Footsteps 2

"Footsteps 2" is singer/songwriter Chris de Burgh's nineteenth original album. It was released in Germany, Switzerland and Austria on October 14, 2011, and in the UK and Ireland on October 17, 2011.

Footsteps 2 follows the concept that captured the public’s imagination with Footsteps. The album has a couple of new songs, as well as his interpretations of some classic tunes, which include Steve Winwood’s "While You See a Chance", Roy Orbison’s "Blue Bayou", Mike & The Mechanics "The Living Years", Abba’s "SOS", and East German band Karat's "Über sieben Brücken", as "Seven Bridges" with English lyrics by de Burgh.

As de Burgh said upon releasing Footsteps, “Listening to the great songwriters was the inspiration for me to try and become a good songwriter myself,” he says. “I’m talking about the likes of Lennon & McCartney and Bob Dylan; people as good as that just don’t seem to exist any more. I learned my trade, my craft, almost at the feet of the Great Masters. And that is my musical journey. Those songs are my footsteps.”^[1]

Track listing

1. "While You See a Chance" (Steve Winwood, Will Jennings)
2. "Let It Be" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
3. "The Living Years" (Mike Rutherford, B. A. Robertson)
4. "Blue Bayou" (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson)
5. "SOS" (Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson)
6. "Seven Bridges" (Helmut Richter, Ulrich Swillms, Chris de Burgh)
7. "Lady Madonna" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
8. "Time in a Bottle" (Jim Croce)
9. "Already There" (Chris de Burgh)
10. "In the Ghetto" (Mac Davis, Elvis Presley)
11. "Long Train Running" (Tom Johnston)
12. "On a Christmas Night" (Chris de Burgh)
13. "Every Step of the Way" (Chris de Burgh)
14. "The Footsteps 2 Theme" (Chris de Burgh)

Year-end charts

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