Up (James Morrison song)
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Music video

The music video was directed by Leanne Stott and was premiered on 15 October 2011.

Synopsis

The video follows James Morrison wandering his way UP through an abandoned-looking building, visiting Jessie J at her top-floor apartment and finally both British singers will end the song singing their lungs out on the rooftop.

Live performances

The duo performed the song together at Children in Need Rocks Manchester
Children in Need Rocks Manchester
Children in Need Rocks Manchester is a charity music concert held at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. The concert was organised by Take That singer and The X Factor judge Gary Barlow as one of a series of events to raise money for Children in Need 2011...

in 2011.
They also performed the song live at Wembley arena on Strictly Come Dancing's results show.

Reception


The soft-focus pop soul duet with Jessie J
Jessie J
Jessica Ellen Cornish , better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English recording artist currently signed to Island Records. She began her career as a songwriter for artists including Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. Her debut single, "Do It Like a Dude", was released in November 2010 and peaked...

 is simply a repeat run of his collaboration with Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

, right down to the lack of chemistry between the two singers. Meanwhile, producer Bernard Butler
Bernard Butler
Bernard Joseph Butler is an English musician and record producer. He first emerged in the early Britpop era with Suede. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his generation, as well as one of Britain's most original and influential guitarists...

 is content to keep things slick, smooth, safe and sellable."

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

)
62

Release history

Region Date Label Format
United Kingdom 16 November 2011 Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

Extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

4 December 2011 CD single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...

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