"When You Say Nothing at All" is the debut solo single by Irish

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...

 singer-songwriter

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Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating

Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

. The song was recorded in 1999 for the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 of the film Notting Hill

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. It also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, Ronan

Ronan (album)

Ronan is the self-titled, debut solo album from Irish singer-songwriter and Boyzone frontman, Ronan Keating. It was released by Polydor Records on 31 July 2000. The album was given several negative reviews, however, it sold over 750,000 copies and became one of the top selling albums of the year in...

. The song was released on July 26, 1999 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number-one in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. In the UK, the single was certified gold

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. Keating has received a lot of bad press in recent years passing off the song as his own work when he, in fact, covered the original.

The Italian singer Deborah Blando

Deborah Blando

Deborah Salvatrice Blando is an Italian-Brazilian singer and composer. She has about 5 million copies sold worldwide, with six albums released between 1991 and 2002...

 recorded "When You Say Nothing at All" in English and Portuguese for the Brazilian version. The single reached the top 10 in the Latin charts. In 2003, Keating re-recorded the song as a duet with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio

Paulina Rubio

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, which was released in Mexico and Latin America to promote Keating's second studio album, Destination.

Track listing

• UK CD single #1

1. "When You Say Nothing at All" – 4:18
2. "When You Say Nothing at All" (Acoustic Version) – 3:30
3. "This Is Your Song" – 4:03
4. "When You Say Nothing at All" (Music Video) – 4:25

• UK CD single #2

1. "When You Say Nothing At All" – 4:18
2. "At The End Of A Perfect Day" – 4:37
3. "I Will Miss You" – 3:05

• UK Cassette single

1. "When You Say Nothing at All" – 4:18
2. "This Is Your Song" – 4:03

Charts

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Chart (1999)	Peak position
Denmark (IFPI)	6
Ireland (IRMA Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... )	1

Certifications

Country	Certifications
Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...	Platinum
Norway VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	Gold
United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...	Gold