[Adamw92]

Don't know if anyone knows but apparently 5 songs have been confirmed and are titled (some are the leaked ones we've heard):

Brave
Don't Let Me Down
My Hands
Heartbeat
I Got You

Now these are from Wikipedia so theres a very high chance they might not be true but they do have references with them on it, so we'll have to wait and see.

[gavinh2008]

They sound amazing, can't wait to hear them

[Adamw92]

Yeah, i'm interested in hearing Heartbeat

[KKBL]

The lead single will debut September 17th

[Lewis.]

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY
SO Excited!
It is going to be amazing

[Adamw92]

I can't wait to hear it

[MarkWaldorf]

Apparently called 'Happy'

[Lewis.]

Her new song will be Debuted LIVE On VH1 Diva's on September the 17th!

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00026843.html

I cannot wait any longer!

[KKBL]

"Happy" will premiere on the BBC Radio 1 Chart Shpw this Sunday.Rumor has it the song was produced by Ryan Tedder and co-writen by Ryan,Leona and this other girl who co wrote "Halo" aswell as "Hello" from Beyoncé.
UK Release Dates:
Happy - November 8th
Echo - November 16th

[KKBL]

Its been confirmed Leona co-wrote "Happy"!

[Adamw92]

Come on...I wish it would hurry up, we've waited since December for another single, it's killing me

[M X]

Oh gawsh. I'm so excited!

[Lewis.]

I'm so excited for this. Come on Happy. Hurry up.

[Adamw92]

[rquote=2530754&tid=98286&author=LewisLeona]I'm so excited for this. Come on Happy. Hurry up. [/rquote]

Looking forward to it are you? you and me both...

[KKBL]

From Ryan Tedder's blog

OneRepublic 1st single AND Leona Lewis' 1st single "Happy"

Hey everyone I'm pleased to announce that the 1st single off OneRepublic's new album will be premiering next week- the song is called "All The Right Moves"....we performed it live alot last year, however the recorded version is quite another animal then what we performed live- it's BETTER!! we hope u like it- this might be the most fun energetic song we've ever tackled and I can promise you on our new album "Waking Up" there will be PLENTY more where that came from!!

I'm also pleased to announce Leona Lewis' 1st single off her upcoming album. The song is called "Happy" and I honestly feel it is the most beautiful song I've ever been a part of. My goal when I started working on Leona's new album was to "NOT" chase or be influenced by any of her previous hits- or any songs i've ever done with anyone else- including Bleeding Love. True artists do not look back to previous successes they look forward to creating new moments and songs the world can connect with in a different way. And that is what Leona has done with "Happy". I hope u like it as much as we do, and I hope the lyrics hit u as hard as they hit me.

-Ryan

So it ownt be Halo/Bleeding Love/Battlefield/Already Gone part.2!

[Lewis.]

4:30pm on Radio 1 this Sunday is the world exclusive debut of "Happy"
YAY
It has been confirmed on Her website =]

AND the first official Picture!
http://www.leonalewismusic.co.uk/ind...ture_revealed/

[Adamw92]

Ooh, it's a shame a bit of her head is cut off, she looks beautiful as always

[Lewis.]

I know! Here is the album artwork for the single! It is that picture above!

[Lewis.]

EEEEEEK. First Review of the song, By Popjustice.com
And AMAZING Review

The whole idea of 'Happy' is 'bugger this I'm off'. The song begins with Leona singing that "someone once told me that you have to choose what you win or lose - you can't win everything". The advice, Leona explains, was not to take chances. Then Leona goes "but I can't stand by the side and watch this life pass me by, so unhappy but safe as could be". And then it all goes off (this will be the bit during the X Factor performance when the lights go on) and Leona blasts out "so what if it hurts me? So what if I break down? So what if this world just throws me off the edge, my feet run out of ground?" It is a proper goosebumps moment. She continues: "I've gotta find my place, I wanna hear my sound, don't care about all the pain in front of me, cos I'm just trying to be..." And then there's a split second pause as if she's trying to think of the right word, because 'happy' is too obvious, but at the same time it's all she wants, and it's all anyone really wants, so that's what she says.

