28,000 Friends
"28,000 Friends" is the only single by Irish pop singer Eoghan Quigg released from his self-titled debut album. The album was released on 6 April 2009. Background information. The song was written by Busted member James Bourne. It was given to Quigg by Bourne who was impressed after seeing Quigg's performance of "Year 3000" on "The X Factor". The lyrics are about accruing so-called ‘friends’ on websites such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and IM. Promotion. On 3 April 2009, Quigg performed the song on breakfast show "GMTV". He also performed the song on "The Late  Late Show." On 12 December 2009, Quigg performed the song on talent show "The X Factor". He also released the song worldwide in most stores in the UK in 2009 and his self-titled debut album on 3 April 2009 in the UK and Ireland. Music video. The music video for "28,000 Friends" premiered on Quigg's official Bebo site on 6 March 2009. It takes place mainly in an empty building with Quigg singing on a microphone and throughout the video many people come into the building. In another scene, Quigg is standing in a tracksuit singing directly to  the camera. Charts and reception. On 9 April 2009 the single entered the Irish Singles Chart at 32 and the UK Singles Chart at 96. The BBC's Chart Blog gave the song one star out of five. Music-News.com gave the song two stars out of five. They criticised the lyrical content and the production, saying: "with weak instrumental and percussion, you’d be forgiven in thinking it was recorded on a Fisher-Price product".