Will Young - Jealousy

Too little too late to save this career?



Spyke

Have you heard this quaint little number from Will Young's new album? Probably not, as it seems like a long time ago that he was actually in the commercial line of things, but oh well. It's not like he has really brought anything relevant to the music world since 2004; then again that could probably be said for several artists. I thought Your Game and Leave Right Now were both incredible pop songs and was thrilled to see them perform well in the charts. But it all seemed to go downhill at the end of the Friday's Child campaign. First we got Switch It On and All Time Love which were poorer copies of the previous album's aforementioned hits then we were given a stream of other drivel. However, when you appear on Alan Carr's Chatty Man to perform your new single and your turn on the couch is sacrificed for an extended One Direction 'chat' then you may as well just give up now. Anyway, Will's back for another go and I like it.

I really like the opening verse; the way it starts so quietly and Will sounding so vulnerable. Where you think it might burst into a large thumping chorus like Joe McElderry's Ambitions, this track refrains from doing so. It gradually builds up momentum but never takes you too far. The song is in reference to how Will was Jealous of other Popstars in the past; and to be honest he did come across quite bitter in a few TV shows which have been about great pop songs and the biggest selling singles of all time etc. Though I imagine it must be hard once Simon Cowell has moved on and you don't quite have the writing ability of Max Martin. I think this track really shows maturity and I hope it can perform 'well' in the charts. With a Saturday night 'An Audience With...' type show coming up to help launch the album and single it should hopefully get a nice push top 20. However I can't really see it having much longevity as it seems to be lacking the Guetta name tag for that but it could well become a staple in the Radio 2 playlist for the next couple of months.

Slightly off topic but bizarrely they actually gave Will a slot on the American Idol finale last year to perform Leave Right Now; after the one performance it began its ascent up itunes but with no airplay it wasn't going far. I just sometimes DO NOT get the logic of some record labels as that should have been the track to launch him on World Idol in 2003 - a mere eight years later.

Chart Predictions
Spyke 18
McLovin -
Actual 5