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{{Infobox song
| name = Love You Anyway
| cover = Boyzone Love You Anyway Single Cover.JPG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Boyzone]]
| album = [[Back Again... No Matter What]]
| B-side = When the Going Gets Tough
| released = 29 September 2008
| recorded = [[Melbourne]], Australia (Sing Sing Studios); London, England (My Place Studio's and [[Olympic Studios]]) 2004
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 3:21
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| writer = [[Jarrad Rogers]], [[Nick Atkinson]], [[Ronan Keating]]
| producer = Jarrad Rogers
| prev_title = [[Every Day I Love You]]
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = [[Better (Tom Baxter song)#Boyzone cover|Better]]
| next_year = 2008
}}

"'''Love You Anyway'''", or "'''I Love You Anyway'''", is a song by Irish [[boy band]] [[Boyzone]], released as the lead single from their second compilation album, ''[[Back Again... No Matter What]]''. It was their first single in over eight years, and their last hit single to be co-written by any members of the group.

==Background==
The song features an elaborate, [[Phil Spector]]-sounding production, with a 'busy' instrumentation including choir-like backing vocals, jangly guitars, [[trombone]]s, [[tambourine]]s and [[tubular bell]]s.

==Music video==
The video for "Love You Anyway" starts with [[Ronan Keating]] strolling past a taxi while wearing sunglasses and a suit. [[Stephen Gately]] then walks down the same road following two ladies dressed in black. Three more ladies come into view and start dancing behind Ronan and others dance further down the street. [[Shane Lynch]] looks out of his car to see two ladies wearing coats leaning against the bonnet - he gets out to admire them before walking past. More girls dance on some steps next to [[Mikey Graham]] after he wore sunglasses while strolling. [[Keith Duffy]] gets out of a taxi to look at girls in front of it. The band members then perform a dance routine in the middle of the road, accompanied by the ladies, before embracing each other. The band continue this routine for the rest of the video, before changing into slightly more casual clothes. The band finish the video with arms around each other's shoulders.

==Promotion and sales performance==
The band did not preview the song on their reunion tour, and instead promoted the album track "Can't Stop Thinking About You", which was originally intended for release as a single. The band, however, made numerous public, television and radio appearances to promote the single. The band performed as a part of the annual [[Blackpool Illuminations]] in August 2008. On 7 September 2008 they appeared as guest hosts on ''[[The Sunday Night Project]]'' with [[Justin Lee Collins]] and [[Alan Carr]]. They performed the song on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] entertainment show ''[[For One Night Only (Irish TV series)|For One Night Only]]'' on 14 September 2008, live from the [[Fountain Studios]] in [[Wembley]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ronankeating.forums.umusic.co.uk/t/2574.aspx |title=Boyzone TV and radio appearances |publisher=Ronan Keating online forums |access-date=5 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210102513/http://ronankeating.forums.umusic.co.uk/t/2574.aspx |archive-date=10 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 25 September they appeared on ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' on [[GMTV]] and performed the song in front of [[Phillip Schofield]] and [[Fern Britton]]. The music video was first aired on [[The Box (UK and Ireland)|The Box]] music channel on 3 September. The song received its first radio play on [[Terry Wogan]]'s [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]] show on 20 August.

The song reached No. 5 on the UK Charts and No. 3 on the Irish Charts as well as medium success in Europe. In the UK, the song sold 88,000 copies during its nine weeks in the charts and worldwide the figure is at 120,000.

==Track listing==
* '''UK CD single / Digital single'''<ref>{{cite web|author=Request |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/love-you-anyway-single/id291748087 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616035813/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/love-you-anyway-single/id291748087 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2010 |title=iTunes - Music - Love You Anyway - Single by Boyzone |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date=28 September 2008 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref>
# "Love You Anyway" - 3:20
# "Isn't It a Wonder" (Live on The Reunion Tour) - 3:37

* '''German CD single / Digital EP'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001FNB5AK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=AZDZIBH5X2SOL |title=Love You Anyway: Boyzone: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/mt/album/love-you-anyway-ep/id313041445 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140530054719/https://itunes.apple.com/mt/album/love-you-anyway-ep/id313041445 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 May 2014 |title=iTunes - Music - Love You Anyway - EP by Boyzone |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref>
# "Love You Anyway" - 3:20
# "Isn't It a Wonder" (Live on The Reunion Tour) - 3:37
# "When The Going Gets Tough" - 3:36
# "No Matter What" (Live on The Reunion Tour) - 4:43
# "Love You Anyway" (Music Video)

==Chart positions==
On 5 October 2008, the song peaked at No. 5 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming the group's 17th consecutive top 5 hit in the UK. It also charted at No. 6 in the [[Irish Singles Chart]] in its first week and rose to No. 3 the next week.<ref name="top40-charts">{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=24621&sort=chartid&string=Boyzone|publisher=top40-charts.com|title=Boyzone - Love You Anyway @ Top40-Charts.com - New Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countries |accessdate=9 November 2016}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (2008)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br>position
|-
|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/XveOyVM |title=Boyzone ARIA chart history (singles 2008-2018), received from ARIA in May 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=8 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|111
|-
|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=boyzone|chart=European Hot 100}} |title=Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard.com |accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
|align="left"|Germany ([[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Boyzone/?type=single |title=Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche |publisher=musicline.de |accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|30
|-
{{single chart|Hungary|12|artist=Boyzone|song=Love You Anyway|year=2008|week=21}}
|-
|align="left"|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Jaclyn Ward|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
{{single chart|Norway|20|artist=Boyzone|song=Love You Anyway|access-date=January 1, 2025}}
|-
|align="left"|Scotland ([[Scottish Singles Chart|OCC]])<ref name="theofficialcharts1">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20081005/7501/ |title=2008-10-11 Top 100 Official Scottish Singles Archive |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=11 October 2008 |accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="theofficialcharts1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|align="left"|UK Downloads ([[UK Download Chart|OCC]])<ref name="theofficialcharts1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|End of year chart (2008)
! style="text-align:center;"|Position
|-
|Taiwan ([[Hit FM (Taiwan)|Hito Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title=台灣年度百大歌曲|url=https://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2008&pageNum_rsList=0|publisher=HitFM|access-date=June 28, 2024}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2008.pdf |title=UK Charts Plus|accessdate=8 January 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|130
|}

==External links==
*[http://top40-charts.com/songs/media.php?sid=24621 Music video]

==References==
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{{Boyzone}}

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[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Boyzone songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ronan Keating]]
[[Category:Songs written by Nick Atkinson]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jarrad Rogers]]
[[Category:Song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements]]
[[Category:2008 songs]]
[[Category:Polydor Records singles]]

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