Westlife

Westlife
Westlife Formed: July, 1998 - Slingo, Ireland
Westlife Members:
Nicky Byrne
Kian Egan
Mark Feehily
Shane Filan

Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, and Shane Filan were 3 of the 6 members of a group called IOU out of Sligo in northwestern Ireland. They were discovered by Boyzone manager Louis Walsh after releasing the single "Together Girl Forever." The remaining 3 members of the group were dumped and Nicky Bryne and Bryan McFadden were recruited to take the place. The group was initially called Westside, but when a conflict with another group was discovered, they became Westlife.

Success:
Boyzone member Ronan Keating signed on as co-manager of Westlife and their first single "Swear It Again" was released in April, 1999. The song went straight to the top of the UK charts and also reached the top 20 in the US. However, Westlife would never again hit the US pop charts. "If I Let You Go," and "Flying Without Wings" (later recorded by Ruben Studdard) quickly hit #1 in the UK later in 1999. Westlife were on their way as one of the top UK pop groups.

Here, one of their songs talks about love:

My Love
An empty street,An empty house
A hole inside my heart
I'm all alone and the rooms are getting smaller

I wonder how, I wonder why
I wonder where they are
The days we had, the songs we sang together
And oh my love
I'm holding on forever
Reaching for a love that seem so far

Chorus:
So I say a little prayer
And hope my dreams will take me there
Where the skies are blue
To see you once again, my love
Overseas from coast to coast
To find the place I love the most
Where the fields are green
To see you once again, my love

I try to read, I go to work
I'm laughing with my friends
But I can't stop to keep myself from thinking

I wonder how, I wonder why
I wonder where they are
The days we had, the songs we sang together
And oh my love
I'm holding on forever
Reaching for a love that seem so far
Chorus

To hold you in my arms
To promise you my love
To tell you from the heart
You're all I'm thinking of

*I'm reaching for a love seem so far

Chorus