David Archuleta’s New Single, “Crush” To Be Released On Friday August 1st

August 1, 2008 by Masterclass Lady 16 Comments


Alright, this may be old news, but it’s still great news!

Not only will David’s new single, “Crush” be released on Z100 on Friday, but it looks like it will be the first official single to be released since David Cook’s “Time Of Your Life” after the seventh season of American Idol ended in May 2008.

You can read all about the journey over at David’s remarkable Fanblast site. Keep checking back often and set your clocks to 7:40 A.M. on Friday to hear the premiere airing of this song.

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Rosanne (Giallonardo) Simunovic began her musical career in Timmins, Ontario. She studied piano with Anne Pizzale and later, at an advanced level, with Soeur Anita Vaugeois (Sister Cecile of Les Soeurs De L’Assomption in Timmins). Her vocal and accompaniment skills were nurtured by her aunt, the late Dorothea Mascioli. When Rosanne graduated from O’Gorman High School, she moved on to the University of Toronto where she continued her piano and vocal studies while attaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She was hired as a piano accompanist for several musical companies, most notably, the National Ballet Of Canada. She presently holds an A.R.C.T. Teacher’s Diploma in Voice from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Rosanne has studied choral conducting with numerous well known Canadian Conductors, including Wayne Riddell of Montreal, Quebec and the internationally renowned Dr. Elmer Iseler. She has been a founding member of numerous community-based arts organizations: the Timmins Arts Council, later known as Arts & Culture Timmins, the Timmins Symphony Orchestra, and, the Timmins Youth Singers…as well as the TYS Alumnus choir, the Timmins Concert Singers. In 1987, she was also selected to be the conductor of the Timmins Board Of Education Choir, comprised of talented students from Grades 5 to 8. In 1988, she was elected to the Board Of Directors of the Ontario Choral Federation (now known as Choirs Ontario), where she served as Chair of the Festivals Committee for six consecutive seasons. In 1996, in honour of the Ontario Choral Federation’s 25th Anniversary, Rosanne was selected as one of 25 recipients of the OCF’s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contribution to the choral art. The ceremony was presided by Lieutenant Governor, Hal Jackman. In November 1997, Rosanne Simunovic was selected by the Rotary Club Of Timmins to receive the prestigious Paul Harris Award for her years of dedication to the artistic development of young musical talent in Timmins. In August of 2002, Rosanne Simunovic was selected by the Board Of Directors of Choirs Ontario to serve as Conductor of both the Provincial Junior and Teen Choir Camps, now renamed in honour of the Camp Benefactors, Don and Lillian Wright. In November 2002, Rosanne was the one of the recipients of the Commemorative Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, honouring her work in the development of the arts in Timmins. Under Rosanne Simunovic’s direction, the Timmins Youth Singers and the Timmins Concert Singers have been featured in numerous choral festivals and performing opportunities outside of Timmins. In 1985, they were selected to partici
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16 Responses to “David Archuleta’s New Single, “Crush” To Be Released On Friday August 1st”

  1. dreyfussca July 30, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    Thanks so much MCL for your wonderful updates of the Toronto concert. I live in the GTA as well but couldn’t make the scheduling work to go to the concert. Hearing David A sing live is definitely on my “bucket list”.

    I’m so excited to hear his new single! I tried to log onto the radio site last night and the message said no access from Canada so I’m very frustrated.

    I loved David’s vblog from Toronto and from Pittsburgh too. Sounds like he and Jason are hanging out together. I’m not surprised these two gentle souls are gravitating towards each other. Did I hear correctly that they were doing a bit of writing/creating together? Maybe it’s just informal but I’d LOVE to hear an Archuleta/Castro writing collaboration. And I’m not a “texting tween” nor a “gushing grannie” just a middle aged mom/business woman with everything from Norah Jones to Rush on her ipod.

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  2. masterclasslady July 31, 2008 at 11:00 am

    I love that Jason and David are bonding. They definitely have the same, relaxed, sincere personality and wouldn’t it be great if they collborated on an few songs?

    Thanks for sharing this information. Age is relative when it comes to appreciating good music. Keep that inner child within you always!:)

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  3. frogcooke July 31, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    omigosh omigosh!!!

    http://z100.elvisduran.com/pages/news/davidarchuleta/
    New pic up and they got this page set up for his crush premiere!! Lyrics are blurred out at the moment… but still.

