I've Got News for You (Feargal Sharkey song)
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| "I've Got News for You" | ||||
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| Single by Feargal Sharkey | ||||
| from the album Songs from the Mardi Gras | ||||
| B-side | "I Can't Begin to Stop" | |||
| Released | 25 February 1991 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:52 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriters | Feargal Sharkey, Dennis Morgan | |||
| Producer | Barry Beckett | |||
| Feargal Sharkey singles chronology | ||||
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"I've Got News for You" is a song by Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released on 25 February 1991 by Virgin Records as the first single from his third studio album, Songs from the Mardi Gras (1991).[1] It was written by Sharkey and Dennis Morgan, and produced by Barry Beckett. The song reached No. 12 in the UK and No. 8 in Ireland.[2][3]
A music video was filmed to promote the single, while Sharkey also performed the song on the UK TV music show Top of The Pops. The B-side, "I Can't Begin to Stop", was exclusive to the single. It was also written by Sharkey and Morgan, and produced by Beckett.[4]
"I've Got News for You" was inspired by Sharkey's own personal life and the end of his relationship with Rebecca Landemere, a woman for whom he left his wife Ellen for in 1986. He told The Sunday People in 1991, "I'm lucky. I'm a songwriter and writing about Rebecca helped get all those emotions off my chest. I didn't shed a single tear at the end. Instead I off-loaded all my emotions, and all my unhappiness, into 'I've Got News for You'. I will never write a song like that again in my life. It is just too damn personal."[5]
Critical reception
Upon its release, Tim Peacock of Sounds described "I've Got News for You" as "a wishy-washy afterhours ballad of the first water". He added, "Admittedly, Feargal sounds like he's given it all he's got, but despite a gargantuan sax solo, this just drifts around like an ageing lounge lizard. Sad."[6] Julian Cope of New Musical Express considered it "really duff" with a lyric that "doesn't make much sense".[7] John Mangan of The Age commented, "This one is a syrupy ballad with more than a hint of the '50s. It's agonisingly predictable, but your man does have a decent voice."[8] Evening Herald stated, "Despite the obvious pop appeal of his pristine single "I've Got News for You", [Sharkey's] album is shockingly ordinary."[9] Music & Media wrote, "Sharkey comes back stronger than before. A soul-jewel."[10]
Formats
| No. | Title | Written by | Length |
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| 1. | "I've Got News for You" | Feargal Sharkey, Dennis Morgan | 4:18 |
| 2. | "I Can't Begin to Stop" | Sharkey, Morgan | 5:02 |
| No. | Title | Written by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I've Got News for You" | Sharkey, Morgan | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Loving You" | Sharkey, Jo Callis | 4:15 |
| 3. | "A Good Heart" | Maria McKee | 4:39 |
| 4. | "You Little Thief (Special Remix)" | Benmont Tench | 6:13 |
| No. | Title | Written by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I've Got News for You" | Sharkey, Morgan | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Loving You" | Sharkey, Callis | 4:15 |
| 3. | "After the Mardi Gras" | Sharkey, Greg Barnhill | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Cold Cold Streets" | Danny Kortchmar, David Lasley, Sharkey | 5:20 |
| No. | Title | Written by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I've Got News for You" | Sharkey, Morgan | 4:52 |
| 2. | "I Can't Begin to Stop" | Sharkey, Morgan | 5:02 |
