Joseph "Joe" McElderry ( /məˈkɛldəri/; born 16 June 1991) is an English singer songwriter and model. He won the sixth series of the ITV show The X Factor in 2009. His first single "The Climb" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Charts. He was also crowned the winner of the second series of Popstar to Operastar, two years later in 2011. To date he has released three albums - two of them reaching the UK top three. He is currently working on his fourth studio album.
Born in South Shields, England, McElderry is the only child of Jim McElderry and Eileen Joyce. The couple separated when McElderry was a child. McElderry was raised in a small flat on Tyneside.
McElderry attended Harton Technology College in Lisle Road, South Shields, before joining South Tyneside College to study AS level school qualifications, and Newcastle College to study performing arts. He was the Pride of South Tyneside's Young Performer of the Year in 2008. McElderry studied for BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts (Advanced Performance) at Newcastle College Performance Academy and in 2010 graduated with triple distinction. He took the role of 'Danny Zuko' in Grease performed at Harton Technology College.
Fingerprints are on the weapon
I have fallen for deception
Not again (cause i gotta have)
Not again with you
I am here in your confession
Will i ever learn my lesson
Not if im (cause i gotta have)
Not if im with you
I do so well when im alone
The truth is all i know
[Chorus]
I am good at falling in love
Not so good at falling out
This songs for you
If your the one,
The one that i can do without
I am great at being in love
Not so great at being out
This songs for you
If your the one
Then love me until the stars run out
But then i call and i am waiting
I hear your voice and i am fading
Not again (cause i gotta have)
Not again with you
So run away were far from home
See this is all i know
[Chorus] x2
I am good at falling in love
Not so good at falling out
This songs for you
If your the one,
The one that i can do without
I am great at being in love
Not so great at being out
This songs for you
If your the one
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
I'm more than a bird... i'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me
Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd... but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed... but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me
Up, up and away... away from me
It's all right... you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy... or anything...
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me
I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dream
I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it's not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...
(originally by Josh Groban)
Who can say for certain
Maybe you're still here
I feel you all around me
Your memory, so clear
Deep in the stillness
I can hear you speak
You're still an inspiration
Can it be
That you are mine
Forever love
And you are watching over me from up above
Fly me up to where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for awhile to know you're there
A breath away not far
To where you are
Are you gently sleeping
Here inside my dream
And isn't faith believing
All power can't be seen
As my heart holds you
Just one beat away
I cherish all you gave me everyday
'Cause you are my
Forever love
Watching me from up above
And I believe
That angels breathe
And that love will live on and never leave
Fly me up
To where you are
Beyond the distant star
I wish upon tonight
To see you smile
If only for awhile
To know you're there
A breath away not far
To where you are
I know you're there
A breath away not far
Now, I can't behave
I feel it in my feet on the streets
But don't you know?
There's something I can feel when I breathe
I told you once
You're breaking into separate parts
But don't you know?
It's something that I can't live without
[CHORUS]
And if somebody's going to make it
Then this somebody ought to be you
And I keep telling my reflection
Ambitions are already starting to fade
I can't tolerate
The feelings that I feel when I feel
But don't you know?
Some feelings never seem to let go
Like a silver blade
I cut my way out of control
But don't you know?
Some blades will cut you right to the bone
[CHORUS]
And if somebody's going to make it
Then this somebody ought to be you
And if somebody's going to fake it
Then this somebody is, somebody is you
If it's me that was going to take it
Then I know that it wouldn't be straight
And I keep telling my reflection
Ambitions are already starting to fade
I can't tolerate...
I can't tolerate...
[CHORUS]
And if somebody's going to make it
Then this somebody ought to be you
And if somebody's going to fake it
Then this somebody is, somebody is you
If it's me that was going to take it
Then I know that it wouldn't be straight
And I keep telling my reflection
Ambitions are already starting to fade
(fade...)
