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'{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> | Name = Fight for This Love | Cover = Fight_For_This_Love.jpg | Artist = [[Cheryl Cole]] | Album = [[3 Words]] | B-side = "Didn't I" | Released = 16 October 2009<br /><small>(See [[#Release history|release history]])</small><!-- release date means the earliest date you can purchase the song --> | Format = [[CD single]], [[music download|digital download]] | Recorded = 2009 | Genre = [[Electronic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cheryl-Cole-Fight-For-This-Love/release/1975654 |title=Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love (CD, Single) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-27}}</ref><br /><small>(Styles: [[House music|House]], [[UK Garage]], [[Synthpop]])</small> |Length = 3:50 | Label = [[Fascination Records|Fascination]] | Writer = [[Wayne Wilkins]], [[Steve Kipner]], Andre Merritt<ref name="Fight">{{cite web | url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=362841276&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 | title=Fight For This Love | work= | publisher=[[ASCAP]] | accessdate=2009-09-04 }}</ref> | Producer = Wayne Wilkins, Steve Kipner | Chronology = [[Cheryl Cole]] singles | Last single = | This single = "'''Fight for This Love'''"<br/>([[2009]]) | Next single = {{External music video|{{YouTube|XMiy_UsrPDs|"Fight for This Love"}}}} }} "'''Fight for This Love'''" is the [[debut]] [[single]] by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[pop music|pop]] singer [[Cheryl Cole]], best known as a member of British [[girl group]] [[Girls Aloud]] and a judge on ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''. The song, written and produced by [[Wayne Wilkins]] and [[Steve Kipner]] and co-written by Andre Merritt, was released as the first single from Cole's debut solo studio album ''[[3 Words]]'' on 19 October 2009.<ref name="Fight"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://twitter.com/ahj/status/3741569874 | title=Cheryl's song is called 'Fight for this Love' | work= | publisher=[[Twitter]] | accessdate=2009-09-04 }}</ref> According to Cole it was released as the lead single because she "connected with the song so well".<ref name="trackbytrack">{{cite web|url=http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid44024446001?bclid=44783862001&bctid=44905853001 |title=Fight for This Love | publisher=[[Brightcove]] |date=2009-10-15 |accessdate=2009-10-20}}</ref> Following a performance on ''The X Factor'' live results show, "Fight for This Love" became the fastest-selling single of 2009 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2697965/Cheryl-Cole-debut-single-outsells-Girls-Alouds.html | title=Cheryl Cole debut single outsells Girls Aloud | work=[[The Sun]] | publisher=[[IPC Media]] | date=2009-10-23 | accessdate=2009-10-24 }}</ref> It charted at number one on both the [[Irish Singles Chart|Irish]] and [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="irish">{{cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a183376/cheryl-cole-tops-irish-singles-chart.html | title=Cheryl Cole tops Irish singles chart | author=Daniel Kilkelly | work=[[Digital Spy]] | publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] | date=2009-10-23 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref><ref name="fightnumber1">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8324987.stm | title=Cheryl Cole's debut is number one | work=[[BBC News]] | publisher=BBC | date=2009-10-25 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> ==Background and release== "Fight for This Love" was Cole's first entirely solo release outside of pop group [[Girls Aloud]], following an appearance on [[will.i.am]]'s "[[Heartbreaker (will.i.am song)|Heartbreaker]]" in 2008. The song initially came to Cole in demo form with a male vocalist.<ref name="trackbytrack"/> Cole said she "knew instantly it was a single", having "connected with the song so well".<ref name="trackbytrack"/> The song received its worldwide radio première on 7 September 2009 on [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''[[The Chris Moyles Show]]''.<ref name="Radio">{{cite web | url=http://twitter.com/ahj/status/3734442176 | title=Just heard Cheryl Cole's new song! | author=[[Aled Jones (radio producer)|Aled Jones]] | publisher=[[Twitter]] | date=2009-09-03 | accessdate=2009-10-21 }}</ref> On 18 October 2009, Cole performed the song for the first time on ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''{{'}}s live results show.