Safe (Westlife song)

"Safe"
Single by Westlife
from the album Gravity
B-side"Please Stay"
ReleasedNovember 14, 2010
RecordedAugust 2010;
Henson Recording Studios
(Hollywood, California)
RAK Studios
(London, England)
GenrePop rock
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Westlife singles chronology
"Everybody Hurts"
(2009)
"Safe"
(2010)
"Lighthouse"
(2011)
Music video
Safe on YouTube

"Safe" is a song by Irish pop group Westlife from their tenth studio album Gravity (2010) and this pop rock ballad was released on 14 November 2010 as the album's lead and only single in the United Kingdom.[1] It was written by John Shanks and James Grundler, and the single version was produced by Shanks, Richard "Biff" Stannard, and Ash Howes. This song is the group's last physical single under the tutelage of Simon Cowell, having left Syco and Cowell in March 2011. "Safe" debuted at number four in Ireland. It charted at number ten in the UK, becoming their twenty-fourth and last top ten single, meaning that they had one top ten hit in three different decades. The song was featured in the 2011 movie Dolphin Tale starring Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson and Morgan Freeman.[2]

  1. ^ "New Westlife Album and Single Release Dates". Westlife.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  2. ^ "The music of 'Dolphin Tale': No Harry Connick Jr. Or Kris Kristofferson, but lots of Mark Isham". Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10.