You Raise Me Up - Westlife Version

Westlife Version

"You Raise Me Up" was the lead single from Westlife's fifth studio album, Face To Face. This version is one of the most successful covers of the song, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, the only version to do so. This was the band's 13th number-one single as well as the first single to be released following the departure of Brian McFadden from the group. The single sold 540,000 copies on UK so far. Westlife performed this song with Secret Garden at the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize concert. On December 11, 2009, they performed it again at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize concert celebrating US President Barack Obama. When Louis Walsh suggested the band to record it the members Filan Egan Byrne and Feehily were against it saying it was a church song and wouldn't be a success. They also said they did'nt want to record it. However they since claimed in 2011 that the song changed their careers.

The backing track is reused in the Spanish version of this song, Por Ti Sere, performed by Il Divo in their Siempre album.