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Opening track and first single off British X-Factor made girlband; Little Mix’s debut album DNA which was released on the 19th of November 2012.
“Wings” was written by all four members of the band alongside Thomas Barnes, Peter Kelleher, Ben Kohn, Iain James, Erika Nuri, Michelle Lewis, Mischke But...
[Chorus: All]
Mama told me not to waste my life (Ah-ooh)
She said, "Spread your wings, my little butterfly (Ah-ooh)
Don't let what they say keep you up at night (Ah-ooh)
And if they give you shh, then they can walk on by"
[Verse 1: Jesy, Jade]
My feet, feet can't touch the ground
And I can't hear a sound
But you just keep on running up your mouth, yeah (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Walk, walk on over there
'Cause I'm too fly to care, oh, yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Leigh-Anne & Perrie, All]
Your words don't mean a thing
I'm not listening
Keep talking, all I know is
[Chorus: All, Perrie, Jade]
Mama told me not to waste my life
She said, "Spread your wings, my little butterfly
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
And they can't detain you 'cause wings are made to fly"
And we don't let nobody bring us down (Down, down)
No matter what you say, it won't hurt me
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
These wings are made to fly (Hey, hey)
[Verse 2: Perrie, Leigh-Anne]
I'm firing up on that runway
I know we're gonna get there someday
But we don't need no ready steady go, no
Talk, talk turns into air
And I don't even care, oh, yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Leigh-Anne & Perrie, All]
Your words don't mean a thing
I'm not listening
Keep talking, all I know is
[Chorus: All, Perrie]
Mama told me not to waste my life
She said, "Spread your wings, my little butterfly
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
And they can't detain you 'cause wings are made to fly"
(Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly)
And we don't let nobody bring us down
(Down, down; Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly)
No matter what you say, it won't hurt me
(Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly)
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
(Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly)
These wings are made to fly
[Bridge: Leigh-Anne, All]
I don't need no one sayin', "Hey, hey, hey, hey"
I don't hear no one sayin', "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey"
You'd better keep on walkin'
I don't wanna hear your talking, boy'd
You'd better keep on walkin'
I don't wanna hear your talking, boy'd
[Pre-Chorus: Perrie, All]
Your words don't mean a thing (Don't mean a thing)
I'm not listening (Not listening)
They're just like water off my wings
[Chorus: All, Perrie]
Mama told me not to waste my life (Ooh, woah)
She said, "Spread your wings, my little butterfly (My little butterfly)
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
And they can't detain you (They can't detain you)
'Cause wings are made to fly" (Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly)
And we don't let nobody bring us down
(Down, down; Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly)
No matter what you say, it won't hurt me
(Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly; Oh, woah)
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
(Let 'em fly, let 'em fly, fly; Oh, woah)
These wings are made to fly
[Outro: All, Perrie]
And we don't let nobody bring us down (Down, down)
No matter what you say, it won't hurt me
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
These wings are made to fly
Wings was written by Ben Kohn & Chrishan & Erika Nuri Taylor & Heidi Rojas & Iain James & Jade Thirlwall & Jesy Nelson & Kxhris & Leigh-Anne & Michelle Lewis & Mischke & Perrie (UK) & Pete Kelleher & Tom Barnes.
Wings was produced by James F Reynolds & TMS.
Little Mix released Wings on Sat Aug 04 2012.
The band shared in a track-by-track video:
Leigh-Anne: It’s the introduction to Little Mix, it’s everything that we’re about, and it’s just an amazing message to all of our fans.
Jade: We spent, like, a month with different writers and producers trying to find the first single. It just wasn’t real...
Yes, there is.
Jesy explained the song’s meaning to Artist Direct:
‘Wings’ is literally about not letting anyone put you down.
It’s about believing in yourself. Haters are going to hate. You have to believe in yourself and who you are. That’s what ‘Wings’ is about. It’s a strong message for our fans. We love it,...
Jade Thirlwall:
I’ll be honest, here. I am fuming because the girls took two of my faves. I was going to do “Touch” and I was going to do “Sweet Melody” but I will rejig. So “Wings” is my first one. It was our first big single as a group, and we’d written it, so it meant a lot to us. And I feel tha...
I remember we were just so excited. It was such a big deal for us, we were nearly signed, it meant so much that we had written the song ourselves, and to see it being brought to life in the videoshoot for the first time was amazing.
We wanted to be the biggest girl group… ever. We wanted [“Wings”]...
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“Wings” is certified Gold by the RIAA.