Allison Iraheta – Friday I’ll Be Over U – First Listen!

By On 10/05/2009 · 365 Comments · In Allison Iraheta, American Idol

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AOL’s Pop Eater debut’s Allison Iraheta’s new single, “Friday I’ll Be Over U”.

The song is produced by Max Martin, the hitmaker behind song from Kelly Clarkson (“Since U Been Gone”), Pink (“So What”) and Katy Perry (“I Kissed a Girl”)

Allison says, “It’s a song everyone can relate to. It’s a pretty simple song. It ain’t too hard to understand. I think people will really just be like ‘Yeah!’ … hopefully.”

The tune opens with a simple Kinks-like guitar riff, giving way in the chorus to some 80′s-like electronica–a cool meld of old school sounds.

Allison’s husky alto is front and center here. I’m relieved her vocals weren’t pro-tooled into oblivion.  Teen-friendly pop/rock is exactly what I was expecting from Allison right out of the gate.

Producer Max Martin knows how to keep it simple and memorable. Good luck Allison, I hope it’s a hit!

Update: Warning: The song cuts off abruptly at the end–probably to keep fans from ripping mp3s instead of downloading the single. The entire song is posted now.

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  • oceana

    Very overproduced, but I like it. And why is it so important to understand every word? Half the songs I love I don’t understand half the words. Let’s not put unreasonable demands on the idols. We hold them up to such magnifying glasses unlike the other music we listen to.

    It’s not bad at all. It’s pretty damn good. It could be a hit. I’m pleased. She’s going to be a star. I can’t believe people are worrying about the next cd, and this one isn’t even out yet. LOL. There’s no way to predict that far ahead. One thing at a time.

  • carolinacharms

    Lovely 80′s-inspired retro. Great hook. I think the kids will eat it up like fruit jello on a summer’s eve.

  • JohnM

    oceana: And why is it so important to understand every word? Half the songs I love I don’t understand half the words. Let’s not put unreasonable demands on the idols. We hold them up to such magnifying glasses unlike the other music we listen to.

    Exactamundo! I don’t even know what most of my favorite songs are about, even when I can sing them word-for-word — or should I say sound-for-phonetic-sound. Heck, a lot of my favorite songs don’t even have words!

    I got really sick of that I-can’t-understand-her stuff during the season, because as I said, she was understandable and it doesn’t matter that much anyway when the music is so darn great.

  • PRMari

    According to her official site, Allison is also working with Howard Benson. We had some idea but didn’t know it was official, I guess now it is.

  • GetaFINclue

    Sounds like an Ashley Simpson song, sounds nothing like Allison.

  • lashes3699

    Well, I just played it for my 10 year old son and a group of his friends that are at my house…the group consists of 10 and 11 year old boys and girls and they LOVED! it!! The girls were dancing around and now my son is humming the chorus! Mission accomplished! I think it is a perfect song for the tween and teen set! It will be a big hit due to this demographic!!

  • PRMari

    My 15 year old niece LOVED it, so there you go.

  • alli lurker

    AWESOME, FUN SONG! I’m seriously addicted…

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  • oceana

    John, you said it. :)

  • oceana

    http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/10/06/2009-10-06_american_idol_runnerup_alison_iraheta_the_real_snarling_deal_on_new_single.html

    thanks, that’s a good review of Allison’s single! I love how they mentioned her p.o.’ed attitude, that does make the song, lots of attitude, love the line “Friday I’ll be over you.”

  • ppwars

    GAWD! The TEENS keep asking me to play the song. {as if the song isn’t playing in my earphones every so often while I work here} .

  • PRMari

    Her MySpace and official site are now streaming the song.

    http://www.myspace.com/allisoniraheta

    http://www.allisoniraheta.com

  • ppwars

    I have this thing on cd now (burned) playing on a fancy system. Doubters, rejoice: it is unbelievably GREAT. POWERFUL. Alli’s voice is key in it. Great dance song, or as was said: headbanging if you choose. The production is great and will definitely take the appeal way beyond boppers.

  • justjude

    YAY, ALLISON!!!!!! I do like this song. I predict many will have it’s chorus looping over and over in our heads. Also very danceable.
    Pink is who she would like to work with and is a very worthy artist for her to look to. Just personally, for me, I would really like to see her do more than pop rock(appropriate for her age) and eventually move a little closer to harder ROCK as she matures.
    SO ROCK ON……BG…!!!!!

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