James Morrison - Just Like A Child (Single Review)

James Morrison is an English soul singer-songwriter, and guitarist from Warwickshire. He has been performing in the public eye for nearly a decade now, he has released 3 albums and is yet to release his new album - 'Higher Than Here'. Which will be released on the 30th of October, 2015. On his two most recent albums; Morrison did two very successful collaborations with Jessie J and Nelly Furtado. On his 2008 album - 'Songs For You, Truths For Me' he did the collaboration with Nelly Furtado on a song called 'Broken Strings' which proved to be very successful. Then in 2011, on his most recent album - 'The Awakening' he did a collaboration with Jessie J and the song was called 'Up'. Due to these collaborations proving to be very successful when they were released,  I really hope that Morrison features a well-known and current artist on a new collaboration for his new and upcoming album. 

'Just Like A Child' is the only single to be released from Morrison's new album so far, hence why I am going to review it. This track was released onto YouTube and iTunes on the 2nd of October 2015. I've always been a fan of James Morrison's music, even if some people do think that he is out-dated. This song is very similar to his previous work, with its slow, soothing and acoustic rhythm. The opening line grabbed my attention straight away;

"I keep holding on to time, cause it moves so fast. Keep believing in a dream, even though I know it won't last."

I really admire the way that Morrison writes his songs as the title relates to his songs, unlike some artists who's titles don't have any relation to the song whatsoever. 

"And if you fall, fall with style. Just don't lie where you land. Keep on running wild, just like a child."

This relates to the carelessness of a child as when they fall over, they just get on with it and act like it never happened. Whereas, as you get older - when you get knocked down most people don't want to get back up again. Hence why he says;

"Keep on running wild, just like a child."

Basically, just get up and keep on going. In conclusion I really admire this song due to how well thought-out the lyrics are and the constant acoustic rhythm. I'm looking forward to the release of his new album, however I just really hope that all of the songs aren't similar and that he adds some more speeded-up songs like "Slave To The Music" off his "The Awakening Album". I genuinely hope that his new album proves to be successful, because he is such a talented and under-rated artist. 

9/10