"Queen of My Heart" is a song by Irish boy band

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. It was released on 5 November 2001 as the first single from their third studio album, ''

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'' (2001). It was released as a double A-side single with "

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" in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The song debuted at number one on the

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, giving the band their ninth UK number-one single in two and a half years. It became the 23rd-best-selling single of 2001 in the UK and received a gold sales certification in the UK for over 400,000 copies sold. It is the band's eighth-best-selling single in paid-for sales and ninth-best-selling single in combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.

Background

The song was written by

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and Steve Mac and was produced by Mac. It was composed in the traditional

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in B major, with

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's,

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's, and

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's vocals ranging from the chords of B₃ to B♭₅. In an interview, Kian said that the song was about a person who wants to go back to their soulmate whom they have been away from for a long time.

Music video

The

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for "Queen of My Heart" was directed by Max & Dania. It features the members of

in a castle with Filan and

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in one room, Feehily and

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in another room, and McFadden sitting on the stairs alone. During the video, Nicky shaves his hair, giving himself a

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. Towards the end of the video, many fans appear and surround the band members.

Track listings

* UK CD1 # "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit) # "

" (single remix) # "Reason for Living" # "When You're Looking Like That" (CD ROM video) * UK CD2 # "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit) # "When You're Looking Like That" (single remix) # "Interview" (CD ROM) * UK cassette single # "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit) # "When You're Looking Like That" (single remix) * European CD single # "Queen of My Heart" (radio edit) # "Reason for Living"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes. Recording * Recorded at Olympic Studios (London) Personnel * Steve Mac – writing, production, arrangement, mixing, piano, keyboards *

– writing *

– writing, additional backing vocals * Chris Laws –

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engineering, engineering, drums * Matt Howe – recording, mixing engineer * Daniel Pursey – assistant engineering * Quentin Guine – assistant engineering * Lee McCutcheon – Pro Tools engineering * Steve Pearce – bass * Frizzy Karlsson – guitars * Paul Gendler – guitars * Mae McKenna – additional backing vocals * Eddie Hession – accordion * Bob White – bagpipes * Gavin Wright – strings * Alice Holsgrove – choir * Christopher Baptiste – choir * Daniel Udy – choir * Hannah Baptiste – choir * Henry Verbi – choir * Laura Taylor – choir * Lee Raymond – choir * Louise Raymond – choir * Mathew Taylor – choir * Rachael Holsgrove – choir * Rebekah Holsgrove – choir * Samuel Udy – choir * Samuel Verbi – choir * Victoria Verbi – choir * Kim Chandler – conducting * Dave Arch – orchestral arrangement * Dick Beetham – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

*
Official Westlife website
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