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Picture of You (Boyzone song)

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Wikipedia article




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| type = single

| artist = Boyzone

| album = Where We Belong Bean: The Album

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| label = Polydor

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| producer = Absolute

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| next_title = Baby Can I Hold You

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"'Picture of You'" is a song by Irish boy band Boyzone, released as the first single from their third studio album, 'Where We Belong' (1998). Written by frontman Ronan Keating, Eliot Kennedy, and producers Absolute, the song peaked at No. 2 in both Ireland and the United Kingdom and led to Keating winning an Ivor Novello Award. It is best remembered as the ending theme song for the film 'Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie', for which Rowan Atkinson appeared as his character with the band on both the single cover and in the music video.

Critical reception



Larry Flick from 'Billboard' wrote, "This videogenic boy group continues in its quest to win the hearts of stateside teens with a cute confection that borrows heavily from the vintage Motown sound of the Temptations and the Four Tops. Unfortunately, their vocals are not nearly as soulful, even though their harmonies are note-perfect. Still, there should certainly be more than a handful of kiddie-driven top 40 stations that will find this track useful. Also, Polydor would be wise to court the mature ears of AC radio listeners, who will get a nostalgic charge out of this 'Picture'." A reviewer from 'Music Week' rated it four out of five, describing it as a "catchy pop/soul song".

Track listings



* 'UK and European CD1'

# "Picture of You" 3:28

# "Let the Message Run Free" 5:08

# "Words" (Spanglish version) 4:02

* 'UK and European CD2'

# "Picture of You" 3:28

# "Picture of You" (extended mix) 5:54

# "I've Got You" 3:45

* 'UK cassette single'

# "Picture of You" 3:28

# "Picture of You" (extended mix) 5:54

* 'Japanese CD single'

# "Picture of You"

# "Let the Message Run Free"

# "Shooting Star"

# "Baby Can I Hold You" (7-inch edit)

Charts and certifications



Weekly charts



Year-end charts

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

!Chart (1997)

!Position

|-

!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)

|95

|-

!scope="row"|France (SNEP)

|91

|-

!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)

|48

|}

Certifications



Cover versions



* In 1999, the song was covered in Portuguese by girlband Tentaes on their second and final studio album 'Nunca Me Percas', titled as '"Tu s a Minha Loucura"

* In 2007, the song was performed by Westlife on their The Love Tour

* In 2007, the song was performed by Boyzone at their return performance on the 'Children in Need 2007' charity event

* In 2017, the song was performed by Elmo Magalona and Janella Salvador on the '31st PMPC Star Awards for Television'

References



Category:1997 singles

Category:1997 songs

Category:Boyzone songs

Category:Mr. Bean

Category:Number-one singles in Scotland

Category:Polydor Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Absolute (production team)

Category:Songs written by Andy Watkins

Category:Songs written by Eliot Kennedy

Category:Songs written by Paul Wilson (songwriter)

Category:Songs written by Ronan Keating

Category:Songs written for films

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