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On My Way Here is the fourth full length studio album released by American Idol Season 2
American Idol (Season 2)

The second season of American Idol premiered on January 21, 2003 and continued until May 21, 2003. It was the first season hosted by Ryan Seacrest exclusively....
 alumnus Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken is an United States American popular music singer who began his rise to fame on the American Idol of the television program American Idol in 2003....
 on May 6, 2008. Mark 'Kipper
Kipper (musician)

Kipper is a Grammy winning Guitarist, keyboardist and music producer, known mostly from his cooperation with Gary Numan and Sting .Kipper had his own band, One Nation ....
' Eldridge is the producer and Jaymes Foster the executive producer.

The title track, "On My Way Here", written by OneRepublic
OneRepublic

OneRepublic is a Grammy-nominated United States rock band formed in Colorado. After a few years of moderate success, they have drawn mainstream attention with the release of their singles "Apologize ," and "Stop and Stare"....
 frontman Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder

Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an United States singer and Grammy nominated songwriter and record producer. He has written and produced for various artists and has been reported to be a sought after songwriter in the industry, as well as being the frontman for the band OneRepublic....
 along with Hunter Davis and Chris Faulk, was the first single released. The song was originally for Tedder's debut album back in 2002, under Freelance Entertainment, which became defunct before the album could release.






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On My Way Here is the fourth full length studio album released by American Idol Season 2
American Idol (Season 2)

The second season of American Idol premiered on January 21, 2003 and continued until May 21, 2003. It was the first season hosted by Ryan Seacrest exclusively....
 alumnus Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken is an United States American popular music singer who began his rise to fame on the American Idol of the television program American Idol in 2003....
 on May 6, 2008. Mark 'Kipper
Kipper (musician)

Kipper is a Grammy winning Guitarist, keyboardist and music producer, known mostly from his cooperation with Gary Numan and Sting .Kipper had his own band, One Nation ....
' Eldridge is the producer and Jaymes Foster the executive producer.

The title track, "On My Way Here", written by OneRepublic
OneRepublic

OneRepublic is a Grammy-nominated United States rock band formed in Colorado. After a few years of moderate success, they have drawn mainstream attention with the release of their singles "Apologize ," and "Stop and Stare"....
 frontman Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder

Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an United States singer and Grammy nominated songwriter and record producer. He has written and produced for various artists and has been reported to be a sought after songwriter in the industry, as well as being the frontman for the band OneRepublic....
 along with Hunter Davis and Chris Faulk, was the first single released. The song was originally for Tedder's debut album back in 2002, under Freelance Entertainment, which became defunct before the album could release. The song is about how the lessons we learn growing up shape us into the adults we become. This struck a chord with Aiken and the song became the inspiration for the album's theme.

This album of both ballads and pop-rock is an eclectic mix of styles and tempos. The last track "Lover All Alone", originally available as an iTunes
ITunes

iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
 bonus with Aiken's A Thousand Different Ways
A Thousand Different Ways

A Thousand Different Ways is the third studio album by Clay Aiken. The album, which was executive produced by Jaymes Foster, consists of ten covers and four new songs....
 album, was produced by Emanuel Kiriakou
Emanuel Kiriakou

Early Life Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou started playing music at the age of 12 in his father?s Greek band....
.

Sales and chart performance

The album, selling 94,000 units in its first week, made its debut on the Billboard
Billboard

Billboard is a weekly United States magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized Record chart that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis....
 charts at #4 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
 and #1 on Billboard Top Internet Albums. The album debuted on Billboard's Top Canadian Albums at #25 for the week ending May 24, 2008.

Track List

  1. "On My Way Here
    On My Way Here (song)

    "On My Way Here" is a song written by Ryan Tedder, Hunter Davis and Chris Faulk and is the title track for Clay Aiken's fourth album On My Way Here....
    "
  2. "Ashes"
  3. "Everything I Don't Need"
  4. "Something About Us"
  5. "Falling"
  6. "Where I Draw the Line"
  7. "The Real Me"
  8. "Weight of the World"
  9. "As Long as We're Here"
  10. "Sacrificial Love"
  11. "Grace of God"
  12. "Lover All Alone"


Bonus tracks

  1. "Forget I Ever Knew You" (Wal-Mart exclusive)
  2. "It's In Everyone Of Us" (iTunes
    ITunes

    iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
     exclusive when pre-ordered)


Song notes

  • "On My Way Here
    On My Way Here (song)

    "On My Way Here" is a song written by Ryan Tedder, Hunter Davis and Chris Faulk and is the title track for Clay Aiken's fourth album On My Way Here....
    " Written by: Ryan Tedder
    Ryan Tedder

    Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an United States singer and Grammy nominated songwriter and record producer. He has written and produced for various artists and has been reported to be a sought after songwriter in the industry, as well as being the frontman for the band OneRepublic....
    , Hunter Davis, Chris Faulk - 4:28
  • "Ashes" Written by: Nichole Nordeman
    Nichole Nordeman

