Posted July 16, 201411 yr Yes you'd have probably heard B*Witched are back after 14 years out of the limelight. They first hit big in 1998 with "C'est La Vie" which hit the UK #1 and then scored 3 more after that with "Rollercoaster", "To You I Belong" and "Blame It On The Weatherman", taken from their double platinum selling self titled debut album. But shortly after that things went a bit pear shaped with the release of their follow up album "Awake And Breathe" where despite reaching platinum status, didn't include any #1 hits and their last single "Jump Down" limped into the charts at #16. But they were set to comeback in 2002 with a new song "Where Will You Go" and even went to South Africa to shoot the video, but their record label fell through and they were sadly dropped, and member Sinead didn't want to carry on and so they called it a day. Fast forward a decade or so and the girls were thrown a lifeline in the form of the Andi Peters helmed snark-a-thon The Big Reunion. Two sold out arena tours followed the warts and all re-telling of life inside the pop whirlwind and a newly energised B*Witched capitalised on their heightened profile, enlisting their re-galvanised fanbase to crowdfund brand new music. Champagne or Guinness kicks off with ‘Love & Money’, a track B*Witched premiered over a year ago via a video of a profile of the group being constructed by artist Nathan Wyburn rendered entirely in DENIM. Amazing. The track itself is a rollicking Kelly Clarkson ‘Since U Been Gone’-eque stomper, lambasting money grabbing gold diggers: “But what’s a girl to do? Just start to calculate the wealth of your estate”. This is no-nonsense power pop. ‘Fighting For The Drop’ is more familiar B*Witched territory. Fans of their 1999 single ‘Jesse Hold On’ will be delighted to know that the group have dusted down that track’s twinkly banjo and deploy it here with unashamed gusto, melding punchy turn of the century pop beats with the worlds best hoedown. If the title ‘Champagne or Guinness’, didn’t give it away, the frenetic fiddle on the EP’s title track remind you that B*Witched are actually very Irish indeed. Awash with distorted ‘HEY’s, hand-claps aplenty and that half-electronic fiddle action, ‘Champagne or Guinness’ is designed specifically to soundtrack the world’s best St Patrick’s Day party. Just listen to the new ep below and well just what do you think. gqnZs-GLjRs Champagne Or Guinness UArqtCWM9O0 Fighting For The Drop g_lYWEfWvN0 Love And Money 6yMSU8rPPC8 We've Forgotten How 5tWKd2yVJ4U The Stars Are Ours I couldn't find a link to the other track "Waiting All This Time". But I think these tracks are really good especially Champagne Or Guinness, with the right backing and push it could easily be a hit, but these days you can never tell and probably unlikely. But anyway who cares their still great.
July 16, 201411 yr 'The Stars Are Ours' is very 'Now That I Found You' by Britney Jean (which itself is pretty much 'Wake Me Up' by Avicii! :lol:) Nice little EP though!
July 17, 201411 yr Author Wow, the EP is finally here. Has it been released yet? No I don't think it's been released yet and I dunno when either
July 18, 201411 yr Its been available since April but only via pledgemusic http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/bwitched
July 18, 201411 yr Its been available since April but only via pledgemusic http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/bwitched Can I put it into my iTunes library from there?
July 20, 201411 yr Does anyone have the sales for each of their previous singles please? I have been listening to their singles and would be interested to know how many copies each sold?
July 20, 201411 yr Does anyone have the sales for each of their previous singles please? I have been listening to their singles and would be interested to know how many copies each sold? C'est la Vie 895,000 + Rollercoaster 400,000+ To You I Belong 400,000+ Blame It On The Weather Man 200,000+ Jesse Hold On 200,000+ I Shall Be There ? Jump Down 44,000 +
July 20, 201411 yr C'est la Vie 895,000 + Rollercoaster 400,000+ To You I Belong 400,000+ Blame It On The Weather Man 200,000+ Jesse Hold On 200,000+ I Shall Be There ? Jump Down 44,000 + Thank you Martyn. Poor Jump Down - I love that song.
July 21, 201411 yr Does anyone know how I can buy this through Pledge? What happens when you click the purchase link on the page?
July 21, 201411 yr What happens when you click the purchase link on the page? It comes up with 'basket empty'. Thanks for answering.
July 21, 201411 yr If you click on the discussion tab. the third post down gives you a link where you can ask about it
July 21, 201411 yr Author B*Witched (UK Single Sales) C'est La Vie = 851,000 Rollercoaster = 493,000 To You I Belong = 455,800 Blame It On The Weatherman = 231,000 Jesse Hold On = 216,000 I Shall Be There = 90,000 Jump Down = 45,000
July 22, 201411 yr If you click on the discussion tab. the third post down gives you a link where you can ask about it Thanks, gave it a try but got this message. You have no pledges yet!
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