That Sounds Good to Me
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"That Sounds Good to Me" is a song composed by Pete Waterman and Mike Stock, and will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 to be held in Oslo, Norway. The song and performer was revealed as Josh Dubovie on 12 March 2010 who won Eurovision: Your Country Needs You.[2]
Background
Writing
The song was initially written by Pete Waterman and Mike Stock before even the gender of the singer had been chosen. It was only revealed to the public on 29 January 2010 that Pete Waterman would write the song.[3] On 19 February the BBC confirmed that Mike Stock would join his Stock Aitken Waterman partner in co-writing the song.[4]
Singer selection process
To select the singer the British public voted for three different renditions of the song on Eurovision: Your Country Needs You on 12 March 2010. This followed the same process as the previous year, where multiple acts performed "It's My Time", composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Dianne Warren. Two male singers, Alexis Gerred and Josh Dubovie, and one female singer, Esma Akkilic, performed "That Sounds Good to Me" individually. The public chose Josh Dubovie's performance as their favourite.
Redevelopment of the song
The version of "That Sounds Good to Me" performed on the selection show is not the version that will be performed in Oslo as it will be revamped to compliment Dubovie's voice more effectively. Stock has said he is "now busy getting together the final version which will be significantly different from what has already been served up." He also suggested that the criticisms that have been voiced about the song will be looked at when preparing the final version.[5] On his official website he has said the song was remixed on 26 March, suggesting the new, yet to be released version, was more suited to Dubovie. He also confirmed the song is to feature on the Eurovision compilation album. He suggested the focus was now on rehearsals and the performance and said "But for the song itself, that's all over and completed; I can do no more."[6]
The radio single was released on the 29 April and premièred on Ken Bruce's show on BBC Radio 2.[7] The single is due to be released on the 24 May 2010.[1]
Promotion
The final version of the song was first performed on the in the early hours of 25 April in Amsterdam.[8] He was later interviewed and performed the song on Life4You on Dutch TV.[9] He also has confirmed he will perform at UKeurovision Preview Party on 2 May.[10]
Choreography and rehearsals
During April Dubovie worked with choreographers, set designers, backing vocalists and dancers to create the "Director's Tape", which will be used in Norway for camera movements. Frank Strachan has been hired to handle Dubovie's styling. As of 15 April Dubovie was due to visit the Norwegian Embassy in London where he was to meet the Ambassador and Norway's 2010 act Didrik Solli-Tangen. Dubovie will be travelling around Europe to promote the UK's 2010 song.[11] On the 22 April 2010 a Swedish radio station played a studio version of the song, however the BBC have stated on their Eurovision website, that the live final version will debut in a Preview Party in Amsterdam in April.
Critical reception
Reception to the first version of the song has been mixed.[12][13] The song has been revamped in light of the chosen singer and its initial reception.[5] Bill Lamb described the revamped song and video as chipper and cheerful.[14]
Hardchorus version
As part of a marketing campaign for the World Cup, Puma has recorded football fans from the UK, France , Germany, and Italy singing one of their countries Eurovision entries as a football chant. That Sounds Good to Me was the song chanted by England fans, the French fans chanted Allez Ola Olé, the Germans chanted Ein bißchen Frieden the 1982 Eurovision winner and the Italians chanted to Fiumi di parole. The best video is then selected on Puma's Youtube channel.[15]
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 29 April 2010 | - | Radio single |
| 24 May 2010 | single |
References
- ^ a b Davies, Russell (3 May 2010). "UK: Josh Dubovie and his mum!". esctoday.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Webb, Glenn (2010-03-12). "Josh flying the flag for United Kingdom in Oslo". EBU. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Pete Waterman to write UK's Eurovision Song for 2010". BBC. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Hondal, Victor (2010-02-19). "Stock confirmed as UK co-songwriter". ESCToday. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Lewis, Daniel (2010-03-15). "UK: Mike Stock speaks of change". esctoday.com. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "That Sounds Good To Me". mikestockmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "twitter BBC Eurovision". twitter.com/bbceurovision. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ Viniker, Barry (25 April 2010). "Exclusive: Josh performs final version of UK Entry". esctoday.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ "Josh Dubovie - That sounds good to me (Final version live @ Life4You)". 25 April 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ Viniker, Barry (24 April 2010). "Josh to perform at UKeurovision Preview Party". esctoday.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
- ^ "Josh Update". BBC Eurovision. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
- ^ "Fox: 'Eurovision show was shambles'". DigitalSpy. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ "That sounds awful to me." The Mirror. 2010-03-14.
- ^ Lamb, Bill. "UK's Official Eurovision Video "That Sounds Good To Me" by Josh Dubovie Is Released". about.com. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ Viniker, Barry. "Hardcore UK and France Puma get's football fans into Eurovision". esctoday.com. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
External links
- Chords and Lyrics at Muzland.ru
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