Evergreen (Westlife song)

"Evergreen" is a pop song, co-written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson and David Kreuger, and originally recorded by Irish boy band Westlife. The song appears on their album World of Our Own, and was released as a single only in the Philippines, where it reached number one.[1] It was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in C major, with Filan and Mcfadden's vocal ranging from the chords of F#3 to B4.[2]

"Evergreen"
Promotional single by Westlife
from the album World of Our Own
Released2002
Recorded2001
Olympic Studios, London, and A Side Productions' Studios, Stockholm
GenrePop
Length4:07
LabelBMG
Songwriter(s)Jorgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger
Producer(s)Per Magnusson, David Kreuger
Westlife singles chronology
"Bop Bop Baby"
(2002)		 "Evergreen"
(2002)		 "Unbreakable"
(2002)

Credits and personnel
  • Written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson and David Kreuger
  • Published by BMG Music Publishing / Good Ear Music / Peer Music / Warner-Chappell Music
  • Produced and arranged by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger for A Side Productions
  • Co-produced by Jörgen Elofsson
  • Stockholm Session Orchestra arranged and conducted by Ulf and Henrik Janson
  • Recorded at Olympic Studios, London, and A Side Productions' Studios, Stockholm
  • Engineered by Peter Lewis
  • Assistant engineering by Tim Roe
  • Orchestra recorded at R.O.A.M. Studios, Stockholm
  • Orchestra engineered by Fredrik Andersson
  • Mixed by Bernard Löhr at Olympic Studios, London, and Mono Studios, Stockholm
  • Keyboards by Per Magnusson
  • Programming by David Kreuger
  • Guitars by Esbjörn Öhrwall
  • Bass by Tomas Lindberg
  • Backing vocals by Anders von Hofsten, Jeanette Olsson and United Colours of Sound
  • Mastered by Richard Dowling at Transfermation

Will Young version
"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"
Single by Will Young
from the album From Now On
Released25 February 2002[3]
Recorded2002
GenrePop
Length4:07
LabelSony BMG
Songwriter(s)Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger
Producer(s)Per Magnusson, David Kreuger
Will Young singles chronology
"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen"
(2002)		 "Light My Fire"
(2002)

In 2002, the song was chosen to be the winner's single for the first series of Pop Idol and was recorded by the three finalists: Will Young, Gareth Gates and Darius Danesh. During the final, the song was performed by both Young and Gates. Young went on to win the show, and released "Evergreen" as a double A-side single, along with "Anything Is Possible", which was also recorded by the final three and performed by the final two. The song was later included on Young's debut album, From Now On (2002). Gates' version of the song was also released as a B-side to his single, "Unchained Melody".

Chart performance

"Evergreen" went straight to the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for three consecutive weeks, before being knocked off the top spot by Gates' debut single, "Unchained Melody". It was the best-selling song of 2002 and was also the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history,[4] selling 403,027 copies on its day of release[5] and over 1.1 million copies by the end of the week.[6][7] The song went on to sell over 1.79 million copies and in 2012 it appeared 14th in the official list of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK.[8] It was the biggest selling single of the 21st century in the UK[9] until 2015, when it was overtaken by "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.[10]

Track listing
  1. "Anything Is Possible"
  2. "Evergreen"

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] 3× Platinum 1,790,000[18]

References
  1. "Westlife - Evergreen Details". Atlantis Radio Philippines. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. "Evergreen BY WESTLIFE - DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC".
  3. Evans, Beverley (16 March 2002). "Airborne" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20 no. 12. p. 17. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. "Singer Will Young reveals why he is enjoying his role in Cabaret so much and his delight at landing a new record deal". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. "FOR THE RECORD". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. Wells, Matt (4 March 2002). "Pop Idol Will faces Top of the Pops ban". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  7. White, Jack (15 June 2019). "The Top 20 best-selling debut singles on the Official Singles Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". The Guardian. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  9. "The Official Top 150 Biggest Selling Singles of the 21st Century revealed!". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  10. Copsey, Rob (11 June 2015). "The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of the Millennium so far revealed". Official Charts Company.
  11. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20 no. 13. 23 March 2002. p. 18. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Anything Is Possible / Evergreen". Irish Singles Chart.
  13. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. "2002 UK Year-end Charts" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  16. "Will Young has biggest selling single of the decade". The Daily Telegraph. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  17. "British single certifications – Will Young – Anything Is Possible/Evergreen". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  18. Copsey, Rob (26 May 2015). "Will Young's Official biggest selling singles revealed: "I'm shocked by that!"". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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