28,000 Friends

"28,000 Friends" is the only single by the Northern Irish pop singer Eoghan Quigg released from his only album, Eoghan Quigg. The album was released on 6 April 2009.[1]

"28,000 Friends"
Single by Eoghan Quigg
from the album Eoghan Quigg
Released6 April 2009
Recorded2009
GenrePop rock
Length2:56
LabelRCA/Sony Music
Songwriter(s)James Bourne, Busbee
Producer(s)Nigel Wright
Eoghan Quigg singles chronology
"Hero"
(2008)		 "28,000 Friends"
(2009)		 "The Movie Song"
(2014)

Background information

The song was written by James Bourne, a member of Busted.[2] who gave it to Quigg by Bourne when he was impressed after seeing Quigg's performance of "Year 3000" on The X Factor.[3] The lyrics are about accruing so-called "friends" on websites such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and AOL Instant Messenger.

Promotion

On 3 April 2009, Quigg performed the song on the breakfast show GMTV.[4] He also performed it on The Late Late Show, On 12 December 2009, he performed the song on the talent show The X Factor.[5] He also released the song in the UK in 2009 and the album on 3 April 2009 in the UK and Ireland.

Music video

The music video for "28,000 Friends" was premiered on Quigg's official Bebo site on 6 March 2009.[6] It takes place mainly in an empty building with Quigg singing on a microphone. Throughout the video many people come into the building. In another scene, Quigg stands in a tracksuit singing directly to the camera.

Charts and reception

On 9 April 2009, the single entered the Irish Singles Chart at 32[7] and the UK Singles Chart at 96.[8] The BBC's Chart Blog gave the song one star out of five.[9] Music News gave the song two stars out of five. It criticised the lyrical content and the production, saying, "With weak instrumental and percussion, you’d be forgiven in thinking it was recorded on a Fisher-Price product."[10]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart 32
UK Singles Chart 96

References
  1. "Eoghan Quigg: Eoghan Quigg". Amazon. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  2. "Biography - Eoghan Quigg". Eoghanquigg Music. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  3. Eoghan Quigg's self titled debut album is out. YouTube (Television production). On Demand Entertainment. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. "Eoghan Quigg Performs". GM.tv. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  5. "Eoghan Quigg Performs". ITV. 12 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
  6. "Eoghan Quigg". Bebo. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  7. "Ireland Singles Top 50 (April 9, 2009) - Music Charts". Acharts. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  8. "28 000 friends: full Official Charts history". Official Charts. 11 July 2013.
  9. Fraser McAlpine (30 March 2009). "Chart Blog: Eoghan Quigg - '28,000 Friends'". BBC. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  10. "Single Review: Eoghan Quigg - 28,000 Friends". Music News. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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