"When You're Looking Like That" is a song by Irish boy bandWestlife from their second studio album, Coast to Coast. It was released on 19 September 2001 as the sixth and final single from the album in Australia, Asia, Latin America, and—most notably—Europe. However, although being one of the more popular tracks in the UK and a music video being played regularly on UK music channels, the single was cancelled and was not released in the UK or Ireland and charted outside of top 100 in UK Singles Chart due to leakage only. It was released as a double A-side single with "Queen of My Heart" which was their ninth UK number-one. It was re-released in 2001 with its single remix included on the group's third studio album World of Our Own. A Spanish version of the song, titled "Con Lo Bien Que Te Ves" has also been recorded and can be found on their Asian-only release, Released. The Spanish lyrics was written by Rudy Pérez. "When You're Looking Like That" was most successful in Sweden, where it peaked at number nine. It has since been certified gold by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for shipments of 15,000 copies in Sweden. In 2018 and 2019, the single entered the official singles chart and peaked at number sixty-four and number twenty respectively in Ireland. This makes the single their twenty-eighth top 20 hit in Ireland.
Background
The song was written by a team of Swedish songwriters, Rami Yacoub, Andreas Carlsson, and Max Martin, and it was produced by Yacoub. It was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in B major, with Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of E4 to Ab5. "When You're Looking Like That" along with "I Lay My Love on You" were not released in the UK. In an interview with Westlife, Mark Feehily said that the main reason behind it was because they had not had as much exposure in Asia and Australia. It's their 6th most streamed song in the United Kingdom, clocking up 11.4 million plays – and appears in 20th place overall with 126,000 units via streaming and downloads only While it is their most streamed song from their home country, the Republic of Ireland, with 1.01 million streams as of 2 April 2019. The music video featured montage of their concerts, fans, autograph and album signings. Miss South Africa 2000 and Miss World 2001 Top 10 semifinalist Jo-Ann Strauss was featured in the video. This is their second video in 2001 to feature their fans and fifth video throughout their band career.