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/19/cheryl-we-salute-you-115875-21757673/ | title=Cheryl, we salute you | author=Tom Bryant | work=[[Daily Mirror]] | publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] | date=2009-10-19 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> It was the first time that Cole had performed by herself on TV since participating on ''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]''. Contrary to reports that the performance would be pre-recorded,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1220058/X-Factor-live-Featuring-pre-recorded-Cheryl-Cole-miming-solo-single.html | title=X Factor: Cheryl Cole to MIME her solo single (but nervous contestants she's judging will have to sing live) | author=Sara Nathan | work=[[Daily Mail]] | publisher=[[Daily Mail and General Trust]] | date=2009-10-13 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> Cole sang the song live.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/cheryl-cole/news/160107-cheryl-gives-incredible-x-factor-performance | title=Cheryl gives 'incredible' X Factor performance | work=[[MTV UK]] | publisher=[[MTV News]] | date=2009-10-19 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> The show, which also featured [[Whitney Houston]], drew a record audience of 14.8 million to ''The X Factor'', making it the most watched episode in the show's history.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/x-factor/6374916/X-Factor-Cheryl-Cole-and-Whitney-Houston-draw-record-ratings.html | title=X Factor: Cheryl Cole and Whitney Houston draw record ratings | author=Anita Singh | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | publisher=Telegraph Media Group | date=2009-10-19 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> Cole also performed the song on [[T4 (Channel 4)|T4]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CqQcskGFp8</ref> ==Critical reception== Critical reception towards "Fight for This Love" has been mixed. [[Digital Spy]] said the song was "not groundbreaking stuff and Cole's vocals aren't terribly strong, but thanks to a certain understated charm and lots of X Factor exposure, this should get her solo career off to a winning start."<ref name="digitalspyreview">{{cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a181809/cheryl-cole-fight-for-this-love.html | title=Cheryl Cole: 'Fight For This Love' | author=David Balls | work=[[Digital Spy]] | publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] | date=2009-10-19 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> The review described the song as "a midtempo pop-R&B track with subdued, synthy production and an infectious hook that gnaws into the consciousness".<ref name="digitalspyreview"/> The BBC Chart Blog agreed, stating: "In Cheryl's favour, she's obviously made an effort to record something that sounds different from the stuff she'd be making with Girls Aloud, and as a result this solo effort is an interesting pop/dance/R&B hybrid, which actually suits her rather well, style-wise. It's just a shame it's not stronger."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/10/cheryl_cole_fight_for_this_lov.shtml | title=Cheryl Cole - 'Fight For This Love' | author=Fraser McAlpine | work=BBC Chart Blog | publisher=BBC | date=2009-10-14 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> Despite giving the song a favorable four stars out of five, [[CBBC]] [[Newsround]]'s reaction was mixed; the review noted the single's "really modern sound [...] The chorus is catchy and it does get stuck in your head. But the rest of the single is pretty forgettable and it certainly isn't as memorable as Cheryl's Girls Aloud tunes."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8270000/newsid_8272700/8272770.stm | title=Single review: Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love | work=[[CBBC]] [[Newsround]] | publisher=BBC | date=2009-10-19 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> [[Popjustice]] praised the song, describing it as "one of those songs you can have on repeat for an hour and a half without getting bored [...] Like some of the best pop tunes 'Fight For This Love' is a very simple affair without bells, whistles or kitchen sinks, but there's more going on than is initially obvious and the production's certainly a cut above."