Picture of You (Boyzone song)


"Picture of You" is a song by Irish boy band Boyzone, released in July 1997 by Polydor Records as the first single from their third studio album, Where We Belong. Written by frontman Ronan Keating, Eliot Kennedy, and producers Absolute, the song peaked at No. 2 in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. As of February 2025, it is the group's most-streamed single in the UK, at 36 million streams.
"Picture of You" served as the main theme for the film Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, for which Rowan Atkinson appeared as his character with the band on both the single cover and in the music video. The song's appearance in the film won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Song for a Film or Broadcast at the 1998 ceremony. The song was also featured in the 2000 Nickelodeon movie Snow Day and appeared on its soundtrack.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "This videogenic boy group continues in its quest to win the hearts of stateside teens with a cute confection that borrows heavily from the vintage Motown sound of the Temptations and the Four Tops. Unfortunately, their vocals are not nearly as soulful, even though their harmonies are note-perfect. Still, there should certainly be more than a handful of kiddie-driven top 40 stations that will find this track useful. Also, Polydor would be wise to court the mature ears of AC radio listeners, who will get a nostalgic charge out of this 'Picture'." A reviewer from Music Week gave it a score of four out of five, describing it as a "catchy pop/soul song".

Track listings

UK and European CD1
  1. "Picture of You" – 3:28
  2. "Let the Message Run Free" – 5:08
  3. "Words" – 4:02UK and European CD2
  4. "Picture of You" – 3:28
  5. "Picture of You" – 5:54
  6. "I've Got You" – 3:45UK cassette single
  7. "Picture of You" – 3:28
  8. "Picture of You" – 5:54Japanese CD single
  9. "Picture of You"
  10. "Let the Message Run Free"
  11. "Shooting Star"
  12. "Baby Can I Hold You"