Cannonball is a song written and performed by Irish folk singer Damien Rice . She was released as the second single from his debut studio album O.
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| Single Damien Rice from album O | ||||
| Released | May 17, 2002 (Ireland) October 20, 2003 (UK) | |||
| Format | CD single , CD-Extra | |||
| Recorded by | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock , country folk | |||
| Duration | 3:27 (radio version I) 3:32 (radio version II) 5:10 (landscape version) 4:37 (video version) | |||
| Producer | Damien Rice | |||
| Label | Damien Rice Records (Ireland) 14th Floor Records (United Kingdom) | |||
| Timeline of the Damien Rice Singles | ||||
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The track was selected as the "Song of the Winner" in the eighth season of the British show The X Factor . Becoming the winners of the show, Little Mix released a cover of the song on December 11, 2011. The cover single instantly topped the charts in the UK and Ireland.
Content
- 1 release
- 2 List of Songs
- 3 Charts
- 4 Little Mix Version
- 4.1 Criticism
- 4.2 Music video
- 4.3 List of Songs
- 5 notes
Release
In Ireland, the CD single was released in May 2002 on Damien Rice's own label “Damien Rice Music” [1] .
In Britain, the single was released in October 2003 via the 14th Floor Records label on the standard CD single and CD Extra, which included the exclusive song Moody Monday and a clip for Cannonball. It was packed in a cardboard envelope with a poster [1] .
On July 5, 2004, the single was reissued with an additional DVD containing two remixes of the single and the interview.
List of Songs
- Irish CD
- Cannonball (Single Version)
- Lonelily (Original Demo)
- "Woman Like a Man" (Live Unplugged)
- Cannonball (Instrumental Album Version)
- British cd
- Cannonball (live)
- Amie (live)
- "The Blower's Daughter" (live)
- British CD Extra
- Cannonball (Radio Remix)
- Moody Monday
- Cannonball (Video)
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Position |
|---|---|
| British Chart ( The Official Charts Company ) [2] | 32 |
| Chart (2004) | Position |
| Irish Chart ( IRMA ) | 21 |
| British Chart ( The Official Charts Company ) [3] | 19 |
| Chart (2011) | Position |
| Irish Chart ( IRMA ) [4] | 13 |
| British Chart ( The Official Charts Company ) [2] | 9 |
Little Mix Version
| Cannonball | ||||
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| Single Little Mix | ||||
| Released | December 11, 2011 | |||
| Format | CD single , digital download | |||
| Recorded by | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Duration | 3:25 | |||
| Producer | Richard "Biff" Stannard, Ash Howes, Steve Mac | |||
| Label | Syco Music , Sony Music | |||
| Timeline of the Little Mix Singles | ||||
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In 2011, the British girl-group Little Mix recorded a cover of Cannonball as the song of the winner of the eighth season of the British show The X Factor . After the Little Mix were announced as winners, their single went on sale on December 11, 2011 [5] . Little Mix, having won first place, performed a song on the eighth season finale of “The X Factor”. Marcus Collins, who finished second, and Amelia Lily, who became third, also pre-recorded their versions of the single in the studio. A few days before the final, HMV on its website opened a pre-order for the version of Amelia Lily. Later, HMV representatives apologized, citing technical problems [6] .
"Cannonball" debuted at number one on the UK official singles chart , becoming the best-selling single of 2011, but never broke the 2004 sales record [7] . The following week, he was replaced by the first single from the band Military Wives, and although Cannonball was sold in the amount of 390,000 copies at the end of 2011, it ranked only 41 in the list of best-selling singles of 2011 (sold 17,000 less, than Lego House by Ed Sheeran ).
Criticism Reviews
In a positive review, Robert Copsi of Digital Spy gave the song three out of five stars, noting that Little Mix successfully changed the music of the original [8] .
Music video
The clip for “Cannonball” was posted on the official Little Mix channel on Vevo on December 20, 2011. The video includes Little Mix's best moments on “The X Factor” and their single performance in the show's finale [9] .
List of Songs
| Digital download | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Duration | |||||||
| one. | "Cannonball" | 3:25 | |||||||
| 2. | “Little Mix - Audio Message” | 0:22 | |||||||
| Cd single | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Duration | |||||||
| one. | "Cannonball" | 3:25 | |||||||
| 2. | Super Bass (performance at X Factor ) | 2:26 | |||||||
| 3. | ET (performance on X Factor ) | 2:13 | |||||||
| four. | “Don’t Let Go (Love)” (performance on X Factor ) | 2:33 | |||||||
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 "The Page You Requested is No Longer Here - The Official Community of DamienRice" unopened . Archived on May 24, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 ChartArchive - The Chart Archive . Chartstats.com.
- ↑ ChartStats: UK Singles Chart: “Cannonball” (2004)
- ↑ Irish Singles Chart - week 38/2011
- ↑ iTunes Store: Little Mix - Cannonball . Archived January 25, 2013.
- ↑ Magrath, Andrea "More Fix Factor accusations as Amelia Lily's 'winner's single' made available on HMV website" . Daily Mail.
- ↑ Graham, Daniella "Little Mix'sCannonball achieves worst X Factor sales since Steve Brookstein" . Metro
- ↑ Copsey, Robert "Little Mix: Cannonball- Single review" . Digital Spy.
- ↑ "Little Mix - Cannonball" . YouTube