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4008&Itemid=9 | title=A positive review of Cheryl Cole's 'Fight For This Love' | author=[[Peter Robinson (journalist)|Peter Robinson]] | work=[[Popjustice]] | date=2009-09-05 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> jwgwwwqweuwueudgheiegeueuwgqwjeuehfiduieoeudgihwueegdeu == Tabloids accused the song of stealing the melody from [[Kelis]]' 2007 song "[[Lil Star]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nme.com/news/daily-gossip/47951 | title=Cheryl Cole accused of ripping off Kelis on 'Fight For This Love' | work=[[NME]] | publisher=[[IPC Media]] | date=2009-10-21 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> It has also been noted that "Fight for This Love" also has a similar chord progression to "[[All My Life (K-Ci and JoJo song)|All My Life]]" by [[K-Ci & JoJo]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1221948/Cheryl-Cole-denies-single-Fight-For-This-Love-rip-Kelis-song.html | title=Cheryl Cole denies No.1-to-be Fight For This Love is a 'rip-off' of a Kelis song | work=[[Daily Mail]] | publisher=[[Daily Mail and General Trust]] | work=2009-10-22 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> ==Music video== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Cheryl Cole fight for this love.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Cheryl Cole in the official video for "Fight For This Love"]] --> The music video was directed by [[Ray Kay]] and filmed in early September 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2009/09/shot-cheryl-cole-ray-kay-director.html/ | title=SHOT: Cheryl Cole - Ray Kay, director | work= | publisher=videostatic.com | date=2009-09-14 | accessdate=2009-09-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://twitter.com/Ray_Kay/status/3765228336 | title=Shooting Cheryl Cole video in London tomorrow. Got a great team, it'll be fun :) | work= | publisher=[[Twitter]] | date=2009-09-04 | accessdate=2009-09-20 }}</ref> [[ITV1]] premièred the video at 12:15am on 20 September 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://twitter.com/Ray_Kay/status/4100669664 | title=The Cheryl Cole video will premiere at midnight on ITV in UK (or 15 mins after midnight)... Hope you'll like it :) | work= | publisher=[[Twitter]] | date=2009-09-19 | accessdate=2009-09-20 }}</ref> The video stars Cole dancing in front of various moving backgrounds in a number of outfits, most notably a soldier-themed outfit with a red military jacket. There is also a dance sequence in which Cheryl, wearing leopard-print bottoms, and a number of dancers perform a routine. ==Formats and versions== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Digital download<ref name=digitald/> #"Fight for This Love" (main) — 3:46 ;CD single<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a182141/anyone-for-a-new-cheryl-cole-song.htmlref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1254703938&sr=8-1 |title=Fight For This Love B-Side: Cheryl Cole: Digitalspy.co.uk: |date= |accessdate=2009-10-16}}</ref> #"Fight for This Love" (main) — 3:46 #"Didn't I" <small>(Cole, [[Klaus Derendorf]], Andrea Remanda; produced by [[Klaus D]])</small> — 3:45 <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.harryfox.com/songfile/public/publicsearchresults.do | title=Fight For This Love | work= | publisher=[[ASCAP]] | accessdate=2009-09-04 }}</ref> ;Download bundle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-For-This-Love/dp/B002QNRG8S/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1254703938&sr=8-8 |title=Fight For This Love: Cheryl Cole: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-10-05}}</ref> #"Fight for This Love" (main) — 3:46 #"Fight for This Love" ([[Cahill (band)|Cahill]] Club Mix) — 6:27 #"Fight for This Love" (Crazy Cousinz Club Mix) — 5:42 #"Fight for This Love" (Sunship Old Skool [[UK Garage]] Remix) — 5:01 #"Fight for This Love" ([[Moto Blanco]] Radio Edit) — 3:42 #"Fight for This Love" (Crazy Cousinz Radio Edit) — 4:00 {{col-2}} ;Official versions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cheryl-Cole-Fight-For-This-Love/master/190514 |title=Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-27}}</ref> *"Fight for This Love" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) — 7:26 *"Fight for This Love" (Cahill Club Mix) — 6:26 *"Fight for This Love" (Crazy Cousinz Club Mix) — 5:42 *"Fight for This Love" (Sunship Old School UK Garage Mix) — 5:01 *"Fight for This Love" (Moto Blanco Dub) — 6:25 *"Fight for This Love" (Moto Blanco Edit) — 3:42 *"Fight for This Love" (Cahill Radio Edit) — 3:42 *"Fight for This Love" (Crazy Cousinz Radio Edit) — 3:58 *"Fight for This Love" (Sunship Old School UK Garage Edit) — 3:41 *"Fight for This Love" (Original Album Version) — 3:44 {{col-end}} ==Chart performance== According to the [[Official Charts Company]], Cole broke the record for the fastest-selling single of 2009 in the United Kingdom upon its release.