愛爾蘭偶像天團〔西城男孩〕與〔９２１大地震〕的交集──英國冠軍名曲──〔If I Let You Go／假如我讓妳離去〕

[Shane:]
Day after day
Time passed away 
And I just cant get you off my mind 
Nobody knows, I hide it inside 
I keep on searching but I cant find 

[Mark:]
The courage to show to letting you know
Ive never felt so much love before 

[All (Shane lead):]
And once again Im thinking about 
Taking the easy way out 

[All:]
But if I let you go I will never know 
What my life would be holding you close to me 
Will I ever see you smiling back at me? ([Shane:] oh yeah) 
How will I know
[Shane:] if I let you go? 

[ Bryan :]
Night after night I hear myself say 
Why cant this feeling just fade away 
Theres no one like you (no one like you) 
You speak to my heart (speak to my heart) 
Its such a shame were worlds apart 

[Shane:]
Im too shy to ask, Im too proud to lose 
But sooner or later I gotta choose 
And once again Im thinking about 
Taking the easy way out 

[All:]
But if I let you go I will never know 
What my life would be, holding you close to me 
Will I ever see you smiling back at me? (oh yeah) 
How will I know
[Shane:] if I let you go ? 

[Shane:]
If I let you go ooooh baby 
Ooooooooohhhhh 

[Bryan:]
Once again Im thinking about 
Taking the easy way out 
Ooooooooohhhhh 

[All:]
But if I let you go I will never know 
What my life would be, holding you close to me
([Mark:] close to me)
Will I ever see you smiling back at me?
([Shane:] oh yeah) 
How will I know
([ Bryan :] if I let you go?) 
But if I let you go I will never know 
([Mark:] oh baby) 
Will I ever see you smiling back at me?
([Shane:] oh yeah) 
How will I know
[Shane:] if I let you go ? 

西城男孩（Westlife）是２０００年後英國／愛爾蘭最受歡迎的男孩偶像組合

這個愛爾蘭團體於１９９８年成立

由男孩特區主唱羅男介紹給經紀人Louis Walsh　與英國娛樂圈名人Simon Cowell簽約

１９９９年４月以〔Swear It Again／再度發誓〕出道

旋即拿下英國／愛爾蘭冠軍走紅

１９９９年８月　西城男孩推出第二首單曲〔If I Let You Go／假如我讓妳離去〕

這是一首旋律討好的流行歌曲　在中板的節奏中

五個男孩以白人靈魂的唱腔詮釋此曲

〔If I Let You Go〕再度拿下英國王座　銷售超過２０萬張　拿到銀唱片

故鄉愛爾蘭亦是冠軍

更加鞏固西城男孩急速竄升的聲勢

國際市場表現亦佳：挪威冠軍　瑞典＃６　比利時（荷語區）＆芬蘭＃７　紐西蘭＃８　澳洲＃１３　荷蘭＃１９　瑞士＃２５　德國＃５０

個人對西城男孩的認識即是從第二首單曲"If I Let You Go"開始的 
如果記得不錯的話 〔If I Let You Go〕
他們應該是９２１大地震前夕首次來台灣宣傳
那時〔If I Let You Go〕剛推出不久　因此常可在電視／電台聽見此曲
等到他們回去後就發生大地震了
從此〔If I Let You Go〕在我腦海便和９２１連在一塊了 
個人對西城男孩並沒有特別喜惡
（印象較好的就是其中的Mark　想不到他後來出櫃承認是同志！） 
也很少接觸他們的音樂
不過倒始終很喜歡〔If I Let You Go〕

推薦大家這首會讓我回想起９２１地震的歌曲 

 MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NrQei36fJk

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INhrrsOiBTs

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxW_QBLmnLI

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewsJuZYj_w

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thl4bLQPoA0