Swear It Again
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| Single by Westlife from the album Westlife |
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| Released |  12 April 1999 25 February 2000 |
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| Format | CD Single | ||||
| Genre | Pop ballad, teen pop | ||||
| Label | Sony BMG, RCA | ||||
| Writer(s) | Steve Mac, Wayne Hector | ||||
| Producer | Steve Mac | ||||
| Certification | Platinum |
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| "Swear It Again (Asian E.P.)" | |||||
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"Swear It Again" was Irish boy band Westlife's debut single. It peaked at #1 in the UK, moving 182 000 units in the first two weeks of its release.
To date, it is Westlife's only single to have charted in the USA, peaking at #20 and was #75 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year End Chart in 2000.
This single have sold 356.278 copies to date in UK and more than 1 000 000 total sales (750 000+ for its debut week) in USA which peaked at #2 in Billboard Single Sales Chart and achieved gold status there.
An Asian E.P. was also released. The song was performed live on Miss Teen USA 2000.
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[edit] Track Listing
[edit] UK Version
[edit] CD1
- Swear It Again (Radio Edit)
- Forever
- Swear It Again (CD-Rom Function)
[edit] CD2
- Swear It Again
- Swear It Again (Rokstone Mix)
- Ronan Keating Interview
[edit] Australian Version
- Swear It Again
- Sweat It Again (Rokstone Mix)
- Forever
- Ronan Keating Interview
- Enhanced Section (Interview and Video Clip)
[edit] Asian E.P.
- Swear It Again (Radio Edit)
- Until The End Of Time
- Forever
- Everybody Knows
- Let's Make Tonight Special
- Don't Calm The Storm
- Ronan Keating Interviews Westlife
[edit] U.S. Version
- Swear It Again
- My Private Movie *
- I Don't Wanna Fight *
- Can't Lose What You Never Had *
- Flying Without Wings *
* These tracks were snippets of the full length songs.
[edit] Music Video
[edit] UK Version
The video features the band in a mini theatre, singing on a stage fitted with lighting panel flooring while facing a screen with black and white videos of their studio recording process.
[edit] US Version
The US music video features the band at a car wash and subsequently washing a white car.
[edit] Chart Performance
| Country/Chart | Peak position |
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| United World Chart | 26 |
| European Singles Chart | 6 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 12 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 10 |
| Brazil Singles Chart | 40 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 21 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 27 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 12 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 25 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
| U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 22 |
| U.S. Billboard Singles Sales Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Pop, AC Airplay Chart | 21 |
[edit] Year End Charts
| Country/Chart | Peak position |
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| Australia | 79 |
| United Kingdom | 46 |
| USA | 75 |
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Song Credits
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[edit] CD Production
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[edit] External Links
"Swear It Again" (UK Version) Official Music video
"Swear It Again" (US Version) Official Music video
| Preceded by "Perfect Moment" by Martine McCutcheon |
UK Singles Chart Number-one single April 25, 1999 - May 2, 1999 |
Succeeded by "I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys |
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