{"id":4644,"date":"2011-04-18T14:09:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2011-04-18T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T13:10:04","slug":"george-michael-unveils-track-for-prince-william-and-kate-royal-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/4644\/george-michael-unveils-track-for-prince-william-and-kate-royal-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael Unveils Track for Prince William and Kate Royal Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Royal wedding\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/music\/willam01.JPG\" alt=\"Willam and Kate\" width=\"593\" height=\"380\" \/><\/p>\n<p>George Michael has unveiled his song for Prince William and Kate Middleton &#8211; a cover of Stevie Wonder&#8217;s &#8216;You And I&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The singer gave an exclusive performance to CNN <em>Piers Morgan Tonight<\/em> show on Friday and he told Piers  Morgan that recording the track had been the &#8220;best two days of work&#8221; ever.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: &#8220;The idea came to me last week&#8230; that I should perhaps kinda express my happiness at this marriage, in a way, publicly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an April day that happened to be like summer here in London and I was Twittering and kinda got carried away and decided I was gonna make [William and Kate] a new track&#8230; by Friday, so I&#8217;ve had a very busy week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Michael, who was a close friend of William&#8217;s late mother Princess Diana, further admitted that he had always wanted to cover Wonder&#8217;s 1972 song.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was a child I dreamed of singing this song in my imagination,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I used to dream of singing it in the school assembly hall, but I guess this is a slightly bigger deal than that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;I would really like for any of my fans or anybody who really enjoys this track, if they&#8217;re gonna download it for free&#8230; I would love them to go to Kate and William&#8217;s charity site and make a donation if they&#8217;re genuinely happy for these two people, which I think a lot of people are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the track below:<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* largexfactor 336x280, created 11\/25\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7071761240\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><object style=\"height: 390px; width: 580px\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uvZqp4FsXOQ?version=3\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/object><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions mid page 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2217652781\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Michael has unveiled his song for Prince William and Kate Middleton &#8211; a cover of Stevie Wonder&#8217;s &#8216;You And I&#8217;. 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