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Wikipedia article
'"All You Good Friends"' is a song by former Liberty X member and 'The Voice UK' series 5 winner Kevin Simm. It was released as his debut solo single on 9 April 2016 and peaked at number 24 on the UK Singles Chart. It was his first single to make the top 40 since "A Night to Remember" reached number six in 2005 with his former band Liberty X.
Background
Simm earned the right to release the single, an original song, after winning the fifth series of 'The Voice UK'. He told the Official Charts Company after his victory that he was lucky that the song he was released was one that he really likes and that he could relate to the lyrics. He had risen to fame originally as part of the pop group Liberty X (previously known as Liberty), which was made up of the runners up from the first series of the talent show 'Popstars'. With the band he released thirteen singles, eight of which reached the top 10, including their biggest hit the 2002 number-one single "Just a Little".
After their split in 2007, Simm released several solo singles but none of these impacted the charts. He entered the Voice in 2016, performing Sia's "Chandelier" in his blind audition. In the final he beat Jolan to the crown and gave Kaiser Chiefs' front-man his second consecutive win as coach.
Production
After his victory on 'The Voice', Simm was awarded with a record contract with Universal Music TV and, for the first time in the history of the show, the track was released within minutes of the final to download and stream. The song was co-written by Steve Hart, Phil Bentley and Jamie Hartman, and produced by Peter-John Vettesse, who had previously worked with Sia and James Bay. The BBC announced that 20p from each digital download and 50% of Universal's streaming receipts would be donated to Comic Relief.
Chart performance
"All You Good Friends" went straight into the UK Singles Chart at its peak position of number 24, spending a single week in the chart on the week ending 21 April 2016. The song also reached number two on its debut on the Big Top 40, broadcast across commercial radio stations in the UK, only finishing behind Drake's chart-topping "One Dance".
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References
Category:2016 songs
Category:2016 singles
Category:Songs written by Jamie Hartman
Category:Song recordings produced by Peter-John Vettese
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