"Friday's Child" is a song by British singer

Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 Pop Idol (series 1), inaugural series of the ITV (TV network), ITV talent contest ''Pop Idol'', making him the f ...

. It was written by Stephen Lee and Dina Taylor and produced by Stephen Lipson for Young's second studio album, '' Friday's Child'' (2003), based on original production by Lee. The song was released as the album's third single on 5 July 2004. "Friday's Child" reached number four on the

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and number 31 on the

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Music video

A video for "Friday's Child" was directed by Dougal Wilson and inspired by Young's grandfather who swam in the

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. It depicts Young on his journey to ultimately becoming an

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swimmer. He is seen starting lessons with armbands and later with floats, then undertaking lifesaving lessons and doing time-trials with an instructor. At the second chorus he is seen taking part in a swimming race, which he wins. A representative for the Olympic Games is among the spectators and is seen holding a clipboard, which the camera zooms into paperwork on the clipboard bearing the question "Good enough for Olympics?" to which the 'yes' box is ticked. He later becomes the new Olympic champion when representing England at swimming in the Olympic Games. The last shots of the video depict him on the

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with a gold medal at the Olympics and later swimming the

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and being presented with a medal for his efforts.

Track listings

Notes * denotes original producer(s) * denotes remix producer(s)

Credits and personnel

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– backing vocals * Niall Acott – recording engineer * Tim Cansfield – guitar * Mark Feltham – harmonica * Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor * Nick Ingman – orchestal arranger * Tim Jenkins – recording assistance * Stephen Lee – harmonica, original producer, programming, writer * Stephen Lipson – producer * Heff Moraes – engineer * Steve Price – recording engineer * Dina Taylor – writer * Phil Todd – flute solo *

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– drum programming

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

2003 songs 2004 singles Bertelsmann Music Group singles Song recordings produced by Stephen Lipson Songs written by Steve Lee (songwriter) Will Young songs {{2000s-pop-single-stub