BZ20

Boyzone's fifth album was originally going to be released in late 2010, but it was shelved due to Ronan Keating's commitments on The X Factor Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a222085/new-boyzone-album-shelved.html|title=New Boyzone album shelved|work=Digital Spy|date=27 May 2010|access-date=2 November 2013}} Due to the success of their previous album Brother (2010), Boyzone decided to celebrate 20 years since they began with a new studio album and tour. It was announced on 24 September 2013 that the brand new album would be released on 25 November 2013, and it became available to pre-order from Amazon. In September 2013, it was announced that Boyzone were recording their new studio album BZ20 at Metrophonic with Brian Rawling producing it.{{cite web|url=http://boyzonenetwork.com/blog/2013/09/25/bz20-new-home-new-album|title=BZ20 - a New Home & a New Album|publisher=Boyzone Network|date=25 September 2013|access-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111173120/http://boyzonenetwork.com/blog/2013/09/25/bz20-new-home-new-album/|archive-date=11 November 2013|url-status=dead}} The band signed a new four-album recording deal with Warner Music to release BZ20 on 22 November 2013 through the Rhino label.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FEKS42W/? |title=BZ20: Amazon|website=Amazon UK |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=2 November 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/playlist/353355/Boyzone-fancy-their-chances-as-a-festival-act-|title=Boyzone fancy their chances as a festival act!|work=Daily Star}}

In a statement, Boyzone said: "We're incredibly proud to announce the release of our new studio album BZ20 and our new home at Warner Music. It seems crazy that 20 years have passed since we first got together but we are as excited now with the new album as we were back then. Bring on the next 20 years!"{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a518302/boyzone-announce-new-album-bz20-sign-record-deal.html|title=Boyzone announce new album 'BZ20', sign record deal|work=Digital Spy}}

It was also revealed that Boyzone will be making a programme discussing the album called Boyzone at 20, featuring clips of the band since their beginning in 1993 on ITV due for broadcast end of November 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1901449/report-boyzone-to-reunite-for-special-performance |title=Boyzone to reunite for special performance|work=Daily News and Analysis |date=10 October 2013 |access-date=2 November 2013}}

The artwork of the album was revealed on Twitter and Facebook and fans were encouraged to tweet a link and gradually the image started to be seen.{{cite web |url=http://boyzonebz20.co.uk/ |title=Boyzone BZ20 |publisher=Boyzone BZ20 |access-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516195537/http://boyzonebz20.co.uk/ |archive-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}

"Love Will Save the Day" was released as the album's lead single on 8 November 2013. On 22 October 2013 the video for the song was released.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRdfS2KMtPE|title=Boyzone - Love Will Save The Day (Official Video)|date=22 October 2013|access-date=26 March 2019|via=YouTube}} The song was written by Jez Ashurst and Viktoria Hansen, and it was produced by Paul Meehan, Matt Furmidge, and Brian Rawling. It was first performed on the Australian The X Factor and given its first airplay in the United Kingdom on BBC Radio 2 in October 2013.{{cite web|author=Lydia Smith |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/boyzone-announce-love-save-day-2361844 |title=Boyzone announce Love Will Save The Day as the new single from upcoming album BZ20|work=Mirror|date=11 October 2013 |access-date=2 November 2013}} "Love Will Save the Day" debuted at number 42 in Ireland, becoming the band's lowest-charting single to date. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 39, becoming their second-lowest charting single.

"Light Up the Night" was released as the album's second single in February 2014.{{cite news|title=Boyzone Debut Latest Single 'Light Up The Night' From BZ20 Album, Marking 20th Anniversary|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/01/15/boyzone-video-light-up-the-night_n_4601269.html|work=HuffPost|access-date=8 February 2014|date=16 February 2020}}

"Who We Are" was issued as the album's third and final single on 14 April 2014, with the music video premiering one month prior on 16th March 2014.{{cite news|title=Watch Boyzone’s video for new single ‘Who We Are’|url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/uncategorised/watch-boyzones-video-for-new-single-who-we-are-279203/|work=Attitude|accessdate=5 February 2025}}{{cite news|title=Boyzone - Who We Are - Official Music Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr3fNeTiFPU|work=YouTube|accessdate=5 February 2025}}{{cite news|title=Boyzone - Who We Are|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5686208-Boyzone-Who-We-Are|work=Discogs|accessdate=5 February 2025}}

