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Give Me a Reason (The Corrs song)

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"'Give Me a Reason'" is a song by Irish pop rock group the Corrs. It was released in February 2001 as the third single taken from their third studio album 'In Blue' (2000). The song was written and produced by the Corrs. "Give Me a Reason" is a dance-pop song, and received favourable reviews from music critics. The song reached number 27 in the United Kingdom and number 13 in New Zealand.

Background and release



"Give Me a Reason" was released as the third single from 'In Blue' (2000) in February 2001. The CD single included two versions of "Give Me a Reason" (the album version and the Cutfather & Joe remix, which was used for the music video), a "Live Instrumental" version of "Paddy McCarthy" and a "Live" version of "Queen of Hollywood". "Give Me a Reason" was written and produced by the Corrs (Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim). The dance-pop song has Andrea on the centre speaker with the backing vocals on the other speakers. The song was included on their 2001 compilation album, 'Best of The Corrs'.

Music video



The official music video for the song features the members in a large building, doing different things. It also has a horse running past Andrea in a hallway. It is a much glossier video than most of their previous videos. It was banned in some countries due to the scene where Jim throws a chair out of a window, breaking it.

Reception



Critical response

The song received favourable reviews from music critics. For Lydia Vanderloo of 'Barnes & Nobles', "Songs such as the defiant 'Give Me a Reason' use the subtle, graceful strains of these lovely instruments without throwing their finely calibrated pop songs out of whack." Kevin Oliver of 'PopMatters' commented, " On the upbeat dance numbers like, 'Give Me a Reason', this bolsters the band's previously thin-sounding pop."

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, "Give Me a Reason" reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the Corrs' ninth top-40 single there. In New Zealand, it debuted at number 40 on the RIANZ Singles Chart on the week of 1 April 2001 and peaked at number 13 on 27 May 2001.

Track listings



'UK and European CD single'

# "Give Me a Reason" (Cutfather & Joe remix) 3:10

# "Give Me a Reason" (album version) 3:30

# "Rebel Heart" (remix) 4:35

'European maxi-CD single'

# "Give Me a Reason" (Cutfather & Joe remix) 3:10

# "Give Me a Reason" (album version) 3:30

# "Paddy McCarthy" (live instrumental) 4:16

# "Queen of Hollywood" (live) 5:05

'Australian CD single'

# "Give Me a Reason" (Cutfather & Joe remix) 3:10

# "Give Me a Reason" (album version) 3:30

# "Paddy McCarthy" (live instrumental) 4:16

# "Irresistible" (album version) 3:40

Credits and personnel



Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes and the 'In Blue' album booklet.

'Studios'

* Recorded at Westland Studio (Dublin, Ireland)

* Mixed at The Record Plant (Los Angeles)

* Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, US)

'Personnel'

* The Corrs writing, production

** Andrea Corr lead vocals, tin whistle

** Caroline Corr vocals, drums, bodhrn, percussion

** Sharon Corr vocals, violin

** Jim Corr vocals, guitar, keyboards

* Keith Duffy bass guitar

* Tim Martin recording

* Mike Shipley mixing

* Bob Ludwig mastering

* Cutfather & Joe additional production (Cutfather & Joe remix)

* Mads Nilsson mixing (Cutfather & Joe remix)

* Elizabeth Barrett art direction

* Andrea Brooks art direction, design

* Rankin cover photography

* Norman Jean Roy inlay photography

Charts





Release history



References



Category:143 Records singles

Category:2001 singles

Category:2000 songs

Category:Atlantic Records singles

Category:The Corrs songs

Category:Lava Records singles

Category:Songs written by Andrea Corr

Category:Songs written by Caroline Corr

Category:Songs written by Jim Corr

Category:Songs written by Sharon Corr

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