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://entertainment.uk.msn.com/music/news/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=150346479&GT1=61501 | title=Cheryl set for record single sales | work=[[MSN]] | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | date=2009-10-20 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> The single sold 134,000 copies in one day, whereas the year's previous record-holder, Cole's ''X Factor'' protege [[Alexandra Burke]] and her own debut "[[Bad Boys (Alexandra Burke song)|Bad Boys]]", sold 187,100 over a seven-day span.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a182809/cole-on-course-for-record-number-one.html | title=Cole 'on course for record number one' | author=David Balls | work=[[Digital Spy]] | publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] | date=2009-10-20 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> Sales had exceeded 230,000 after five days, more than the 213,000 copies that [[Girls Aloud]]'s debut single "[[Sound of the Underground (song)|Sound of the Underground]]" sold in its first week.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a183330/another-gobsmacking-cheryl-cole-update.html | title=Another gobsmacking Cheryl Cole update | author=Nick Levine | work=[[Digital Spy]] | publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] | date=2009-10-23 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2697965/Cheryl-Cole-debut-single-outsells-Girls-Alouds.html | title=Cheryl's record | work=[[The Sun]] | publisher=[[News Corporation]] | date=2009-10-24 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> The single officially debuted at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] with sales of 292,000, the highest first week sales of the year. To date the single has sold 292,000 and is set to stick at number one next week.<ref name="uknumber1">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8324987.stm | title=Cheryl Cole's debut is number one | work=[[BBC News]] | publisher=BBC | date=2009-10-25 | accessdate=2009-10-25 }}</ref> {{cquote|''I'm just getting over the fact I have recorded my solo record and now it's number one. I can't take this all in. It's hard for me to put into words how I feel. I have this permanent smile on my face.''|20px||Cheryl Cole<ref name="uknumber1"/>}} "Fight for This Love" entered the [[Irish Singles Chart]] at number 13, after just two days of the Moto Blanco remix being available digitally. The song claimed the number one position in the following week, giving Cole her first number one in Ireland since "Sound of the Underground".<ref name="irish"/> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (2009) ! Peak<br />position |- |[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="irish"/> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="uknumber1"/> | style="text-align:center;"|1 |} {{start}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before="[[Bad Boys (Alexandra Burke song)|Bad Boys]]" by [[Alexandra Burke]] featuring [[Flo Rida]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Irish Singles Chart]] [[Number-one singles of 2009 (Ireland)|number-one single]] |years=October 22, 2009-}} {{s-inc|rows=1}} {{s-ttl|title=[[UK Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)|number-one single]] |years=October 25, 2009-}} {{s-inc|rows=1}} {{end}} ==Release history== {|class=wikitable |- !Region !Date !Format !Label !Catalogue |- |Ireland |16 October 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=333747230&s=143449 |title=iTunes Store - Cheryl Cole - Fight for This Love - Single |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date= |accessdate=2009-10-27}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|[[Music download|Digital download]], [[CD single]] |[[Polydor Records]] |rowspan="2"|2721778 |- |United Kingdom |19 October 2009<ref name=cdsingle>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-This-Love-Cheryl-Cole/dp/B002QEL2HI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1254703938&sr=8-1 |title=Fight For This Love: Cheryl Cole: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-10-05}}</ref><ref name=digitald>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-For-This-Love/dp/B002QNPMHA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1254703938&sr=8-2 |title=Fight For This Love: Cheryl Cole: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-10-05}}</ref> |[[Fascination Records]] |} ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{Cheryl Cole}} [[Category:2009 singles]] [[Category:Cheryl Cole songs]] [[Category:Debut singles]] [[Category:Music videos directed by Ray Kay]] [[Category:Songs written by Steve Kipner]]'