The album is supported by the BZ20 Tour. On 9 November 2013, Boyzone performed the song on The Jonathan Ross Show. On 22 November they performed on The Paul O'Grady Show. Further TV appearances include Loose Women and Lorraine. Boyzone sang live on The Terry Wogan Show on BBC Radio 2 on 17 November two songs from the album - "Love Will Save the Day" and "Everything I Own".{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03hmll4|title=BBC Radio 2 - Weekend Wogan, With Ellie Goulding and Boyzone|publisher=BBC}} On 20 November 2013, Boyzone exclusively streamed their brand new album on Digital Spy. Boyzone performed the song 'Everything I Own' on BBC1 during Sport Relief and ITV Surprise Surprise during March 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/sport-relief-2014-shane-lynchs-hipster-beard-gets-more-attention-than-the-whole-of-boyzone-during-live-performance-9209153.html|title=Sport Relief 2014: Shane Lynch's beard gets more attention than the whole of Boyzone during live performance|author=Jenn Selby|date=22 March 2014|work=The Independent|access-date=21 September 2017}} The album has sold 250,000 copies worldwide including 200,000 copies in the UK and 10,000 copies in Germany.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a532470/boyzone-stream-new-album-bz20-on-digital-spy-listen.html|title=Boyzone stream new album 'BZ20' on Digital Spy - listen|work=Digital Spy}}

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David Callaghan of [http://www.RenownedForSound.com RenownedForSound] said that "Boyzone are one form of music group that never seems to age and that they have a legacy not many other artists or groups combined could try and reach. Going on, he said that Ronan Keating, arguably their most notable member, starts us off with the cheesy yet powerful ballad Love Will Save the Day, and you can picture every girl, woman and grandmother have a tear in their eye and a melted heart in their hands. Everything I Own, Centre of Gravity and Heaven Is, continues the notion of soppy sweetness and screaming women from afar. Of course I can’t take anything away from Boyzone, this is what they’ve built their success on and for the most part it’s worked, so I congratulate each and every one of them. To take a look at the titles of all eleven tracks on the album, you know before you listen exactly what you’re going to get, if you didn’t know by now. BZ20 is a solid album, Boyzone do sound as good as ever. They don’t appear to of sold out and cashed in on a novelty album, like many other boy bands have done time and again. They stay consistent, sound very strong and coherent musically, and have produced and album that will keep everyone happy."

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 30,466 copies. As of December 2014, it has sold 199,854 copies in the UK.{{cite magazine|last1=Jones|first1=Alan|title=Official Charts analysis: Olly Murs becomes second X Factor graduate to score three No.1s|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-olly-murs-becomes-second-x-factor-graduate-to-score-three-no-1/060241|magazine=Music Week|accessdate=1 December 2014|date=1 December 2014}}

• Boyzone announced the track listing on Twitter on 24 October 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/BZ20-Boyzone/dp/B00FEKS42W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383067075&sr=8-1&keywords=bz20 |title=BZ20: Amazon.co.uk: Music |website=Amazon UK |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=2 November 2013}}

{{Track listing

| headline = BZ20 – {{nobold|Standard version}}{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - BZ20 by Boyzone|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/bz20/id7344068192|publisher=iTunes Store}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Love Will Save the Day

| note1 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer1 = Jez Ashurst, Viktoria Hansen

| extra1 = Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan, Matt Furmidge

| length1 = 3:12

| title2 = Who We Are

| note2 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer2 = Andreas Moe, Andy Brown, Albin Nedler, Kristoffer Fogelmark

| extra2 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length2 = 3:10

| title3 = Everything I Own

| note3 = lead vocals: Graham, Keating

| writer3 = David Ashworth Gates

| extra3 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length3 = 3:13

| title4 = Centre of Gravity

| note4 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer4 = Daniel Neil McDougall, Ben Earle

| extra4 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length4 = 3:40

| title5 = Heaven Is

| note5 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer5 = Don Mescall, Andy Hill, Fernando Pestana