You're in the wrong place
At the right time
You got the wrong face
But all the right lines
Now I'm all out of phase
It's all about a state of my mind
You got me sky high
Like rockets in flight now
Now something in my head
Just don't feel right
Don't you go ahead and say it
Don't you go and cross this line
Don't say I love you (say I love, say I love you)
Cause that would drive me crazy
When I see stop signs, I'm gonna run them down
When I see red lights, I'm gonna hit the ground
What you've done to me,
Turning my world upside down
Someone wake me up
Someone wake me up
Your kinda lowlife
Comes at a price
Keeps on feeding my appetite
And now you are my habit
Giving me a natural high
The more I keep on running away from you
Just don't know what to say
Don't know what to do
Don't you go ahead and say it
Don't you go and cross this line
Don't say I love you (say I love, say I love you)
Cause that would drive me crazy
When I see stop signs, I'm gonna run them down
When I see red lights, I'm gonna hit the ground
What you've done to me,
Turning my world upside down
Someone wake me up
Someone wake me up
When I see stop signs, I'm gonna run them down
When I see red lights, I'm gonna hit the ground
What you've done to me,
Turning my world upside down
Someone wake me up
Someone wake me
How could not see
You pulling me in
When will I see the end begin
What a fool I have been
Lift me from the state I'm in
Yeah
Someone wake me up
Someone wake me
When I see stop signs, I'm gonna run them down
When I see red lights, I'm gonna hit the ground
What you've done to me,
Turning my world upside down
Someone wake me up
I can feel it deep inside of me
Something primal the beginnings of a scream
About to let go
I can hear it bouncing in my head
Keeps repeating every thought I've ever had
Like an echo
If you feel like I feel
And need to come in from the cold
So who cares if it's real
Just pretend there's sand between your toes
Just a little bit of fahrenheit
Just a little bit of heat tonight
As the mercury is rising
Temperature is climbing
I know what's on your mind
Just a little bit of fahrenheit
Just a breath away from paradise
But it's not too hot for dancing
Or for taking chances
So don't apologize
Can you see the lightning in the air
All the faces and electric atmosphere
They wanna let go
Cause they feel like I feel
And need to come in from the cold
So who cares if it's real
Just pretend there's sand between your toes
Just a little bit of fahrenheit
Just a little bit of heat tonight
As the mercury is rising
Temperature is climbing
I know what's on your mind
Just a little bit of fahrenheit
Just a breath away from paradise
But it's not too hot for dancing
Or for taking chances
So don't apologize
For the urge for the surge
Of the power of inside
Being blinded sometimes
By the lights it's all right
It's somewhere to go
Where your heart wants to be
Something you need when you've got to be free
Just a little bit of fahrenheit
Just a little bit of heat tonight
As the mercury is rising
Temperature is climbing
I know what's on your mind
Just a little bit of fahrenheit
Just a breath away from paradise
But it's not too hot for dancing
Or for taking chances
Down in the basement
There's a light that shines
Escape to the city
Where we know we can be saved
When we feel like this it is deep inside
With the joy it brings then we feel alive
And it's all or nothing
Gonna be alright
Chasing good times
Into into the night
Do you feel like me
Can you read my mind
It's getting close
Coz something's got me burning up inside
When you feel the fire
Running through your veins
When the heat gets higher
And you can't and you can't be tamed
Like a burning sun
We are the chosen ones to dance
The night dance the night
When you dance the night with me
(Dance with me)
Imagination
(Dance with me)
Can drive you wild
(Dance with me)
The elevation
(Dance with me)
Can save and take you high
When we feel the light it is deep inside
With the joy it brings got me starting up tonight
When you feel the fire
Running through your veins
When the heat gets higher
And you can't and you can't be tamed
Like a burning sun
We are the chosen ones to dance
The night dance the night
When you dance the night with me
Feel the music and you can't resist
Feel the music and you can't resist
Feel the music and you can't resist
Feel the music and you can't resist
When you feel the fire
Running through your veins
When the heat gets higher
And you can't and you can't be tamed
Like a burning sun
We are the chosen ones to dance
The night dance the night
When you dance the night with me
When you feel the fire
Running through your veins
When the heat gets higher
And you can't and you can't be tamed
Like a burning sun
We are the chosen ones to dance
The night dance the night
First Kiss, First Touch
First Time You Ever Said It Back
