En 1993, el panorama musical del pop recibió a una nueva estrella en ascenso desde Irlanda: Boyzone. La banda fue creada por el empresario Louis Walsh, conocido por manejar el talento de la industria musical irlandesa. Walsh tenía la visión de conformar un grupo que pudiera competir con las boy bands británicas como Take That. Así fue como surgió Boyzone, un quinteto que revolucionaría el mundo del pop.
La alineación original de Boyzone estaba compuesta por Ronan Keating, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch, Stephen Gately y Keith Duffy. Cada miembro aportaba un estilo y carisma únicos, lo que rápidamente les otorgó una base de fanáticos creciente y leal.
Desde su primer sencillo, "Love Me for a Reason" lanzado en 1994, Boyzone demostró que tenían algo especial. La canción se convirtió en un éxito inmediato, consolidándose en las listas de popularidad no solo en Irlanda, sino también en el Reino Unido y otras partes de Europa.
El éxito de Said and Done y A Different Beat no fue una casualidad. Canciones como "Key to My Life" y "Words" ayudaron a consolidar su popularidad. La balada "No Matter What", lanzada en 1998, se convirtió en uno de sus mayores hits, alcanzando el número uno en varios países y
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Oooh
No one seems to think too much of me here
and they're glad to tell it to my face
And though I am not suppose to be here
I'm completely out of place
Somehow there has got to be a reason
even as I try to think it through
There's a bolt from the blue
And I see a shooting star (And I see a star)
Set apart from all the rest
While the other stars are standing still (ooh)
He's on a quest
Every night this shooting star (Every night this star)
Dancing across the twilight sky
Cause he knows he doesn't quite fit in (ooh)
and he's longing to know why, why (longing to know why)
I feel so much better when it's night-time
That's when I can sort of disappear
When the sun is set and it's the right time
for pretending I'm not here
Sometimes I just stare into the heavens
Wondering if the answer is inside
That's when I see the light
Of my sent that shooting star
On his way to who know's where (On his way to who know's where)
He's a one like all the stars (ooh)
But he outshines out there (shines out there)
And the solitary star (solitary star)
Is an awful lot like me (ooh)
On an endless search through time and space
Far a place that won't seem wrong (place that won't seem wrong)
If we both hang on for long enough
we both somehow are strong enough
We'll find out were we belong
Every night this shooting star (every night this star)
dancing across the twilight sky
Cause he knows he doesn't quite fit in (ooh)
and he's longing to know why (why)
Know why (why)
Why (why)
Why (why)
Know why (why) (to fade)