| "That's My Goal" | ||||
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| Single byShayne Ward | ||||
| from the albumShayne Ward | ||||
| Released | 21 December 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
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"That's My Goal" is the debut single by British singerShayne Ward, the winner of thesecond series ofThe X Factor. It was released as his winner's single on 21 December 2005. Ward was the firstX Factor winner to release an original song as his winner's single; all other winners released acover version of another song, untilMatt Terry's "When Christmas Comes Around" in 2016. "That's My Goal" was later included on Ward's debut studio album,Shayne Ward (2006).
The song sold 313,000 copies in its first two days of sales, making it the fastest-selling song of 2005. It sold a further 429,180 copies in this four-day period, which was more than enough to secure the 2005Christmas number one.[1] It remained at the top of theUK Singles Chart for a total of four weeks and stayed in that chart for five months. It has been certified platinum by theBritish Phonographic Industry for sales of over 600,000 copies. "That's My Goal" remains the fastest-sellingX Factor winner's single of all time[2] and the third fastest-selling song of all time in the United Kingdom.[3]
"That's My Goal" was written byJörgen Elofsson,Jem Godfrey andBill Padley and produced byPer Magnusson andDavid Kreuger. It was first heard in the final of the second series ofThe X Factor, where it was performed by both Ward and eventual runner-up,Andy Abraham. The single was released viadigital download straight after Ward won, but theCD single was not released until 21 December 2005, which was a Wednesday.[4] This was unusual as most new singles are released on a Monday to gain maximum sales for theUK Singles Chart the following Sunday. The late release was because the CD single was not yet ready when Ward was announced as the winner on Saturday 17 December, and delaying the song's release until the next week would mean the song would not be a contender for theChristmas number one.[2]
The song sold 313,000 copies in its first two days on sale, making it the third fastest-selling single of all time in the UK (behindElton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" andWill Young's "Evergreen").[5] On 25 December 2005, after selling more than 742,000 that week, it debuted at number one on theUK Singles Chart and became the2005 Christmas number one.[1] This made Ward the firstX Factor winner to achieve the Christmas number one spot, asBand Aid 20's version of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" took the title in 2004.[6] "That's My Goal" sold a further 132,000 the following week and stayed at number one.[7] The song made it three weeks at the top on 8 January 2006, selling 54,192 copies that week.[8] In its fourth week of release, the song was again top of the UK charts,[9] selling 31,724 copies to bring its total to 960,360.[10] On 22 January, "That's My Goal" was finally knocked off the top spot byArctic Monkeys' "When the Sun Goes Down".[11]
"That's My Goal" was the second biggest-selling single of 2005 in the UK, beaten only by "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" byTony Christie andPeter Kay.[12] With first-week sales of over 742,000 copies, it is also the fastest-sellingX Factor winner's single.[2] As of 2015, it also is the third biggest selling winner's single, having sold 1,103,351 copies.[13]
In the Republic of Ireland, the song debuted at number three on theIrish Singles Chart on 22 December 2005, behind a novelty version of "Leave Right Now" byMario Rosenstock (a parody of the original byWill Young) and "JCB" byNizlopi.[14] The following week it rose to number two, with "JCB" rising to number two.[15] In its third week, however, "That's My Goal" finally gained the number one spot and remained there for a total of seven weeks.[16] The song also reached number 58 in Sweden.[17]
Weekly charts[edit]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[26] | 2× Platinum | 1,100,000[13] |
