29. Dezember 2008
Leona Lewis – Run – Liveversion

Leona Lewis wie sie ihren neuen Hit “Run” aus ihrem Album “X Factor” vorstellt. Das ganze natürlich Live gesungen.

Leona Lewis -- Run -- Liveversion
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29. Dezember 2008
Leona Lewis – Run – Liveversion

Leona Lewis wie sie ihren neuen Hit “Run” aus ihrem Album “X Factor” vorstellt. Das ganze natürlich Live gesungen.

Leona Lewis -- Run -- Liveversion


“Run” is a song originally written and created by the alternative rock band Snow Patrol as second single from their third album, Final Straw. The song has also been covered by Tre Lux in 2006, by Three Graces in 2008 and Leona Lewis in 2008.

“Run” is a cover of the Snow Patrol song originally covered by Leona Lewis on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge on 31 October 2007. She later released the song as a single from Spirit: The Deluxe Edition in November 2008. “Run” became the UK’s fastest-selling digital release ever, selling 69,244 copies in just two days

Background

Lewis first performed “Run” on the Live Lounge section of The Jo Whiley Show, where artists perform two songs: one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format. The performance was recorded at the BBC Maida Vale Studios, where Lewis was backed by a 14-piece band. The show’s host Jo Whiley said that “people did cry”. She referred to it as “the most famous cover” (from her show), stating that it’s “always in demand and developed a life of its own.”The day after Lewis’ version appeared on the Live Lounge, it was requested over 8,000 times in the first 2 minutes of The Chris Moyles Show. As a result, her version was added to Radio 1’s A List.

Due to its popularity, Lewis recorded a studio version of the song in September 2008 for the re-release of her album Spirit. It was made available digitally in Ireland on 17 November 2008 and on 30 November 2008 in the United Kingdom.

“Run” was expected to be released as a single following Lewis’ performance on The X Factor, but the single didn’t appear on any online music stores. It was believed that Lewis’ record label, Sony, wanted to shift the sales towards the reissue of Spirit, which did return the album to number one. A spokesman for Lewis reported that the song “has never been scheduled for release as a single”, but due to “overwhelming public demand”, Lewis’ management and record label decided to release it in the UK on the 30 November.

Lewis performed “Run” on the fifth series of The X Factor on 15 November, after which Simon Cowell commented that her performance was “absolutely incredible”. She also performed the song live on Divas II which aired on ITV1 in the UK on 23 November 2008. Lewis performed the song on the Royal Variety Performance, which aired on 17 December and the Top of the Pops Christmas Special which will air on Christmas Day.

In the U.S, the radio edit of “Run” was released as a digital download on December 16, 2008.

Reception

The song has been received positively amongst many although Snow Patrol guitarist Nathan Connolly admitted in November that he still hadn’t heard the song: “Nothing against her, but I don’t know if I’m going to endorse it either. It is what it is.”[15] In December 2008 Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody described Lewis’ version of the song as “phenomenal”. He told the Scottish newspaper Daily Record: “She obviously studied the song and thought long and hard about how to interpret it. She’s stripped it to its bare core. I think she sounds absolutely phenomenal. I’m not a big fan of shows like The X-Factor, but when talent like this comes along, I can’t slate it. She’s going to be around in 20 years. She’s the next Whitney. She takes my breath away.”

Music Radar said that “The two versions couldn’t be more different. Snow Patrol’s rendering is dark and moody, while Leona Lewis’s is big-time pop”, and quoted Gary Lightbody as saying “That’s what you want a song to do … Different interpretations and meanings. Songs aren’t monolithic, at least the good ones aren’t. What Leona Lewis has done has touched hearts.”

Newsround highly praised Lewis’ cover version, stating that “the full gospel choir and orchestra easily match Leona’s powerful pipes -- and remind listeners why the song made people cry when she first performed it on Radio 1’s Live Lounge last year”.

“Run” received three stars out of five from Digital Spy, who said that Lewis “wrings every last drop of emotion out of Gary Lightbody’s lyrics, channeling her inner Mariah for some almighty warbling at the crescendo”.

The Sentinel described the single as “so much better” than Snow Patrol’s original song. “It’s powerful, painful and the choir behind it takes it on to another level.” Radio presenter James Daniels concurred, saying “Leona just takes it to a whole new level, which is a phrase I hate to use – but it’s true”.

Chart performance

The song reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in its first week of release, due to download sales alone. Run remained on the top position the four weeks in total.

On 7 December 2008, it entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, also on downloads alone, making it her 3rd number one. It had become the fastest selling UK download ever after it sold 69,244 in just two days. By the end of the first week, download sales had reached 131,593, some eight thousand below the first week sales of “A Moment Like This”. The single spent a second week at number one in the United Kingdom, before 2008’s The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke charted with “Hallelujah”.

On December 28, 2008, the UK Singles Chart listed this at #13 for the year end countdown.

Music video

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The music video for “Run” was filmed in South Africa and was directed by Jake Nava. Lewis herself described the setting of the video as “an enchanted, haunted forest. It’s picking up on different elements of the song.” The video starts out with Lewis alone on a dusty trail, seemingly lost. She enters a dark forest and appears to be stalked by the viewer. In the final chorus, Lewis draws in the sun and the forest literally lights up, matching the lyrics of the song. The music video premiered on Perez Hilton’s blog on 25 November 2008.