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Fight for This Love

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Fight for This Love is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Janet Jackson, Dannii Minogue, Whitney Houston and Kelis. Those roots explain a lot about how Fight for This Love arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as California Gurls, Dancing Queen, Somebody That I Used to Know, Bad Romance and Set Fire to the Rain, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Wanted, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Fight for This Love, reaching back through Janet Jackson and forward to The Wanted. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Fight for This Love" is the debut solo single by English singer Cheryl Cole, recorded for her debut studio album, 3 Words (2009). It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as the lead single in 2009 by Fascination Records and in 2010 in some European countries as the album's second single through Universal Music. It was written and produced by Wayne Wilkins and Steve Kipner with an additional writing from Andre Merrit. The up-tempo pop, dance-pop and R&B song revolves around a lyrical content of not giving up on the partner.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Fight for This LoveJanet JacksonDannii MinogueWhitney HoustonKelisThe WantedCalifornia GurlsDancing QueenSomebody That I Used…Bad RomanceSet Fire to the Rain

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Fight for This Love connections

Fight for This Love grew out of Janet Jackson, Dannii Minogue, Whitney Houston and Kelis, shares an orbit with California Gurls, Dancing Queen, Somebody That I Used to Know and Bad Romance, went on to shape The Wanted. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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