Love Will Save the Day is a song by Irish
boy band Boyzone
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from their fifth studio album, ''
BZ20''. The song was written by Jez Ashurst and Viktoria Hansen. The song has sold over 30,000 copies.
Background
On 24 September 2013, the band performed one of the new songs from their new album called "Love Will Save the Day" on ''
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''.
It was announced on the same day that the new album will be released on 25 November 2013 and became available to pre-order from
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. The band premiered the song during a
BBC Radio 2 broadcast on 11 October 2013 and the song will be available on download and CD on 17 November 2013.
Promotion
Boyzone performed the song on ''
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'' live results show on 24 September.
Boyzone performed the song on ''
The Jonathan Ross Show
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'' on 9 November. On 22 November, they performed on the Paul O’Grady Show. Further TV appearances include ''Loose Women'' and ''Lorraine''. Boyzone sang two songs (‘Love Will Save The Day' and 'Everything I Own') from the new album on the ''Terry Wogan show'' on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday 17 November
Music video
On 22 October 2013, the full video was uploaded to
YouTube
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; it features footage from the group's
Brother Tour along with a video shoot for the
BZ20 album.
Chart performance
In its first week in the UK Chart the song entered at number 39 with first week sales were at 7,118 followed by second week sales of 6,832, third week sales of 3,088 and fourth week sales of 3,343 totalling 20,381 copies.
Track listing
* Digital download
# "Love Will Save the Day" - 3:10
Charts
Release history
References
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2013 singles
Boyzone songs
Pop ballads
Songs written by Jez Ashurst
2013 songs
Songs written by Viktoria Hansen
Song recordings produced by Brian Rawling