No Matter What (Boyzone song)

"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind and popularised by Irish boyband Boyzone in 1998 when they recorded it to tie in with the show's first UK production. The song was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman, while Lloyd Webber, Steinman and Nigel Wright produced the track, with additional production by Franglen & Lupino. The song was also featured on the US edition of the soundtrack to the 1999 film Notting Hill, and was released to American radio on 10 May 1999.[1]

"No Matter What"
Single by Boyzone
from the album Songs from Whistle Down the Wind and Where We Belong
Released3 August 1998
Recorded1998
GenrePop, adult contemporary
Length4:34
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman
Producer(s)Jim Steinman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nigel Wright, Franglen & Lupino
Boyzone singles chronology
"All That I Need"
(1998)		 "No Matter What"
(1998)		 "I Love The Way You Love Me"
(1998)
Music video
"No Matter What" on YouTube

The song became their fourth number-one on the UK Singles Chart, with its three-week stay atop the chart making it the band’s longest running number-one single. It also became the first and only Boyzone song to have any chart success in the US. Jewels & Stone did a remix for the song for dance clubs which was popular. In the UK, the song has sold 1.15 million copies and another 3 million worldwide.[2] The song was performed by Meat Loaf as a B-side to his "Is Nothing Sacred" single in 1996.

Music video

The music video shows an African man leaving in a hot air balloon. The members of Boyzone are standing on the ground watching him depart. The African man eventually drops a small golden cross, in reference to the Christian themes of the play, "Whistle Down the Wind," from which the song originates. The video is filmed in The Roundhouse, London.

Track listing
  • CD single
  1. "No Matter What" – 4:34
  2. "Father and Son" – 2:47
  3. "Words" – 3:55
  • CD single
  1. "No Matter What" – 4:34
  2. "Where Have You Been" – 3:08
  3. "All That I Need" (Phil Da Costa's Oxygen edit) – 3:35
  • CD single
  1. "No Matter What" – 4:34
  2. "She's the One" – 3:12
  3. "Live Interview with Boyzone" (video)
  • CD single
  1. "No Matter What" – 4:34
  2. "She's the One" – 3:12
  • US promotional CD single
  1. "No Matter What" (album version) – 4:35
  2. "No Matter What" (Jewels & Stone remix) – 5:45
  3. "Secrets from the 'No Matter What' video shoot" (video) – 3:12
  • Japanese CD single[3]
  1. "No Matter What" – 4:34
  2. "Father And Son" – 2:47
  3. "Words" – 3:55

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[50] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[51] Gold 25,000*
Germany (BVMI)[52] Platinum 500,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[53] 2× Platinum 150,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[54] Platinum 10,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[55] 2× Platinum 20,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[56] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[57] 2× Platinum 1,200,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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