Love Me for a Reason

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"Love Me for a Reason" was a popular single by The Osmonds and Boyzone.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Boyzone version

“Love Me for a Reason”
“Love Me for a Reason” cover
Single by Boyzone
from the album Said and Done
Released 1994
Format CD single
CD maxi
Recorded 1994
Genre Pop
Length 3:39
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Wade Brown
David Jones Jr.
Johnny Bristol
Producer Ray Hedges
Boyzone singles chronology
"Love Me for a Reason"
(1994)		 "Key to My Life"
(1995)

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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1994)[1] [2] [3] Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 2
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 8
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart 12
Dutch Singles Chart 7
Norwegian Singles Chart 16
Swedish Singles Chart 28
Swiss Singles Chart 15
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 48
French Singles Chart 28
Preceded by
"When Will I See You Again" by The Three Degrees		 UK number one single (The Osmonds version)
August 28, 1974		 Succeeded by
"Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Love Me for a Reason", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 17, 2008)
  2. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved February 17, 2008)
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart Everyhit.com (Retrieved February 15, 2008)
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