Last updated on March 17, 2008
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The compilation Now And Then will be announced by the release of a new single, the duet ‘Live For The Day’, recorded with rising 20-year-old Lebanese star Tina Yamout. Given his stadium-filling popularity in the Lebanon, Chris was invited to appear and perform on ‘Star Academy’ last year. A reality TV hybrid of ‘Big Brother’ and ‘X Factor’, the programme is watched by 60 million viewers each week and features talented representatives – Tina among them - from a dozen or more Middle Eastern countries.
Chris was enormously impressed by Tina’s talent when he heard her self-written songs and sang with her. “I thought she was amazing. Not only a fabulous voice, but she looked fantastic. She’s just got star quality. She’s not just a Middle Eastern star, she’s going to be, potentially, a world star.”
As a measure of that belief, Chris wrote ‘Live For The Day’ specifically for Tina to record with him. “It’s an up-tempo number, very positive, and – as the title suggests, is about living every day as it comes. There is so much in the world to see. We are so fortunate even to be on the planet in the first place. We know that our time is temporary but, in that time, go out and enjoy yourself; do things, give love to others – make a difference. That’s what the song is all about.”