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Definitely keep up the guitar and the song writing Vicki !

That moment when I saw you serenade Jeff Brazier , was one of my highlights of 2009 !

Absolute tripe. This is her favourite song on the album too. It speaks volumes for her actual musical talent really.

Like Vicki said, the backing track is great. Sadly everything thrown on top of it is awful. Will.i.am sounds dreadful too. So bad I asked if it was Ashley Cole doing the backing when I first heard it.

C-R-I-N-G-E . Love it!

I seriously don't get this song, the lyrics aren't quite as cliche as Fight For This Love but are still really bad and it sounds like something Goldfrapp would do - except Goldfrapp would do it better.

Awful song, i was expecting better from Mrs Cole to be honest. Maybe she doesnt have much musical talent. Or maybe her musical taste is equal to her taste in men! It has none of the structure or lyrical intelligence of Fight For This Love, and the vocal from both just seems annoying and bland. Completely agree that if anyone but Cheryl Cole did this, not one person would listen to it and try their hardest to enjoy it, like many will with this...

"lyrical intelligence of Fight For This Love"

Not serious right?

"lyrical intelligence of Fight for this Love" Very much LOL

To be fair though, "3 Words" has all the brooding intensity of "Wombling Merry Christmas" and the sing along catchiness of "Paranoid Android".

Jax , do you get paid a commission , every time you mention the Wombles on Chartblog ?

That's twice in 2 days !

Or are you having a clandestine affair with Great Uncle Bulgaria ?

Music: really very good, and a surprise, since not having listened to the album i was expecting her next single to sound exactly the same as fight for this love (which was all-round poor)

Lyrics: some of the worst i've heard in quite a long time, and that's quite an achievement in the pop world. add to that a poor vocal performance (mainly from Will.i.am)

Bonus point for a decent video, in particular blonde Cheryl looking amazing, but overall a distinctly unimpressive effort.

Spirit, there's nothing clandestine about it ;)

Too damn right Vicki. This song highlights everything that's wrong with Cheryl as an 'artist'.

I read a review of this song the other week, in which the reviewer acknowledged that while Cheryl doesn't have the best voice, being a great popstar is about more than just having an amazing voice, as the likes of Madonna and Kylie have proved - which is true, but then the reviewer basically said that the fact that Cheryl's album has sold well (don't get me started on why) proves that she is talented, which just made me laugh. Cheryl has no musical talent HERSELF, but just because she's seen as a major 'celebrity', she has producers like will.i.am handing her help on a plate.

Not that that saves this particular song from being bad. Not only are the lyrics embarrassingly crap, but they don't suit the song's style at all. The only decent part is when will.i.am drops a decent beat, but even that takes way too long to arrive, doesn't last long, and over the top of it is a chorus of 'I love you, I love you, I love you, you are the love of my life'. Oh wow, that's so inspired. Lyrics aside, Cheryl's singing doesn't exactly shine again, I mean, when she goes for some of those big(ish) notes towards the song's climax, it only serves to expose that lack of ability, it's quite painful to listen to! And the video is just downright pretentious. I could go on. Ok it's not the worst song ever but in my opinion it just does not work.

Is it not blindingly obvious that Cheryl's ridiculous sales are mostly down to the fact that there are many thousands of young girls in this country who for some reason see her as an 'icon' (which is worrying in itself) and will buy her music just because it's got her name on it? You can't honestly say it's down to her songs being any good - anyone who's heard Fight For This Love and seen how much it's sold in the uk could tell you that. Sorry, i just don't get it. As Vicki said - hardly anyone would care if it didn't have Cheryl Cole's name on it. I hope Girls Aloud's current hiatus ends as soon as possible.

There. Rant over. Nothing personal :)

In my defence, i couldnt think of a word to describe the lyrical level of FFTS compared to this awful song. Having listened to FFTS again, i realise i completely agree with you, its no work of Alex Turner etc.

Or Frank Turner ....

Or Tina Turner..

Or Bachman - Turner - Overdrive....

Well, I like it.

At first I didn't but I really think it's a grower. It's grown.

I didn't like Fight for this love though, that was awful!

According to Wikipedia Cheryl's next single will be Parachute.

The best bit of the song was when the beat was dropped, as mentioned, but that's only a small portion of the song.

how does she get away with this?

