http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a65...~phjkaHkMW2z5un

 

Cheryl Fernandez-Versini may have won the British public over with last year's 'I Don't Care', but the song's writer is less impressed with how the track turned out.

 

Bonnie McKee wrote the song and gave it the title 'Waking Up Diagonal', but Cheryl's people made some changes once they got hold of it.

 

Speaking to Idolator, she said: "I wrote a song called 'I Don't Care', that's not what I called it actually. Cheryl Cole cut it and it went to number one in the UK last year.

 

"That was my 10th number one, so I'm grateful for it but I didn't want to give it up. It was a song I had written for myself. They tweaked a couple lyrics and changed the title.

 

"The original title was 'Waking Up Diagonal'. It's the first line of the song. I just thought it was more interesting than 'I Don't Care', which is such a boring title to me. When I hear that song it breaks my heart a little bit because it's my story."

 

McKee referred to the song again when asked if she has a least favourite song that she has written, saying that 'I Don't Care' didn't turn out the way it was supposed to.

 

"I mean the Cheryl Cole song was great, they did a good job with it, but it just wasn't the way I would do it. It really makes my skin crawl. I'm just like, 'This isn't how it's supposed to be'," she said.

 

'I Don't Care' became Cheryl's fifth UK number one single as a solo artist, and helped her become the first British female solo artist to score five chart-toppers.

 

Must admit, I'm glad it ended up in Cheryl's hands, one of her best songs still for me!

Who the frig is Bitter McKeith?

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Queen Bonnie Mckee has written:

 

Katy Perry: Birthday

Ke$ha - C'mon

Katy Perry - California Gurls

Taio Cruz - Dynamite

Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me

Rita Ora - How We Do

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Katy Perry - Last Friday Night

Katy Perry - Roar

Katy Perry - Part Of Me

G.R.L - Vacation

 

I can understand why she's annoyed but why would you give away a song so personal/

The song would have been better with Bonnie's voice imo. It's not the most exciting song; it's a bit flat. I do like Cheryl's version but her voice really isn't that interesting or dynamic compared to Bonnie's although Lee is right, if it was that special you wouldn't give it away... Although it's just a fun carefree song, the lyrics aren't that complex or personal either so I'm not sure exactly how it'd be so personal, but a song meaning something to you is subjective I guess.

I think Bonnie's version would have been better, too. The main reason I didn't like 'I Don't Care' is because it seemed too far out of Cheryl's vocal range and you could almost hear a strain on the choruses. I thought it was odd to write that song for her with such difficult belters, but I didn't realise that wasn't the case - so it makes more sense now.

Edited July 3, 201510 yr by Joe.

It's one of Cheryl's better singles.

Queen Bonnie Mckee has written:

 

Katy Perry: Birthday

Ke$ha - C'mon

Katy Perry - California Gurls

Taio Cruz - Dynamite

Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me

Rita Ora - How We Do

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream

Katy Perry - Last Friday Night

Katy Perry - Roar

Katy Perry - Part Of Me

G.R.L - Vacation

 

I can understand why she's annoyed but why would you give away a song so personal/

 

and Aquafina anthem Bonnie McKee - American Girl :kink:

Heard it in a shop today, loved it.

I might actually like it even more than CSL :o