Geraldine McQueen - "The Winners Song"

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

On Sunday night, Peter Kay's new sitcom, a parody of British Saturday night TV - Britain's Got The Pop Factor ... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice was broadcast on Channel 4.

Of the three final acts on it 'R Wayne', '2 Up 2 Down' and 'Geraldine McQueen' (who was played by Peter Kay) the winner was Geraldine and her debut #1 single is released in the UK this week (it was written by none other than Gary Barlow).

Would be funny if this beat Leon Jackson who is stalling on iTunes after his poor performance on Saturday night. It's #6 in the UK midweeks, 3 places behind Leon who is at #3.

Here's some clips:

R Wayne medley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9OnQKHJ_2U
a medley of "Return to Innocence" by Enigma, "Love Train" by The O'Jays, "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson, "YMCA" by The Village People and "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma" by the St Winifred's School Choir.

2 Up 2 Down medley
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_5y3IzN2gE
a medley of "We Built This City" by Starship, "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child, "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton, "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler and "Hero" by Mariah Carey.

Geraldine medly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfGqPShdZ9U
a medley of "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen, the theme to Born Free (perhaps best known as Andy Williams' version), "Free Nelson Mandela" by The Special AKA, "Umbrella" by Rihanna, "C'est la Vie" by B*witched and "Milkshake" by Kelis.

Official video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=F50A2wfV5P0

[cactus tree]

"She" bears a striking resemblance to Michelle McManus.

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

I think that's the idea.

The song's video bears more than a striking resemblance to the crappy ones put out for all previous winners (the cheesy clips from the show's audtions and live final), and the song even has the trademark key change.

[cactus tree]

LOL. The video is completely on point, down to the moment where the winner is announced before the key change. I could actually see them recycling this for an American Idol coronation song. They never pay attention to the lyrics anyway.

There's a rumor that the vocals on this song are actually Gary Barlow's. I can sort of very faintly hear it, like if they put 10 layers of Auto Tune on it.

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

#2 in the midweeks, knocking Leon down to #3!

JUSTICE!

[That Skipping Rope.]

The video is genius.