| extra5 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length5 = 3:30

| title6 = If We Try

| note6 = lead vocals: Graham

| writer6 = Michael Graham, Lee McCutcheon, Mark Read

| extra6 = McCutcheon

| length6 = 3:10

| title7 = Nobody Knows

| note7 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer7 = Joe Rich, Don DuBose

| extra7 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Best Night of Our Lives

| note8 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer8 = Ronan Keating, Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci

| extra8 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length8 = 3:02

| title9 = Light Up the Night

| note9 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer9 = Josh Kear, Ed Hill

| extra9 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length9 = 3:14

| title10 = Rise

| note10 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer10 = Mescall, Danny Orton

| extra10 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length10 = 3:12

| title11 = The Hour Before Christmas

| note11 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer11 = Mescall, Rob Wells

| extra11 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length11 = 3:51

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{{Track listing

| headline = BZ20 – {{nobold|Deluxe version}}{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - BZ20 (Deluxe Edition) by Boyzone|date=22 November 2013 |url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/bz20-deluxe-edition/734461812|publisher=iTunes Store}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Love Will Save the Day

| note1 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer1 = Jez Ashurst, Viktoria Hansen

| extra1 = Brian Rawling, Paul Meehan, Matt Furmidge

| length1 = 3:12

| title2 = Who We Are

| note2 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer2 = Andreas Moe, Andy Brown, Albin Nedler, Kristoffer Fogelmark

| extra2 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length2 = 3:10

| title3 = Everything I Own

| note3 = lead vocals: Graham, Keating

| writer3 = David Ashworth Gates

| extra3 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length3 = 3:13

| title4 = Centre of Gravity

| note4 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer4 = Daniel Neil McDougall, Ben Earle

| extra4 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length4 = 3:40

| title5 = Heaven Is

| note5 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer5 = Don Mescall, Andy Hill, Fernando Pestana

| extra5 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length5 = 3:30

| title6 = If We Try

| note6 = lead vocals: Graham

| writer6 = Michael Graham, Lee McCutcheon, Mark Read

| extra6 = McCutcheon

| length6 = 3:10

| title7 = Nobody Knows

| note7 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer7 = Joe Rich, Don DuBose

| extra7 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Best Night of Our Lives

| note8 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer8 = Ronan Keating, Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci

| extra8 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length8 = 3:02

| title9 = Light Up the Night

| note9 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer9 = Josh Kear, Ed Hill

| extra9 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length9 = 3:14

| title10 = You Will Be Mine

| note10 = lead vocals: Graham

| writer10 = Ben Adams, Graham, Shelly McErlaine

| extra10 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length10 = 3:25

| title11 = Rise

| note11 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer11 = Mescall, Danny Orton

| extra11 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length11 = 3:13

| title12 = Rust

| note12 = lead vocals: Keating, Lynch

| writer12 = Patrick Mascall, Paul Barry, Keating

| extra12 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length12 = 4:38

| title13 = The Hour Before Christmas

| note13 = lead vocals: Keating

| writer13 = Mescall, Rob Wells

| extra13 = Rawling, Meehan, Furmidge

| length13 = 3:49

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bz20-mw0002590813|title=BZ20 - Boyzone|publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=4 January 2014}}

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• Jez Ashurst – composer
• Steve Baccon – photography
• Dick Beetham – mastering
• Tony Buchen – vocal engineer
• Don DuBose – composer
• Ben Earle – composer
• Anthony Egizii – composer
• Kristoffer Fogelmark – composer
• Matt Furmidge – mixer, producer
• David Ashworth Gates – composer
• Viktoria Hansen – composer
• Ed Hill – composer
• Simon Johnson – guitar
• Josh Kear – composer
• Dom Liu – engineer
• Lee McCutcheon – composer, keyboards, producer

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• Dan McDougall – composer
• Paul Meehan – keyboards, producer
• Don Mescall – composer
• Ryan Miller – vocal engineer
• Andreas Moe – composer
• David Musumeci – composer
• Albin Nedler – composer
• Danny Orton – composer
• Adam Phillips – guitar
• Brian Rawling – producer
• Mark Read – composer
• Joe Rich – composer
• Pat Roche – guitar
• Ric Salmon – A&R
• Dave Turner – mastering
• Rob Wells – composer
• Justine Young – A&R

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