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Queen of My Heart
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Queen of My Heart
| cover = 10Queenofmyheart1.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Westlife
| album = World of Our Own
| released =
| recorded =
| studio = Olympic (London)
| genre =
| length = 4:23
| label =
* RCA
* BMG
| writer =
* John McLaughlin
* Wayne Hector
* Steve Mac
* Steve Robson
| producer = Steve Mac
| chronology = Westlife UK/Ireland
| prev_title = Uptown Girl
| prev_year = 2001
| title2 = When You're Looking Like That
| next_title = World of Our Own
| next_year = 2002
| misc =
}}
"'Queen of My Heart'" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 5 November 2001 as the first single from their third studio album, 'World of Our Own' (2001). It was released as a double A-side single with "When You're Looking Like That" in the UK and Ireland.
The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, giving the band their ninth UK number-one single in two and a half years. It became the 23rd-best-selling single of 2001 in the UK and received a Gold sales certification in the UK for over 400,000 copies sold. It is the band's eighth-best-selling single in paid-for sales and ninth-best-selling single in combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.
Background
The song was written by John McLaughlin, Wayne Hector, Steve Robson and Steve Mac and was produced by Mac. It was composed in the traditional versechorus form in B major, with McFadden, Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of B3 to Bb5. In an interview, Kian said that the song was about a person who wants to go back to their soulmate whom they have been away from for a long time.[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JEF0uuehVxI Westlife Interview Voxpop 2001]
Music video
The music video for "Queen of My Heart" was directed by Max & Dania. It features the members of Westlife in a castle with Shane Filan and Kian Egan in one room, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne in another room, and Brian McFadden sitting at the stairs alone. During the video, Nicky shaves his hair, giving himself a buzz cut. Towards the end of the video, many fans appear and surround the band members.
Track listings
* 'UK CD1'
# "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit)
# "When You're Looking Like That" (single remix)
# "Reason for Living"
# "When You're Looking Like That" (CD ROM video)
* 'UK CD2'
# "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit)
# "When You're Looking Like That" (single remix)
# "Interview" (CD ROM)
* 'UK cassette single'
# "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit)
# "When You're Looking Like That" (single remix)
* 'European CD single'
# "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit)
# "Reason for Living"
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes.
'Recording'
* Recorded at Olympic Studios (London)
'Personnel'
* Steve Mac songwriter, producer, arranger, mixing, piano, keyboards
* John McLaughlin songwriter
* Steve Robson songwriter
* Wayne Hector songwriter, additional backing vocals
* Chris Laws Pro Tools engineer, engineer, drums
* Matt Howe recording, mixing engineer
* Daniel Pursey assistant engineer
* Quentin Guine assistant engineer
* Lee McCutcheon Pro Tools engineer
* Steve Pearce bass
* Frizzy Karlsson guitars
* Paul Gendler guitars
* Mae McKenna additional backing vocals
* Eddie Hession accordion
* Bob White bagpipes
* Gavin Wright strings
* Choir Alice Holsgrove, Christopher Baptiste, Daniel Udy, Hannah Baptiste, Henry Verbi, Laura Taylor, Lee Raymond, Louise Raymond, Mathew Taylor, Rachael Holsgrove, Rebekah Holsgrove, Samuel Udy, Samuel Verbi, Victoria Verbi
* Kim Chandler conductor
* Dave Arch orchestral arrangement
* Dick Beetham mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
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