"When You're Looking Like That" is a song by Irish

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from their second studio album, '' Coast to Coast'' (2000). It was released on 3 September 2001 as the sixth and final single from the album in Australia, Asia, Latin America, and mainland Europe. "When You're Looking Like That" peaked at number six in Denmark and was certified

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in Sweden by the

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(IFPI) for shipments of 15,000 copies. 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 cancelled and was not released in the UK or Ireland and charted outside of top 100 in

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due to leakage only. It was released as a

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" which was their ninth UK number-one. It was re-released in 2001 with its single remix included on the group's third studio album ''

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'' (2001). In 2019, the single charted in Ireland and peaked at number 20, giving Westlife their 28th top-20 hit in Ireland. A Spanish version of the song, titled "Con lo bien que te ves" has also been recorded and can be found on their South African-only release, ''Released''. The Spanish lyrics was written by

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Background

The song was written by a team of Swedish songwriters,

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, and

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, and it was produced by Yacoub. It was composed in the traditional

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, with

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and

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's vocal ranging from the chords of E₄ to A₅. "When You're Looking Like That" along with "I Lay My Love on You" were not released in the United Kingdom. In an interview with

, Feehily said that the main reason behind it was because they had not had as much exposure in Asia and Australia. It is their sixth-most-streamed song in the UK and appears in 20th place overall with 276,000 (as of 12 January 2019) units via streaming and downloads only.

Music video

The music video featured montage of their concerts, fans, autograph and album signings.

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Top 10 semifinalist

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was featured in the video. This is their second video in 2001 to feature their fans and fifth video throughout their band career.

Track listings

* CD maxi-single # "When You're Looking Like That" (single remix) – 3:52 # "Con lo bien que te ves" (single remix) (Spanish lyrics:

) – 3:52 # "Don't Get Me Wrong" (Jake, Anders von Hofsten) – 3:43 # " I'll Be There" (

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, Bob West) – 3:54 # "When You're Looking Like That" (music video) – 4:00 * CD single # "When You're Looking Like That" (single remix) – 3:52 # "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 3:43

Credits and personnel

Recording * Recorded at

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, Stockholm, Sweden Personnel * Rami – songwriter, producer, engineer, mixing *

– songwriter, backing vocals *

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– songwriter, backing vocals * John Amatiello – engineer assistant, mixing assistant,

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engineer * Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar * Björn Engelmann – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Official website
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