The Winner's Song
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| Single by Geraldine McQueen (Peter Kay) | ||||
| Released |  13 October 2008 |
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| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Parody | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Writer(s) | Gary Barlow and Peter Kay | |||
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"The Winner's Song" is a single by fictional character Geraldine McQueen from Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, a spoof talent contest/comedy by British comedian Peter Kay, who also plays Geraldine. It was released in Europe on 13 October 2008.
The song was co-written by Gary Barlow from Take That and Kay, and parodies the style of changing key part-way through a song - a popular trick of modern day pop songs - starting out in A flat major, moving up to B flat major, and then quickly up to B major.
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[edit] Video
The video to the song was released both as a DVD single and as part of the Peter Kay compilation "Special Kay",
[edit] Parody
The video itself is a parody of Leona Lewis' video for her debut single, "A Moment Like This", and the box art of the single is a parody of The Meaning of Love, the debut album from Michelle McManus, who won the second series of Pop Idol in 2003.
[edit] Track listing
The CD for the Winners Song featured the tracks;
- "The Winners Song"
- "The Winners Song" (2 Up, 2 Down Version)
[edit] Chart performance
In the UK, the song debuted at number 2 beating "Don't Call This Love" by Leon Jackson, the winner of the 2007 series of The X Factor, but wasn't able to top Pink's "So What".[1]
On 21 December 2008, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 46.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
[edit] End of year
| Country (2008) | Position (Year End Singles Chart) |
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| United Kingdom | 117[2] |
[edit] References
- ^ Gibson, Owen (18 October 2008). "Kay's spoof single outselling the real thing". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/18/thexfactor-popandrock. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
- ^ Official Singles Chart 2008 UK Charts Plus
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