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Ian Brown reveals Kanye and Rihanna songs
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 30 July 2009
Ian Brown has revealed that he penned lyrics for two songs for Kanye West and Rihanna. The music for the tracks was composed by songwriter Dave McCracken, who co-wrote Brown’s 2001 single ‘FEAR’. And where can we hear these songs? Er, Ian Brown’s new album.
Brown told Citylife: “We wrote this song called ‘Vanity Kills’ [for Kanye West] but we were a bit late sending it in, so I’ve kept it for the album. ‘Stellify’, we wrote for Rihanna, but as we got to the end of writing it I thought, ‘You know what? I’m gonna keep this for myself, we’ll give her another one’. She’d have probably sung it better, but it is too good for me not to do it”.
‘Stellify’ will be released as the first single from Brown’s new album, ‘My Way’, on 12 Sep, followed a week later by the album itself.
