Everything to Me (Shane Filan song)

"Everything to Me (ETM)" is the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Shane Filan, released on 23 August 2013 in Ireland and 25 August 2013 worldwide, from his debut studio album You and Me. The single together with his other song "One of These Days" of the album was also featured on the soundtrack album of the British animated comedy film Postman Pat: The Movie and released to UK radio stations afterward.[1]

"Everything to Me"
Single by Shane Filan
from the album You and Me
Released23 August 2013 (2013-08-23)
GenrePop
Length3:23
LabelCapitol Records
Songwriter(s)Shane Filan, Tom Wilding, Nick Atkinson
Producer(s)Martin Terefe
Shane Filan singles chronology
"Everything to Me"
(2013)
"About You"
(2013)
Music video
Everything to Me on YouTube

The song was written by Shane Filan, Nick Atkinson, and Tom Wilding. It was produced by Martin Terefe. It topped the Irish iTunes list on the day of release.[2] The song peaked at number 7 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was included on the compilation albums For Mum With Love[3] and Your Songs 2014.[4]

Background edit

This is Filan's first release as a solo artist after being a lead singer of Westlife for 14 years. The lyrics talk about optimism.[5] After Westlife disbanded in 2012,[6] Filan was signed up as a solo artist by Capitol Records.

Music video edit

The video for the song shows Filan walking around a large land surrounded by planes with other people before waking up in a bed hung up on the wing of one of the planes.

Track listing edit

Everything to Me - standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everything to Me"Nick Atkinson, Shane Filan, Tom Wilding3:23
2."Everytime"David Sneddon, James Bauer-Mein, Shane Filan3:31
3."Once"Kylie Sackley, Shane Filan3:32
4."Today's Not Yesterday"David Sneddon, James Bauer-Mein, Shane Filan3:20
Everything to Me - Southeast Asian EP version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."What About Now (Acoustic)"Ben Moody, David Hodges, Josh Hartzler4:09

Chart performance edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 7
Ireland Download (GfK Chart-Track)[8]
7
Scotland (OCC)[9] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 14
UK Download Singles (OCC)[11]
44
UK Physical Singles (OCC)[12]
1

Release history edit

Country Release date Format Label
Ireland 25 August 2013 (2013-08-25) Digital download Capitol Records

References edit

  1. ^ "Postman Pat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Filan back on song as album soars to No 1". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  3. ^ "For Mum with Love" at website of "All Music"". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Your Songs 2014". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "Shane Filan Exclusive Interview". FemaleFirst.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  6. ^ "Westlife singer Shane Filan on life after his £18m bankruptcy". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2013-08-19. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  7. ^ "Chart Track: Week 35, 2013". Irish Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "TOP 20 DOWNLOADS, WEEK ENDING 29 August 2013". GfK. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts.
  12. ^ "Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts.

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