Turnaround (Westlife album)
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Turnaround is the fourth studio album by Irish boy band Westlife
and it was released on 24 November 2003. The first single released was the upbeat track, "Hey Whatever
". The song is essentially a cover of Irish rock band Relish
's Rainbow Zephyr, but with a slightly changed set of lyrics and a different song title. The next single was a cover of the Barry Manilow
hit, "Mandy". The band's version was an instant hit, earning them their 12th UK number one and an Irish record of the year award. "Obvious
", an original song, was the third and final single released from the album. Turnaround was the last album to feature former band member Bryan McFadden. The album was the 23rd best selling album of 2003 in the UK. The album was re-released in a box set on 25 January 2005 with their debut album, Westlife
. BBC Music said that "the album title's lost on us because this seems like more of the same from the...".
Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
and it was released on 24 November 2003. The first single released was the upbeat track, "Hey Whatever
Hey Whatever
"Hey Whatever" is the debut single from Westlife's fourth studio album, 'Turnaround'. It was released on 15 September 2003 and peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song itself is a re-written version of "Rainbow Zephyr", a popular song by Irish Rock Band Relish...
". The song is essentially a cover of Irish rock band Relish
Relish
A relish is a cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit food item which is typically used as a condiment.In North America, relish commonly alludes to sweet pickle relish-like sauce that often condiments hot dogs, hamburgers and other types of fast food.-Description and ingredients:The item...
's Rainbow Zephyr, but with a slightly changed set of lyrics and a different song title. The next single was a cover of the Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
hit, "Mandy". The band's version was an instant hit, earning them their 12th UK number one and an Irish record of the year award. "Obvious
Obvious (Westlife song)
"Obvious" is the third and final single released from Westlife's fourth studio album, Turnaround. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, but marked the departure of Brian McFadden from the band...
", an original song, was the third and final single released from the album. Turnaround was the last album to feature former band member Bryan McFadden. The album was the 23rd best selling album of 2003 in the UK. The album was re-released in a box set on 25 January 2005 with their debut album, Westlife
Westlife (album)
Westlife is the Irish boyband Westlife's debut studio album. It was released on 1 November 1999 in the UK, and contains five singles - "Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", the double A-side "I Have a Dream" / "Seasons in the Sun" and "Fool Again", all of which peaked at #1...
. BBC Music said that "the album title's lost on us because this seems like more of the same from the...".
Track listing
| Track No. |
Title | Credits | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandy | Arranged By [Backing Vocal]: Steve Mac Steve Mac Steve Mac , is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London.He has produced more than 22 number one singles in the UK and had several multi-million selling albums worldwide... , Wayne Hector Wayne Hector Wayne Hector is an English songwriter.Wayne Hector has had over 30 number ones around the globe under his belt and numerous movie soundtrack credits, Wayne Hector is one of the UK’s most successful songwriters.... Backing Vocals [Additional]: Mae McKenna Bass [Guitar]: Steve Pearce Written By: Richard Kerr, Scott English |
3:37 |
| 2 | Hey Whatever Hey Whatever "Hey Whatever" is the debut single from Westlife's fourth studio album, 'Turnaround'. It was released on 15 September 2003 and peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song itself is a re-written version of "Rainbow Zephyr", a popular song by Irish Rock Band Relish... |
Choir: The Tuff Singers, Hector Saxophone:Phil Todd Trumpet: Guy Barker Written By: Ken Papenfus, Carl Papenfus, Mac, Hector |
3:32 |
| 3 | Heal | Backing Vocals: David Stenmarck, Jocke Bergström Producer [Additional], Mixed By [Additional], Programmed By: Stenmarck, Nick Jarl Written By: Jarl, Savan Kotecha Savan Kotecha Savan Kotecha is an American songwriter and vocal producer from Austin, Texas of Indian descent. Kotecha has sold over 60 million records with artists such as Usher, Enrique Iglesias, Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears, One Direction and Celine Dion... |
3:10 |
| 4 | Obvious Obvious (Westlife song) "Obvious" is the third and final single released from Westlife's fourth studio album, Turnaround. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, but marked the departure of Brian McFadden from the band... |
Backing Vocals [Additional]: Andreas Carlsson Andreas Carlsson Andreas Carlsson is a Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.-Biography:Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2001.... , Emil Heiling Conductor [Strings]:Henrik And Ulf Jansson Flute: Jan Bengtson Performer [All Other Instruments], Programmed By: Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane, Josef Larossi Producer [Additional], Mixed By [Additional]: Quizlarossi Strings: Stockholm Session Strings Written By: Pilot Pilot (band) Pilot was a pop rock musical group, formed during 1973 in Edinburgh, Scotland by the former Bay City Rollers members, David Paton and Billy Lyall.-Career:... , Kotecha, Carlsson |
