My Love

My Love is a song of the Irish boy band Westlife. It is released on October 30, 2000 as the second single from their second studio album Coast to Coast.

Release

My Love debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The song was the 35th best-selling single of 2000 in the United Kingdom (UK), winning them The Record of the Year.

Tracklist

UK CD1
 "My Love" (radio edit)
 "If I Let You Go" (USA mix)
 Enhanced section

UK CD2
 "My Love" (radio edit)
 "My Love" (instrumental)
 Enhanced section

UK cassette single and European CD single
 "My Love" (radio edit)
 "If I Let You Go" (USA mix)

Australian CD single
 "My Love" (radio edit)
 "If I Let You Go" (USA mix)
 "My Love" (instrumental)
 Enhanced section

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD1 liner notes.

Recording
 Vocal recorded at the Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
 Orchestra recorded at the Roam Studios, Stockholm, Sweden

Personnel

 Per Magnusson – songwriting, production, arrangement, keyboards, programming
 David Kreuger – songwriting, production, arrangement, programming
 Jörgen Elofsson – songwriting
 Pelle Nylén – songwriting
 Ulf and Erik Jansson – arrangement and Stockholm Session Orchestra conducting
 Björn Norén – orchestra recording
 Bernard Löhr – mixing
 Esbjörn Öhrwall – acoustic and electric guitars
 Thomas Lindberg – bass
 Gustave Lund – percussion
 Åke Sundqvist – percussion
 Joakim Agnas – piccolo trumpet
 Anders von Hofsten – additional backing vocals
 Björn Engelmann – mastering

Performance

The song sold 400,000 copies in the UK between October 30, 2000 and October 10, 2010. By January 2019, the song had become Westlife's fifth most-streamed single in the UK. Two years later, the song became the band's most popular single on YouTube. As of January 29, 2025, the song's original MV has accumulated 378,362,110 views.

Charts

Weekly charts

Charts (2000 – 2001)PeakpositionCroatia (Croatian Radiotelevision)3Denmark (IFPI Danmark)6Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)3Europe (European Hit Radio)14Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)2Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)4

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)PositionIreland (IRMA)13Netherlands (Single Top 100)100Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)28UK Singles (OCC)35
Chart (2001)PositionEurope (European Hit Radio)85New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)43

Sales

References

Category:Pop songs
Category:Irish culture
Category:2000 songs
Category:British culture
Category:2000s ballads
Category:Westlife songs
Category:2000s in the United Kingdom