Because she's hot

fair play

Actually , I'm with you Dan .
This song is a grower .
It will have been in the charts for almost ten weeks on Sunday , and still be in the top ten , so this proves it has support at retail , consistently week by week .
It resounds more with me ,the more I hear it.

I will post more on Cheryl after Christmas....

Right , time to post on Cheryl Cole . Let's deal with Fight for this love first .

Yeah Fight for this love was a fantastic pop song . ( despite the lyrics being written by Mr and Mrs Cliche and no work of Alex Turner etc .Loved that line Jonesy , distracted us from your saying FFTL had lyrical intelligence ! And then Liam asking you if you were serious ! Boy did I laugh at that moment. Classic ! )

The melodic hooks in Fight For This Love, and the way T.v and RADIO embraced it , made it difficult to escape . And no it wasn't just young girls who liked this song , I had mature friends approaching me , and humming the tune of FFTL to me , for me to tell them who it was by so that they could buy it !. Forgetting the fact of whether you like Cheryl Cole or not , and putting the lyrics to one side , it is one hell of a pop record that had immense appeal.

I know loads of you probably hated it for many reasons, but there are approx I million people who liked it enough to buy it , and as anyone around music knows , getting lots of people to buy your song is very important.

It was a shame the Chartblog review , suggested that Fight For This Love would not match success of Girls Aloud SINGLES , but it has now outsold EVERY SINGLE ONE . The appeal of this single was seriously under-estimated then . At the time in it's first week it sold 284,00 copies.

Does 1 million people buying a song make it good ?

Of course not , whether a song is good or not is purely personal taste .
It's up to you !
There is no one person or magazine that dictates to everyone which songs are good and which songs are bad.
You choose for yourself what is good.
It's individual choice , and hey , you can even change your mind if you like.

If we take the only proveable way that people can show other people that they think a song is good , is that people actually pay money to get that song in their life ( I know some of you probably don't ! ), then the official chart shows us how many people think each song is good .

Basically the chart shows us how many people think each song is good. When a song is at NUMBER 1 , more people think this song is good than ANY other song.

So we know about a million people bought Fight For This Love and definitely think FFTL is good , and in these terms as pop is short for popular , it is a fantastic pop song.

I also get the impression that if there was a BAD chart and people could pay money to say that a song is bad , then FFTL would feature quite highly in that chart too !

Swings and roundabouts etc.

Right here is my take on 3 WORDS .

Vicki and Kutox look away now !

If I was asked to do a review after hearing the song once , it would be similar to Vicki's , I never got it and it passed me by . The only hook was the backing track for me .

However as any good reviewer knows ( and I have have heard this many times , ) you have got to hear a song at least 5-6 times , over a period of time , and ideally in at least 2 different settings . Not just in your lounge on headphones . Play it in your car , hear it in a club , see other peoples reactions to it .

I have heard it many times now , and each time I hear it I like it more than the time before , the videos great too !

"This is a song that 100% relies on the backing track "

Er .. no For me the vocal lines are subtle , and the hooks creep up on you slowly . For me vocal and instrumentation go together well . and in the end , the vocal lines are extremely memorable . Extremely ! Can't get the chorus out of my head .

I also like the hypnotic club groove .

This song sounds fantastic on the radio .

It is also the second most popular video in the country right now .

"If the song wasn't by Miss Cole would anyone care ?
Would it be on the radio ? "

Er yes and probably yes !

For me this is a good song , and I and I expect thousands of others like songs irrespective of who they are by . I hear loads of songs that I like , and don't know much about the artist .
I will never be a victim of musical predujice , that says I can only like songs in certain styles and by certain bands or singers.
I will choose what I like .

Also Radio 1 have not A listed 3 Words just because it is Cheryl Cole .
Irrespective of who it is , it sounds like a Radio 1 A list single .
It fits the criteria of the station .

I would also buy this single , no matter who it was by.
Because I like it !

Why during the review there is a slur on the multi-talented and writer of many successful pop songs, Avril Lavigne is also beyond me ?

There is also critisism of the vocal lines .

"Oh look at me I'm edgy , I'm being brave and edgy ! "

Yep after the straight forward pop of Fight for this love , to me it's refreshing to hear a totally different type of song from Miss Cole . Is she not allowed to try a different style ?
Do we not want to hear differing styles from singers ?
It's great to hear , and will galvanise further interest in her album .