    Nichole Nordeman is a nine time Dove Award winning Contemporary Christian music American singer....
    , Mark Hammond - 3:42
  • "Everything I Don't Need" Written by: Kipper
    Kipper (musician)

    Kipper is a Grammy winning Guitarist, keyboardist and music producer, known mostly from his cooperation with Gary Numan and Sting .Kipper had his own band, One Nation ....
    , Judie Tzuke
    Judie Tzuke

    Judie Tzuke is an England singer/songwriter. Her father, Sefton Myers, was a successful property developer who also managed artists and singers—most notably Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice during the writing of Jesus Christ Superstar....
    , James Morrison - 4:30
  • "Something About Us" Written by: Michael O'Brien, Scotty Wilbanks, Regie Hamm
    Regie Hamm

    Regie Hamm is an United States singer-songwriter. He has multiple credits as a songwriter, producer, musician , and artist. ...
      - 3:39
  • "Falling" Written by: Martin Hansen, Magnus Kaxe, Fred Alexander - 3:24
  • "Where I Draw the Line" Written by: Jeremy Bose, Clint Lagerberg, Jason Walker, - 4:24
  • "The Real Me" Written by: Natalie Grant
    Natalie Grant

    Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her recent work has gained prominence, with the GMA Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her popular single, "Held"....
     - 4:37
  • "Weight of the World" Written by: Franne Golde, Kasia Livingston, Henrik Korpi, Mathias Wollo - 3:44
  • "As Long as We're Here" Written by: Jan Buckingham, Rebecca Lynn-Howard - 4:42
  • "Sacrificial Love" Written by: Carl Falk, Sharon Vaughn, Didrik Thott - 4:12
  • "Grace of God" Written by: Mads Hauge, Don Mescall - 3:36
  • "Lover All Alone" Written by: Clay Aiken
    Clay Aiken

    Clay Aiken is an United States American popular music singer who began his rise to fame on the American Idol of the television program American Idol in 2003....
    , David Foster
    David Foster

    David Walter Foster, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, Doctor of Laws is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer-songwriter and arrangement.....
    , Emanuel Kiriakou
    Emanuel Kiriakou

    Early Life Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou started playing music at the age of 12 in his father?s Greek band....
     / Produced by: Emanuel Kiriakou- 4:57
  • "Forget I Ever Knew You" Written by: Greg Critchley
  • "It's In Everyone Of Us" Written by: David Pomeranz
    David Pomeranz

    David Pomeranz is an United States singer, composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theatre.Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Pomeranz expressed interest in music from an early age, singing in the synagogue choir, learning to play the piano, guitar, and Drum kit, and writing and recording songs by the age of fourteen....


Additional Personnel

  • Nathaniel Kunkel - Recorded and Mixed
  • Cameron Craig - String Engineer
  • Joe Harding - Engineer
  • Chris Jennings - Engineer
  • Wesley Seidman - Engineer
  • Jorge Vivo - Engineer
  • Bernard Levin - Asst. Engineer
  • Dale Parsons - Asst. Engineer
  • Nick Banns - Asst. Engineer
  • Tyler Van Dalen - Asst. Engineer
  • David Jones - - Asst. Engineer
  • Keith Carlock - drums
    Drum kit

    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
  • Freddie Washington - Bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • Jon Herrington - guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    s
  • Jeff Young - Piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
    , B3 Hammond
    Hammond organ

    The Hammond organ is an electronic organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to Church as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s, it became a standard keyboard instrument for jazz, blues, Rock and r...
    , Background Vocals
  • Oz Noy - Guitars (appears courtesy of Magnatude Records)
  • Keith Beauvais - Guitars, Production
  • David Foster
    David Foster

    David Walter Foster, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, Doctor of Laws is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer-songwriter and arrangement.....
     - Piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
     ("The Real Me")
  • David Hartley - Piano ("Something About Us" and "Sacrificial Love"),
  • Dominic Miller - Nylon Guitar ("Sacrificial Love")
  • Jon Ossman - Bass ("Falling")
  • Kipper
    Kipper (musician)

    Kipper is a Grammy winning Guitarist, keyboardist and music producer, known mostly from his cooperation with Gary Numan and Sting .Kipper had his own band, One Nation ....
     - Keyboards, Programming
  • Mark Neary - Additional Pro Tools
  • Quiana Parler - Background vocals
    Singing

    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
  • Angela Fisher - Background Vocals
  • Jenny Hill - Background Vocals
  • Windy Wagner - Background Vocals
  • Sumudu Jayatilaka - Background Vocals

