Homeless (Darin song)

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"Homeless"
Song by Darin
from the album Break the News
Recorded2006
GenreR&B
Length3:42
LabelSony BMG
Songwriter(s)Jörgen Elofsson
Producer(s)Steve Mac

"Homeless" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Darin from his studio album, Break the News (2006). The song was written by Swedish songwriter Jörgen Elofsson and produced by Steve Mac.

Leona Lewis version

"Homeless"
Syco
Songwriter(s)Jörgen Elofsson
Producer(s)Steve Mac

"Homeless" was covered by British singer Leona Lewis in 2007 and was included on her debut album

UK Singles Chart on the strength of digital download sales. Lewis performed "Homeless" at the annual WXKS-FM Boston KISS Concert in 2008, along with "Bleeding Love" and "Better in Time". It was also included on the set list of The Labyrinth
tour in 2010.

Composition

"Homeless"
A sample of "Homeless", with Lewis singing about waiting for her boyfriend to come home to where she is waiting for him, but feels homeless without him.[1]
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"Homeless" was written by Swedish songwriter

beats per minute. Instrumentation is provided by a piano and a guitar. Lewis's vocal range spans nearly two octaves from low note of A3 to the high note of B5.[3] The song's lyrics revolve around Lewis singing about waiting for her boyfriend to come home to where she is waiting for him, but feels homeless without his presence.[1] The opening lyrics are "Wait here for you to call me/ For you to tell me that ev'rything's a big mistake."[3] Nick Levine for Digital Spy described Lewis's vocals in the lyric "In this cold I'm walking aimless, feeling helpless" as "a tour de force of despair and misery".[1]

Critical reception

The song garnered mixed reviews from

I Will Be", and wrote that when the emphasis is laid purely on the singer's vocals without too much "glossy production trappings", her "uniqueness is allowed to shine."[6] Levine was critical of "Homeless" in general, but praised some of its compositional elements.[1] Although he thought that the song was "almost unbearably bleak", Levine praised the long note which Lewis sustains during the bridge, and wrote that "the 12-second 'eeeeeeyeeaayaaaaay' that jump-starts the crescendo of 'Homeless' is one of the most dazzling pop moments of the year."[1] Kitty Empire for The Guardian wrote, "Lewis' voice is impressively elastic throughout but lacks any grit or style. It is too perfect, jumping up ladders of notes on 'Homeless', never catching, never breaking."[7]

Live performances

A picture of a woman wearing a mid-length light-coloured dress, holding a microphone. She is facing her right.
Lewis performing "Homeless" on The Labyrinth tour at Nottingham Arena on 2 June 2010.

Lewis performed "Homeless" for the first time at the annual

The Labyrinth Tour Live from The O2 DVD.[11] The set was decorated in the style of a forest; acrobats performed as they were hanging from the ceiling on large pieces of fabric while Lewis wore a light pink sequined dress and barefoot.[12]

Track listing

Standard version (2007)[4]
  1. "Homeless" – 3:50
Deluxe edition (2008)[13]
  1. "Homeless (2008 version)" – 3:50
The Labyrinth Tour: Live from the O2[14]
  1. "Homeless" (Live from the 02) – 4:09

Credits

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Spirit,

Syco.[2]

Charts

Upon the release of Spirit, "Homeless" debuted at number 173 on the strength of digital download sales in the chart issue released on 24 November 2007.[15]

Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK
Singles Chart (OCC)[15]
 173

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Levine, Nick (12 November 2007). "Leona Lewis: 'Spirit'". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  2. ^
    Syco. 2007. 8 86970 25542 4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link
    )
  3. ^
    Peer International Music Publishing
    . 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Spirit – Leona Lewis". iTunes Store (Australia). Apple. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Spirit (Deluxe Edition)- Leona Lewis". iTunes Store (Great  –Britain). Apple. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  6. ^ O'Leary, Matt. "Leona Lewis: Spirit review". Virgin Media. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  7. ^ Empire, Kitty (4 November 2007). "The flesh is willing but the spirit is weak". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Leona Lewis singing Homeless" (video). NME. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Leona Lewis v Bleeding Love – Live at Kiss 108" (video). YouTube. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Leona Lewis (Better In Time 5/18/08)" (video). YouTube. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  11. ^
    Amazon.co.uk
    . 29 November 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  12. Trinity Mirror
    . Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  13. ^ "'Spirit' – Leona Lewis". iTunes Store (Great Britain). Apple. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  14. ^ "'The Labyrinth Tour – Live from the O2' – Leona Lewis". iTunes Store (United States). Apple. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Chart Log UK: Chart entries update". Official Charts Company. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
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