Picture of You (Boyzone song) explained

Picture of You
Cover:Boyzone Picture of You.jpeg
Type:single
Artist:Boyzone
Album:Where We Belong Bean: The Album
B-Side:
  • "Let the Message Run Free"
  • "I've Got You"
Label:Polydor
Producer:Absolute
Prev Title:Isn't It a Wonder
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Baby Can I Hold You
Next Title2:Shooting Star
Next Year:1997

"Picture of You" is a song by Irish boy band Boyzone, released as the first single from their third studio album, Where We Belong (1998). Written by frontman Ronan Keating, Eliot Kennedy, and producers Absolute, the song peaked at 2 in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. The song served as the main theme for the film Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, for which Rowan Atkinson appeared as his character with the band on both the single cover and in the music video. Its appearance in the film allowed the song to win the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song for a Film or Broadcast at the 1998 ceremony.[1]

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "This videogenic boy group continues in its quest to win the hearts of stateside teens with a cute confection that borrows heavily from the vintage Motown sound of the Temptations and the Four Tops. Unfortunately, their vocals are not nearly as soulful, even though their harmonies are note-perfect. Still, there should certainly be more than a handful of kiddie-driven top 40 stations that will find this track useful. Also, Polydor would be wise to court the mature ears of AC radio listeners, who will get a nostalgic charge out of this 'Picture'."[2] A reviewer from Music Week rated it four out of five, describing it as a "catchy pop/soul song".[3]

Track listings

  1. "Picture of You" – 3:28
  2. "Let the Message Run Free" – 5:08
  3. "Words" (Spanglish version) – 4:02
  1. "Picture of You" – 3:28
  2. "Picture of You" (extended mix) – 5:54
  3. "I've Got You" – 3:45
  1. "Picture of You" – 3:28
  2. "Picture of You" (extended mix) – 5:54
  1. "Picture of You"
  2. "Let the Message Run Free"
  3. "Shooting Star"
  4. "Baby Can I Hold You" (7-inch edit)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] 27
Canada CHR/Top 40 (BDS)26
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 12
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[10] 38
Poland (Music & Media)[11] 10
Taiwan (IFPI)[12] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13] 95
France (SNEP)[14] 91
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[15] 43
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 48

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
United Kingdom21 July 1997Polydor[17]
Japan1 March 1998CD[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Ivors 1998. Ivor Novello Awards. 11 February 2022.
  2. Flick, Larry. Larry Flick. Reviews & Previews: Singles . . 25 October 1997 . 79 . 4 December 2020.
  3. Reviews: Singles. Music Week. 12 July 1997. 23. 15 August 2022.
  4. Picture of You. Boyzone. 1997. UK & European CD1 liner notes. Polydor Records. 571313-2.
  5. Picture of You. Boyzone. 1997. UK & European CD2 liner notes. Polydor Records. 571311-2.
  6. Picture of You. Boyzone. 1997. UK cassette single sleeve. Polydor Records. 571310-4.
  7. Picture of You. Boyzone. 1998. Japanese CD single liner notes. Polydor Records. POCP-7274.
  8. Book: Lwin, Nanda. Nanda Lwin. 2000. Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. 49. 1-896594-13-1.
  9. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 14. 32. 12. 9 August 1997. 21 July 2020.
  10. News: Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (24.7. '97 – 30.7. '97). Dagblaðið Vísir. is. 22. 25 July 1997. 21 July 2020.
  11. Major Market Airplay – Week 28/1997. Music & Media. 15. 28. 23. 26 July 1997. 21 January 2023.
  12. Web site: IFPI Taiwan – Single Top 10 (1997/33). 14 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/19990128234943/http://ifpi.org.tw/chart/1997/single33.htm. 28 January 1999.
  13. Web site: Rapports annuels 1997. Ultratop. nl. 11 May 2020.
  14. Web site: Tops de L'année Top Singles 1997. SNEP. fr. 21 July 2020.
  15. Web site: Romanian Top 100: Top of the Year 1997. Romanian Top 100. ro. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050922001105/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1997.html. September 22, 2005.
  16. Top 100 Singles 1997. Music Week. 27. 17 January 1998.
  17. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 27. 19 July 1997. 1 July 2021.
  18. Web site: ピクチャー・オブ・ユー ボーイゾーン. Picture of You Boyzone. Oricon. ja. 1 December 2023.

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