Friday's Child (Will Young song)

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"Friday's Child"
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Single by Will Young
from the album Friday's Child
Released5 July 2004 (2004-07-05)
Length
  • 9:02 (album version)
  • 4:10 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Stephen Lipson
Will Young singles chronology
"Your Game"
(2004)
"Friday's Child"
(2004)
"Switch It On"
(2005)

"Friday's Child" is a song by British singer Will Young. It was written by Stephen Lee and Dina Taylor and produced by Stephen Lipson for Young's second studio album, Friday's Child (2003), based on original production by Lee. The song was released as the album's third single on 5 July 2004. "Friday's Child" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart (his first not to reach the top three) and number 31 on the Irish Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

A video for "Friday's Child" was directed by Dougal Wilson and inspired by Young's grandfather who swam in the Olympics. [1] It depicts Young on his journey to ultimately becoming an Olympic Games swimmer. He is seen starting lessons with armbands and later with floats, then undertaking lifesaving lessons and doing time-trials with an instructor. At the second chorus he is seen taking part in a swimming race, which he wins. A representative for the Olympic Games is among the spectators and is seen holding a clipboard, which the camera zooms into paperwork on the clipboard bearing the question "Good enough for Olympics?" to which the 'yes' box is ticked. He later becomes the new Olympic champion when representing England at swimming in the Olympic Games. The last shots of the video depict him on the podium with a gold medal at the Olympics and later swimming the English Channel and being presented with a medal for his efforts.

Track listings

UK / Irish CD1 [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Friday's Child" (single version)
4:10
2."Hey Ya" Benjmain Andre Lipson4:27
3."Friday's Child" (Andy Cato 12" mix)
  • Lee
  • Taylor
6:01
4."Friday's Child" (video)  7:37
UK / Irish CD2 [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Friday's Child" (single version)
  • Lee
  • Taylor
4:10
2."Friday's Child" (Andy Cato 12" mix)
  • Lee
  • Taylor
6:01
Digital download [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Friday's Child" (live at Wembley)
  • Lee
  • Taylor
5:47

Notes

Credits and personnel

Charts

Release history

Release history for "Friday's Child"
RegionDateLabelFormatRef(s)
United Kingdom5 July 2004 [10]

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