Remember when Paula Abdul was a singer? She and Randy hope you do
After dabbling in nearly every area of the music industry, Grammy Award-winning producer/musician and ‘‘American Idol’’ judge Randy Jackson is adding ‘‘solo album’’ to his already impressive resume, and he’s bringing ‘‘Idol’’ colleague Paula Abdul along for the ride.
The Abdul-driven ‘‘Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow’’ is the first single from ‘‘Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1,’’ due March 11 via Jackson’s new Concord Music Group imprint Dream Merchant 21. The 12-track collection showcases a diverse range of artists, from established vets like Mariah Carey, Travis Tritt and Richie Sambora to such up-and-coming talents as Barbi Esco and Kelli Selah.
For Abdul, whose last new single was 1995’s ‘‘Crazy Cool,’’ the collaboration with Jackson consummated several years of vague conversations about working together. But during ‘‘Idol’’ auditions last July in San Diego, ‘‘Randy kept saying to me, ‘I’ve got the perfect song for you. It sounds like you, like now, it’s like a nod to you and your past, but it’s you now,’ ’’ Abdul says. ‘‘And he played it, and it was after the first two bars, I knew it was a hit. I knew it was a total smash.’’
The track was produced by Jackson and the Danish duo known as Deekay. Oliver Leiber, who wrote and produced Abdul’s ‘‘Forever Your Girl’’ and ‘‘(It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me,’’ did some additional vocal production. Jackson and Abdul premiered the single Jan. 18 on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show in Los Angeles, and it was serviced to top 40 stations Super Bowl weekend to coincide with Abdul’s pregame performance of the song.
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The Abdul-driven ‘‘Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow’’ is the first single from ‘‘Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1,’’ due March 11 via Jackson’s new Concord Music Group imprint Dream Merchant 21. The 12-track collection showcases a diverse range of artists, from established vets like Mariah Carey, Travis Tritt and Richie Sambora to such up-and-coming talents as Barbi Esco and Kelli Selah.
For Abdul, whose last new single was 1995’s ‘‘Crazy Cool,’’ the collaboration with Jackson consummated several years of vague conversations about working together. But during ‘‘Idol’’ auditions last July in San Diego, ‘‘Randy kept saying to me, ‘I’ve got the perfect song for you. It sounds like you, like now, it’s like a nod to you and your past, but it’s you now,’ ’’ Abdul says. ‘‘And he played it, and it was after the first two bars, I knew it was a hit. I knew it was a total smash.’’
The track was produced by Jackson and the Danish duo known as Deekay. Oliver Leiber, who wrote and produced Abdul’s ‘‘Forever Your Girl’’ and ‘‘(It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me,’’ did some additional vocal production. Jackson and Abdul premiered the single Jan. 18 on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show in Los Angeles, and it was serviced to top 40 stations Super Bowl weekend to coincide with Abdul’s pregame performance of the song.
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