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"Scotty McCreery has recorded the American Idol farewell song for season 11.  The season ten winner&amp;#039;s rendition of &amp;#039;Please Remember Me&amp;#039; by Tim McGraw will be played after the first Top 13 elimination on Thursday, March 8, according to USA Today.   &amp;gt; Scotty McCreery thanks fans for &amp;quot;incredible&amp;quot; year - video McCreery told the newspaper that he was &amp;quot;ecstatic&amp;quot; to have recorded the track, saying: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s cool to still be connected to the show every week.&amp;quot; He added that he sent McGraw a note to let him know he had recorded the song for Idol, and that the country star responded by saying, &amp;quot;&amp;#039;Oh, man. That&amp;#039;s really cool. I&amp;#039;m sure you nailed it&amp;quot;. Last season&amp;#039;s exit song was recorded by American Idol winner David Cook, who sang a rendition of &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t You (Forget About Me)&amp;#039; by Simple Minds.  McCreery won the tenth season of American Idol last year, beating runner-up and fellow country singer Lauren Alaina in the May 2011 finale.  His debut album Clear As Day has since gone platinum, he picked up the &amp;#039;Best New Artist&amp;#039; prize at the American Country Awards and he is currently on tour with Brad Paisley. American Idol airs Wednesdays and Thursdays on Fox.  Watch the music video for Tim McGraw&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Please Remember Me&amp;#039; below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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