9. Januar 2009
James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado – Broken Strings

Der britische Sänger James Morrison heißt mit gebürtigem Namen James Morrison Catchpole hat nun zusammen mit der portugiesisch-kanadische Sängerin Nelly Furtado den Song “Broken Strings” herausgebracht aus dem Album “Songs for You, Truths for Me”

James Morrison feat. Nelly Furtado – Broken Strings

Broken Strings is the third single by James Morrison from his second studio album “Songs for You, Truths for Me”. It was released on December 8. The song features vocals from Canadian pop/R&B singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado.

Live performances

James Morrison performed the song during the BBC Radio 2 show Live in London on November 27, 2008. Nelly Furtado could not perform at the concert so her place was taken by British backing singer Beverly Brown. Morrison also performed the song on Friday 14 November in the Children in Need concert. He performed the song with Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan as Furtado was again unavailable. On December 1, 2008, James performed the song on The Paul O’Grady Show with Beverly Brown once again as Nelly Furtado was unavailable. On December 10th, James and Keisha performed this at The O2’s Jingle Bell Ball in London. On the 13th December he perfomed the song with Girls Aloud at the The Girls Aloud Party on ITV.

Music Video

A music video in support of James Morrison’s “Broken Strings” has made its world premiere on 17 November. The video features the English musician performing the new track with Nelly Furtado also appearing in the video. Micah Meisner directed the video. Parts of the video are inspired by the film “Paris, Texas”, while the reversed explosion is inspired by the film “Insignificance”. Nelly and James filmed their parts on different days. On the video, James is on a hotel room and Nelly is behind the glass of the room, James start to sing the song and when Nelly starts to sing her part, behind the glass, things begin to break, such as the guitar, the television and more. When the video is ending, everything that is broken goes back to normal and Nelly disappears.

Formats and track listings

CD single

1. “Broken Strings” (featuring Nelly Furtado)
2. “Say It All Over Again”

Maxi-CD single

1. “Broken Strings” (featuring Nelly Furtado)
2. “Say It All Over Again”
3. “Broken Strings” (Live At Air Studios)
4. “You Make It Real” (Live At Air Studios)
5. “Broken Strings” (Video)

Promo CD single

1. “Broken Strings” (Remix) (featuring Nelly Furtado)
2. “Broken Strings” (featuring Nelly Furtado)