A Different Beat (song)
| "A Different Beat" | ||||
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| Single by Boyzone | ||||
| from the album A Different Beat | ||||
| B-side | "Angel" | |||
| Released | 2 December 1996 | |||
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| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Martin Brannigan, Ray Hedges | |||
| Producer(s) | Ray Hedges, Trevor Horn | |||
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"A Different Beat" is a song by Irish boy band Boyzone from their second studio album of the same name (1996). The song was written by Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy, Martin Brannigan, and Ray Hedges, and it was produced by Hedges with additional production by Trevor Horn on the radio edit. It was released as the album's second single on 2 December 1996 by Polydor Records, becoming their only UK number-one hit to be co-written by members of the group.
In a 2025 interview band member Keith Duffy explained how the song was inspired and written to emulate Take That's 1995 hit "Never Forget" as an anthemic sounding closing song for the group's own concert finales.