I Lay My Love on You
"I Lay My Love on You" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released as the fourth single from their second studio album Coast to Coast (2000). It was released in many parts of the world, including Australia, Asia and most notably Europe, excluding the UK and Ireland.
"I Lay My Love on You" | ||||
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Single by Westlife | ||||
from the album Coast to Coast | ||||
Released | 5 January 2001 (Asia) | |||
Recorded | July 2000 Cheiron Studios (Stockholm) | |||
Genre | Pop, Power pop | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) |
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Westlife international singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Lay My Love on You" on YouTube |
A Spanish version of the song, titled "En Ti Deje Mi Amor" has also been recorded[1] and can be found on their Asian-only release, Released.[2] It is the band's nineteenth most streamed song in the United Kingdom as of January 2019.[3]
Background
"I Lay My Love on You", along with "When You're Looking Like That", were not released in the UK. In an interview with Westlife, Mark Feehily said that the main reason behind it was because they had not had as much exposure in Asia and Australia.[4]
Music video
The music video features Westlife's activities in Asia, notably South Korea, Japan and Singapore. A part of the video was also shot in Singapore.[5] It also features the band promoting their latest studio album at the time, Coast to Coast. The video also interspersed with the band singing. The video on YouTube has reached 67 million views as of March 2020.[6]
Tours performed at
- Where Dreams Come True Tour (2001)
- World of Our Own Tour (2002)
- The Farewell Tour (2012)
Track listing
CD1
- "I Lay My Love on You" (Single Remix) – 3:29
- "Dreams Come True" – 3:07
- CD1 is cased within a digipak and comes with four limited edition photocards.[7]
CD2
- "I Lay My Love on You" (Single Remix) – 3:29
- "Dreams Come True" – 3:07
- "My Love" – 3:52
- "Nothing Is Impossible" – 3:15
Credits and personnel
Recording[8]
- Recorded at Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
- Strings recorded at Roam Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Personnel[8]
- Per Magnusson – songwriter, producer, arranger, keyboards, programming
- David Kreuger – songwriter, producer, arranger, programming
- Jörgen Elofsson – songwriter
- Björn Norén – strings recording
- Bernard Löhr – mixing
- Esbjörn Öhrwall – acoustic, electric and slide guitars
- Tomas Lindberg – bass
- Gustave Lund – percussion
- Anders von Hofsten – additional backing vocals
- Björn Engelmann – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2001, 2017) | Peak position |
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Argentinian Singles Chart | 40 |
Australian Singles Chart | 29 |
Austrian Singles Chart | 23 |
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 35 |
Danish Airplay Chart | 7 |
Dutch Singles Chart | 12 |
German Singles Chart | 50 |
Italian Singles Chart[9] | 23 |
New Zealand Singles Chart | 24 |
Norwegian Singles Chart | 16 |
South Korea (Gaon Weekly BGM Chart)[10] | 28 |
Spanish Singles Chart | 20 |
Swedish Singles Chart | 10 |
Swiss Singles Chart | 39 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2001) | Rank |
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Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 91 |
References
- "Westlife - "En Ti Deje Mi Amor"". 12 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- "Westlife - Released". Discogs. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- Copsey, Rob (12 January 2019). "Westlife's Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- "Westlife - I Lay My Love on You (Unbreakable '02)". 11 November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Westlife interview: On Singapore, working with Ed Sheeran and doing a duet with BTS | CNA Lifestyle". 4 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019 – via YouTube.
- "Westlife - "I Lay My Love on You (Official Video)"". 3 October 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2018 – via YouTube.
- "I Lay My Love on You – Westlife". Discogs. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- I Lay My Love on You (liner notes). Westlife. BMG. 2001. 74321826262.CS1 maint: others (link)
- http://www.fimi.it/
- "Gaon Weekly BGM Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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- "Årslista Singlar – År 2001" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 4 September 2018.