"I've been on a bit of a roller coaster," says English soft rock musician, James Blunt, in his typically dry, British understatement. Two albums, two world tours and 18 million records sold later, Blunt has taken a journey that few ever experience. Now, with his compelling new Custard/Atlantic third studio album "Some Kind of Trouble," he's back home. The British singer returned with an amazing new single called "Stay The Night," will be serves as first single off the album. The song is set to be released on October 25, with the album early November.Blunt is currently signed to the talented Linda Perry's American label Custard, and became the first British artist to top the American singles chart in nearly a decade when his third single "You're Beautiful" from his debut album, brought him to worldwide fame in 2005, and reached No.1 in the charts around the world. The last British artist to do so had been Elton John in 1997 with the song Candle in the Wind. Along with vocals, the five-time Grammys nominated plays a wide variety of instruments including the piano, guitar, organ, marimba, and mellotron.
"Stay the Night," is very chipper and up-tempo flavor shifts Blunt in a whole new pop genre, and he seems to fit there just fine. The whooaaa's and hey's that lace the lead-in of the track's chorus mixed with the lovelorn story and ultra raspy vocals. The infectious "Stay the Night," is a sexy, acoustic-guitar driven, party song about "singing 'Billie Jean' and mixing vodka and caffeine." Written by Blunt, Robson, and OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder, the song also shouts-out to the legendary Bob Marley, referencing the reggae master's "Is This Love." In addition to collecting his first co-write with Marley, As for the new clip, it's very simple. Blunt playing his guitar on a beach and scenes of different people having a good summer's day.
"Some Kind of Trouble" starts a new chapter, which is delightfully upbeat and uncynical. "It captures a bit of the mood of the early '80s. There was a global atmosphere in the West that we could do anything – the same optimism we felt as teenagers," says Blunt,. 'Some Kind of Trouble' really captures that same sense of freedom and excitement and naivety." In this tabloid-driven age of overexposure, Blunt fervently wants the music to have the first and final word. Indeed, as much as he loves making new music, for Blunt, the ultimate joy comes from playing the songs live and sharing them with an audience. And with a new tour starting in 2011, the "You're Beautiful" singer is looking forward to getting back out there.
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