Don't Mess With Love

UK Singer/Songwriter James Morrison sees a new year in with brand new original single 'Don't Mess With Love' on 7 Jan. The final single from the forthcoming 'Greatest Hits’ album aligned to UK 2022 tour out Feb 11th. James is confirmed for an appearance on The Voice Final (Germany) in Dec as well as BBC Radio 2 Piano Room Sessions, Sunday Brunch (TV) and This Morning (TV) running up to album launch. After announcing details of a ‘Greatest Hits’ tour kicking off in March 2022, James Morrison has announced details of his first ever ‘Greatest Hits’ album, to be released on 11th February 2022. Ahead of his first 'Greatest Hits’ album (11 Feb) and 2022 UK tour James Morrison is confirmed for an appearance on The Voice Final (Germany) in Dec as well as This Morning and Sunday Brunch UK TVs and a Valentine's special performance on BBC Radio 2 alongside UK instores. James’s powers of reinvention take on varying forms throughout the ‘Greatest Hits’ album. Stripped of its pop-leaning production and Nelly Furtado’s featured vocal, ‘Broken Strings’ is a far more sombre experience that gains a deeper emotional impact. His breakthrough ‘You Give Me Something’ has a more nuanced live feel, not only within the music but also with his now huskier, bluesy tone, while ‘I Won’t Let You Go’ takes on a fervent, gospel-tinged energy. And ‘You Make It Real’ is a particularly stellar example of James channelling all of the ups and downs that come with long-term relationships to sing a love song that comes straight from the heart. Both versions of the songs co-exist very naturally together. The originals still have the freshness that they first had, but now they have a wealth of memories attached to them. Meanwhile, the newer versions show that a great song can evolve very organically over time, especially as an artist’s ability grows in tandem. The ‘Greatest Hits’ album recalls many of the landmark moments of James Morrison’s career, with new versions of all five of his Top 10 singles included. His #1 albums ‘Undiscovered’ (5 x Platinum for 1.5 million sales) and ‘The Awakening’ are both strongly represented, but it also includes selections from ‘Songs For You, Truths For Me’ (#3), ‘Higher Than Here’ (#7) and ‘You’re Stronger Than You Know’ (#14). After winning the BRIT Award for British Male Solo Artist early in his career, James was recently invited by the iconic songwriter Diane Warren to feature on her current album ‘The Cave Sessions, Vol. 1’ with Leona Lewis. It represents James’s second big collaboration of 2021 after his songwriting hero Paul Weller asked him to duet on ‘Broken Stones’ as part of his Live From The Barbican show, a collaboration with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Their performance was released as the lead single from Weller’s upcoming album ‘An Orchestrated Songbook’, which will be released on December 3rd. He has also previously worked with Gary Barlow, Nelly Furtado, OneRepublic and Joss Stone.