Who'd Have Known
November 30, 2009
Who'd Have Known is a song by British pop singer Lily Allen. The song was released on 30 November 2009 as the fifth and final single from Allen's second studio album It's Not Me, It's You. In Britain, it was the fourth single from the album.
The song was used for 5 O'Clock T- Pain's song as a sample, which also Lily Allen is involved as Gastinterpretin.
Song
Before Allen released the song, she posted it under the name Who'd of Known on MySpace. The song had initially may not appear on the album, as the chorus to the song very Shine by Take That was similar to what was, according to Allen but not intentional. The band was then but their permission and they were also co-writer of the song.
Reviews
When the album was released, called Jody Rosen, a writer from Rolling Stone magazine, the song is a potential single. Neil McCormick, the Daily Telegraph said that one can recognize on the basis of this song, " Lily Allen is genuine and shows sections from her real life."
Music Video
The music video for Who'd Have Known was released on November 30, 2009. Allen plays an obsessive fan of Elton John. In the video they kidnapped him and forces him to love her. But when she falls asleep on the sofa watching television, it provides Elton John to escape. Director of the video was James Caddick.
Charts
Although the song in the UK came in the top 40, was Who'd Have Known by the hitherto eight chart singles from Lily Allen the lowest- placed.