December 13, 201212 yr So apparently she didn't get sample clearance for a line on '110%' and it's changing its title to 'If You're Never Gonna Move' :huh: But perhaps the biggest surprise was the news Ware shared with the crowd that her song "110%," a highlight from "Devotion" released as a single in the UK earlier this year, would be re-titled "If You're Never Gonna Move" due to sample clearance issues with the estate of Big Pun, whose memorably perverse line "carvin' my initials on your forehead" is sampled at the beginning of the otherwise ethereal love song. A debut EP of the same name will be released in the States Jan. 15, featuring the original version and a remix of "Move" plus "Sweet Talk," "Devotion" and her Caldwell cover. "We had to be imaginative and change the words. It's annoying but it always happens," Ware told Billboard in an interview prior to the show. Though the lyrics were altered to the slightly less graphic "Coming on a mission like a warhead" for the U.S., Ware still performed the original version at her Box showcase, where she reserved even more choice words onstage for the later rapper ("f*** Big Pun!" she impishly whispered at one point.) After all, she had only titled the song "110%" to begin with as a reference to Pun's song "100%" -- "I thought I could top it," she said with a playful shrug. http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/...008046992.story
December 13, 201212 yr and omg... surely there wouldn't be an issue with there still being the same title! considering the phrase 'giving 110%' exists and fit with the whole 'if you're never gonna move' bit etc.
December 13, 201212 yr Well now I know where the title came from. Hadn't a clue before. And I far prefer it as a title. :( Also, why NOW? It's been out for ages. As much as I love it, any moment it had has passed (except maybe for the US but that doesn't concern me too much).
March 22, 201312 yr someone said to me it's very dina carroll / lisa stansfield - have to agree. very gooood.
March 23, 201312 yr THIS MY JAM She compared it to the summer songs Madonna and Janet came out with in their heyday and it did sound VERY Janet live, can't hear it so much on record, but it's SO FUNKAY
April 26, 201312 yr Imagine It Was Us is BRILLIANT. It's so much better than all of her other material as well! :wub:
April 26, 201312 yr I only just got round to hearing 'Imagine It Was Us', I didn't expect a camp 90s sounding pop song from her. :o
February 17, 20223 yr The Gold Edition will have a 10th anniversary vinyl release for Record Store Day August 2022 sees the 10th anniversary of Jessie Ware’s breakthrough, Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut album ‘Devotion’. To commemorate its birthday ‘Devotion’ is being reissued as a deluxe gatefold limited edition. LP1 includes the original album and LP2 gathers together 10 bonus tracks, most of which are being made available on vinyl for the first time. These include Jessie’s collaboration with Sampha (‘Valentine’), a re-work of ‘Wildest Moments’ with A$AP Rocky, a remix of ‘Running’ by Disclosure, the track ‘Imagine It Was Us’ released on the vinyl edition of ‘Devotion’ in the US only, and a host of very cool remixes from the likes of Joe Goddard, Ewan Pearson and Two Inch Punch previously only available on streaming and download sites. The gatefold presentation will fearture enhanced artwork with new sleevenotes from Jessie on how the album came about and what ‘Devotion’ means to her ten years on.
February 18, 20223 yr I’ve already got the original on vinyl so I might wait to see the confirmed tracklist (not really interested in a bunch of remixes aside from Disclosure) and price but I’d love to have Imagine It Was Us and Strangest Feeling on vinyl :heart:
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