Jade Thirlwall won’t make any money from Before You Break My Heart.
The former Little Mix singer released her debut solo album, That’s Showbiz Baby!, last week and the track has already proven to be a favourite with fans, but she’s revealed that she agreed to hand over all royalties from the song so she could sample The Supremes’ 1965 classic Stop! In The Name Of Love.
She told The Sun newspaper: I’ve not stopped. I’ve been here, there and everywhere this week.
“It’s so funny you say you like it [Before You Break My Heart] I didn’t think it would be a favourite.
“But it’s the one that’s getting the most traction online.”
Asked how she got permission to sample Diana Ross’ group, she laughed: “I am getting no royalties for that track, that’s how I got it.”
That’s Showbiz Baby! is currently number three in the UK midweek album chart but Jade isn’t expecting to claim the top spot.
She said: “I think Ed Sheeran will be number one.”
The Angel of My Dreams hitmaker recently admitted she is keen to convince people she is a “credible artist” and writes her own music.
She told NME: “I like doing it [talking about her inspiration for songs] at this phase of my career, because I like to show people that I do actually write my own music.
“I feel like being in a girl band, you spend years convincing people that you actually are a credible artist. Like, to a degree, I’ve definitely got a bit of a chip on my shoulder about feeling like an underdog and having to prove that I’m worthy of a seat at the table.”
Jade went on to reveal her new track Unconditional was written when her mother was in hospital battling lupus and she was determined to channel her “upset” into her music.
She told the publication: “It’s about my mum, who’s got lupus – the week that we wrote it, my mum was in hospital, and I was obviously very upset about that.
“So I went in the studio with [songwriter] Pablo [Bowman] and [producer] Mike [Sabath] and told them what was going on. Literally, I was in and out of the room, on the phone to the hospital and my brother, and it was all very touch-and-go.
“So the song is about my undying love for my mum and [how] I wish I could fix it, but I just can’t. The musical references were Diana Ross and disco, because that’s what my mum loves, but I wanted to merge that with MGMT vibes, which you can hear in the synth sounds, and a bit of Gossip.”