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23|Top 100
'When You Say Nothing at All'
Ronan Keating
Ronan Keating’s first solo hit was released a month after he split from Boyzone in the summer of 1999. It hit the number 1 spot and stayed for 2 weeks, no doubt greatly aided by its use in Brit romantic comedy Notting Hill. Leading lady Julia Roberts apparently |
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Overstreet/Schlitz
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| Genre |
Pop |
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| Album |
Ronan |
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| Year of release |
2000 |
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| UK Chart Position |
1 |
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cried when she first heard it. “When she told me that, it was kind of an omen for me that it was going to be a hit,” Ronan reported. It has indeed been a real money-spinner for Keating as appeared on his 4.4 million-selling solo album and also appeared on the soundtrack the film. The song stayed in the charts for 15 weeks, re-entering 3 months later then once again that January.
Itwas written by Music Row writers Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz originally for late country singer Keith Whitley. Alison Krausscovered it for a Whitley tribute albumin 1994.
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 Why not check out Alison Krauss countrified version of 'When You Say Nothing at All'?
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