"Jealousy" is the first single from Will Young

Will Young

William Robert "Will" Young is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominenceafter winning the 2002 inaugural series of the British music contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the now-worldwide Idols-format franchise...

's album Echoes

Echoes (Will Young album)

-Singles:The first single to be released from the album was "Jealousy" on 19 August 2011. The artwork for the single was revealed on Young's Facebook page on 8 July 2011....

. It was released on 19 August 2011, with the album released on the same day. On 25 August 2011 the single entered the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

 at number 23, his first single to chart in Ireland since "Changes

Changes (Will Young song)

"Changes" is a pop song recorded by British singer Will Young for his fourth studio album, Let It Go. The song was released as the album's lead single on 15 September 2008, as a digital download, with the physical release a week later....

" back in 2008. It also gave Will his first UK top 5 single in 5 years since "All Time Love

All Time Love

"All Time Love" is a popular song, written by Jamie Hartman and performed by Will Young. It was released as the second single from Young's third album Keep On and his ninth single overall...

" in 2006, which reached number three.

Reception

The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

 described "Jealousy" as 'a stately, radio-friendly slice of polite dance music with a fantastic vocal.' Entertainment Focus called the track "simply stunning."

Promotion

The song received its first radio play on July 11, 2011.

Music video

The video for "Jealousy" was directed by Diamond Dogs and tells the story of impossible love where Young is 'lusting for an otherwise engaged man.' It was first released onto YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

 on 29 July 2011 featuring an album version edit of the song at a total length of three minutes and nineteen seconds.

Track listing

Jealousy has now become Will's biggest selling single since Leave Right Now.

Chart performance

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Chart (2011)	Peak position

Release history

Country	Release date	Format
United Kingdom	19 August 2011	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...