Post on 14-Jul-2015
INFORMATION ABOUT
OUR CHOSEN SONG
John Newman – Love Me
Again
JOHN NEWMAN
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
John Newman was born 16th June 1990, making him 23 years old
He grew up in Settle, North Yorkshire, to a mother who was obsessed with Motown and Northern Soul – which explains the type of genre his music is based around
He is best known for his song ‘Love Me Again’ – the song we have chosen to feature in our music video
He is a musician, as well as being a singer-songwriter
He is associated with the record labels Island Records and Universal Music
JOHN NEWMAN’S LOVE FOR
MUSIC
On his website, I read his BIO, where he spoke a lot about his
love for music, and his particular taste
He explains how he liked house music and then went on to
discover his mums old records ‘under the stairs’
The house music he used to love turned into hip-hop, then
Motown, then his mums electric 70s and 80s vinyl’s,
including artists such as Diana Ross and James Brown
John started to create his own tracks and instrumentals, by
putting little bits from what he heard and making them work
together
He started to play solo gigs at pubs, then went on to going to
Leeds University to study music
John then moved to London, and started working in the Old
Dairy in Stroud Green, where he met Piers Agget, who would
later create the band Rudimental
FEATURING IN
RUDIMENTAL’S SONG
In May 2012, John Newman featured in two of the greatest dance
hits to storm the UK charts in years
One of these songs included ‘Feel the Love’ by the British quartet
band, Rudimental
This song was released in the UK on May 14th, 2012
The song went on to debut at the summit of the UK Singles and
the Dance Charts
The track was also selected as BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe’s
Hottest Record in the World
The single peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in early-
June 2012
Newman spent 12 months writing, recording and touring with the
‘Mental and Plan B
He has now recently released his album, Tribute, which featured
the song ‘Love Me Again’.
NEWMAN’S HIT SONG – ‘LOVE
ME AGAIN’
Is a song from the soul singer and musician, Newman’s debut
album Tribute
The song was released as a digital download in Europe 17th May
2013, except in the United Kingdom it was released on the 30th
May 20130
It was written by both Newman himself and Steve booker, who
also produced it, along with Mike Spencer
The digipak for the single ‘Love Me Again’ is displayed below: