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Album: Never Been Better (2014)
Charted: 4
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Songfacts®:

  • This song features guest vocals from American singer Demi Lovato. Murs explained the collaboration to Digital Spy. "We wanted the best possible person on it and we felt Demi was the right person because she's got a great personality," he said. "She's young, she's current and I like being different. I like the fact that it's a choice people didn't expect, it's not the obvious choice."
  • Lovato said about the collaboration: "I love Olly's music, he's super talented and the song is very different to what I normally do. He's the sweetest guy in the world and I was excited to work on the track with him."
  • Olly Murs told MTV News why Demi Lovato was the right choice for a singing partner. "It's so hard when you come up with a duet or a collaboration because you want it to be a real partnership and Demi was just the perfect one," he said. "She ticks all the boxes: she's cool, she's fun, she's got a great voice. There's sort of a connection with the X Factor there because she did the show, I think in this song, together it just felt perfect."

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