[1] There was a lovers rock version of the song issued on Trojan records in 1976, credited to the Fabulous Five Inc (aka Fab Five Inc), that scored well in Jamaica and in the United Kingdom.

"Love Me for a Reason" was revived by Irish boy band Boyzone in 1994, released by Polydor Records as the second single from their debut album, Said and Done (1994).

The song was released in Ireland in late 1994 and was issued in the United Kingdom several weeks later, on November 28, 1994.

"[16] Alan Jones from Music Week said that the band "enter the overcrowded teen heart-throbs staker, with a competent if uninspired rendition of the old Osmonds' hit, which should win them plenty of children's TV slots, and a place in the bottom half of the Top 40.

It features the band performing the song in a basement, wearing black and white costumes.