Had Meat Loaf released No Matter What as a single, it wouldn't have been a hit and they needed a hit. Also wasn't Meats NMW on TVBO released the same time (near enough) as NMW by Boyzone?
WDTW closed long after NMW left the charts. So although the song might have generated some initial interest, the demographic of people buying the single and the demographic of people who go to musical theatre in general, are poles apart. Theatregoers don't usually go to a musical to hear one song being performed.
Also, if you compare WDTW to some of ALW's other musicals, then no it wasn't successful. Just like if you compare Bat3 to Bat1 or Bat2 then that appears not to be successful either ;o)
> No matter what was Jim's favorite song from the show..
>
> I think Boyzone's No Matter What sucks regardless of
> Having Jim and ALW. They are soulless and passionless.
> Just listen to Ronan Keating's dreadful forced singing in
> the video and Steven Gately's airy and reedy voice and
> then compare it to Meatloaf's version, which should have
> been a single.
>
> While it is true that having BOYZONE cover the song was a
> master stroke in Marketing and making the song a hit it
> could not save WDTW from closing NO MATTER WHAT..
>
> > > I wish is was just Luciano sans the Boyz.. I have always
> > > thought that they butcherd No Matter What.. A song I
> > > absolutely love..
> >
> > I'm not sure how they butchered the song when they
> > recorded it as per Jims and ALW's guidance. Had they just
> > done their own thing like what Westlife did with Total
> > Eclipse, then butchered would be a term I'd use.
> >
> > That said, I personally can't cope with the song at all.
> > It reminds me of a follow-through fart after a bad chicken
> > korma from a dodgey Indian take-away. At that time Boyzone
> > could have recorded anything they wanted and it still
> > would've been a hit. Tiretracks, Vaults Of Heaven and Cold
> > are much better songs IMO, and they should've been made
> > into singles.
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