for a Reason"
Song
B-side"Fever"

"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.

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

Chart successions

Preceded by UK number one single
August 31, 1974 - September 14, 1974 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by

Boyzone version

"Love Me for a Reason"
Song

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.

This song was Boyzone's first number one in Ireland, it's also received a Gold sales status certification for sales of over 400,000 copies in the UK.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Love Me for a Reason" — 3:41
  2. "Daydream Believer" — 3:06
CD maxi
  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 sales

Peak positions

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[6] 1
UK Singles Chart[7] 2
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[8] 8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[8] 12
Dutch Top 40[9] 7
German Singles Chart[10] 47
Norwegian Singles Chart[8] 16
Swedish Singles Chart[8] 28
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 15
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[8] 48
French SNEP Singles Chart[8] 28

End of year charts

End of year chart (1994) Position
UK Singles Chart (1994 Year-End) 19
End of year chart (1995) Position
Dutch Top 40[9] 34
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[11] 45
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[12] 42

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
UK[5] Gold January 1, 1995 400,000

Chart successions

Preceded by Irish IRMA number-one single
October 21, 1994 (1 week) 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "The Osmonds singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. 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. ^ a b UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  6. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 17, 2008)
  7. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  8. ^ a b c d e f g "Love Me for a Reason", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 17, 2008)
  9. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1995" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  10. ^ "Boyzone singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  11. ^ 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
  12. ^ 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 25, 2008)
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