"Bring It On" | ||||
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Single by Alistair Griffin | ||||
from the album Bring It On | ||||
Released | 29 December 2003 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Recorded | London, England | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3.03 | |||
Label | UMTV | |||
Writer(s) | Alistair Griffin | |||
Producer(s) | Ian Curnow Deacon Smith |
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Alistair Griffin singles chronology | ||||
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"Bring It On" is the debut single from British singer/songwriter Alistair Griffin, and is also the title track and first release from his debut album, Bring It On. It was released in December 2003 as a double A-side with "My Lover's Prayer", a duet with Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and reached #5 in the UK singles charts.
"Bring It On" had been written several years before when Griffin had been an unsigned artist working in Germany. It had already been showcased live on the BBC Fame Academy programme, prompting Richard Park to comment: "the acid test is always if a song gets into your brain, and I have to confess Alistair, that one has got into my brain."
Griffin had been signed to UMTV, a division of Universal, soon after the programme ended in October 2003 and the label announced shortly afterwards that "Bring It On" was to be his debut single, with a November release date.
"My Lover's Prayer" (titled "A Lover's Prayer" on the cover of the limited edition single) was originally recorded by the Bee Gees, and appeared on their 1997 album Still Waters. Robin Gibb had intended to re-release the song as a solo single in 2003 with backing vocals by Lance Bass and Wanya Morris, and a promo version of this had already been given radio play. However, the morning after the Fame Academy 2 final, Gibb contacted Griffin with a request to re-record a duet of the song, with the apparent intention of releasing it as a Christmas single. This version also used Robin's original vocals with a new remix of the instrumental track. Three other performers from Fame Academy 2, Peter Brame, Carolynne Good and winner Alex Parks sang the backing vocals.