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"Hello My Love" is a song by Irish pop vocal band Westlife. It was released on 10 January 2019 as the lead single from the band's eleventh studio album, Spectrum, and is their first single to be released under Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records. It is also their first official single in eight years since the release of their last single, "Lighthouse", in 2011. The song was written by Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac. As of 30 November 2021, this is their eighth biggest single of all time in the United Kingdom with 54.5 million streams in the country alone as of 30 November 2021.
It reached number two in Ireland and Scotland, it is their highest charting on their official singles charts since the band's "What About Now" single in 2009, ten years before. Also their first chart-topper in 2019 and the 2010s decade. The single stayed at number one for two weeks on the UK Physical Chart, the group's highest charting since their 2005 and 2006 singles, "You Raise Me Up" and "The Rose". The single was certified Platinum in 2024 by the British Phonographic Industry and 2× Platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association.
On 23 September 2018, it was reported that the group was signed to Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records for a new music record deal. On 3 October 2018, the group formally announced on their official social media accounts that there would be new music coming soon.
On 19 November 2018, band manager Louis Walsh confirmed the title on The Irish News, calling it their first comeback single and an introduction to their new sound. On 7 January 2019, they officially announced the release date of the single would be on 10 January 2019. On 8 January 2019, they revealed the official photo cover of the single.
An acoustic version was released on 25 January 2019 and a remix version was released on 8 February 2019. The track was included in the Now That's What I Call Music! 102 compilation album on 12 April 2019.
"Hello My Love" is a pop-EDM song that runs for 3 minutes and 34 seconds. The acoustic version runs for 4 minutes and 14 seconds. The John Gibbons remix runs for 3 minutes and 31 seconds. It was specifically written by Mac and Sheeran for Westlife. The demo version of the song was by Sheeran. Jonathan Vaughtrey of Wiwibloggs described the lyrics, "They are singing to their partner and thanking her. Even though there are 'plenty of fish in the sea', they're grateful that they were able to meet and she chose to spend her life with them." "Hello My Love" is composed in the key of F major and set in common time at a moderate tempo of 122 beats per minute. Westlife's voices range from C4 to a high C6.
Before the release of the single, Rob Copsey of the Official Charts Company said, "The group's first new track in eight years, called Hello My Love, is upbeat – for a Westlife single. We clock its bpm at around 128bpm, placing it between Uptown Girl and the criminally underappreciated Bop Bop Baby on the uptempo scale of their singles catalogue. If we had to compare it to anything on the Top 40 of late, it'd be in realm of Jess Glynne's All I Am meets Ed Sheeran's Castle on the Hill." Aoife Hanna of Bustle expressed the song is filled with self-deprecating humour. Thomas Cedergren of Rockfarbror.se awarded the song 4/5. Musicserver.cz awarded the song 7/10.
Wiwibloggs described the song, "The song's warm and uplifting spirit will no doubt get fans, both new and old, singing along." Peter Robinson of Popjustice noted, "It's better than you'd expect a Westlife song to be at this stage, but not quite as good as you'd expect an Ed Sheeran song to be". Alicia Adejobi of the Metro said it's a "radio-friendly track that boasts all of Ed's trademarks – a catchy beat and memorable lyrics." Their former bandmate Brian McFadden tweeted on 10 January 2019 that it was "a great song and great production."
Hello My Love
"Hello My Love" is a song by Irish pop vocal band Westlife. It was released on 10 January 2019 as the lead single from the band's eleventh studio album, Spectrum, and is their first single to be released under Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records. It is also their first official single in eight years since the release of their last single, "Lighthouse", in 2011. The song was written by Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac. As of 30 November 2021, this is their eighth biggest single of all time in the United Kingdom with 54.5 million streams in the country alone as of 30 November 2021.
It reached number two in Ireland and Scotland, it is their highest charting on their official singles charts since the band's "What About Now" single in 2009, ten years before. Also their first chart-topper in 2019 and the 2010s decade. The single stayed at number one for two weeks on the UK Physical Chart, the group's highest charting since their 2005 and 2006 singles, "You Raise Me Up" and "The Rose". The single was certified Platinum in 2024 by the British Phonographic Industry and 2× Platinum by the Irish Recorded Music Association.
On 23 September 2018, it was reported that the group was signed to Universal Music Group and Virgin EMI Records for a new music record deal. On 3 October 2018, the group formally announced on their official social media accounts that there would be new music coming soon.
On 19 November 2018, band manager Louis Walsh confirmed the title on The Irish News, calling it their first comeback single and an introduction to their new sound. On 7 January 2019, they officially announced the release date of the single would be on 10 January 2019. On 8 January 2019, they revealed the official photo cover of the single.
An acoustic version was released on 25 January 2019 and a remix version was released on 8 February 2019. The track was included in the Now That's What I Call Music! 102 compilation album on 12 April 2019.
"Hello My Love" is a pop-EDM song that runs for 3 minutes and 34 seconds. The acoustic version runs for 4 minutes and 14 seconds. The John Gibbons remix runs for 3 minutes and 31 seconds. It was specifically written by Mac and Sheeran for Westlife. The demo version of the song was by Sheeran. Jonathan Vaughtrey of Wiwibloggs described the lyrics, "They are singing to their partner and thanking her. Even though there are 'plenty of fish in the sea', they're grateful that they were able to meet and she chose to spend her life with them." "Hello My Love" is composed in the key of F major and set in common time at a moderate tempo of 122 beats per minute. Westlife's voices range from C4 to a high C6.
Before the release of the single, Rob Copsey of the Official Charts Company said, "The group's first new track in eight years, called Hello My Love, is upbeat – for a Westlife single. We clock its bpm at around 128bpm, placing it between Uptown Girl and the criminally underappreciated Bop Bop Baby on the uptempo scale of their singles catalogue. If we had to compare it to anything on the Top 40 of late, it'd be in realm of Jess Glynne's All I Am meets Ed Sheeran's Castle on the Hill." Aoife Hanna of Bustle expressed the song is filled with self-deprecating humour. Thomas Cedergren of Rockfarbror.se awarded the song 4/5. Musicserver.cz awarded the song 7/10.
Wiwibloggs described the song, "The song's warm and uplifting spirit will no doubt get fans, both new and old, singing along." Peter Robinson of Popjustice noted, "It's better than you'd expect a Westlife song to be at this stage, but not quite as good as you'd expect an Ed Sheeran song to be". Alicia Adejobi of the Metro said it's a "radio-friendly track that boasts all of Ed's trademarks – a catchy beat and memorable lyrics." Their former bandmate Brian McFadden tweeted on 10 January 2019 that it was "a great song and great production."