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Old 29-11-2010, 17:19
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Just read on another thread that "Footprints in the Sand" is a rumour for the winner's single. Simon Cowell actually co-wrote the song as it was based on a poem he liked and it was his idea to write a song around it.

Being a writer means that Simon will gain royalties from it, meaning more money for him.

It genuinely wouldn't surprise me if it's the winner's single purely for this reason.
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:24
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Never heard of it tbh, The Poem yes I will wait with Baited Breath to Hear it LOL...
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:26
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Never heard of it tbh, The Poem yes I will wait with Baited Breath to Hear it LOL...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d08X2lN669k
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:29
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Can't imagine SC having much creative input - maybe he wrote the title?
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:31
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:32
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That would so lazy, that i hope the winner single won't get a number one.
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:38
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Cowell is always popping up as a "writer" on Syco releases, eg as an arranger of carols on Subo's current album
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:39
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Its already been done, incredibly lazy yet again!
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:41
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Perhaps it's just a way for him to appear more credible. Other than saying "let's turn this into a song" I doubt he's had much creative input. He's not that creative, he just knows how to get the right people around him, and how to exploit them for his only personal gain.
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:45
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Hmm. He probably wrote the "in the" part...
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:48
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Maybe he made an actual footprint in the sand once and that was his contribution.
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:49
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I think it was that he instructed someone to write a song based around the poem. And through having come up with the idea, he thought that constituted him a writer credit.
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:50
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Surely not. Saccharine and shit -- not a good mixture.
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:51
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If it is then Leona's version probably beat the winner's one lol. I highly doubt this will be the winner's single. Or No Boundaries (which is in the same vein as The Climb).
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Old 29-11-2010, 17:59
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Can that man not come up with anything of his own??

http://llerrah.com/footprints.htm
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Old 29-11-2010, 18:07
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It genuinely wouldn't surprise me if it's the winner's single purely for this reason.
That's rather cynical. The amount of money he would earn from it would be small change to a multi millionaire like him.
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Old 29-11-2010, 18:20
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d08X2lN669k[/url][/quote]


beautiful song though
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Old 29-11-2010, 18:32
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Hit for Leona Lewis of course. Which is odd since anyone who covers Leona on the show - or covers a song she sang in Series 3 - gets shot down. Matt's the only person who's covered a Leona track and really got away with it.
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