October 16, 200915 yr I'd say that they didn't anticipate that it would become a hit in the UK and they were just hoping that 99% of their fans would be stupid enough to think it was a Westlife original (which, if not for the success of the single here in recent weeks, they may well have been). I wonder how many other "not-originals-but-may-as-well-be" tracks are on the album...
October 16, 200915 yr ^Agreed. A McFly-ish chart run is not possible. :P I'll be thinking 1-2-3-5-6-8-7-7-8-12-18- and so on... Edited October 16, 200915 yr by I Am FM11
October 17, 200915 yr it'll go top 3, probably be a similar success to Home, possibly go to #1 certainly #2 at least...
October 17, 200915 yr I'd say that they didn't anticipate that it would become a hit in the UK and they were just hoping that 99% of their fans would be stupid enough to think it was a Westlife original (which, if not for the success of the single here in recent weeks, they may well have been). I wonder how many other "not-originals-but-may-as-well-be" tracks are on the album... the Daughtry single has only become so huge due to extended play on X Factor which is Simon Cowell's creation with Louis Walsh input, so unless they massively wanted to shoot themselves in the foot I'm guessing that they played the song over and over so that people would find it strangely familiar when the Westlife version finally came out...I'm guessing none of the parties involved will be impressed with the way that the song took off though, rather dampens the effect a bit what I'm trying to say is that I'm sure they don't mind if people know it's a cover of a fairly unknown song, or else Simon and Louis wouldn't have plastered the Daughtry version all over X Factor. I guess by no covers they meant no covers in the uber-cheap calibre of Uptown Girl and Against All Odds :lol:
October 17, 200915 yr The amazon clip sounds EXACTLY like Daughtry's version. You can so obviously tell that that's what they wanted though. What fucking jerks :manson: Edited October 17, 200915 yr by Theo Aloud
October 17, 200915 yr I've not listened to the above version on Amazon, instead I'm listening to the original version and I can really imagine Westlife singing it! :o Infact, when he first starts singing I thought it was Shane :heehee: Very clever choice on their part tbh.
October 19, 200915 yr Author I'm back and very bad first single! It really sounds Daughtry's! http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-About-Now/dp/...6074&sr=8-8 But here's the tracklisting semi-confirmed Westlife - Where We Are 01 What About Now 02 Where We Are 03 Songs That Used To Be 04 When Missing You 05 Actually 06 Your World Lies 07 Beautiful 08 Access To Your Heart 09 Caught In The Trap 10 Basketcase 11 Leaving 12 Now I Can't Let You Go 13 You Can Never Know What I'm Meant To Be 14 A Simple Song 15 Season For Me 16 Mind (Bonus Track) Sounds very very GOOD! Too many tracks. Another World Of Our Own!!! Trivia: What About Now is a 12 letter songtitle like Swear It Again, their debut single I'm really 100x disappointed! All of the fans are disappointed! (but they can't let Westlife down) but this deserves to be a flop! this will be out in Ireland this Friday. no airplays, no video. this will be released together with This Is It on Oct 26 UK. Maybe Sony thought of that many people will go out to buy MJ's new album and with Westlife's same date of new release, the public may be carried to buy Westlife's new single too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_It_%2...Release_history On the second thought, What About Now may not be the real first single if that's what you call it. They may release another on the last week of November. they released a good to cover song for Westlife so that the general audience may not be in shock. here's a portion of an interview with Mark: Mark Feehily tells us: "We wanted the first single from our new album to be somewhere between the Westlife sound our fans know and love, and the new direction we're heading in. We've been experimenting with a fresh vibe on this record. After 11 years we see this as phase two of the Westlife story." Let's hope it's as good as phase one. also, in a short span of time with no promo (the XFactor only), no news if a music video will be out and no new photoshoots yet for the album and even the official single. It's a crap a clustered images of them from the past only.... http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x18/lindsay-pops/cover2.jpg idk but when I heard the 16 track album, they made me feel happy again. I have their faith in them, I trust them and I know they can do what we want :) I'm listening to the 30 sec clip all over again it's like Daughtry featuring Shane :laugh: Oh I see. Wasn't it that Jeff Buckley and Alex's versions of Hallelujah charts very well last year. that's why record company are doing and trying it again. Now I understand
October 19, 200915 yr After listening to the 30 second clip, I can't wait to download this next week -- so glad I opened an iTunes UK account using an iTunes UK gift card!. I have never liked Chris Daughtry's voice, but like the voices of the guys from Westlife, so I like this cover version. I do wonder if this was one of the "few covers" mentioned that would be on the album, but it wasn't necessarily planned as the first single. From a marketing standpoint, it probably would have been silly not to capitalize on the exposure of the original on X Factor (since Westlife's version was already finished for the album). Also, notice that the single is being released a full month before the album as opposed to the usual "two weeks before the album" strategy, presumably to build on the "X Factor momentum" of the original.
October 19, 200915 yr Trivia: What About Now is a 12 letter songtitle like Swear It Again, their debut single Fascinating. :lol: I can't believe how much their version of What About Now sounds like the original. They've hardly changed it at all.
October 19, 200915 yr I just cant believe after this length of time away they come back with a cover. Making it obvious now why the song was used on XF so much. Big mistake IMO. Just made even more people aware of the superior original.
October 21, 200915 yr Apparently a song AJ (from Backstreet Boys) and Ryan Teddar wrote together called 'Shadows' will be on the new Westlife album... WESTLIFE have nabbed a power ballad from Leona Lewis for their new album. Label boss Simon Cowell, 50, loved the song Shadows – penned by Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, 31 – so much he whipped away the tune for the boyband. Excited AJ told me: “Ryan and I wrote the song for the new Backstreet album, but it didn’t make it. “When Simon heard it he loved it, and initially wanted it to go on the Leona record. Then he decided as it was more of a boyband song it’d suit Westlife better.” Backstreet are back themselves with album This Is Us and a UK tour in November, kicking off in Newcastle on the 3rd. Westlife drop their new long-player on November 30 and first single What About Now on Monday. AJ, 31, said: “I’m a Simon Cowell fan. At one point he was saying he was such a big fan of us that he spoke to the American Idol producers about doing a show with all the hits of Backstreet Boys.” Backstreet are confident their new opus, which features tunes by Lady GaGa collaborator RedOne, puts them back on the map. Brian Littrell, 34, said: “Some people wanna put you in a box of what was, and not really grow with you. All we want to do is make great music that we are happy with. “When you stick a brand name like BSB on a song, sometimes you put a limit on it because people think it’s going to be boyband crap.” Backstreet have also been keeping an eye on 35-year-old Robbie Williams’ comeback Bodies. Brian revealed: “We are big fans of Robbie. It’s a great song.” http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/1...Leona-s-ballad/
October 21, 200915 yr Oohhh so the Ryan Tedder-penned track is in fact a Leona reject? I now wouldn't be surprised to learn that the Darren Hayes song is a shelved Savage Garden track plucked from the archives or something.
October 21, 200915 yr It's not exactly a Leona reject though :heehee: It's more of a Backstreet Boys reject seeing as they recorded it. Simon WAS going to use it for Leona, but decided it was more suited for a boy band :P
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