Strings
  • David Hartley - Arranger
  • Dermot Crehan - Violin
    Violin

    The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
     (solo on "As Long as We're Here")
  • Perry Montague-Mason - Violin
  • Warren Zielinski - Violin
  • Emlyn Singleton - Violin
  • Patrick Kierman - Violin
  • Boguslaw Kostecki - Violin
  • Tom Bowes - Violin
  • Maciej Rakowski - Violin
  • Julian Leaper - Violin
  • Chris Tombling - Violin
  • Dave Woodcock - Violin
  • Mark Berrow - Violin
  • Jackie Shave - Violin
  • Jonathan Rees - Violin
  • Dermot Crehan - Violin
  • Peter Lale - Viola
    Viola

    The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.The casual observer may mistake the viola for the violin because of their similarity in size, closeness in pitch range , and nearly identical playing position....
  • Bruce White - Viola
  • Katie Wilkinson - Viola
  • Rachael Bolt - Viola
  • Anthony Pleeth - Cello
    Cello

    The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
  • Martin Loveday - Cello
  • Dave Daniels - Cello
  • Jonthan Williams - Cello
  • Chris Laurence - Bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...

"Lover All Alone"
  • Emanuel Kiriakou
    Emanuel Kiriakou

    Early Life Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou started playing music at the age of 12 in his father?s Greek band....
     - Piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
    , Guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
     (Acoustic & Electric), keyboards
    Keyboard instrument

    A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
  • Doug Petty - Hammond B-3
    Hammond organ

    The Hammond organ is an electronic organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to Church as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s, it became a standard keyboard instrument for jazz, blues, Rock and r...
  • Cameron Stone - Cello
    Cello

    The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
  • Jimi Englund - Shaker


Additional Notes

In an interview with Linda Loveland of WRAL-TV
WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV, channel 5, is a television station in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is the CBS affiliate for the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina-Chapel Hill, North Carolina-Fayetteville, North Carolina area, known collectively as the Triangle ....
 prior to the album's release, Aiken said that a couple of the songs on this album, while previously recorded, had not been widely heard. "The Real Me" was originally recorded by Natalie Grant
Natalie Grant

Natalie Grant is a singer-songwriter of contemporary Christian music. Her recent work has gained prominence, with the GMA Dove Awards for best female artist, and with her popular single, "Held"....
 for her album Awaken
Awaken (Natalie Grant album)

Track listing 1. Awaken 2. Something Beautiful 3. What Are You Waiting For 4. The Real Me 5. Another Day 6. Home ...
 (2005). Aiken stated in an interview that Grant rewrote some of the lyrics for him. "The Real Me" was covered by Jessie Clark Funk on the 2009 Be Thou An Example CD from Songs for the Youth produced by the EFY cd's. "Something About Us" was written and recorded by Michael O'Brien for his album Something About Us (2007). "As Long as We're Here" was recorded by Kristy Starling
Kristy Starling

Kristy Starling is a Contemporary Christian Music singer, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After marrying husband Adam in the fall of 2002, she came second in a national singing competition, Today's Superstar, NBC News' morning show....
 for her self titled debut album (2003)

Webisodes

Promotion for this album included a series of short filmed interviews of Aiken commenting on the making of the album. These interviews, known as Webisode
Webisode

A webisode is a short subject episode which airs initially as an Internet download or stream as opposed to first airing on broadcasting or cable television....
s, are all on his official YouTube
YouTube

YouTube is a Video hosting service website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005....
 page along with a video that was filmed for the first single from this album.

QVC Bonus Disc

Aiken debuted the album on QVC
QVC

QVC is a West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America, multinational corporation, specializing in televised Shopping channel. Founded in 1986 in television by Joseph Segel, QVC broadcasts in four major countries to 141 million consumers....
 before it's release. As a bonus with pre-orders, a second Enhanced CD was included containing 3 live Sessions@AOL recordings, 1 unreleased recording and an unreleased video that had been filmed for his 2003 Measure of a Man album.
  1. "When I Need You"
  2. "Invisible" (Live)
  3. "Measure Of A Man" (Live)
  4. "I Will Carry You" (Live)
  • Enhanced CD Portion: "This Is The Night" (Unreleased Video) Directed by: Matthew Rolston
    Matthew Rolston

    Matthew Russell Rolston is an American fashion photographer and music video director, known for videos in Pop and R&B genres.Matthew Rolston was raised in Los Angeles and developed his photography at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Art Center College of Design, in Pasadena, California....
  • tracks 2, 3 and 4 from Sessions@AOL, November 2003 and December 2004

MusicPass

This album is also available in a new music format called MusicPass. The MusicPass is a gift card that gives access to a digital version of the album for iPod
IPod

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on . The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle....
s and MP3 players. Included as a bonus are 3 music videos and a digital booklet.
  1. "Invisible" - music video
  2. "The Way" - music video
  3. "A Thousand Days" - music video


Discography

  • Main article: Clay Aiken discography
    Clay Aiken discography

    This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Clay Aiken, an United States pop music singer. Aiken has released four studio albums, nine single excluding Christmas songs, one extended play, two A-side and B-side, and two music videos, on RCA Records....


External links

  • on YouTube
    YouTube

    YouTube is a Video hosting service website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005....