3:33 |
| 5 | When a Woman Loves a Man | Backing Vocals: Anders Von Hofsten, Heiling Engineer [Strings Recording]: Ian Agate Performer [All Other Instruments], Programmed By: Romdhane, Larossi Recorded By, Arranged By: Quizlarossi Strings: Stockholm Session Strings Written By: Quiz, Kotecha |
3:38 |
| 6 | On My Shoulder | Vocals [Additional]: The Sylvia Young School Written By: Mac, Hector |
3:59 |
| 7 | Turn Around | Engineer [Protools]: Chris Laws Written By: Mac, Hector |
4:24 |
| 8 | I Did It for You | Written By: Diane Warren Diane Warren Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001... |
3:33 |
| 9 | Thank You | Written By: Mac, Hector, Simon Perry |
4:06 |
| 10 | To Be with You To Be with You "To Be with You" is a song by the American hard rock band Mr. Big. It appears on the album Lean into It. The song charted in 20 plus countries, many of them at number one, such as on the United States Billboard Hot 100... |
Engineer [Drums]: Robin Sellars Written By: Eric Martin, David Grahame |
3:22 |
| 11 | Home | Written By: Mac, Hector |
4:07 |
| 12 | Lost In You | UK and Japan only Percussion: Mich Hansen Programmed By, Recorded By: Joe Belmaati Strings: The Little Mermaid String Quartet Written By: Tony Sims, Wayne Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American singer/songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979.... , Gordon Kennedy Gordon Kennedy (musician) Gordon Kennedy is a multi Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer, world-class guitarist and visionary at the forefront of Nashville’s music community.... |
3:37 |
| 13 | What Do They Know? | Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangement]: Dave Arch Written By: Mac, Hector, Jimmy McCarthy |
3:20 |
| 14 | Never Knew I Was Losing You | Japanese Bonus Track | 3:45 |
Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
| Track No. |
Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mandy | Karaoke Video Clip |
| 2 | If I Let You Go If I Let You Go "If I Let You Go" is a song by Westlife, released in the United Kingdom on 9 August 1999, as the band's second single. It became the second of the band's fourteen UK number 1 hit singles, spending eleven weeks on charts... |
Karaoke Video Clip |
| 3 | My Love My Love (Westlife song) "My Love" is the second single from Westlife's second studio album, Coast to Coast. The single became the band's seventh UK number #1. The song was the 35th best-selling single of 2000 in the UK... |
Karaoke Video Clip |
| 4 | Flying Without Wings Flying Without Wings "Flying Without Wings" is a song released by Irish boyband Westlife from their self-titled debut album.-Background:The song became an instant hit in the United Kingdom and many parts of the world. The song became the group's third UK number 1 single, spending 13 weeks on charts. It is also one of... |
Karaoke Video Clip |
| 5 | When You're Looking Like That When You're Looking Like That "When You're Looking Like That" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife from their second studio album, Coast to Coast. It was released as the sixth and final single from the album in in Australia, Asia, Latin America, and most notably Europe... |
Karaoke Video Clip |
| 6 | Swear It Again Swear It Again "Swear It Again" is a song by the Irish pop band Westlife, released as the band's first single. It peaked at #1 in the UK for two weeks. It moved to 182,000 units in the first two weeks of its release and spent 13 weeks on the charts. This made it the first of fourteen UK number 1 hit singles... |
Karaoke Video Clip |
| 7 | I Have A Dream | Karaoke Video Clip |
| 8 | Seasons in the Sun | Karaoke Video Clip |
| 9 | Hey Whatever Hey Whatever "Hey Whatever" is the debut single from Westlife's fourth studio album, 'Turnaround'. It was released on 15 September 2003 and peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart. The song itself is a re-written version of "Rainbow Zephyr", a popular song by Irish Rock Band Relish... |
Music Video |
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Release history
| Country | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... |
24 November 2003 |
| Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... |
28 November 2003 |
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
30 November 2003 |
Weekly charts
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
42 |
| Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... |
4 |
| Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... |
1 |
| Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
33 |
| New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
42 |
| Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
37 |
| Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... |
1 |
| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
5 |
| Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
24 |
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Irish Albums Chart Irish Albums Chart The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically... |
12 |
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
23 |