Smile for duo with song for Bradley Lowery
THEY very nearly cracked the iTunes top 10 with their song for him at Christmas and now sister duo Liv ‘n’ G have recorded another poignant track for terminally ill youngster Bradley Lowery.
The Hartlepool siblings — Olivia Crawford and Georgia Fletcher — released original track Our Superhero in December for the Blackhall boy who has captured the hearts of the nation, and it soared to number 12 in the iTunes top 100.
Tragically their new release comes after Bradley’s family were dealt a devastating blow by doctors who told them the courageous sixyear-old, who has neuroblastoma, had just weeks to life.
As another tribute to Bradley, Liv ‘n’ G have recorded a cover of Charlie Chaplin’s Smile which they hope to release on Friday.
Announcing the single on their Facebook page, the girls said: “We wanted to do this song particularly because we feel that Bradley’s smile, every single photo you see of him on Facebook he’s smiling.
“We can’t imagine what he’s going through but his smile has captured us, but not only us — the nation, the world, everyone — so we wanted to do this for such an amazing little boy.”
The girls have made their version more personal to Bradley by writing a new verse in his honour.
But Georgia said after meeting Bradley and being blown away by his courage, it didn’t take long to write.
“You would never tell there’s anything wrong with him. He’s just like any normal six-year-old, running around with this huge smile on his face.
“Even with all the pain he’s experiencing he never stops smiling and that’s why we thought Smile was the perfect song choice for him.
“His family have shown such strength as well; they’ve all been amazing.”
After making the announcement about the single on Facebook, the girls followed it up with a post ask- ing for clips of families and young people who have been touched by cancer to include in the music video
And less than 12 hours later they’d had 900 responses.
“We couldn’t believe it. By night time on Wednesday it was at 700 and then we woke up it was at 900. We going to try and feature as many as we can.
“And we’re also hoping to go to Bradley’s school to record his friends.”
Smile for Bradley is available to pre-order on iTunes and Amazon and will be able to download on Friday.