When I Close My Eyes I Still Remember
Too Much, Too Fast
Too Good To Ever Make It Last
And When I Woke Up You Were Gone
Now I Keep Dreaming Of Falling Back To Sleep
Coz I Know You Will Be Waiting There For Me
And Every Breath Keeps Me Praying For The Night
Coz I Know You're On The Other Side
But I'm Wide Awake
I'm Wide Awake
Since You Went Away
I'm Wide Awake
Last Hope, Last Chance
Last Time I Ever Felt Alive
Was Before The Morning Pulled You Under
Tonight, Too Close
To Lose The Only Thing That I
Ever Believed Could Save Me Now
Now I Keep Dreaming Of Falling Back To Sleep
Coz I Know You Will Be Waiting There For Me
And Every Breath Keeps Me Praying For The Night
Coz I Know You're On The Other Side
But I'm Wide Awake
(But I'm Wide Awake)
I'm Wide Awake
I'm Wide Awake
I Can't Escape
I'm Wide Awake
Now I Keep Dreaming Of Falling Back To Sleep (Falling Back To Sleep)
Coz I Know You Will Be Waiting There For Me (Waiting There For Me)
And Every Breath Keeps Me Praying For The Night (Praying For The Night)
Coz I Know You're On The Other Side
But I'm Wide Awake
I'm Wide Awake
Since You Went Away
I'm Wide Awake
But I'm Wide Awake (And Every Breath Keeps Me Praying For The Night)
I'm Wide Awake
Since You Went Away (I Know You're On The Other Side)
I'm Wide Awake
Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
A smell a wine an cheap perfume
for a smile they can share the night
it goes on and on and on and on
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Street lights people
livin just to find emotion
hidin somewhere in the night
Workin hard to get my feel
everybody wants a thrill
paying anything just to roll the dice
just one more time
some will win
some will lose
some are born to sing the blues
when a movie never ends
it goes on and on and on and on
strangers waiting
up and down the boulevard and
Shadows searching in the night
street lights people
livin just to find emotion
hiding somewhere in the night
Don't stop believin'
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlight people ohhhhhhhh
don't stop believin'
Hold on
Street lights people ohhhhh
Dont stop belevin'
Hold on to that feelin'
You're better than the best
I'm lucky just to linger in your light
Cooler than the flip-side of my pillow (that's right)
Completely unaware
Nothing can compare to where you send me
Let me know it's okay (yea, it's okay)
And the moments when my good times start to fade
You make me smile like the sun
Fall outta bed
Sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you
Can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile
Even when you're gone
Somehow you can come along
Just like a flower
Poking through the sidewalk crack
And just like that
You steal away the rain
And just like that
You make me smile like the sun
Fall outta bed
Sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record
Crazy on a sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you
Can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile
Don't know how I lived without you
Cuz everytime that I get around you
I see the best of me inside your eyes
You make me smile
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the though of you
Can drive me wild
Smile like the sun
Fall outta bed
Sing like a bird
Dizzy in my head
Spin like a record
Crazy on a Sunday night
You make me dance like a fool
Forget how to breathe
Shine like gold
Buzz like a bee
Just the thought of you
Can drive me wild
Oh, you make me smile
(Oh, you make me smile)
Oh, you make me smile
You've got me here with my defences down
Don't have a genius to figure out
That you're used to your bed being a battleground
There's just no way, not me
Not here, not now
Not when we've got something so strong
If love is war
Then you're a good reason to fight
Get beaten and fall, to the floor
But I know I'll survive
Take that and more
Cos your love keeps me alive
There's only one way we could better this
And simplify how crazy hard it is
I know your tendency to sabotage
I can take the torture, you won't break this heart
Not when we've got something so strong
If love is war
Then you're a good reason to fight
Get beaten and fall, to the floor
But I know I'll survive
Take that and more
Cos your love keeps me alive
Don't think for one minute
You've got to go easy on me
Cause I'm at my best
When lesser men would retreat
If love is war
Then you're a good reason to fight
Get beaten and fall, to the floor
But I know I'll survive
Take that and more
Cos your love keeps me alive
If love is war
Then you're a good reason to fight
Get beaten and fall, to the floor
But I know I'll survive
Take that and more
I woke up late today
Actually I do that everyday
Got no place to be seen
I'm not part of a scene
I'm a genius loser
Keeping counsel with my own opinion
President of the state that I'm in
Should I just stay in bed?
Should I live in my head?
