Bleeding Love
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"Bleeding Love" is a contemporary R&B ballad written by Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney[1] and produced by Tedder for Leona Lewis's debut album, Spirit.[2] The song is the album's first single (Lewis's official second single following "A Moment like This") released in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2007 and as a digital download on 21 October 2007.[3] It was also released in the Republic of Ireland on 19 October 2007. The single will also be released in the United States and other countries but no release dates are currently known.
Track listing
- "Bleeding Love" (Ryan Tedder, Jesse McCartney) (4:24)
- "Forgiveness"[4] (Kara DioGuardi, Leona Lewis, Salaam Remi)[1] (4:21)
Music video
The music video for "Bleeding Love" was shot in a hotel in Los Angeles by director Melina.[5][6] Lewis states that it is "real colourful, very funky, has lots of extras and I get to really perform."[5] She wore a £100,000 Dolce & Gabbana crystal-encrusted dress[6][7] and reportedly had an entourage of 150 people on set, including five stylists flown out from the UK.[8]
Melina explained her meaning of the video in an interview on Lewis's Making The Video. She stated that she didn't want Leona or any of the other to actually bleed,so the water in the video is a representation of the tenants love problems, as if the apartment is bleeding love. The video is set in an apartment block, featuring six storylines about couples in different stages of relationships: "The video is extremely emotional and shows everything from first love and unbridled passion to heartbreak, loss and anger."[9]
The video first aired on 17 October 2007.[10]
Promotion
The song's first radio play was on the BBC Radio 1 Chart Show on 16 September 2007,[3] and was quickly followed by an online exclusive streaming by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.[11] It is reported that over 1.5 million people listened to the song online.[12] The song was also Scott Mills' record of the week from Monday 24 September to Friday 28 September.[13]
Lewis went on a two-day regional radio tour to promote the single and album on 11 and 12 October.[14] This was followed by an appearance on This Morning on 15 October. Lewis performed the song live on the fourth series of The X Factor on 20 October 2007,[15] and also made appearances on several other TV and radio shows such as T4, GMTV and Loose Women.
Reception
The first critical review of "Bleeding Love" described it as "emotionally fuelled", saying, "this track perfectly showcases Leona's impressive vocal prowess and from the moment she opens her mouth we are instantly reminded about her amazing voice, capable of heart stopping intensity and a playful light touch."[16] Contrastingly, another critic expressed that "the inventive percussion can't stop "Bleeding Love" from sounding dated, like filler on some long-lost, late '90s Mariah Carey album. It's one of those mid-tempo numbers — too slow for the club, too fast for the foxtrot. Actually, with its marching band drum beat, it sounds as much like Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" as a ballad can." The critic continues to say, "On to the positive: Lewis wisely restrains her vocals, never devolving into those vocal acrobatics that have historically plagued Christina Aguilera."[17]
Digital Spy's review of the song gave it four stars out of five, saying it is "easily the best single to be released by an X Factor star," and describing it as "a brilliantly smart pop record, managing to offer the lovelorn balladry that Lewis' X Factor fans are no doubt craving, while also suggesting a hint of street cred in the form of some beefy, vaguely modish beats."[18]
Sales
On its first day of sales, "Bleeding Love" was reported to be outselling Take That's "Rule the World" by three-to-one in chain store Woolworths,[19] and Britney Spears' "Gimme More" by ten-to-one.[20] It was also the most downloaded song on iTunes.[20]. It is also supposed to be the fastet seilling record of 2007 by shifting over 66,000 copies on its first day of release in the UK, beating off competition from other strong sellers this year like Rihanna with her smash hit Umbrella and the Comic Relief single I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles). [21]
Chart performance
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Airplay Chart | 7 |
| iTunes UK Download Chart | 1 |
| iTunes Ireland Download Chart | 1 |
References
- ↑ a b Vorlage:Cite album-notes
- ↑ Leona Lewis: Basically a press release presented as "news", Popjustice, 16 August 2007. Abgerufen am 16. August 2007
- ↑ a b Hear Bleeding Love!, 14 September 2007. Abgerufen am 14. September 2007
- ↑ Leona Lewis Bleeding Love. Sony BMG, abgerufen am 14. Oktober 2007.
- ↑ a b Bleeding Love video shoot. 1. Oktober 2007, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2007.
- ↑ a b Leona's Dressed To Thrill, Daily Star, 3 October 2007. Abgerufen am 4. Oktober 2007
- ↑ Leona glams up for vid, The Mirror, 03 October 2007. Abgerufen am 3. Oktober 2007
- ↑ Leona's diva demands, The Daily Mirror, 1 October 2007. Abgerufen am 2. Oktober 2007
- ↑ Leona's new vid is X-rated, The Sun, 3 October 2007. Abgerufen am 3. Oktober 2007
- ↑ Bleeding Love video, RCA Label Group, 17 October 2007. Abgerufen am 18. Oktober 2007
- ↑ At Long Last… Leona Has Arrived! Perez Hilton, 16. September 2007, abgerufen am 16. September 2007.
- ↑ Leona set for success?, thisisnottingham.co.uk, 20 September 2007. Abgerufen am 20. September 2007
- ↑ X-Factor winner releases album, Penarth Times, 28 September 2007. Abgerufen am 30. September 2007
- ↑ Regional radio tour, RCA Label Group, 10 October 2007. Abgerufen am 18. Oktober 2007
- ↑ Leona Lewis: Leona to perform on The X Factor, Unreality TV, 16 August 2007. Abgerufen am 16. August 2007
- ↑ Leona Lewis Is Back With "Bleeding Love", Showbiz Spy, 17 September 2007. Abgerufen am 17. September 2007
- ↑ Leona Lewis' New Single...Any Thoughts?, BBC America, 17 September 2007. Abgerufen am 18. September 2007
- ↑ Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love', Digital Spy. Abgerufen am 21. Oktober 2007
- ↑ The 9 O'Clock News – Tues 23 Oct, heatworld.com, 23 October 2007. Abgerufen am 23. Oktober 2007
- ↑ a b X Factor's Leona says Take That in race to top spot, Daily Mail, 23 October 2007. Abgerufen am 23. Oktober 2007
- ↑ Yahoo Music News, Yahoo Music, 24th October 2007. Abgerufen am 24. Oktober 2007