Lately (Lisa Scott-Lee song)
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| Single by Lisa Scott-Lee | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Never or Now | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "I'm Burning" | |||||||||||||
| Released | 12 May 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD, vinyl | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop, dance | |||||||||||||
| Length |
3:40 (Radio Edit) 3:53 (Single Mix) 3:56 (Album Version) |
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| Label | Mercury Records | |||||||||||||
| Songwriter(s) | Lisa Scott-Lee, Paul Newton, Daniel Sherman, Phillip Dyson, Peter Day | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Point 4 | |||||||||||||
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"Lately" is the debut single from singer/songwriter Lisa Scott-Lee after the split of the pop group Steps. it was released on 12 May 2003 by Mercury Records UK and was written by Scott-Lee and Point 4. The single peaked at #6 in the UK charts, despite hot competition from Sophie Ellis-Bextor and the Sugababes. "Lately" was also a successful dance track, peaking at #3 in the UK Dance Charts.
Promoting the single Lisa Scott-Lee in an interview with Toazted stated, "Lately was one of the first songs I wrote after Steps when I wanted to go solo and I was very determined to get a record deal so I wanted to write, you know a really good song so that I could go round to different record companies and it was a very exciting time for me because my thinking of solo made me feel very nervous but I was excited and I.. you know when you get butterflies in your stomach? So I took that feeling and put it into a song. Lately is about when you meet somebody for the first time whether it's a boy or a girl and maybe you fancy each other and you get butterflies in your stomach and that's what Lately is about".
After Scott-Lee managed the band 3SL, consisting of her three brothers including Andy Scott-Lee who enjoyed very limited success, she collaborated with Point4, (Peter Day, Phil Dyson, Paul (Bronze) Newton, and Daniel Sherman) to write and produce 8 songs together including "Lately", "Too Far Gone" and "I'll Wait For You", which was included on her debut album "Never or Now". After Scott-Lee signed a record deal with Mercury Records, "Lately" was chosen to be released 12 May 2003.
Scott-Lee performed the track on two appearances on Top Of The Pops, notably singing the song live on both occasions. She also performed the song on CD:UK. When Steps re-formed in 2011 and announced they would go on tour during Spring in 2012, Lisa performed a medley as her solo featuring Heaven, Beautiful People and Lately.
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