When You're Looking Like That
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"When You're Looking Like That" is a song by Irish boy band
Westlife
from their second studio album, Coast to Coast. It was released as the sixth and final single from the album in in Australia, Asia, Latin America, and most notably Europe. However, although being one of the more popular tracks in the UK, and a music video being played regularly on UK music channels, the single was not released in the UK or Ireland. The song was written by a team of Swedish songwriters, Rami Yacoub
, Andreas Carlsson
and Max Martin
, and it was produced by Yacoub.
"When You're Looking Like That" was most successful in Sweden, where it peaked at number four. It has since been certified gold by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of 15,000 copies in Sweden.
Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.
Boy band
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Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
from their second studio album, Coast to Coast. It was released as the sixth and final single from the album in in Australia, Asia, Latin America, and most notably Europe. However, although being one of the more popular tracks in the UK, and a music video being played regularly on UK music channels, the single was not released in the UK or Ireland. The song was written by a team of Swedish songwriters, Rami Yacoub
Rami Yacoub
Rami Yacoub is a Swedish music producer and songwriter of Palestinian descent, and former member of the successful songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone...
, Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson is a Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.-Biography:Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2001....
and Max Martin
Max Martin
Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
, and it was produced by Yacoub.
"When You're Looking Like That" was most successful in Sweden, where it peaked at number four. It has since been certified gold by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of 15,000 copies in Sweden.
Track listing
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- CD maxi single
- "When You're Looking Like That" (Single Remix) – 3:52
- "Con Lo Bien Que Te Ves" (Single Remix) (Spanish lyrics: Rudy PérezRudy PérezRudy Pérez is a Cuban American composer, producer and Sound engineer specialized in Latin Ballad whose songs have been very successful. He is considered one of the most outstanding creators in the field of international pop music...
) – 3:52 - "Don't Get Me Wrong" (Jake, Anders von Hofsten) – 3:43
- "I'll Be There" (Berry GordyBerry GordyBerry Gordy, Jr. is an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.-Early years:...
, Hal DavisHal DavisHarold Edward "Hal" Davis was an African American songwriter and record producer, best known as the key figure in the latter part of the Motown career of The Jackson 5....
, Willie HutchWillie HutchWillie McKinley Hutchison, known professionally as Willie Hutch was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s....
, Bob West) – 3:54 - "When You're Looking Like That" (Music video) – 4:00
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- CD single
- "When You're Looking Like That" (Single Remix) – 3:52
- "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:43
Credits and personnel
- Rami YacoubRami YacoubRami Yacoub is a Swedish music producer and songwriter of Palestinian descent, and former member of the successful songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone...
– songwriter, producer, engineer, mixing - Andreas CarlssonAndreas CarlssonAndreas Carlsson is a Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.-Biography:Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2001....
– songwriter, backing vocals - Max MartinMax MartinMartin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. Raised in Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, he broke through as a producer and songwriter in the mid to late 1990s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys,...
– songwriter, backing vocals - John Amatiello – engineer assistant, mixing assistant, Pro ToolsPro ToolsPro Tools is a digital audio workstation platform for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, developed and manufactured by Avid Technology. It is widely used by professionals throughout the audio industries for recording and editing in music production, film scoring, film, and television...
- Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar
- Björn Engelmann – mastering
Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 19 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 19 |
| Danish Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... Singles Chart |
6 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
24 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 23 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 30 |
| Romanian Singles Chart | 43 |
| Swedish Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... Singles Chart |
9 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 47 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
188 |