Thursday, May 11, 2017

Australia - Don't Come Easy - Isaiah

cd single
9 - 173 pts /6 - 160 pts in semi 1
Isaiah Firebrace represented Australia with the song Don't Come Easy.
The song is written by David Musumeci and Anthony Egizii (DNA songs) who also wrote last years entry for Dami Im.
Firebrace is the winner of X-Factor Australia 2016.
His most recent single It's Gotta Be You was a reasonable hit in the charts of Australia, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.

A 1 track cdsingle is released on March 17 (see comments)
(Sony Music Australia  88985429332).
It's now available at Bearecords. (here).

The Eurovision song has been released as a digital single worldwide (Sony)
The karaoke version released with the single track (digital) is instrumental whereas the karaoke on the official karaoke album has backing vocals. (see comments)

Watch and listen here at SBS.

7th Heaven Remix DRI
7th Heaven have remixed the song and the remix has been released digitally. You can listen at Isaiah's Vevo/Youtube

Versions
Don't come easy - single/esc version
- cdsingle, Kyiv 2CD
Don't come easy - karaoke
- digital release (official karaoke album)
Don't come easy - karaoke (= instrumental)
- digital release (single)
Don't come easy - 7th heaven remix
-  digital release

Afrikaans cover DRI
Charts
Australia top 100: 69
Sweden top 100: 50, 98

Coverversion
South African singer Hanco recorded an Afrikaans version Dis Nie Maklik Nie (It's not easy). Released on February 9 2018, out now through mosts digital sources.
Hanco Facebook


Debut album Isaiah
Links and sources
Thanks to Alexandre, to Krzysztof and to Paul
Isaiah at Bearecords
Isaiah: WebsiteFacebook
Australia's Eurovision Historette: 2016 - 2015
Eurovision baby Australia impressed with its first steps, will they take it one step further in Kyiv?

3 comments:

  1. Here's the cd single : http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2332653/Dont_Come_Easy_SIGNED_COPY.

    Alexandre

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  2. There seems to be a difference between the Karaoke version available as 1-track download and the version on the Karaoke album. The first one is a full instrumental, the second one features background vocals.

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  3. Here is the link for the 7th Heaven Remix:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLaW4dJq3b4

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