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"Don't Call This Love" 
Single by Leon Jackson from the album Right Now B-side "Don't Give Up" Released 12 October 2008 Format CD Single, Digital download Recorded 2008 Genre Pop, Jazz Length 4:05 Label Syco Records Writer(s) Bryn Christopher/Chris Braide/Carl Falk Leon Jackson singles chronology "When You Believe"
(2007)"Don't Call This Love"
(2008)"Creative"
(2008)Right Now track listing Don't Call This Love
(1)Creative
(2)Music video "Don't Call This Love" on YouTube "Don't Call This Love" is a song by Scottish singer Leon Jackson, released on October 12, 2008 on CD Format and Digital Download. The song is taken from his debut album Right Now and is his second single release after his Christmas number one song "When You Believe" in 2007. The song is also featured on European pop singer Stefanie Heinzmann's debut album Masterplan.
The single gave Jackson his second UK Top 5 single on the UK Singles Charts, charting at number three in the United Kingdom and also charting within the Irish Singles Charts top ten. On the European Hot 100 charts, it charted at number ten, giving Jackson his second Europe top ten single.
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Promotion and reception
On October 11, 2008, "Don't Call This Love" reached the A-List at Radio 2. Jackson appeared on the X Factor to perform the single, which was the day before the single was released for download. He also performed it live on GMTV.
Music video
The music video shows Jackson walking around a street watching some girls and then later singing on a stage in a bar. He hangs around with some girls, one main girl being his main love interest, he then sings about how she cannot deceive him any longer.
Critical reception
Unreality Music said:
The long-awaited and marginally hyped second single from Leon Jackson is hitting the stores in October. Let’s just remind ourselves of what we said last Christmas when Leon was storming the charts in a blaze of X Factor-led publicity. Is it possible that Leon may be about to wipe the smug grin off our record-reviewing faces? Certainly, from what we’ve heard of the song via YouTube (below), he’s managed to bag the overblown power ballad that we always expected Leona Lewis would get. The peeps behind this have thrown everything at it – big, Christmassy chimes, the full orchestral arrangement and overblown chorus. And in fairness to the lad, he’s got an amazingly smooth voice on this track. Surprised? We were. OK, it’s not the most original of songs, but Don’t Call This Love has a kind of timeless charm to it. We might officially have to eat our words, because this just might be a big hit. Finally, kudos to the marketing department on the very grown-up makeover they’ve given Leon. We expect to see a major push when the X Factor live shows commence…in October.[1]
So, here we are. The new series is underway, Same Difference are ready to drop their debut single, Rhydian is probably being forcably removed from a peroxide bottle in order to shoot his video, and here's Leon, freshly-shorn of his scraggly Britpop 'do, be-quiffed and ready to give it some serious Philly soul. But is he any good? Is he just another TV sob story singer with a cute smile? Does he REALLY have the X-Factor, or is it a case of (cough) Y-Bother? As is often the case in life, the truth is slightly more complex. Leon has a decent enough voice, on the evidence of this song, and now that the hoo-ha around the winning has died down a bit, he can get on with singing nice songs about love which suit him, and not silly songs from musicals about overcoming horrendous adversity, when we all know he's just won a TV talent competition, not lifted a bull elephant above his head, single handed. And, despite being all gloss and no point, despite labouring under rubbish half-rhymes ('only' and 'honey'...ouch!), and despite the suspicion that if you like this song, you're just playing into the hands of an evil genius, it's, y'know, alright. Did I mention the Philly soul thing? I did...OK. There's really nothing going on here that isn't on your average James Morrison or Adele single, so the 'authentic music' brigade can shut up too. It's not all bad, it's not all good. He's not going to be around for a very long time, nor is he a national embarrassment. He's just really, really, really easy to forget. Or at least I think he is. Cuppa tea?[2]
Live performances
- The X Factor (2008)
- GMTV (2008)
- The Big Gig Live (2008)
- 2008 Hogmany Party (2008)
- Right Now UK 2009 Tour (2009)
Track listing
UK CD Single No. Title Length 1. "Don't Call This Love" 4:11 2. "Don't Give Up" 3:51 Chart performance
Weekly-charts (2008)
Chart (2008) Peak
positionEuropean Hot 100 Singles[3] 10 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[4] 3 UK Download Singles (The Official Charts Company)[5] 4 Ireland (IRMA)[6] 8 Weekly-charts (2009)
Chart (2008) Peak
positionUK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[4] 93 References
- ^ http://music.unrealitytv.co.uk/leon-jackson-dont-call-this-love-single-review/
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2008/10/leon_jackson_dont_call_this_lo.shtml
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/billboardCharts/idUSN0251829820081103
- ^ a b "Chart Stats – Leon Jackson – The Devil's Beat" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
- ^ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_downloads_last.php?week=53&end=19 October 2008 - 25 October 2008
- ^ Dont Call This Love
Albums Right Now · Different LivesSingles Tours X Factor 2007 tour · Right Now 2009 UK TourRelated articles Categories:- 2008 singles
- Leon Jackson songs
- Songs written by Chris Braide
- Songs written by Carl Falk
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