Oh god, so many questions to ask
Oh, you could call me lazy
I think of it as taking my time
'Cause I don't want to do what I don't want to do
I'm the king refusenik
But, oh my god, if I was somebody
I'd be doing it all just fine
But I'm a real late starter
So I'm making up for the lost time
Oh my god, if I was somebody
You'd be kissing my ass right now
But I'm so polite, I do it all of the time
I missed my calling in life, oh well
Day by day I wonder
If I will be torn asunder
By these things that I know
That nobody else knows
Or maybe it's the drinking
I guess we should consult a Bible
Everybody needs a sign or
Bless the birds and the bees
The flowers and trees
And blessed be the slacker
Oh my god, if I was somebody
I'd be doing it all just fine
But I'm a real late starter
So I'm making up for the lost time
Oh my god, if I was somebody
You'd be kissing my ass right now
But I'm so polite, I do it all of the time
I missed my calling in life, oh well
You must be having a laugh
Oh god, you're having a laugh
No point in worrying if my days are a disaster
Inside my little head I'm happy ever after
Yes I am
Oh my god, if I was somebody
I'd be doing it all just fine
But I'm a real late starter
So I'm making up for the lost time
Oh my god, if I was somebody
You'd be kissing my ass right now
But I'm so polite
I missed my calling in life
Oh my god, if I was somebody
I'd be doing it all just fine
But I'm a real late starter
So I'm making up for lost time
Oh my god, if I was somebody
You'd be kissing my ass right now
But I'm so polite, I do it all of the time
I missed my calling in life
Oh, what am I like? Yeah well
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet (take a look at yourself)
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord, what you're doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief, Lord!
Somebody oooh somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
I work hard (he works hard) everyday of my life
I work 'till I ache my bones
At the end (at the end of the day)
I take home (goes home) my hard earned pay all on my own (goes home on his own)
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray (praise the Lord)
'Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord, somebody oooh somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
(He works hard)
Every day - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm going crazy
They say I got a lot of water in my brain
Got no common sense
I got nobody left to believe
Oh Lord
Somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
I'm OK, I'm alright
I ain't gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody
Find me somebody find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me find me find me
Find me somebody to love
Somebody to love
I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life
It's much to late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of fife
But you misread my meaning when i met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although i search myself, it's always someone else i see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
I can't find oh, the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way i feel
Don't discard me just because you think i mean you harm
But these cuts i have, oh they need love to help them heal
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although i search myself, it's always someone else i see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
Don't let the sun go down on me
Although i search myself, it's always someone else i see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet (take a look at yourself)
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord, what you're doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief, Lord!
Somebody oooh somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
I work hard (he works hard) everyday of my life
I work 'till I ache my bones
At the end (at the end of the day)
I take home (goes home) my hard earned pay all on my own (goes home on his own)
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray (praise the Lord)
'Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord, somebody oooh somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
(He works hard)
Every day - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm going crazy
They say I got a lot of water in my brain
Got no common sense
I got nobody left to believe
Oh Lord
Somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
I'm OK, I'm alright
I ain't gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody
Find me somebody find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love
Find me find me find me
Find me somebody to love
Somebody to love
I'm tired of hanging onto all the games you play
The lies you make, you will work that way
You know I laid my cards right out for you to see
But you just deal what I wanna see
I'm gonna tell you how I go
You're no longer in control
Just so you know
Here's what I believe
You've gotta be on one side or another
It's gotta be me or the other
That's how it's got to be
Here's what I believe
Good luck with your part time lover
I know I'm gonna find me another
Cos now I see what you believe
I'm tired of always wondering what's going on
If it was me and I was wrong
I opened up my heart to you, I showed my hand
I took that risk but you had your plan
So I'm gonna tell you how I go
You're no longer in control
Just so you know
Here's what I believe
You've gotta be on one side or another
It's gotta be me or the other
That's how it's got to be
Here's what I believe
Good luck with your part time lover
I know I'm gonna find me another
Cos now I see
And now I know
You're not for me
And you and I
Will never be
You had your chance
It's time to set you free
Here's what I believe
You've gotta be on one side or another
It's gotta be me or the other
That's how it's going to be
Here's what I believe
You've gotta be on one side or another
It's gotta be me or the other
That's how it's got to be
Here's what I believe
Good luck with your part time lover
Cos I'm gonna find me another
Cos now I see
Here's what I believe
You've gotta be on one side or another
It's gotta be me or the other
That's how it's got to be
Here's what I believe
Good luck with your part time lover
Cos I'm gonna find me another
Cos now I see