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Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
SINGLE PREMIERES THIS TUESDAY ON RADIO 1!!

:O

[Lewis.]

I'm really excited for this!

[MarkWaldorf]

BLOODY HELL THE ALEXANDRA BURKE SINGLE IS PHENOMENAL
We have some phonecalls and things to do but will tell you about it properly a bit later.



In the meantime:

» 140bpm
» Sirens
» 'Womanizer'-meets-'Biology' intro

Literally amazing.

- Pop Justice

I LOVE THE ALEXANDRA LOGO
dhgfhsljlgj NOW PLS

[MarkWaldorf]

Think of 'Hallelujah', then think of the opposite.

Some important points here, in no particular order:

» The single is called 'Bad Boys' and it features US rap gentleman Flo Rida.

» The writing credits are Larry Summerville Jr, Busbee, Lauren Evans and Alexander James. The song is produced by The Phantom Boyz.

» The song's intro is a brilliant hybrid of the intros to Britney's 'Womanizer' and Girls Aloud's 'Biology' (ie it's quite noisy and exciting sounding) except with Flo Rida shouting over the top and a demented elasticated siren effect bouncing from speaker to speaker. The track's definitely in the same ball park as things like 'Womanizer', but with a slightly more euphoric disco feel.

» 'Bad Boys' is about Alexandra fancying dangerous men. "Some people call them players but I'm far from terrified," she says in the song's opening lines, "somehow I'm drawn to danger and have been all my life." The nature of these boys' actual 'badness' is not specifed. We're not sure if it's Josef Fritzl level badness or just 'has three points on his driving licence after doing 37 in a 30 zone'. Probably the latter, on reflection. Still, imagine the video for the former.

» The chorus has a really strong melodic topline - the lyrics are "the bad boys are always catching my eye, the mad boys are always spinning my mind, even though I know they're no good for me it's the risk I take for the chemistry, and the bad boys are always catching my eye".

» This is NOT A BALLAD. This is THE OPPOSITE OF A BALLAD. (Mind you it would probably lend itself quite well to one of those stripped down piano versions that seem to be all the rage these days.) We estimate this song to be about 140bpm and HIGHLY DANCEABLE. Alex's vocals sound very Whitneyish in parts and this is the sort of song we'd like to imagine Donna Summer coming out with if she was twenty years old in 2009. Sadly she is not twenty years old in 2009. She is far older.

» Flo Rida is in two parts of this song - the intro ("FLO RIDA! ALEXANDRA GIRL I KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE!" yeah alright calm down mate) and the middle eight. The middle eight is Flo explaining to the listener to just what an extent Alexandra Burke is actually fond of 'bad boys' and badness in general. One particularly earth-shattering moment comes with the announcement that "with even the alphabet she only sings the crooked letters". (Amazing.)

» In terms of vocal acrobatics 'Bad Boys' has a singy chorus but it's not a 'look at me I'm a singer' chorus, and the same goes for the rest of the track. It works briliantly - sometimes we can't help but feel (this is probably just us but still) that there's something quite exciting about an incredible singer being forced to follow a very strong and melodic topline instead of going all over the show. It's like pop singer bondage. *Cut to shot of Eoghan Quigg wanking with orange in mouth*

» There's no fade at the end, just an amazing BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BAD BOYS BAD BOYS which will hopefully be accompanied by an eyebrow-burning quantity of pyrotechnics when Alexandra turns up to The X Factor in order to warble the tune on the day of its release.

» 'Bad Boys' is out on October 12. As is the modern way, Alexandra has also recorded an 'album' - a dozen or so songs grouped together - and that will be released on October 26. You can hear 'Bad Boys' tomorrow morning on Chris Moyles' Radio One breakfast show.

» We have listened to this song 41 times since it arrived in the post earlier today. It's basically brilliant.

- Pop Justice review

[Locke.]

Youtube video

[MarkWaldorf]

[KKBL]

Oh ****!im actually starting to get worried!
Simon better make sure that Leonas single is better than this!
I cant wait to hear this tomorrow though.

[KKBL]

[MarkWaldorf]

^HOT!

I'M SO EXCITED NOW

[Ramsay]

who?

[MarkWaldorf]

Last years X Factor winner?

[Ramsay]

Oh right yeah didnt watch last year

[MarkWaldorf]

Oh right! Well her debut single is out tomorrow.

[gavinh2008]

Aaahhh I seriously can't wait to hear it, I've never been this excited for a song before

Alexandra looks phenomenal, and I am sure her single will be too

[MarkWaldorf]

It's meant to be REALLY good!

[Hugo]

umm....jambo.
I like, totally can't wait.

[gavinh2008]

7 weeks til the single gets released (Oct. 12) it's too long to wait

[MarkWaldorf]

OMG HUGO WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

Hm, Gavin I don't know if that's too far but it's near the XF live shows so great promotion and timing if she sings live.

[Hugo]

LOL, I've been busy. Imma come on msn now.

[KKBL]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
It's meant to be REALLY good!

It better not be

[gavinh2008]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
OMG HUGO WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

Hm, Gavin I don't know if that's too far but it's near the XF live shows so great promotion and timing if she sings live.

Ooh you're right, I'd rather wait for it to be so successful, than get it early and not be so successful

[Adamw92]

She looks beautiful on that picture

[Fom]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
OMG HUGO WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN

Hm, Gavin I don't know if that's too far but it's near the XF live shows so great promotion and timing if she sings live.

Its not great timing, her single was planned to come out during x factor from the second she won.

[Lewis.]

It's amazing.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/64623695d6bd7bb9

I quite like it. I hate the Flo Rida bit, I think her first single should have just been her, but I suppose that will get her noticed in America?
But yeah. 5/5


Cannot wait for her album anymore
So glad I voted for her at least 4 times every week. Lmao :P

[MarkWaldorf]

It's amazing, I LOVE it! Such a huge banger umg.