"What the Future Holds" is a song recorded by British group Steps for their sixth studio album of the same name (2020).

Background and release

On 7 September 2020, Steps announced that they would release their sixth album ''

What the Future Holds ''What the Future Holds'' is the sixth studio album by the British group Steps and was their first album to be released with their new record label BMG on 27 November 2020. They had originally intended to release the project in the Spring, how ...

'' on 27 November, preceded by its title track, in addition to embarking on a United Kingdom arena tour in 2021. In a message released online, the group stated "We couldn't keep it a secret any longer!" It is their first album to be released with their new record label based in the United States, BMG. The song "What the Future Holds" premiered on

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'' on 8 September and was released as the lead single the same day on download and streaming platforms. A remix of the single by Cahill was released on 30 September. The full version of the song (found as the last track on the digital version of the ''What the Future Holds'' album) features a solo verse shared by

Faye Tozer Faye Louise Tozer (born 14 November 1975) is an English singer, dancer, and actress, best known as a member of British pop group Steps. Career Music Steps are a pop group that have had a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2020. Their ...

& Lisa Scott Lee. The verse is cut on the Single Mix of the song.

Promotion

Music video

The official

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for "What the Future Holds" was filmed in

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at the start of 2020 and premiered on 11 September. It was directed by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini.

Live performances

Steps performed the single live for the first time on 18 September 2020 on

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'', featuring choreography from the official music video.

Composition

Written by

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and

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, "What the Future Holds" lasts for a duration of three minutes and forty-nine seconds.

Track listing

Digital download/streaming #"What the Future Holds" (single mix) – 3:49 Digital Cahill Remix single #"What the Future Holds" ( Cahill Remix) (Edit) – 3:18 #"What the Future Holds" (Cahill Remix) – 6:52 Under My Skin Digital Single #"Under My Skin" – 3:31 #"What the Future Holds" (single mix) – 3:49 #"What the Future Holds" (Cahill Remix) (Edit) – 3:18 #"What the Future Holds" (Alphalove Remix) (Edit) – 4:17 Remixes #"What the Future Holds" (Single Mix) - 3:48 #"What the Future Holds" (Cahill Remix) dit- 3:41 #"What the Future Holds" (Alphalove Remix) dit- 4:17 #"What the Future Holds" (7th Heaven Remix) dit- 4:14 #"What the Future Holds" (Acoustic) - 4:22 #"What the Future Holds" (Cahill Remix) - 6:51 #"What the Future Holds" (Alphalove Extended Remix) - 5:18 #"What the Future Holds" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - 6:25 #"What the Future Holds" (Cahill Club Edit) - 4:47

Personnel

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– writer *Julian Gingell – producer, engineer, keyboard, programmer *Pete Hofmann – mixer *

– writer *

Lee Latchford-Evans Lee Latchford-Evans (born 28 January 1975) is an English singer, dancer, stage actor and one of the five singers of the British pop group Steps. Early life From Ellesmere Port, Evans was born as Lee Latchford Evans, with his middle name Latc ...

– lead vocals *

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– lead vocals *

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– lead vocals *Barry Stone – producer, engineer, keyboard, programmer *

– lead vocals *

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– lead vocals

Charts

References

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