As part of his prize for
winning BBCs Fame Academy ,
David was signed by Mercury Records in December 2002. His first single, 'Stop
Living The Lie' went straight to No.1 in the singles charts on it's release in
January 2003, and was followed by second single ballad 'Don't Let Go' released
in April which made No. 3. His third single, the rocky 'Best Of Order' made
No.19 in the charts in August. In October David released his fourth single
'Baby Get Higher' which reached No. 39 in the charts. This song has
subsequently achieved chart success for Belle Lawrence and Dutch artist Van
Velsen. 'Stop Living The Lie' was in the top 40 for nine weeks. To date David
is the only artist from a reality TV show to have a Number One hit single and a
number 5 Album with his own self-written songs.
ALBUM - 'SEVEN YEARS -
TEN WEEKS'
Released 28th April 2003 -
#5 UK
Album CHARTS. David's debut album was released in April 2003 and entered the UK album chart
at #5. It shipped Gold in the UK .
The day of the album release SLTL was No. 36 and DLG No. 3.
SEVEN YEARS TEN WEEKS title refers to the 10 weeks on the Tv show and
David's 7 years of pursuing his dream of working in the music business. All the
songs are written by David (with the exception of John Keilty's 'Long Time
Coming' ) and tells of his looking for direction in life. Four songs are
co-written with Scottish pal John. It was produced by respected producer Hugh
Padgham, and recorded with Elton John's band. The Album received good reviews.
There was a Scottish album launch, for the release on 27th April, when David
did 7 gigs in 10 hours all over Scotland .
'SEVEN YEARS - TEN WEEKS'
Best Of Order
Time To Fall Down
Stop Living The Lie
All My Life
Follow Me
Don't Let Go
The Bluebird
Lazy
OK
Without You
Neverland
Long Time Coming
I Love You
Stop Living The Lie Video
Don't Let Go Video
Seven years Ten Weeks
Players
David Sneddon – Vocals
and piano.
Davey Johnston – guitar.
Chris Leonard – guitar.
Boz Boorer – guitar.
John Kielty – acoustic
guitar.
Dominic Miller – guitar
and mandolin.
Robert Birch – bass
guitar.
Jamie Mein – bass guitar
Gay Babylon – Keyboards
Paul Wickens – Keyboards
Nigel Ollsen – Drums
John E. Mahon -
Percussion
Aaron Fagan – Percussion
Paul Wickens – Percussion