By_Request_(Boyzone_album)

By Request
By Request
Compilation album by Boyzone
Released	31 May 1999
Recorded	1994-1999
Genre	Pop
Length	73:02
Label	Universal
Producer	Michael Mangini, Trevor Steel, Carl Sturken, Nigel Wright, Absolute, Jim Steinman, Ian Curnow, Mark Hudson, Steve Mac
Boyzone chronology
Singles from By Request
	"When the Going Gets Tough"; Released: 1 March 1999; "You Needed Me"; Released: 10 May 1999; "Everyday I Love You"; Released: 22 November 1999 (Asian Special Edition Only);

<i>By Request</i> (Boyzone album)

By Request (Boyzone album)

1999 compilation album by Boyzone

By Request is the first greatest hits album by 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.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love the Way You Love Me" (from Where We Belong)	Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon	Steve Mac	4:06
2.	"No Matter What" (from Where We Belong)	Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman	Webber, Steinman, Nigel Wright	4:32
3.	"All That I Need" (from Where We Belong)	Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken	Rogers, Sturken	3:42
4.	"Baby Can I Hold You" (from Where We Belong)	Tracy Chapman	Stephen Lipson	3:15
5.	"Picture of You" (from A Different Beat)	Ronan Keating, Eliot Kennedy, Andy Watkins, Paul Wilson	Absolute	3:28
6.	"Isn't It a Wonder" (from A Different Beat)	Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan	Ray Hedges	3:30
7.	"A Different Beat" (from A Different Beat)	Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch, Stephen Gately	Hedges	4:10
8.	"Words" (from A Different Beat)	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb	Phil Harding, Ian Curnow	3:55
9.	"Father and Son" (from Said and Done)	Cat Stevens	Hedges	2:56
10.	"So Good" (from Said and Done)	Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Duffy, Mikey Graham, Lynch, Gately	Hedges	3:04
11.	"Coming Home Now" (from Said and Done)	Keating, Duffy, Graham, Lynch, Gately	Hedges	3:47
12.	"Key to My Life" (from Said and Done)	Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, Gately	Hedges	3:45
13.	"Love Me for a Reason" (from Said and Done)	David Jones, Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown	Hedges	3:39
14.	"When the Going Gets Tough" (Previously unreleased)	Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Mutt Lange, Billy Ocean	Mac	4:07
15.	"You Needed Me" (Previously unreleased)	Randy Goodrum	Mac	3:14
16.	"When You Say Nothing at All" (Previously unreleased)	Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz	Lipson	4:18
17.	"All the Time in the World" (Previously unreleased)	Desmond Child, Damon Robbins, Victoria Stephenson	Michael Mangini	4:15
18.	"I'll Never Not Need You" (B-Side to When the Going Gets Tough single)	Diane Warren	Mangini	4:13
19.	"So They Told Me" (Previously unreleased)	Steven Greenberg, Mark Hudson	Mangini	3:28

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"Everyday I Love You"	Gary Baker, Frank Myers, Jerry Williams	Stephen Lipson	4:04
21.	"Will I Ever See You"	Stephen Gately, Noel, Jerry Meehan, Michael Morrison	Jerry Meehan	4:36
22.	"No Matter"	Keith Duffy, Hedges, Brannigan, Tracy Ackerman, John Caine	Ray Hedges	3:58

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
20.	"I've Got You"	Mikey Graham, Hedges, Brannigan	Ray Hedges	3:45
21.	"Let the Message Run Free"	Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham, Gately	Ray Hedges	5:03
22.	"Get Up and Get Over"	Keating, Hedges, Brannigan, Graham	Ray Hedges	3:14
23.	"Mystical Experience"	Chein García-Alonso	Ray Hedges	4:12

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"What a Wonderful World" (Alison Moyet featuring Boyzone)	Bob Thiele, George David Weiss	Steve Mac	4:00
2.	"Love Can Build a Bridge" (featuring the Comic Relief Supporters)	John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet	Stephen Lipson	3:59
3.	"Words Can't Describe"	Keating, Hedges, Brannigan	Ray Hedges	3:33
4.	"Too Late Tonight"	Keating, Hedges, Brannigan	Ray Hedges	4:01

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[38]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Belgium (BEA)^[39]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[40]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[41]	2× Platinum	100,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[42]	Gold	250,000^{^}
Netherlands (NVPI)^[43]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[44]	7× Platinum	105,000^{^}
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[45]	2× Platinum	111,000^[46]
Sweden (GLF)^[47]	Platinum	80,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[48]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[49]	6× Platinum	1,814,966^[50]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[51]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

By_Request_(Boyzone_album)

By Request (Boyzone album)

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