Cover Boy (EP)
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| EP by Matt Fishel | ||||
| Released | July 14, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
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| Length | 34:00 | |||
| Label | Young Lust | |||
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Cover Boy is an extended play (EP) by British singer, songwriter and recording artist Matt Fishel. It was released internationally on July 14, 2014 through Fishel's own record label Young Lust Records. The EP comprises seven cover versions. Cover Boy is Fishel's ninth release and his first collection of cover songs.
In May 2013, in an interview with Italian magazine "Pianeta Gay", Fishel announced that he was working on an EP of cover versions, including songs from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. On 16 June 2014, Fishel released the artwork for the upcoming EP and announced its title Cover Boy and the release date.Cover Boy was released worldwide on July 14, 2014 as a seven-track digital download on all international iTunes, Amazon and Google Play stores.
Musically, Cover Boy incorporates elements of alternative rock, pop, rock, pop rock, rock opera, and a cappella. The EP contains six new recordings, which include: "Summer Rain", originally performed by Belinda Carlisle and taken from her 1989 album Runaway Horses; "Run With Us", the official theme tune to the 1980s/1990s animated television series The Raccoons, originally performed by Lisa Lougheed; "Finally", originally performed by CeCe Peniston in 1991 and later used in the 1993 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; "Big Casino", originally performed by Jimmy Eat World and taken from their 2007 album Chase This Light; "Sky Fits Heaven", originally performed by Madonna and taken from her 1998 album Ray Of Light; and "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young", written by Jim Steinman for the 1984 film Streets of Fire and originally performed by Fire Inc. Also included on Cover Boy is Fishel's A cappella cover of Björk's song "Hyperballad", taken from her 1995 album Post. Fishel's version is included as the seventh and final track on Cover Boy due to his receiving several requests from fans to release it officially after he posted it on his MySpace page a few years earlier in the mid-2000s.
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