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‘I Give It A Year’ Features Covers By Jessie Ware, Snow Patrol, The Pierces & More

March 24, 2013 0 Comments

Released in the UK and Australia in February, I Give It A Year is a new British romantic comedy from the producers of Love Actually, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and Notting Hill. Starring Rose Byrne, Simon Baker, Anna Faris, Minnie Driver, and Stephen Merchant, the film premiered at SXSW earlier this month with the aim of securing a U.S. distributor.

I don’t know whether that move panned out positively for the film’s producers, but the soundtrack for I Give It A Year is available here digitally. That’s the sort-of good news. The not-great news is that it’s a frustrating ‘album only’ deal, so you can’t cherrypick the tracks you want. But with six covers among its 15 songs, you might want to give I Give It A Year a go for ten bucks.

Take a listen to four of these covers below, including Jessie Ware’s interpretation of Stephanie Mills’ “Never Knew Love Like This Before,” a 1980 late-disco smash that was just the focus of Friday Flashback. To stream Kristina Train’s smoky take on Coldplay’s “Sparks” and Maverick Sabre’s cover of Longpigs’ “On And On,” head over to Spotify.

Jessie Ware covers Stephanie Mills – “Never Knew Love Like This Before”

LoLo covers Crowded House – “Don’t Dream It Over”

Snow Patrol covers Prefab Sprout – “When Love Breaks Down”

The Pierces cover David Gray – “Please Forgive Me”

Here’s the full tracklisting for the I Give It A Year soundtrack:

01 Jessie Ware – “Never Knew Love Like This Before” (Stephanie Mills cover)
02 Paul Weller – “You Do Something To Me”
03 Corinne Bailey Rae – “Like A Star”
04 Zero 7 – “Give It Away”
05 Maverick Sabre – “On And On” (Longpigs cover)
06 Lauren Pritchard – “Stuck” (JR Blender Remix)
07 Tinie Tempah – “Pass Out”
08 Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden – “Bonkers”
09 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – “Your Love”
10 DJ Shadow – “This Time (I’m Gonna Try It My Way)”
11 Jeb Loy Nichols – “Countrymusicdisco45” (Meltdown Dubwizer Mix)
12 LoLo – “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (Crowded House cover)
13 Kristina Train – “Sparks” (Coldplay cover)
14 Snow Patrol – “When Love Breaks Down” (Prefab Sprout cover)
15 The Pierces – “Please Forgive Me” (David Gray cover)

Purchase the I Give It A Year soundtrack via iTunes, Amazon MP3.