"Trouble" is a song by

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recording artist

Chris Rene Christopher Rene (previously René; born December 25, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He was in a band called Diversion and also had a solo career, releasing the album ''Soul'd Out''. Chris auditioned for the fi ...

his debut EP, ''

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''. It was written by

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semi-finalist

Alex Lambert Alexander Don Lambert (born December 10, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter from North Richland Hills, Texas, who was a semi-finalist on the American Idol (season 9), ninth season of ''American Idol'' and starred on a web show, ''If I Can D ...

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, and J Bonilla, and produced by

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and J Bonilla. The song will serve as his second single of his debut album. The song was released for digital download on June 26, 2012."Chris Rene Finally Releases New Song, Collaborates with Alex Lambert'"
'Reality Rocks', June 21, 2012.

Background and recording

The song was originally a collaboration between

semi-finalist

and songwriter/producer

. The demo was shopped around and bought by Epic Records and Rene to record for his debut studio album. A lyric video of the song was released on

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and

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on June 20, 2012.

Live performances

Rene debuted his single live at Q92 radio station in Ohio, then again at B104 Night at the Mayfair Festival of the Arts June 7

Chart performance

"Trouble" had made its second appearance on the

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, debuting at number ten, making it his second top ten single consecutively. "Trouble" debuted on the AOL Top 40 pop songs chart at #26. The song also debuted at number one hundred on the US

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chart.

Release history

References

External links

* {{Chris Rene 2012 singles Chris Rene songs Epic Records singles Songs written by busbee Songs written by Alex Lambert 2012 songs