Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.

The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “Bottom/End/Middle/Side/Top.”

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Coming in third in American Idol’s season 5 didn’t stop Elliott Yamin from climbing the charts after leaving the talent variety show.

Less than a year later, Yamin’s 2007 self-titled debut album–later renamed Wait For You–debuted at number one on the Billboard Independent Albums, number three on the Billboard 200, and included the Top Twenty single, Wait For You.

My selection is from Elliott’s second album, the 2009 Fight for Love.

This Step Alone is the eleventh of the album’s dozen songs, and while not released as a single, it still garners consistent airplay on adult radio stations.

The song is about a couple whose paths go in two different directions. He tried to stay hopeful but always knew she’d walk away. Still, it doesn’t keep him from wanting her by his side.

FUN FACTS

• • On May 16, 2007, Yamin performed his hit single, Wait for You, on the American Idol Season 6 Top 3 results show. The song jumped 60 spots on iTunes in a few hours as well as from 80 to 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following the performance, sales of his self-titled album increased, jumping 47 spots on the Billboard 200, from 67 to 20.
  •  Elliott’s celebrity in Japan has outshone his U.S. fandom since almost from the beginning of his solo career. All of his music receives special releases in Japan and he was named one of the Best 3 New Artists (International) by the 23rd Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards along with Leona Lewis and Flo Rida.
  • Dropping out of high school in his sophomore year, Yamin later achieved a high school GED while working at Foot Locker (in their management program), a pharmacy, and as an on-air disc jockey for local R&B radio station WCDX/Power 92 FM, using the name E-Dub before auditioning for American Idol.
  • A history of ear infections as a child and eardrum replacement surgery at 13 left Yamin with 90% hearing loss in his right ear. He was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at the age of 16 and wears an insulin pump to help him manage his diabetes.

Enjoy!

See my Song Lyric Sunday selection for Nesie’s Place!

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