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Unbreakable (Westlife song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Unbreakable
| cover = UnbreakableCD1.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Westlife
| album = Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Volume 1
| B-side = Never Knew I Was Losing You
| released =
| recorded =
| studio = Rokstone (London, England)
| genre =
| length = 4:33
| label =
| writer = Jrgen Elofsson, John Reid
| producer = Steve Mac
| prev_title = Bop Bop Baby
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Tonight
| next_title2 = Miss You Nights
| next_year = 2003
| misc =
}}
"'Unbreakable'" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 4 November 2002 as the first single from their first greatest hits album, 'Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Volume 1' (2002). The song was composed in the traditional versechorus form in G major, with the group's vocals ranging from the chords of D4 to C6.
"Unbreakable" became the band's 11th UK number-one single and also reached number one in their native Ireland. The song has received a silver sales certification in the UK for over 200,000 copies sold. It is the band's 13th-best-selling single in paid-for and combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.
Music video
The music video was filmed on the same beach as the video for the song "If I Let You Go" and the band members are standing on a sign that reads UNBREAKABLE. The video begins with a young woman crying in a graveyard and then it goes into a flashback, in which it shows her and her boyfriend in a Jeep out for a romantic date on the beach. Later, the woman dresses herself for appears to be either a wedding or a prom and waits for her boyfriend to arrive. The man is driving to his girlfriend's home in the Jeep as he holds a rose to give to her. But as he drives, he takes his eyes off the road as he puts the rose on the passenger's seat and crashes on his way home and is killed. At the girlfriend's home, there's a knock on the door and, believing it is her boyfriend, she rushes to answer, but finds that it's a police officer, who regretfully takes off his hat as he tells her about the accident and she falls to her knees as she breaks down in tears. The video ends with the girlfriend at her boyfriend's grave, on which she puts the rose as she cries. Parts of the video was shot in Hotel Rosslyn Annex as well.
Track listings
'UK CD1'
# "Unbreakable" (single remix)
# "Never Knew I Was Losing You"
# "World of Our Own" (US video)
# Exclusive footage
'UK CD2'
# "Unbreakable (single remix)
# "Evergreen"
# "World of Our Own" (US mix)
# Westlife fans roll of honour
'UK cassette single'
# "Unbreakable" (single remix)
# "Never Knew I Was Losing You"
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the 'Unbreakable The Greatest Hits Volume 1' album booklet.
'Studios'
* Engineered at Rokstone Studios (London, England)
* Mastered at 360 Mastering (London, England)
'Personnel'
* Jrgen Elofsson writing
* John Reid writing, additional backing vocals
* Andy Caine additional backing vocals
* Fririk "Frizzy" Karlsson guitars
* Steve Pearce bass
* Steve Mac keyboards, production, arrangement, mixing
* Chris Laws drums, engineering
* Daniel Pursey percussion, assistant engineering
* Dave Arch string arrangement
* Matt Howe engineering
* Robin Sellars engineering
* Dick Beetham mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Cover versions
Irish singer-songwriter Mary Byrne, a finalist on the seventh series of 'The X Factor', covered the song for her debut studio album 'Mine & Yours'.
References
Category:Westlife songs
Category:2002 singles
Category:2002 songs
Category:Bertelsmann Music Group singles
Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
Category:Number-one singles in Scotland
Category:RCA Records singles
Category:Songs written by Jrgen Elofsson
Category:Song recordings produced by Steve Mac
Category:Syco Music singles
Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles
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