That's all very well love but that shirt's not going to iron itself.

It starts off a bit (not very much like) 'Nothing Compares 2U'. It goes quiet LOUD quiet LOUD quiet LOUD quiet LOUD.

This song is going to be responsible for the end of rather a few relationships. Hopefully there will be some sort of stand-by-your-man, let's-try-and-work-it-out song before Christmas to even things out, eh viewers???

It's amazing. Not just 'Popjustice' amazing but proper 'amazing' amazing. You can tell it comes from the same place as 'Bleeding Love' but it is not the same song and it doesn't sound like all Ryan Tedder's other big songs (ie the chorus isn't just "HAPPY HAPPY HAP-HAPPY HAPPY WHOA HAPPY-HAPPY"). There is a very very very minor hint of 'Battlefield' just before the second chorus but you'd have to be the ultimate tosspot to even think about arguing that it detracts from the song in any way at all. Imagine if 'Bleeding Love''s dad sat it down one day and said 'the thing is, 'Bleeding Love', before I met your mummy I was very much in love with another lady and we actually had a little baby together so - hey! - great news, 'Bleeding Love', you've got an older slightly more mature sister called 'Happy'", and then 'Bleeding Love' looks at 'Happy' and goes, "well, we look nothing alike but I suppose we're sort of similar", and dad says, "you've both got my eyes". And then they all go to the zoo together. That is what this song is like.

iTunes thinks the promo CD is one of these, but it is not.



Good vocal perfmance. 'It's a yes from us.'

It is very empowered in a 'what happened when girl power grew up, forgot itself then remembered itself' sort of way and it's got a great "lights on full, massive choir appears on either side of stage" X Factor moment near the end.

The press release is typically understated: "After winning the hearts and minds of the public in 2006 by winning the X Factor, Leona has gone on to conquer the world".

In short: the Leona Lewis single is above average. A brilliant way to open the second album campaign and a proper world class piece of pop tuneage which doesn't have quite all the indecipherable mysterious magic of 'Bleeding Love' but still boasts more than 97% of other pop tunes. World exclusive first full proper play on Radio One this Sunday.

[KKBL]

Looks like its going to be the best song of the year!

[Adamw92]

AHHHH Can't wait to hear it!!!!

[Twilight]

EEK can't wait to hear it

[MarkWaldorf]

I'M SO EXCITED

[Lewis.]

A New Digital Spy Review (L)

Weeeeell... it's called 'Happy' and it's a ballad. It was produced by Ryan Tedder - yes, he of 'Bleeding Love' and 'Battlefield' renown - and written by Tedder, E. Kidd Bogart and Leona herself. It clocks in at four minutes and two seconds.

The piano-led verses are subdued and almost mournful, but the moment the chorus hits is - and this is a word that doesn't apply to many ballads - explosive. "So what if it hurts me? So what if I break down?" Leona sings. "So what if this world just throws me off the edge, my feet run out of ground?"

Her response? So the hell what! "I don't care about all the pain in front of me, I'm just trying to be happy," she sings on the final line of the chorus. The song's message is essentially Seize The Day, Take A Chance In Life, Don't Be Afraid Of Moving On and Leona delivers it beautifully. In fact, her vocal run from 2.39 to 2.44 could be the most incredible five seconds of singing we've heard all year.

So, as you'll have guessed by now, we're very impressed with 'Happy'. It's a really strong lead single that sounds like a number one, and a typically muscular production from Tedder, but above all it's a powerful and moving song. Next time some inconsiderate sod keeps stepping on your feet on the bus and doesn't apologise when you shoot him a look, this is what you'll play to cheer yourself up.

It premieres this Sunday at 4.30pm on Radio 1.

Sounds Bloody AMAZING. I'm tuning in on Sunday for sure, just to hear it (L)

[Shaun]

it's leaked. I have it