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"My Love"
Single by Westlife
from the album Coast to Coast
Released30 October 2000 (2000-10-30)[1]
StudioCheiron
GenrePop
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Jörgen Elofsson
  • Per Magnusson
  • David Kreuger
  • Pelle Nylén
Producer(s)
  • Per Magnusson
  • David Kreuger
Westlife singles chronology
"Against All Odds"
(2000) 		"My Love"
(2000) 		"What Makes a Man"
(2000)
CD2 artwork
Music video
"My Love" on YouTube

My Love is a song of the Irish boy band Westlife. It is released on October 30, 2000 as the second single from their second studio album Coast to Coast.

Release

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My Love debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The song was the 35th best-selling single of 2000 in the United Kingdom (UK), winning them The Record of the Year.[2]

Tracklist

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Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes.[3]

Recording

Personnel

  • Per Magnusson – songwriting, production, arrangement, keyboards, programming
  • David Kreuger – songwriting, production, arrangement, programming
  • Jörgen Elofsson – songwriting
  • Pelle Nylén – songwriting
  • Ulf and Erik Jansson – arrangement and Stockholm Session Orchestra conducting
  • Björn Norén – orchestra recording
  • Bernard Löhr – mixing
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Thomas Lindberg – bass
  • Gustave Lund – percussion
  • Åke Sundqvist – percussion
  • Joakim Agnas – piccolo trumpet
  • Anders von Hofsten – additional backing vocals
  • Björn Engelmann – mastering

Performance

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The song sold 400,000 copies in the UK between October 30, 2000 and October 10, 2010.[8] By January 2019, the song had become Westlife's fifth most-streamed single in the UK.[9] Two years later, the song became the band's most popular single on YouTube. As of January 29, 2025, the song's original MV has accumulated 378,362,110 views.

Charts

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Sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[36] Gold 5,000*
Sweden (GLF)[37] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[38] Gold 400,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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References

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  1. ↑ "New Releases – For Week Starting October 30, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 28 October 2000. p. 25. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ↑ ZmandinInternational (22 March 2020), Result & Winner of Record Of The Year 2000 - Westlife, archived from the original on 12 December 2020, retrieved 14 April 2020
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 My Love (UK CD1 liner notes). Westlife. RCA Records, Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG). 2000. 74321 80279 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ My Love (UK CD2 liner notes). Westlife. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 802802.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ My Love (UK cassette single sleeve). Westlife. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 802794.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ My Love (European CD single liner notes). Westlife. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 80256 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ My Love (Australian CD single liner notes). Westlife. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321802552.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ "Westlife". MTV UK. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010.
  9. ↑ Copsey, Rob (12 January 2019). "Westlife's Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Westlife – My Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Westlife – My Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "Westlife – My Love" (in French). Ultratip.
  13. ↑ "HR Top 20 Lista". Croatian Radiotelevision. Archived from the original on 12 December 2000. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  14. ↑ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 48. 25 November 2000. p. 17. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  15. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 48. 25 November 2000. p. 15. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 18, no. 2/3. 13 January 2001. p. 18. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  17. ↑ "Westlife – My Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  18. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (15.12.'00–21.12.'00)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 15 December 2000. p. 12. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  19. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – My Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  20. ↑ "Westlife – My Love". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  21. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 49, 2000" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  22. ↑ "Westlife – My Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  23. ↑ "Westlife – My Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  24. ↑ "Westlife – My Love". VG-lista. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  25. ↑ "Polish Airplay Charts – Lista krajowa 48/2000". PiF PaF Production. Archived from the original on 5 March 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  26. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  27. ↑ "Westlife – My Love". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  28. ↑ "Westlife – My Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  29. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  30. ↑ "Top 100 of 2000". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  31. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 2000" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  32. ↑ "Årslista Singlar, 2000" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  33. ↑ "Yearly Best Selling Singles" (PDF). British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  34. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Radio 2001 p.17" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  35. ↑ "End of Year Charts 2001". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  36. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Westlife – My Love". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  37. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  38. ↑ "British single certifications – Westlife – My Love". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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