    OMIGOSH!
    /fangirl mode

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  4. masterclasslady July 31, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Oh my – what a great page for Archie! I am so excited for this release! Thanks for adding this Frogcooke!

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  5. cersei August 1, 2008 at 5:10 am

    For people outside the US, to listen to z100, go to this link. Make sure you have flash installed though. It works!
    http://www.davidisourhero.com/page/page/show?id=2120872%3APage%3A17624

    Wake up wake up everyone! it’s the day

    I’ve been waiting for so long for something to arrive…

    Sooooo excited!!! Wake up!

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  6. archiefandoc August 1, 2008 at 8:44 am

    Dreyfussca — I hope you were able to listen to the interview and Crush — I came to this site afterwards. I am in Mexico on vacation and was able to hear it on davidisourhero.com == for international fans.
    you c an go to that site now – they are playing Crush over and over again (I am on my 10th time !)

    Not into POP music – but I love Crush!!!! and I don’t think it is just fangirlie bias.

    David gave an absolutely FANTASTIC interview! His great personality real showed = and as obnoxious as these particular people are on their radio show — they gave David the most respect (with one minor transgression) you can tell that they completely adored him.

    We now have a new yeah eeh yeah eeh yeah part to obsess over.

    MCL — it sounds like they are dubbing over David’s voice for the “back up” vocals? do you agree — make sense to me, no one can back up sing David better than David!

    sorry if typos – been up since 4 am.

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  7. archiefandoc August 1, 2008 at 8:56 am

    Have to add this – gives you goose bumps

    listen to the music on demand continuous loop playing CRUSH — while you look at MCL’s fantastic photo of the “shining star” (camera flash) glowing off of David’s face – and Cookie looking at him in adoration.
    That is one prophetic photo! Swooooooooosh – the sound of a rising, shooting star. Love it.

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  8. frogcooke August 1, 2008 at 9:32 am

    You can listen to crush on here:
    http://z100.elvisduran.com/pages/news/davidarchuleta/

    Love it and its quite catchy. love the bridge part and the “holding back” part. mmhmmmmm yup LOVE IT.

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  9. masterclasslady August 1, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Okay this is better: Over at ElvisDuran.Com http://z100.elvisduran.com/pages/news/davidarchuleta/

    The other link had so much treble. Weird.

    Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous! This will be a huge hit! HUGE

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  10. masterclasslady August 1, 2008 at 11:17 am

    I wonder if he will have the opportunity to sing this on the tour. Substitute it for “Apologize” maybe? Or else sing 5 songs instead of 4? Yes, I like that idea. More Archie! Then, Cookie can sing 6! haha

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  11. tomsuzuki August 1, 2008 at 11:48 am

    i was trying to decide what song in his set he should replace with CRUSH and i think mcl hit it on the head, if a song needs to be replaced, it should be apologize.

    maybe start with angels, move on to stand by me / beautiful girls and when you say you love me and close with crush.

    there is a video of archie listening to crush on the show over at elvisduran.com and the poor kid was shaking to the point of having to grab his arm. after the show he talked up a nervous stream of consciousness storm while walking out of the building, i just love the kid.

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  12. masterclasslady August 1, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    That video is so adorable and don’t you just want to hug David trhough the computer screen? Always worrying! Stop worrying, David = we love you.

    Oh – and did you see how he became giddy and shy when the song moved through his upper range? He was totally relaxed when he was listening to his lower range – mouthing the words and all! But, like a typical singer, he became more sensitive when listening to his upper range.

    You upper range is fine, David! Beautiful. Relax. We all love you. We truly do and the song is going to be HUGE!

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  13. be888 August 1, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    That video is PRICELESS!!! And the interview is AWESOME!!! It really shows the caring nature that’s within David when he worries about his fans not liking the song. This cannot be scripted. Love this kid. Love this song.

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  14. be888 August 1, 2008 at 2:19 pm

    And I think he harmonizing himself at the end of the song is brilliant.

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  15. be888 August 1, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    MCL, this is another video shot inside the studio showing David during the song play. What’s special about this video is that you don’t hear the song itself, but David’s talking/laughing.

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  16. masterclasslady August 1, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Thanks Be888 – I added a new blog topic with this link and credited you. It is priceless. Oh how I love this kid!

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