[cnbcwatcher]

Looking forward to hearing the full song!

[casualviewer]

PopJustice has weighed in

There’s an extraordinary Little Mix single coming out and it’s called ‘Wings’ and we’ve listened to it lots of times and this is what we’ve got to say about it

There’s an amazing pre-chorus.

There’s an amazing chorus.

There’s an amazing SECOND chorus.

There’s ‘a good beat’.

There’s gloomwobble.

There’s a strong whiff of various different types of Aguilera.

There’s an outro so astounding that it will probably be the best outro of any song to be released this summer.

There’s enough intense greatness in this song to launch Little Mix in at least eight countries that aren’t the UK.

There’s a structure that goes tiny instrumental intro / chanted version of the chorus with sparse drums in the background / first verse (includes gloomwobble) / pre-chorus where it drops out / chorus where it drops back in / second chorus where the song explodes into amazingness / small post-chorus into shorter second verse also with gloomwobble / pre-chorus / chorus / second chorus / breakdown / chorus / second chorus / amazing outro.

There’s a very on-trend anti-bullying message to the whole thing, but it feels like a really breezily defiant and carefree way of addressing it without being too ‘cry in your bedroom and only feel happy when you’re wearing a rasher of bacon on your head at a Lady Gaga concert’ about the whole thing.

There’s a chorus lyric that goes: “Mama told me not to waste my life – she said ‘spread your wings, my little butterfly, don’t let what they say keep you up at night, and they can’t detain you, these wings are made to fly’.” But the ‘fly’ bit goes “FLYYYYYYYYY” and leads into the second chorus, which goes: “We don’t let nobody bring us down, no matter what you say it won’t hurt me. Don’t matter if I fall from the sky, these wings were made to fly.”

(There’s a distinct likelihood that we’ve misheard the ‘detain’ bit to be honest.)

There’s a slight problem with the “these wings are made to fly” line which doesn’t quite work because wings are usually attached to something to make the thing fly. Wings don’t tend to exist to make themselves fly. We suppose this does not necessarily apply to something which is ‘all wing’, for example a hang-glider or a nighthawk stealth fighter, but we don’t think the song’s supposed to be about those things.

There’s a bit where they go “shhh” but they really mean “shit”.

There’s a “HEY HEY HEY HEY” bit.

There’s clapping.

There’s a strong chance this will be Number One until the end of time so the Official Charts Company might as well begin the voluntary redundancies right now because there will be one less chart position to do the sums for as of August 22.

[jackbell]

Popjustice love everything though.

[casualviewer]

I am not familiar enough with PJ to know if thats true, but "Wings" seems to be getting raves from people who would normally be skeptical:

Dan Morfitt @danmorfitt

Just seen Little Mix rehearse on the #t4otb Vodafone Music T4 Sessions stage. New single 'Wings' is stupidly great. Seriously brilliant.


48m Chris Johnson ‏@blokeonradio
@danmorfitt have you been hacked?


34m Dan Morfitt ‏@danmorfitt
@blokeonradio Nope. Chuffing brilliant tune.

[casualviewer]

Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR26oxIoz68&feature=plcp

[siriusrose]

It sounds amazing! Love the middle-8! Can't wait to see them performing it this afternoon now.

[ailssx]

I'm not a massive fan of LM - on TXF I wasn't their biggest fan but Wings has converted me - it's such a strong song to come out on after TXF! It's upbeat and the chorus bit is my favourite! Hopefully they do it justice at T4OTB!

[mixitlulz]

Should I make a new thread now we can hear the single?

[ddegroodt]

The new single is really amazing. and the response so far on the track seems to be very positive. It's a nice change from what we've seen in the past. I can't think of anyone but Leona, where people were completely happy and excited about the release of the song.

Here's my two cents on my blog about it btw for those interested.

http://glopop.co.uk/2012/07/01/littl...s-listen-here/

[mixitlulz]

I can't believe all this overwhelming positivity! It's great, especially for an X Factor winner love Wings

[johnboybetter]

WHAT? Just heard the song.

Can't believe it, so shocked.

It is actually very good, not generic and very different.
Very surprised and happy, they should be massive!

[Zone_Out]

I bloody love it

[AdzPower]

I was sceptical at first I must admit, I didnt think they were anything special on x factor.
So I'm happy to say my opinion has completely changed! Such a great, catchy and unique track! Well done Little Mix! I hope the rest of the album has got a retro feel like this song as well.

[Rooftopcowboy]

I like it, and full credit to them/their label for not going down the pop/dance/everybody get down in the club style of song that is dominating the charts.

the chanting and pounding rhythm reminds me of the Pussycat Dolls first album, and I mean that in a good way.

I hope this charts well and proves that the public are still interested in proper pop songs.

[BrokenArrow]

Love the song.

Not hearing other people comparisons though, reminds me of more of Steps than anything else.

[oblivian]

Wings? Named after what Jessie sees when she wears sleeveless t shirts I guess?

[Gaspanic!]

Originally Posted by oblivian

Wings? Named after what Jessie sees when she wears sleeveless t shirts I guess?

Zing!. Ouch

[casualviewer]

For any international readers livestream at http://www.sawlive.tv/v/channel-4

Little Mix will be performing Wings at 3:05 UK time.

[BBaddict212]

No matter how hard they try they will never ever become anything as big or successful as The Spice Girls so they can get that out of their heads right now!


They just look like a cliche girl-band

[benana93]

Originally Posted by BBaddict212

No matter how hard they try they will never ever become anything as big or successful as The Spice Girls so they can get that out of their heads right now!


They just look like a cliche girl-band

Looks like somebody has an agenda they need resolving

[Unigal07]

It's really good! I'm pleasantly surprised. I thought they'd be successful but didn't expect a tune like that. However, the lyrics... that was totally expected. The lyrics are incredibly cheesy, very Glee-like, but the melody and style saves it for me.

I expect them to get #1 with this, easily. Well done girls

[09beyoncefan]

It's so so good, I expected it to be great and they have definitely impressed. I knew they wouldn't go down the whole generic dance-pop route like everyone else, I'm so glad it's a sufficiently different empowering anthem, I was afraid that they'd be too similair to StooShe but they are distancing themselves from The Saturdays etc. as well as StooShe.

[little-monster]

I like it. Impressive. This was the type of song or something similar i was hoping Misha B would release. Great stuff. Can't wait for the album

[SuperDude95]

I didn't expect to like it but I do.

[troy4783]

Originally Posted by little-monster

I like it. Impressive. This was the type of song or something similar i was hoping Misha B would release. Great stuff. Can't wait for the album

This is defo not Misha B style I love this song its so catchy