Of course , I am aware that a lot of you don't like it , and that is your choice . I like it and that is my choice .

One thing that I can be sure of is thousands of other people thinking this song is good too .
In tomorrows chart , although not quite up to where the eagles fly ,I strongly expect 3 WORDS to be in the UK top 5 .

Let's see .

hmmm.


nope, i still dont like it.

but it will be No 1 tomorrow, no question. But is that because of the song or because its Mrs Cole?

Lets see . ;)

I expect joe to be number 1 tomorrow but mrs cole to be in the top 5 . I think there will be a lot of people who think this song is good to make this happen .

Top 5? Not sure.

* mrs cole . Sorry ash .

I think top 5 sounds about right for this song, also expecting to see journey somewhere around the top 10 seeing as it's got a massive revival due to Joe and Glee.

Apparetnly Glee is the best thing ever. I've not got around to watching it yet.

That's what my sister keep telling me.

sorry 'sisters' there's two of them.

Housemate told me.. I told my sister .. now both of them are telling me.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Glee is taking over the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!

" Although not quite up where the eagles fly , I expect 3 Words by Cheryl Cole to be in the TOP 5 on Sunday "

3 Words is now at NUMBER 4 !

Liam , cannot believe you doubted me ?

Sheeeeeeesh !

Appologies.

I now doubt the public's ears.

Ah , great retort ! lol

The Glee kids could do this so much better.

The Glee kids have proven they do most things better.

(Apart from Defying Gravity).

Has Glee even started? I kinda wanna watch it... isn't it a musical?

Just got around to reading your mammoth Cheryl & 3 Words post, Spirit and I totally agree with what you said about it's hypnotic style. I think Will.I.Am compliments the full track well. It would be no where near as good without him.
I've not seen much of the video but I'll be sure to youtube it when I get a chance - I'm so busy lately!

I recommend to anyone who hasn't, to youtube Cheryl Cole singing with Snow Patrol - Set fire to the third bar.

I was pretty impressed by Chezza's vocals on this and, after doubting her vocal ability, I now think she is a really good singer - not excellent, just really good.

I think glee starts in January but I'm not sure, I keep getting different information from different people.

I saw it advertised on E4.. didnt look when it was on though. I found it online. It's brilliant.

It is brilliant isn't it, I watched it last night on 4od thinking I wasn't going to like it but sure enough ten minutes in and I'd already decided it was the best thing on E4 at the moment (only because the inbetweeners isn't on).

Yep ! Cheryl and Snow Patrol doing "Set the fire to the third bar " at the Royal Albert Hall for Children in Need is very , very good.

Available on You tube .

Are we able to post links now ?

Why? Were we not allowed to post them before?

Nope. Ive had plenty deleted. Best thing to do is just tell people exactly what to search.

The Drums - I Felt Stupid / Let's go Surfing

Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood

Hurts - Wonderful Life

Plan B - Stay too long

I am lovin these at the mo... lol

And it was alrite. Not that brilliant :p

Cheryl Cole - "3 Words" kind of just puts me in mind of her L'Oreal campaign - "Limp, Weak, Lifeless" ....

My hair's got it's mojo back

Thranjax just set me up for a whole hosts of jokes about a certain part of me anatomy. Shame I cant make them here.

limp , weak , lifeless ? I thought you could take tablets for that . . . .

It was going down the lines of what Cheryl Cole doesnt make me feel.

" Thranjax has just set me up for a whole host of jokes about my anatomy ! "

Look you two ... GET A ROOM !

Is anybody else on the blog from Newcastle? Does anybody else think Cheryl puts her accent on?

I am and I certainly do. Nobody talks like that and I really doubt that if she spoke like that before being famous she'd keep it up even after much media training.

It just kinda grinds on me. I know a few other geordies who think she puts her accent on too...

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"Limp, Weak, Lifeless"

Names rejected by Walt Disney for the Seven Dwarves?

Ha ha at 55 , holier than thou , and a strict Catholic upbringing , Thranjax referred to the Mods.

Love it !

I read it! No s words allowed. Or in refernce to celebirties. Or maybe threesomes.

Either way, yeh I would be up for it :p

Lol he's had another one deleted on Gaga's too.

Oh and I've done Glee now (I binged all 12/13 whatever episodes). It's amazing. Watch it.