"Unbreakable" is a song by Irish boy band

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. It was released on 4 November 2002 as the first single from their first greatest hits album, ''

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'' (2002). The song was composed in the traditional

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, with the group's vocals ranging from the chords of D₄ to C₆. "Unbreakable" became the band's 11th UK number-one single and also reached number one in their native Ireland. The song has received a silver sales certification in the UK for over 200,000 copies sold. It is the band's 13th-best-selling single in paid-for and combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.

Music video

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was filmed on the same beach as the video for the song "

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" and the band members are standing on a sign that reads UNBREAKABLE. The video begins with a young woman crying in a graveyard and then it goes into a flashback, in which it shows her and her boyfriend in a

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out for a romantic date on the beach. Later, the woman dresses herself for appears to be either a wedding or a prom and waits for her boyfriend to arrive. The man is driving to his girlfriend's home in the Jeep as he holds a rose to give to her. But as he drives, he takes his eyes off the road as he puts the rose on the passenger's seat and crashes on his way home and is killed. At the girlfriend's home, there's a knock on the door and, believing it is her boyfriend, she rushes to answer, but finds that it's a police officer, who regretfully takes off his hat as he tells her about the accident and she falls to her knees as she breaks down in tears. The video ends with the girlfriend at her boyfriend's grave, on which she puts the rose as she cries. Parts of the video was shot in Hotel Rosslyn Annex as well.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Unbreakable" (single remix) # "Never Knew I Was Losing You" # "

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" (US video) # Exclusive footage UK CD2 # "Unbreakable (single remix) # "

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" # "World of Our Own" (US mix) # Westlife fans roll of honour UK cassette single # "Unbreakable" (single remix) # "Never Knew I Was Losing You"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the ''

'' album booklet. Studios * Engineered at Rokstone Studios (London, England) * Mastered at 360 Mastering (London, England) Personnel *

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– writing * John Reid – writing, additional backing vocals * Andy Caine – additional backing vocals * Friðrik "Frizzy" Karlsson – guitars * Steve Pearce – bass *

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– keyboards, production, arrangement, mixing * Chris Laws – drums, engineering * Daniel Pursey – percussion, assistant engineering * Dave Arch – string arrangement * Matt Howe – engineering * Robin Sellars – engineering * Dick Beetham – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Cover versions

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'', covered the song for her debut studio album ''

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References

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