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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
Where We Belong (1998) By Request (1999) Ballads – The Love Song Collection (2003)
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)

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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.

Background

The album contains nearly all of the band's singles since the start of their career in 1994. Singles not included are the Irish-only single "Working My Way Back to You" and the Japanese only-single "Believe in Me". The American-only single "Mystical Experience", appears as a bonus track on the Australian release, "Te Garder Pres De Moi", appears as a bonus track on the French release, and "Everyday I Love You" only appears on the Asian release of the album. The latter was released as a single in the United Kingdom in December 1999 despite not being include on the U.K. edition of the album. The album also features Ronan Keating's first solo outing, "When You Say Nothing at All", and three tracks only previously issued on the American version of Where We Belong.

The album was released on 31 May 1999 via Universal and was preceded by the single "When the Going Gets Tough", which was released on 1 March 1999 as the official Comic Relief single for that year. The album was the second best selling album of the year in Britain, spending nine weeks atop the UK Album Chart. It was certified 6× Platinum, selling 1,814,966 copies in the UK alone.

Track listing

Personnel

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Charts

Certifications and sales

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• 1999 greatest hits albums
• Boyzone albums
• Universal Records compilation albums
• Albums produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers