Leona Lewis
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Leona and missed hits... what else is new? Wishing her the best with the Christmas comeback though.
Has there been a Leona rate?
One of the two writers of Better In Time has died
https://retropopmagazine.com/singer-songwriter-andrea-martin-dies/
https://retropopmagazine.com/singer-songwriter-andrea-martin-dies/
Love this for her! This will have a global audience
I See You was danced to on Strictly on Saturday night - so cue me talking for the 1838574th time about the missed opportunities with that song.
I don't know if it gave the song any kind of push at all, but it was great seeing one of her songs on such a huge show.
I don't know if it gave the song any kind of push at all, but it was great seeing one of her songs on such a huge show.
No push unfortunately, you couldn't even buy it, the only way to own it was if you bought the album. Apparently Atlantic wanted it released as a single but J Records/Syco didn't as Happy or I Got You had not long came out, so it was then made 'album only' if I recall correctly.
It was only actually made available to buy on its and uploaded to Spotify last year.
Also just what we have all been waiting for....an official lyric video for Bleeding Love premiers tomorrow at 5:30pm.
Yeah, I do remember it finally becoming available to buy on its own. I just meant more if its use on Strictly at the weekend had done anything for it.
It really is a shame what happened with the song, as it's always been one of my top Leona songs (to go with one of my favourite films). And I know I've said this before, but I just don't know how you wouldn't want one of the biggest singers in the world to perform the song from the biggest film in the world. But Syco logic, I guess.
Just re-read your post and realised I read it wrong the first time.
Its one of my favourites too and its just another example of how inept Syco were at times.
I See You is probably my favourite Leona song, I absolutely adore it was so happy last year when it finally appeared on streaming.it really was a huge misstep for Syco, I get they had the main album to promote but they still should have released I See You as a proper single, from the biggest movie of all time!
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I must be in the minority, but I don’t think I See You would’ve done much for Leona.
The lyrics are rather specifically catered to the film, as opposed to My Heart Will Go On which works in context of the film or as a separate song entirely.
And I don’t remember a huge demand for the song to be made available. When Leona covered Run in the live lounge, so many people wanted to purchase it which is why it was eventually put out onto the deluxe. But I didn’t hear anyone talking about this song other than Leona fans at the time.
I think the decision to focus on the album was correct. My issue is they did the exact opposite of that. They put out I Got You in the U.K., and I don’t think they even bothered to officially put it out in the US and then everything else was scrapped.
No third single, no mini tour in the US (she wouldn’t have sold out arenas but could have done intimate venues).
It’s like Syco just expected Happy to be smash the way Bleeding Love did and when it didn’t, they had no back up plans.
The lyrics are rather specifically catered to the film, as opposed to My Heart Will Go On which works in context of the film or as a separate song entirely.
And I don’t remember a huge demand for the song to be made available. When Leona covered Run in the live lounge, so many people wanted to purchase it which is why it was eventually put out onto the deluxe. But I didn’t hear anyone talking about this song other than Leona fans at the time.
I think the decision to focus on the album was correct. My issue is they did the exact opposite of that. They put out I Got You in the U.K., and I don’t think they even bothered to officially put it out in the US and then everything else was scrapped.
No third single, no mini tour in the US (she wouldn’t have sold out arenas but could have done intimate venues).
It’s like Syco just expected Happy to be smash the way Bleeding Love did and when it didn’t, they had no back up plans.
Syco always did that.
I See You slots nicely into Echo but that’s the only time I really listen to it.
Even though it fits nicely into the Avatar soundtrack and the Echo album, I See You somewhat lacks strength outside of that.
