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Album: Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree (2010)
Charted: 1
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Songfacts®:

  • After coming fourth on the British talent show The X-Factor in 2008 at the age of 16, Lancashire-born English singer-songwriter and actress Diana Vickers quietly signed to the RCA label. She spent six months in a studio recording her debut album, Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree, before playing the starring role in a West End production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. After completing her theater stint, Vickers concentrated on launching her music career.
  • This song about not letting a boy hurt you is the lead single from Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree. It was penned by Cathy "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" Dennis and Eg "Chasing Pavements" White.

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