a mass killing never sound so good – DATZHOTT!
“I said to her ‘if we’re going to do something together it’s going to have to slay people’”
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By Daniel Eade
MICHAEL BOLTON, affectionately known as the white man with the black man’s voice, returns with his 18th studio album, “One World One Love” and has teamed up with LADY GAGA for the killer hit-to-be, “Murder My Heart.”
Discussing the unlikely pairing, Bolton remembered in an interview with ITN Music, “I got a phone call that there was this young artist named Lady Gaga, and at that time no one had heard of her, it was September a year ago.
“I said to her ‘if we’re going to do something together it’s going to have to slay people,’” continued Bolton, “And she paused and said, ‘You murder my heart. What about You Murder My Heart?’”
Bolton was hesitant at first, using the word ‘murder’ in an album that for all purpose was a feel good album, “I’m not sure about the word ‘murder,’” to which Lady Gaga replied as Bolton’s reminisces, “‘No it’s great. Murder in the best possible sense. Someone just kills you because you’re just so crazy about them.’” And then Bolton was won over.
“Lady Gaga and I worked on the lyrics and the melody for two days, till about six in the morning both nights,” recalls Bolton, “And then we finished the lyrics when we both happened to be in London. And by then her career had just kicked in. A month later she was huge.”
R&B fans will also be thrilled to hear the Ne-Yo song, “The Best,” co-written by Ne-Yo and Bolton. Arguably the best song on the album, Ne-Yo brings a real R&B/radio friendly jam that is sprinkled with the greatness we have come to expect from the singer/songwriter, topped off with Bolton’s flavor all over the lyrics.
“Murder My Heart”
