| "28,000 Friends" | |||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Eoghan Quigg | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album Eoghan Quigg | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | 6 April 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| Format | Promo, Digital download | ||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2:56 | ||||||||||||||||
| Label | RCA/Sony Music | ||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | James Bourne, Busbee | ||||||||||||||||
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"28,000 Friends" is the debut single by Irish pop singer Eoghan Quigg and is the only single from his self-titled debut album. The album was released on 6 April 2009.[1]
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The song was written by former Busted member James Bourne.[2] The lyrics are about collecting so-called ‘friends’ on sites like MySpace and Facebook and not even knowing who any of them are. Although reports of the track being written especially for Quigg, these reports are not true as Bourne performed the song in 2007.[3]
On the 3 April, Quigg performed the song on breakfast show GMTV.[4] He also performed the song on The Late Late Show.
The music video of premiered on Quigg's official bebo site on 6 March 2009.[5] It takes place mainly in an empty building with Quigg singing on a microphone and throughout the video many people come into the building. In another scene, Quigg is standing in a tracksuit singing directly to the camera.
The video began to receive airplay on 18 March 2009 on UK music channels.
On the 9th of April 2009 the single entered the Irish Singles Chart at #32[6] and the UK Singles Chart at #96.[7]
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| Irish Singles Chart | 32 |
| UK Singles Chart | 96 |
The song was subject to very negative reviews; music critic Eoghan FitzGerald described it as a "disgrace" and "utterly unworthy of distribution". BBC's Chart Blog also gave the song one star out of five.[8]
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