Dozens more would accrue in the ensuing years, for a number that was named both Record of the Year and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1979. Joel’s song attracted at least 15 other cover versions in 1978 alone, including interpretations by everyone from Johnny Mathis to Grover Washington Jr, Engelbert Humperdinck to Ray Conniff and from Dionne Warwick to Isaac Hayes. Unusually, too, that international success outstripped the domestic performance of White’s “Just The Way You Are.” The US single made the R&B chart in January 1979, but only reached No.45 and failed to cross over to the Hot 100. It landed at No.12 in late January, its 12-week sales span only outdone in his chart life there by the 14 weeks logged by his 1974 No.1 “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything.” The cover opened at a modest No.61, but became Barry’s 13th Top 40 UK hit in just five and a half years, climbing steadily over the holiday and new year period. The album "Doo Wops and Hooligans " will be released in October.
I said this would be a huge hit ages ago on Jedward, and as the world already knows, this is a potential number 1 single. The cynics, unromantics, rocklords and people with broken hearts may find the song unsettling and a little cheesy. "When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change, This has got to be the keyboards and percussion on the chorus, when Bruno sings :
This could prove to be a wedding song, for future couples. It boasts an absolutely heavenly, uplifting chorus, and it really showcases Bruno's smooth vocals to the max.
It is very reminiscent of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight", in it's feel and effect. "Just The Way You Are " is an uplifting track, drenched in romance and flattering compliments aimed at a loved one. He has also written songs for Alexandra Burke. He also co-wrote "Right Round" for Flo-rida and "Wavin Flag" for K'naan. Soul Culture says: "Not many can make an already great song sound even better, but Lupe Fiasco complements the song perfectly."īruno Mars is the 23 year old singer/songwriter/producer who provided vocals and co-writes to the number 1, "Nothin On You" by B.O.B, and the number 3 hit "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some gazing-in-awe to get back to. That's assuming you CAN tear your eyes away, of course. It's just all a bit too good to be true, especially when you've somehow managed to tear your eyes away from that face. So what's the problem? Oh, there isn't one really. I can't go into specifics without firing up the video again, and that's just going to cause further delays, but let's just say if you could plot a chart where the higher you forced your voice to go was an equivalent to how romantic you are, he'd right up there with Justin Bieber and Taio Cruz in the upper margin of the graph paper. Speaking of which, it's also nice that Bruno sings it rather well. OK, the song's production is pushing it towards anthem status, to try and make as much of a heart-stopping climactic romance out of the lyric as possible. And it's been welded to a tune which is light, yearning and warm, a great big sad puppydog of a melody. It's very understanding and empathic to realise that people often can't take compliments, and it's always, always nice to go on ahead and shower the compliments down like rain, regardless of that fact.īut this is a string of lines which someone believes Will Definitely Work On Women. It's fine to be bowled over by someone's eyes or the way their hair sits on their head. It's clearly been written by a man who wants to say all the right things to a girl, but is slightly hampered by a restricted view of what really makes love work. The thing with this song is it's a massive cheeseball of a thing.