28,000 Friends

"28,000 Friends" is the only single by Irish pop singer Eoghan Quigg released from his self-titled debut album. The album was released on 6 April 2009.[1]

"28,000 Friends"
Single by Eoghan Quigg
from the album Eoghan Quigg
Released6 April 2009
Recorded2009
GenrePop rock
Length2:56
LabelRCA/Sony Music
Songwriter(s)James Bourne, Busbee
Eoghan Quigg singles chronology
"Hero"
(2008)		 "28,000 Friends"
(2009)		 "The Movie Song"
(2014)

Background information

The song was written by Busted member James Bourne.[2] It was given to Quigg by Bourne who was impressed after seeing Quigg's performance of "Year 3000" on The X Factor.[3] The lyrics are about accruing so-called ‘friends’ on websites such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and IM.

Promotion

On 3 April 2009, Quigg performed the song on breakfast show GMTV.[4] He also performed the song on The Late Late Show. On 12 December 2009, Quigg performed the song on talent show The X Factor.[5] He also released the song worldwide in most stores in the UK in 2009 and his self-titled debut album on 3 April 2009 in the UK and Ireland.

Music video

The music video for "28,000 Friends" premiered on Quigg's official Bebo site on 6 March 2009.[6] It takes place mainly in an empty building with Quigg singing on a microphone and throughout the video many people come into the building. In another scene, Quigg is standing in a tracksuit singing directly to the camera.

Charts and reception

On 9 April 2009 the single entered the Irish Singles Chart at 32[7] and the UK Singles Chart at 96.[8] The BBC's Chart Blog gave the song one star out of five.[9] Music-News.com gave the song two stars out of five. They criticised the lyrical content and the production, saying: "with weak instrumental and percussion, you’d be forgiven in thinking it was recorded on a Fisher-Price product".[10]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart 32
UK Singles Chart 96

References
  1. "Eoghan Quigg: Eoghan Quigg: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  2. "Biography - Eoghan Quigg". Eoghanquiggmusic.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  3. Eoghan Quigg's self titled debut album is out (Television production). On Demand Entertainment. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. "Eoghan Quigg Performs". GM.tv. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  5. "Eoghan Quigg Performs". itv.com. 12 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
  6. "Eoghan Quigg". Bebo.com. 2009-03-05. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  7. "Ireland Singles Top 50 (April 9, 2009) - Music Charts". Acharts.us. 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  8. "28 000 friends: full Official Charts history". Official Charts. 11 July 2013.
  9. Fraser McAlpine (2009-03-30). "Chart Blog: Eoghan Quigg - '28,000 Friends'". BBC. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  10. "Single Review: Eoghan Quigg - 28,000 Friends". Music-News.com. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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