Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Bono And The Edge Write Song For New Tom Jones Album
U2’s Bono and the Edge have written a song for legendary British singer Tom Jones. Titled “Sugar Daddy,” the track was inspired by a meeting of the three friends in a pub in Dublin. The song will appear on Jones’ forthcoming album, 24 Hours, which is scheduled for release on Nov. 25.
The CD also includes covers of Bruce Springsteen’s “The Hitter” and the Tommy James and the Shondells classic, “I’m Alive.” In a first, however, Jones himself co-wrote more than half the songs.
“It’s all very well just singing songs, but for this record I really wanted to get properly personal,” Jones said, in a prepared statement. “I’ve been getting reflective recently, looking over my journey through life, and I wanted to make something that was all about me, my stories, to get that down in song. In other words, you listen to this album and you get the real me.”
Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of England in 2006, Jones has sold more than one hundred million records worldwide, and had eighteen Top 40 singles and ten RIAA-certified gold albums in the United States. He plans to tour extensively in support of the new album.
