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X-Factor’s Marcus previews White Stripes cover
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 30 January 2012
Currently confounding purist White Stripes fans is a ska-inspired cover of the duo’s 2003 track ‘Seven Nation Army’, as performed by whoop-prone ‘X-Factor’ graduate Marcus Collins.
The 23 year old former hairdresser, who signed to Sony’s RCA Records after finishing second to Little Mix in last year’s ‘X’ contest, is to release the redo as his debut solo single on 4 Mar.
The track will precede Collins’ eponymous album, due out the following week (12 Mar), which has been executive-produced by his one-time ‘X-Factor’ mentor Gary Barlow. The LP will also feature renditions of Janelle Monae’s ‘Tightrope’ and Jackie Wilson’s ‘Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher’.
Says Marcus: “I’ve always been a fan of the original version of ‘Seven Nation Army’ and hope people like my take on it. I’m so happy to be releasing my debut album. I’ve worked on my music every minute possible since I came out of the show and can’t wait for everyone to be able to hear it”.
You can preview the track – which, as ‘X-Factor’ exports go, sounds fairly inoffensive (unless you’re offended by inordinate whooping, or music deliberately tailored to suit an Olly Murs/Bruno Mars-type audience, that is) – here:
