No Matter What (Boyzone song)

"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 3 million worldwide.

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

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[2]	5
Austrian Singles Chart[3]	3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4]	2
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[5]	3
Canadian Singles Chart	51
Danish Singles Chart[6]	1
Dutch Singles Chart[7]	1
French Singles Chart[8]	43
German Singles Chart[9]	2
Irish Singles Chart[10]	1
Italian Singles Chart[11]	13
New Zealand Singles Chart[12]	1
Norwegian Singles Chart[13]	1
Swedish Singles Chart[14]	2
Swiss Singles Chart[15]	2
UK Singles Chart[16]	1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[17]	12

End-of-year charts

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

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

References

1. ^ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=135975
2. ^ Australia Singles Chart Acharts.us (Retrieved November 13, 2008)
3. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
4. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
5. ^ Belgium Walonia Singles Chart
6. ^ "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. 
7. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
8. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
9. ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Boyzone/3289/single
10. ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=2
11. ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Boyzone/3289/single
12. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
13. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
14. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
15. ^ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=No+Matter+What&cat=s
16. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
17. ^ US Adult Contemporary Chart Billboard.com (Artist Chart History)