Sandra van Nieuwland

Sandra van Nieuwland stijgt met haar versie van Keep Your Head Up op 1 december 2012 van 16 naar 1. Ze zong het nummer op 16 november 2012 in de tweede liveshow van het derde seizoen van The voice of Holland. Het nummer was na de uitzending gelijk verkrijgbaar als muziekdownload en kwam een week later op nummer 1 binnen in de Nederlandse Single Top 100. Het werd van Nieuwlands tweede nummer 1 hit in deze lijst. In de Nederlandse Top 40 kwam de single op nummer 16 binnen, zonder dat het nummer in de Tipparade had gestaan.

 

De originele versie van Keep Your Head Up is afkomstig van het debuutalbum Every Kingdom van de Britse singer-songwriter Ben Howard uit 2011. Het nummer is geschreven door Howard zelf. De single werd 24 oktober 2011 uitgebracht en bereikte pas in augustus 2012 de twaalfde positie in de Nederlandse Top 40. In Vlaanderen kwam het nummer niet verder dan een 87ste plaats in de Ultratiplijst van de Ultratop 50.

 

Sandra van Nieuwland (35) is afkomstig uit Haarlem.

 

Sandra van Nieuwland - Keep Your Head Up

I spent my time, watching

The spaces that have grown between us.

And I cut my mind on second best,

Oh the scars that come with the greenness.

And I gave my eyes to the boredom,

Still the seabed wouldn't let me in.

And I try my best to embrace the darkness

In which I swim.

Now walking back down this mountain,

The strength of a turnin' tide.

Oh the wind so soft at my skin,

Yeah the sun so hot upon my side.

Oh lookin' out at this happiness

I searched for between the sheets,

Oh feelin' blind, to realise,

All I was searchin' for... was me.

Oh oh-oh, all I was searchin' for was me.

Oh yeah, keep your head up, keep your heart strong.

No, no, no, no, keep your mind set, keep your hair long.

Oh my, my darlin', keep your head up, keep your heart strong.

Na, oh, no, no, keep your mind set in your ways.

Keep your heart strong.

Now I saw a friend of mine, the other day,

And he told me that my eyes were gleamin'.

Oh I said I'd been away, and he knew...

Oh he knew the depths I was meanin'.

And it felt so good to see his face,

All the comfort invested in my soul,

Oh to feel the warmth, of his smile,

When he said, 'I'm happy to have you home'.

Oh oh-oh, I'm happy to have you home.

Oh yeah, keep your head up, keep your heart strong.

No, no, no, no, keep your mind set, keep your hair long.

Oh my, my darlin', keep your head up, keep your heart strong.

No, no, no, no, keep your mind set in your ways.

Well keep your heart strong.

'Cause I'll always remember you the same.

Oh eyes like wildflowers, oh with your demons of change.

(Keep your head up)

(Keep your heart strong)

(Keep your head up)

(Keep your heart strong) May you find happiness here.

(Keep your head up)

(Keep your heart strong)

(Keep your head up)

(Keep your heart strong) May all your hopes all turn out right.

Keep your head up, keep your heart strong.

No, no, no, no, keep your mind set, keep your hair long.

Oh my, my darlin', keep your head up, keep your heart strong.

No, no, no, no, keep your mind set in your ways.

Keep your heart strong.

'Cause I'll always remember you the same.

Oh eyes like wildflowers, oh with your demons of change.

 

Bekijk Sandra's optreden in The Voice of Holland

 

Staygold featuring Style of Eye, Pow

Staygold featuring Style of Eye, Pow stijgt met Wallpaper op 24 november 2012 van 23 naar 7 in de tweede week. Op 12 januari 2013 stijgt de single in de achtste week notering terug de top 10 in van 11 naar 9. Wallpaper is de eerste single van het album Rain On Our Parade dat op 23 november uitkomt. De track was in week 46 3FM Megahit en is op 24 november de Alarmschijf.

Staygold komt uit Stockholm. De act opereert ook onder de naam Savage skulls. Bij beide acts zijn Carli Löf en Måns Glaeser de bandleden.

Style of Eye is de artiestennaam van Linus Eklöw, die net als de heren van Staygold, uit Stockholm komt. Eklöw werd van huis uit beïnvloed door componist Edvard Grieg en Stevie Wonder.

Pow is de zangeres van Wallpaper, die in het dagelijkse leven Pauline Elofsson heet.

Staygold - Wallpaper
Lovers and bedsheets competing like horses in a race.
Suddenly they're not alone in this house of faith.
Lovers and bedsheets competing like horses in a race.
Who has the key and who is the last in place.
Do yourself a favor put me back put me back on the wallpaper.
Do yourself a favor put me on put me back on the wallpaper.
And I'll make you believe it.
Lovers and bedsheets competing like horses in a race.
Suddenly they're not alone in this house of faith.
Lovers and bedsheets competing like horses in a race.
Who has the key and who is the last in place.
Do yourself a favor put me back put me back on the wallpaper.
Do yourself a favor put me on put me back on the wallpaper.
Do yourself a favor put me back put me back on the wallpaper.
Do yourself a favor put me on put me back on the wallpaper.
And I'll make you believe it.
Do yourself a favor put me back put me back on the wallpaper.
Do yourself a favor put me on put me back on the wallpaper.
Do yourself a favor.
Do yourself a favor.

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Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars stijgt op 24 november 2012 van 11 naar 8 met Locked Out Of Heaven in de vijfde hitweek. Het is zijn twaalfde hit in Nederland. De track stijgt op 5 januari 2013 in de tiende week notering terug de top 10 in van 11 naar 7.

Bruno Mars werd geboren als Peter Gene Hernandez op Honolulu op 8 oktober 1985. Met zijn eerste drie singles haalde hij #1 in het Nederland van 2010: Nothin' On You (met B.o.B.; 2 weken), Billionaire (1 week) en Just The Way You Are (11 weken).

Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of HeavenOne, two, one, two, three
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
Never had much faith in love or miracles
Never wanna put my heart on deny
But swimming in your world is something spiritual
I'm born again every time you spend the night
Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cause you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
You bring me to my knees
You make me testify
You can make a sinner change his ways
Open up your gates cause I can't wait to see the light
And right there is where I wanna stay
Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah
Cause you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I just stay here
Spend the rest of my days here
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't I just stay here
Spend the rest of my days here
Cause you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!

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Passenger

Op 3 november 2012 stijgt Passenger van 37 naar 5 met debuutsingle Let Her Go.De track is afkomstig van zijn vijfde studioalbum All The Little Lights. In week 43 van 2012 wordt het nummer 3FM Megahit.

Achter Passenger gaat zanger Mike Rosenberg uit Brighton schuil. Van 2003 tot 2009 maakte ook componist Andrew Phillips deel uit van Passenger. In 2007 verscheen debutalbum Wicked Man's Rest. Passenger verzorgde in 2012 het voorprogramma tijdens de tournee van Ed Sheeran.

Passenger - Let Her Go
Well you only need the light when its burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go
Staring at the bottom of your glass
Hoping one day you’ll make a dream last
But dreams come slow and they go so fast
You see her when you close your eyes
Maybe one day you’ll understand why
Everything you touch surely dies
But you only need the light when its burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
Staring at the ceiling in the dark
Same old empty feeling in your heart
Cos love comes slow and it goes so fast
Well you see her when you fall asleep
But never to touch and never to keep
Cos you loved her too much and you dived too deep
Well you only need the light when its burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go
And you let her go
Well you let her go
Cos you only need the light when its burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
Cos you only need the light when its burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you’ve been high when you’re feeling low
Only hate the road when you’re missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go
And you let her go

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