All This Time (Michelle McManus song)

"All This Time" is a song written for the winner of the second series of Pop Idol in the UK. The final two acts in the show, Michelle McManus and Mark Rhodes both performed the song in the final of the show. McManus went on to win, and released "All This Time" as her debut single. It reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart on 11 January 2004, and was later included on her critically panned debut album The Meaning of Love. Subsequent releases failed to duplicate its success, and McManus was soon dropped by BMG.

Daily Telegraph critic Lynsey Hanley called the track "utterly forgettable" and "one of the lamest Pop Idol-sponsored efforts yet", and argued that it merely achieved the #1 position "on the back of the series' success". Fiona Shepherd in The Scotsman described the song as a "tuneless dirge".

Cover versions

Almighty Records artist Deja Vu featuring Tasmin recorded a cover version of "All This Time". The Almighty Anthem Radio Edit (3:56) and 12" Anthem Mix (7:28)

Michelle McManus

Michelle McManus (born May 8, 1980) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, actress, columnist, radio DJ, television presenter and former international darts player, who rose to fame after winning the second series of the UK talent show Pop Idol. Following her win, McManus released her debut single "All This Time" that debuted at number one on both the UK Singles Charts and Scottish Singles Charts, thus making her the first Scottish female to debut at the top of the UK Singles Charts. "All this Time" spent three weeks at number one in the UK and spent eleven weeks inside the UK Top 100.

McManus released her second single, "The Meaning of Love" which debuted at number sixteen on the UK Singles Charts, number seven on the Scottish Singles Charts as well as number twenty-nine on the Irish Singles Charts. Her debut album, The Meaning of Love was released in February 2004 and debuted at number one on the Scottish Album Charts, number three on the UK Album Charts and number sixty-four on the Irish Album Charts. The Meaning of Love went onto receive a Gold certification from the BPI for sales of over 200,000 in the UK alone.

Michelle McManus (Michigan politician)

Michelle A. McManus (born October 5, 1966) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. She was a member of the Michigan Senate from 2003 through 2010, representing the 35th District, and was assistant majority leader during her second term, 2007 to 2010.

Elected office

From 1993 to 1999, she was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 104th District.

McManus unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1998 against then-Democratic incumbent Bart Stupak in Michigan's First Congressional District receiving only 40% of the vote. She served as the director of Governor John Engler's Northern Michigan Office between 1999 and 2002.

In the 2002 general election McManus was elected to the Michigan Senate from the 35th Senate District. The district covered eleven counties, including Benzie, Clare, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mecosta, Missaukee, Osceola, Roscommon and Wexford. Her uncle, George A. McManus, Jr., had previously held the Senate seat for the 35th District.

All This Time (Sting album)

...All This Time is a live album and concert film by Sting, recorded and filmed on 11 September 2001. It was recorded at Sting's Villa Il Palagio in Italy in front of a select audience drawn from his fan club and features live versions of Sting's songs from his Police and solo song catalogue. The album and video get their name from the song of the same name from his album The Soul Cages.

Background

As Sting wanted to put together a concert in his home, he enlisted a group of musicians to practice and perform this concert with him. The events leading up to the night of the performance were filmed, and within these events on the day of the performance, the September 11 attacks perpetrated against The United States of America occurred, and the assembled group of musicians was made aware of this. The group performed the concert as originally intended, although Sting indicates on the DVD documentary the tone of the evening was quite different from how it was originally intended. Additionally, the "Desert Rose" performance featuring vocalist Cheb Mami was canceled due to the same circumstances.

All This Time

All This Time may refer to:

See also

All This Time (Heartless Bastards album)

All This Time is the second album by American blues rock band Heartless Bastards. It is their second Release on Fat Possum Records. It was their last full release to include the original drummer Kevin Vaughn and bassist Mike Lamping, who would both leave before recording The Mountain. It was produced by Brian Niesz and released on August 8, 2006.

Track listing

All tracks written by Erika Wennerstrom.

Personnel

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