"It's Not That Easy" is the first single taken from

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R&B singer

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's third album '' The Truth About Love''. Before the single's release, "It's Not That Easy" made the top 3 of the UK radio airplay chart and the top 10 of the TV airplay chart. The week prior to the single's physical release, "It's Not That Easy" entered the top 75 at #41 on downloads alone. In its second week on the chart, once the physical CD and vinyl formats were in store, the single launched Lemar back into the top ten of the

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, after his previous single, " Don't Give It Up", peaked outside the top twenty. "It's Not That Easy" peaked at #7. "It's not that easy" was first released in norwegian with the title "Eventyrlandet" (Fairytale land) that

Fredrik Friis Hans Fredrik Friis-Olsen, born 2 April 1923 in Sandefjord, Norway, died 15 March 2008, was one of Norway's first talent scouts, music managers and producers. He was also a noted composer, lyricist and singer, producing more than 600 songs of his ...

composed for the child artist Eivind Løberg in the 1970s.

Track listings

* CD: 1 # "It's Not That Easy" (Album Version) # "Come On Over" * CD: 2 # "It's Not That Easy" (Album Version) # "It's Not That Easy" (Kardinal Beats Remix) # "It's Not That Easy" (5am Extended Remix) # "It's Not That Easy" (CD-ROM Video) * 12" Vinyl ''Side A'' # "It's Not That Easy" (Kardinal Beats Remix) # "It's Not That Easy" (Kardinal Beats Remix Instrumental) ''Side B'' # "It's Not That Easy" (5am Extended Remix) # "It's Not That Easy" (Album Version)

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* Writer -

DEEKAY Deekay is a Danish production and songwriting team founded by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson with other members Tim "Data" McEwan, Daniel "Obi" Klein and Johannes "Josh" Jørgensen. The name Deekay comes from the acronym dk, which me ...

Lars Halvor Jensen Lars Halvor Jensen (born 23 July 1973) is a Danish record producer and songwriter. He has achieved success in many genres of music, particularly pop, rock and R&B and he is the co-founder of DEEKAY Music, a production and publishing company wi ...

Martin Larsson

Ali Tennant Lorne Alistair Tennant, better known as Ali Tennant, is a British singer, songwriter and vocal producer/mentorAli Tenn ...

Sigurd Jansen Sigurd Jansen (born 4 March 1932) is a Norwegian composer, pianist and conductor. Biography Sigurd Alf Jansen was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. He studied classical music at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He was a teacher o ...

Glenn Tharaldsen * Producer -

Brian Rawling Brian Rawling is a British record producer and songwriter. He is the managing director of publisher and production company Metrophonic. Rawling has produced singles and albums for artists such as Cher, with whom he won a Grammy in 1999 for his w ...

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* Mixer -

Steve Fitzmaurice Stephen Fitzmaurice is an Irish mixer and producer based in London, England. His credits include albums for Depeche Mode, Seal, Sam Smith, Ian Brown, Kylie Minogue, Sting, Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, The Kooks, Alicia Keys, U2, Hikaru Utada, an ...

Charts

References

2006 singles Lemar songs Songs written by Lars Halvor Jensen Songs written by Ali Tennant Songs written by Martin M. Larsson 2006 songs Song recordings produced by Brian Rawling {{2000s-R&B-song-stub