The snippet sounds promising :)

Edited February 8, 20241 yr by ElectroBoy

This is out to stream and download now, I really like it as a pop song, very well produced, catchy. Interesting little spoken bit.

 

Feels like a big radio hit and probably chart hit. I still think it sounds very PSB with Danny L Harle production - not a bad thing at all.

 

Not sure on its Eurovision chances - perhaps a decent jury vote and ok televote. Maybe low top 10 to high top 15?? Or is that pessimistic.

 

Edit: Or optimistic going by our usual form :D

Edited March 1, 20241 yr by gooddelta

Love the full version - very instant and memorable for me!

Not sure on this as a Eurovision hit... But I'm never the best judge in that respect. I like it though!

 

Preferred 'I Wrote A Song' on first listen. But can see this being a euphoric moment, and I'm sure Olly will perform the shit out of it!

It’s not going to win but again it’s an entry we can be very proud of

It’s better than last year - still don’t think it will get us on the left hand side of the leaderboard though!

This is actually very very strong! Hypnotic production, earwormy chorus, keeps you engaged from start to finish..the whole thing flows so seamlessly too.

 

Spoken bit *.*

I don't hate it. The production is decent, there's a good tune in there (although hugely unoriginal). My issue is Olly, he's like marmite - people either respond to him or he turns them off. I hope it does well, but I don't think it'll win or come close.

 

Still, anything is better than last year's total car crash!

Very good entry, but it’s such a strong year. Just inside my top 10 so far, absolutely love the production! I think this could and will be a hit in the charts, but I don’t see it as a Eurovision smash. I think it’s a song people will like widely but it won’t be a big favourite to get those points on a wide scale. Either way, sending something by a successful artist that is representative of the UK industry and a song that will most likely be a chart bit is the right way for us to go about Eurovision, even if it did come 22nd we are showing off our music industry with an entry we can proud of and that needs to continue,

I like it. The problems are, as always, firstly standing out in a packed final when you haven’t had a chance to shine in the semis, and secondly that the public will consider anything outside the Top 10 as a flop (even though20th is actually respectable when you’re up against songs that have come through a semi). I don’t see it as something that will really cut through on the night and be in people’s minds when they come to vote.

 

I've seen comparisons so far to It's A Sin, Deeper Shade of Blue, and the speaking bit to Adam Rickitt's I Believe Again!

 

The bassline production in parts also reminds me so much of the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire music :lol:

 

I think it's a brilliant studio track, the production is immaculate. I don't see any way juries will ignore this. The public I'm less sure about as there are a LOT of songs angling for televoting points.

 

I like the video a lot! I keep remembering that it's only a few years ago we were being represented by songs like Bigger Than Us, it's been such a huge step up since in that respect.

Edited March 1, 20241 yr by gooddelta

Its just ok for me. I don't like the middle 8 either. It's not strikingly better than the last UK entry either, though one would hope Olly will be able to perform it a bit better than whatever Mae thought that was last year.

Wow, this is pretty instant for me, sounds like a winner to me, but I need to see a live performance of the track, it might be featured on The One show tonight on BBC1.

 

Its a massive step up from last year. :lol:

I've seen comparisons so far to It's A Sin, Deeper Shade of Blue, and the speaking bit to Adam Rickitt's I Believe Again!

 

That's exactly what I was thinking when I played it on my first listen. :lol: I went - errr.... Pet Shop Boys :D

 

I think it’s great on first listen, it doesn’t scream winner but certainly seems like a left side of the board if they can get staging and vocals spot on

Slightly tangential rambling but one thing I’ve been thinking about is that we have a big issue with branding ourselves at Eurovision. It’s easy for the Italians - they hardly have to try and when they come on you know it’s the Italian entry, and I think that being distinct gives them a big advantage. How do you sell yourself as the UK when you’ve been responsible for a lot of the best known pop music in history and most other countries are already singing in your language? That plus the fact you now have a reputation for being a big 5 country who doesn’t really try. I think we need to come up with some sort of vision of what the UK in 2020s Eurovision is wanting to be or say.

I have to say I really like the song and video and have listened to it multiple times - it’s really instant for me, how it will fare at ESC I don’t know, I expect him to really bring it with the stage production and performance and give it his all.

 

I can’t help thinking this is such a risk for him though, I appreciate he wants to launch himself as ‘Olly’ but if he comes 17th it could backfire, he’s past his peak career however did manage Too 40 singles and a #1 album in the UK with his last release so not as if he’s entering off the back off being dropped and a flop album.

 

I hope it goes well for him but I’m here for us sending current artists with good songs like this.

I like the video a lot! I keep remembering that it's only a few years ago we were being represented by songs like Bigger Than Us, it's been such a huge step up since in that respect.

 

Honestly this - after all the entries we’ve sent for the 3rd year running we are taking it seriously.

 

Regardless of personal thoughts on Sam and Mae both became big UK hits which is half the battle - in the proceeding decades it was normal for a song to miss the Top 75.

 

I hope if sending a current/established artist continues that trend regardless of final outcome then we will continue to get our UK groove back.

I read the BBC Eurovision team had a few different songs from Olly and other artists I think and this is the one that everybody thought was fantastic. I think that says more about the calibre of the other entries and not so much how great this song is. I mean it’s a decent enough song but you don’t listen to it and think wow this is massive but it’s a perfectly good commercial radio song. If this was Olly’s lead single without the Eurovision tag it would pass by relatively unnoticed. I do think Olly will give a fantastic performance though and the staging should be decent so that will really help it. The last chorus needs a bit more oomph as well.

Edited March 1, 20241 yr by darrens94

Yeah, I can't help but think a final crescendo or even a key change towards the end might elevate it even further but I am absolutely loving this. The chorus is really sticking in my head.

 

I've seen him live twice and know he can pull a fantastic performance out of the bag, so hopefully he will on the night!