'American Idol' Songwriting contenders down to 20
After thousands of online entrants, the field for the American Idol Songwriting Competition has been narrowed down to 20 songs that sound like they could only have been written for the American Idol Songwriting Competition.
Fans can listen to each of the Top 20 entries over at the official American Idol website and vote for your favorite. Last year's winner, the grammatically ridiculous "This Is My Now" became the first single of Jordin Sparks' debut album.
This year's contenders:
"Align" -- Written by James Smithson
"All You Will Need" -- Written by Lauren Dion and Phil Minardi
"Believe" -- Written by John Buchanan
"Dream Big" -- Written by Emily Shackelton
"Faith" -- Written by Zach Ziskin
"Fly Me Away" -- Written by Scott Sheets
"Here I Am" -- Written by Tom Kitt, Matt Zarley, and Andy Zulla
"In This Moment" -- Written by Ryan Gillmor
"No Turning Back" -- Written by Luke Ebbin and Curt Schneider
"Only Love" -- Written by Ken Stacey, Windy Wagner and David Walsh
"Overcome" -- Written by Mark Holman
"Something Like Heaven" -- Written by Aaron Sidwell
"Stronger" -- Written by Jason Phelps and Mendy Shaw
"Thank You Whatever Comes" -- Written by Fran Lucci, Danny Powers and Dara Stewart
"The Time of My Life" -- Written by Regie Hamm
"We're Gonna Make It" -- Written by Noel Cohen, Hugh Colocott and Amber Rhodes
"When You Come From Nothing" -- Written by Will Hopkins
"You Believe In Me" -- Written by David Barrett, Kurt Schreitmueller and Dan Yessian
"You Believed In Me" -- Written by Perry Smith
"You Can Do Anything" -- Written by Gail Farrell, Mark Gasbarro and Larry Kenton
I look forward to the heated battle between "You Believe In Me" and "You Believed In Me," though I wonder if "Believe" might be a dark horse.
Somewhere, Michael Johns is wiping his brow in relief at missing out on these hits.
Last year, two million people voted in the song contest.
The list of potential coronation songs got me wondering if I could think up any titles that could possibly be more cliched.
Here's what I've got:
But why should I have all the fun? Chime in...
Couldn't get the song player to load, which probably is a good thing. I would've liked to hear what the heck "Thank You Whatever Comes" means though.
My list:
- "Everything Is Us, and Us Is Everything"
- "Well, Here We All Are"
- "I Don't Understand (Paula's Song)"
- "Everything's Gonna Be Aight (in the Dawg Pound)"
- "You Dialed My Number"
- "Feel My Uplift"
Ok, I'm not good enough to come up with song titles so I'll just vote for my favorites from the lists.
Top 3:
3) That Was My Moment, My Now Is This.
2) Feel My Uplift.
1) Generic Inspirational Ballad #4123. (Destined to be a cl***ic!)
I sing, Randy says Yo, Simon and Ryan engage in gay sex, and Paula loves us all
There's only one song in the bunch that sounds like a smash to me..THANK YOU WHATEVER COMES. .It crosses all gender and style lines so will work with all of the contestants..this one is the winner of the bunch. Also sounds like the finale song like not other. Awesome!
THANK YOU WHATEVER COMES
My friend Matthew Jordan submitted a song for this called "Catch My Breath" and it's pretty amazing but was never chosen. I have it if you want to hear it.
www.myspace.com/matthewjordan &
www.matthewjordan.com
I feel so ashamed to be oblivious of an opportunity to contend in a contest like this. Anyway, next year is another year. I will keep the closest watch on the next edition.
Melinda Doolittle's Debut Album Coming Back to You Drops 2/3/2009 - Listen to her Single "It's Your Love" at http://myspace.com/MelindaDoolittle
A release date has been set for her upcoming album. Coming Back To You will drop on February 3 2009, and it promises to be an eclectic mix of blues, cl***ic R&B and jazz.
The first single, "It's Your Love" will be released to radio soon.
Keep updated about Melinda's career at http://www.melindasbackups.com