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Boyzone's debut single, a cover version of the Detroit Spinners' "Working My Way Back To You" released in November 1993, launched the group in Ireland when it broke into the Top 3 the following spring. The group's UK breakthrough came with a cover of the Osmonds' "Love Me For A Reason", which was produced for them by Take That collaborator Mike Hedges. It became an instant success on release in December 1994, peaking at number 2 in the UK charts and selling 700,000 copies. The single became a Top 10 hit in most European countries and ... topped the Irish charts. The band's debut album, Said And Done, was released in August 1995 and sold over one million copies worldwide. As well as "Love Me For A Reason", it included three other hit singles, "Key To My Life", "So Good" and their Christmas 1995 cover version of Cat Stevens' "Father And Son". With the demise of Take That in 1996 and the rise of numerous "boy bands", Boyzone moved to the head of the pack, with further hit singles including "Coming Home Now" and a cover version of the Bee Gees' "Words", their first UK number 1.
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Boyzone was put together by Irish theatrical entrepreneur Louis Walsh in 1994 from over 300 auditioning hopefuls. The group became one of the most successful Irish recording acts on the British charts over the next 5 years. In 2000 the band decided to pursue solo projects.
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Boyzone, in case you have forgotten, were one of the most successful boybands – ever. Their debut single, "Love Me For A Reason", stormed into the charts at number 2 back in 1994. And the rest, as they say, is history. Over the course of seven years, they notched up six number one singles and four number one albums and became the first act in chart history to reach the top three with their first 14 singles. To date, the group has sold in excess of 15 million records.
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