By Request (Boyzone album)

By Request is the first greatest hits album by Irish boy band Boyzone. It was released on 31 May 1999 by Universal. The album is their best-selling release to date, with sales of over 4 million copies worldwide.

Background
The album contains nearly all of the band's singles since the start of their career in 1994. Singles not included are the Irish-only single "Working My Way Back to You" and the Japanese only-single "Believe in Me". The American-only single "Mystical Experience", appears as a bonus track on the Australian release, "Te Garder Pres De Moi", appears as a bonus track on the French release, and "Everyday I Love You" only appears on the Asian release of the album. The latter was released as a single in the United Kingdom in December 1999 despite not being include on the U.K. edition of the album. The album also features Ronan Keating's first solo outing, "When You Say Nothing at All", and three tracks only previously issued on the American version of Where We Belong.

The album was released on 31 May 1999 via Universal and was preceded by the single "When the Going Gets Tough", which was released on 1 March 1999 as the official Comic Relief single for that year. The album was the second best selling album of the year in Britain, spending nine weeks atop the UK Album Chart. It was certified 6× Platinum, selling 1,814,966 copies in the UK alone.

Personnel

 * Boyzone – vocals
 * Michael Mangini – guitar, producer
 * James McNally – accordion, whistle
 * Ann Morfee – violin
 * Steve Morris – violin
 * Tessa Niles – background vocals
 * Graeme Perkins – organizer
 * Audrey Riley – cello
 * Trevor Steel – programming, producer
 * Miriam Stockley – background vocals
 * Carl Sturken – arranger, producer
 * Philip Todd – saxophone
 * Peter-John Vettese – keyboards
 * Warren Wiebe – background vocals
 * Gavyn Wright – string director
 * Nigel Wright – keyboards, producer
 * Guy Barker – trumpet
 * Clare Finnimore – viola
 * Matt Howe – mix engineer
 * Gillian Kent – violin
 * Michael Hart Thompson – guitar
 * Jeremy Wheatley – mix engineer
 * Andy Caine – background vocals
 * Clare Thompson – violin
 * Bruce White – viola
 * John Matthews – background vocals
 * Andy Earl – photography
 * Alex Black – assistant engineer
 * Tim Willis – assistant engineer


 * Ben Allen – guitar
 * John R. Angier – keyboards
 * Emma Black – cello
 * Deborah Widdup – violin
 * Nastee – DJ
 * Anna Hemery – violin
 * Wayne Hector – background vocals, vocal arrangement
 * Yvonne John Lewis – background vocals
 * Absolute – Producer, mix engineer
 * Richard George – violin
 * Skoti-Alain Elliot – bass, programming, track engineer
 * Laura Melhuish – violin
 * Orla Quirke – design, direction
 * Jim Steinman – producer, executive producer
 * Paul Martin – viola
 * Tracie Ackerman – background vocals
 * Tom Lord-Alge – mix engineer
 * Andy Bradfield – remixing
 * Nick Cooper – cello
 * Ian Curnow – producer
 * Danny Grant – keyboards
 * Sue Dench – viola
 * Andy Duncan – drums
 * Simon Franglen – keyboards, engineer, programming
 * Scott Gordon – vocal engineer
 * Mark Hudson – vocal arrangement, vocal producer
 * Eric Lijestrand – digital editing
 * Steve Lipson – bass, producer, programming, mandolin
 * Danny Foy – Guitar