Undercover (Gemma Hayes song)

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"Undercover"
UndercoverCD1.jpg
Single by Gemma Hayes
Released3 March 2006 Republic of Ireland
Genre Alternative
Lengthn/a
Label Source Records & EMI Ireland
Songwriter(s) Gemma Hayes, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., Jeff Trott
Producer(s) Gemma Hayes, Joey Waronker
Gemma Hayes singles chronology
"Happy Sad"
(2005)
"Undercover"
(2006)
"Out Of Our Hands"
(2008)

Undercover is the second single taken from the second album The Roads Don't Love You by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes, released in 2006 on the Source Records label.

Contents

Background

This was the last single released through her Virgin EMI record deal. Following a re-organisation of the label Virgin EMI decided to reduce the physical release of the single only to Ireland, where it was released through EMI Ireland. Shortly after Virgin EMI and Gemma Hayes parted ways.

Live performance

Hayes performed the track on RTÉ One's Turbidy Tonight on 11 February 2006. [1] She also performed the single on RTÉ 2's The Cafe. [2]

She would also perform the track at Abbey Road which later featured on the interactive digital release. [3]

Track listing

CD 1

All songs written by Gemma Hayes.

  1. "Undercover"
  2. "Perfect Day"

CD 2 (Enhanced CD)

  1. "Undercover"
  2. "Bless The Boy"
  3. "Something In My Way (Live Acoustic Version - live at Abbey Rd)"
  4. "Something In My Way (Live Acoustic Version - Video - live at Abbey Rd)"
CD2 Cover Ghundercoverenhancedcd.png
CD2 Cover

7"

  1. "Undercover"
  2. "Bless The Boy"

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart38
UK Singles Chart60

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References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Gemma Hayes - Undercover (Tubridy Tonight). YouTube .
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Gemma Hayes - Undercover (The Cafe, RTE2). YouTube .
  3. YouTube, a Google company. YouTube . Archived from the original on 28 June 2017.