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3 Words is the debut studio album by the English recording artist Cheryl Cole, released on 23 October 2009 by Fascination Records. Cheryl's first solo performance was on American rapper will.i.am's "Heartbreaker" (2008), on which she sang additional vocals. Following this it was announced that Cole's band Girls Aloud would take a break from releasing material who, at the time of the album's release, had enjoyed five successful albums and twenty consecutive top-ten singles. In April 2009, Cole started working on solo material in Los Angeles and London mainly collaborated with will.i.am, who served as executive producer of the album.
The album was released to commercial and critical success. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 125,271 copies in its first week. The album also made appearances on the Irish, Australian and Swiss charts. In the UK the album was certified three times Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and has since sold 1,000,000 copies in the country alone. Upon its release, 3 Words received positive reviews from music critics, who commended its production, lyrics and themes. The album spawned three singles — "Fight for This Love", the title song and "Parachute" — with the lead single becoming the fastest-selling single of 2009 in the UK and peaking at number one in Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Hungary and the UK. 3 Words is Cole's most successful album to date.
Jermaine Scott Sinclair (born 9 March 1985), better known by his stage name Wretch 32 (three-two), is an English rapper and former Grime MC from Tottenham, London where he grew up the son of a local reggae DJ in the Tiverton Estate. He was a member of the grime collective "Combination Chain Gang", before forming The Movement with Scorcher, Ghetts, and Mercston. Wretch released his first single "Traktor" in January 2011.
2009 Mp3 Music Awards announced that Wretch 32 was nominated for an Mp3 Award alongside Chipmunk and Haringey Independent and Channel U / Channel AKA published the story.
On 6 December 2010, the BBC also announced that Wretch 32 had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll and MTV named him as a nominee for MTV Brand New for 2011.
In 2011, Wretch 32 had three top-five charting songs from debut album Black and White and amassed over a million record sales. In 2012 he was used by both Adidas and Coca Cola as one of the main faces of their London 2012 Olympics campaigns and on 1 July 2012 he won 'Best International Act' at the 2012 BET Awards.
Sometimes
You can be in the wrong place, at the right time
Sometimes
You can fall for the right one, at the wrong time
Every look, has a notion
Every kiss, throws me emotion
Every smile shows a little devotion
I know that I've thrown it away
In just three words
Sometimes
I wish we were far away, in another town, in another place
Sometimes
I wish, just once, you'd reach for me and show your love
Every look, has me believing
Every kiss, has a meaning
Every time I think, I must be dreaming
I know that I've thrown it away
In just three words
Every look, has a notion
Every kiss, throws me emotion
Every smile shows a little devotion
I know that I've thrown it away
I know that I've thrown it away