Something Right

Summary

"Something Right" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife from their eighth studio album Back Home. The song was released as the band's second single in Asia and Europe following their first single, "Home", as well as the album's overall third single.[1][2][3] The song was composed by Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha and Arnthor Birgisson. A music video was filmed in December 2007 in London and premiered on March 7, 2008. This single was not released as a single in UK and Ireland.

"Something Right"
Single by Westlife
from the album Back Home
ReleasedApril 4, 2008
Recorded2007
Maratone Studios
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Arnthor Birgisson
  • Rami Yacoub
Westlife singles chronology
"Us Against the World"
(2008)
"Something Right"
(2008)
"What About Now"
(2009)
Music video
Something Right on YouTube

Tours performed at edit

Background edit

The band's record label, Sony BMG, aimed to increase album promotions and sales through the release of this single, which happens to be a fan favourite.[4] The song was composed by Rami Yacoub, Savan Kotecha and Arnthor Birgisson, who also contributed the songs "Us Against the World", "The Easy Way", and "Pictures In My Head" to the Back Home album.

Track listing edit

Digital single
  1. "Something Right" (Single Mix)
  2. "Get Away"
Digital EP
  1. "Something Right" (Single Mix)
  2. "Something Right" (Instrumental)
  3. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
  4. "Something Right" (Video)

Music video edit

The music video for "Something Right" began shoot on 17 December 2007, directed by Amber and Brown and was shot in London.[5] It premiered on March 7, 2008 on music channels. The video uses a brand new remix track of the song and was shot using green screen, featuring the band in a desert and subsequently in a futuristic night setting.

Chart performance edit

Chart performance for "Something Right"
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 92
Czech Republic (Radio Top 100)[7] 83
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 43
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[9] 126
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 46

References edit

  1. ^ RIX FM - Bäst musik just nu!
  2. ^ MAD.TV - Music News /2008:03:29 09:10:01
  3. ^ WLCN-西城中文站 - WESTLIFE.CN - 新闻|专题|访谈 Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Westlife's Next Single Archived 2008-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Westlife.cn
  5. ^ "Home".
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 299.
  7. ^ "SNS IFPI". www.ifpicr.cz. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21.
  8. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Westlife". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Russia Airplay Chart for 2008-02-11." TopHit.
  10. ^ swedishcharts.com - Westlife - Something Right