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"No Matter What" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman and popularized by the group Boyzone.
Musical version
The musical had received such scathing reviews in its premiere engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. (December 1996) that the show's planned Broadway run, scheduled to begin in April 1997, was cancelled. Steinman and Lloyd Webber believed in the show and its music, and in advance of a West End run, rather than releasing a recording of the original U.S. or UK casts, decided to record a concept album featuring popular recording artists. The concept album featured performances by former Steinman collaborators Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler as well as Elaine Paige and Michael Ball, stars of previous Lloyd Webber musicals, among others. The album was a success, with the Boyzone version of "No Matter What" emerging as the most popular song.
In Whistle Down the Wind, it is performed by "The Children and The Townspeople". Amongst the children: Swallow, Brat and Poor Baby, three children who find a man living in their shed whom they believe to be Jesus Christ. No Matter What is their promise to keep him secret from 'the grown-ups', and to affirm their faith in him, 'no matter what they tell us'.
Boyzone version
Pop-band Boyzone performed the number in a different context to the show, making it a love song. The successful boyband had their twelfth consecutive 5 hit with the song, which reached number one on the UK singles charts. The single also hit #1 in Ireland, Norway and the Netherlands and #2 in Sweden and Austria. The track, produced by writers Steinman and Lloyd Webber, also appeared on Where We Belong, the band's third and final album before taking a decade's hiatus. Despite the band's anonymity in the U.S. and the poor reception the musical had received there, "No Matter What" gave Boyzone their only U.S. hits, a #12 peak on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and a #167 peak on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.
In the UK, the Boyzone album was certified 5X Platinum and the single was the 4th best-selling single of the year 1998 and the biggest-selling boyband single of the 1990s, selling 1,074,000 copies and receiving a Platinum sales certification.
The tune was voted number three in Magic's 100 pop gems of the 1990s (which was coincidentally presented by Boyzone member Stephen Gately).[citation needed]
"No Matter What" was the last ever number one to be featured on The Chart Show before it ended in August 1998. (The last song was "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer)
The song is included on Julian Lloyd Webber's 2001 album Lloyd Webber Plays Lloyd Webber.
The song was recorded by Meat Loaf and included on his The Very Best of Meat Loaf compilation album.
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart | 1 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart[1] | 1 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 2 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart[2] | 3 |
| Australian Singles Chart[3] | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] | 12 |
| French Singles Chart | 43 |
References
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
- ^ Belgium Walonia Singles Chart
- ^ Australia Singles ChartAcharts.us (Retrieved November 13, 2008)
- ^ US Adult Contemporary ChartBillboard.com (Artist Chart History)