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| Released | 7 December 2018 | |||
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| Length | 36:50 | |||
| Label | FrtyFve | |||
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Story of Me is the debut studio album by English singer Megan McKenna, released on 7 December 2018 through FrtyFve. [1] [2] The album was preceded by three singles; "High Heeled Shoes", "History" and "Everything but You". [3] The album peaked at number four on the UK Country Chart. [1]
The lead single from Story of Me, "High Heeled Shoes", was released on 6 September 2017, after the third and final episode of her reality series, There's Something About Megan. [4] [2] The single was accompanied by "Far Cry from Love", as part of an EP. The two songs topped the UK iTunes chart, just 24 hours after their release. [5] The song reached number 43 on the UK Singles Chart, with "Far Cry from Love" reaching number 53. [6] A music video directed by Oliver Prout was released on McKenna's YouTube channel on 20 September 2017. [7] The second single, "History", was released on 20 March 2018. The third single, "Everything But You" was released shortly afterwards on 13 July 2018. [8] In October 2019, McKenna began competing in The X Factor: Celebrity , [9] and for her audition, she performed "Everything but You". [10]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Odds" |
| 3:46 |
| 2. | "Paperboy" | 3:38 | |
| 3. | "Everything but You" |
| 3:19 |
| 4. | "History" | 3:27 | |
| 5. | "Story of Me" |
| 4:24 |
| 6. | "How Many Times" |
| 3:53 |
| 7. | "Far Cry from Love" |
| 4:10 |
| 8. | "If You" |
| 3:34 |
| 9. | "Headline" |
| 3:12 |
| 10. | "High Heeled Shoes" |
| 3:27 |
| Total length: | 36:50 | ||
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| UK Country Albums (OCC) [11] | 4 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) [12] | 28 |
| Country | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 December 2018 | Digital download, Streaming | frtyfve | [13] |
| 6 December 2019 | CD | frtyfve, Absolute | [14] |
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