Hopes & Fears

"Hopes & Fears"
Single by Will Young
from the album The Hits
B-side	"Love Is a Matter of Distance" (live) "Very Kind" (live)
Released	November 8, 2009
Format	digital download
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop rock, electropop
Length	3:19 (radio edit) 3:46 (album version)
Label	Sony BMG
Writer(s)	Yolanda Quartey, Stew Jackson
Producer(s)	Robot Club
Will Young singles chronology
"Tell Me the Worst" (2009) "Hopes & Fears" (2009) "Jealousy" (2011)

"Hopes & Fears" a song by Will Young, released as the first single from his first greatest hits album, The Hits and his 14th overall. It was written by Stew Jackson and Yolanda Quartey, two members of the Bristolian band Phantom Limb, who supported Young at his 25 July 2009 concert at Audley End, Essex, and on his 2009 tour. The single features production from Robot Club who managed to get legendary 1970s session drummer Skip Wiseman out of retirement for this track. It was released on 8 November 2009, on download only.

When asked in an interview with entertainment website Digital Spy what the song is about, Young said "Ooh, I don't know really... pregnancy haha! The song was written by a friend of mine, Stuart, who I worked with on the last record too. I liked it and needed something for the Greatest Hits, but the stuff I've been working on for my next album is much more dance-pop and didn't really fit in."^[1]

Video

The video was shot in London's Millennium College during the second week of September 2009, and was directed by Chris Sweeney who has recently directed videos for the Freemasons featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor track "Heartbreak Make Me a Dancer", and "Paris", for the indie band Friendly Fires. It is said that the video contains dancers. In the video, Young appears as a pregnant man, which was the idea of Chris Sweeney.^[2]

Track listing

Digital Download

1. "Hopes & Fears"
2. "Love Is a Matter of Distance" (live)
3. "Very Kind" (live)

Charts

References