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"Shayne Ward has defended his decision to launch his comeback with a cover version. Last week, the X Factor star announced that his first single in nearly three years would be &amp;#039;Gotta Be Somebody&amp;#039;, a song written and originally recorded by Nickelback. However, the 25-year-old Mancunian insisted that he has put his own stamp on the song, which became a UK top 20 hit for the US rock band in November 2008. &amp;quot;The whole transition from being rock to pop/R&amp;amp;B was really exciting for me and it&amp;#039;s definitely made it into my own track. It&amp;#039;s the perfect first single to kick-start my Obsession album,&amp;quot; he told Digital Spy earlier this afternoon. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t look it as a cover. It&amp;#039;s just a great song. I hadn&amp;#039;t heard the song for a while before I recorded it, but I got into it again straight away because it&amp;#039;s got such a catchy chorus. It&amp;#039;s got a great message too - it&amp;#039;s about hope, that there&amp;#039;s someone out there for all of us.&amp;quot; Ward also revealed that the song&amp;#039;s promo clip could premiere within a matter of days. &amp;quot;I shot the video in Downtown LA last week, but I can&amp;#039;t tell you anything about it! Hopefully I&amp;#039;m going to get to see an edit later today and fingers crossed Simon [Cowell]&amp;#039;s going to love it. If it gets the thumbs up, you might even get to see it by the end of the week,&amp;quot; he said. Ward releases &amp;#039;Gotta Be Somebody&amp;#039; digitally on November 7 and on CD single the next day. The album Obsession follows on November 15. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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