Richard Fleeshman: 'Hold Me Close'

Released on Monday, Feb 25 2008

Published Wednesday, Feb 13 2008, 15:24 GMT | By Nick Levine | 6 comments

Richard Fleeshman's failure to find an audience was one of the pop shocks of last year. After wooing the tween contingent as Corrie's first ever goth sex-pot – and impressing their mothers on Soapstar Superstar - he seemed like a shoo-in for chart success. However, after his debut single generated all the buzz of a paralysed hornet, his Neon album stalled at a disastrous number 71.

Second single 'Hold Me Close' might just have enough to spare his blushes. A briskly-strummed, semi-acoustic toe-tapper, it's the perfect showcase for Fleeshman's appealingly throaty vocals. Its boy-meets-girl lyrics are as groundbreaking as fresh-laid cement, but, for those who enjoy McFly at their most mellow, 'Hold Me Close' will be a rare treat.

> Click here for our review of Richard Fleeshman's Neon album

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Nicole, on June 8th, 2008
so what chart posistion did it reach??

Amy, Lancashire, on February 19th, 2008
This single is brilliant, as was his first ; ' Coming Down'. His album Neon is amazing too, Neither of them got as high in the charts as they should have. Richard Fleeshman has pure talent, something that sets him apart from a lot of the singers that are around these days. His single deserves number 1 spot in the charts, its fun, relaxing, and its also, live and accoustic. Great to just to chill and relax to. Its out for download at the moment so please, please download it of iunes to get him up the charts. The actual single is out on the 25th Feb i think, so go out and buy it :) Its a great song sung by a great artist x

Georgie, Kent, on February 19th, 2008
Richard Fleeshman's "Hold Me Close" deserves to at least get into the 20s and above in the charts. He puts so much effort into writing songs and peforming so i think he really deserves it.

Hal, UK, on February 16th, 2008
The boy is a star. See him live, he's amazing. Oh, yeah, and he sings live all the time. No miming for this guy! The Fleesh rocks.

John, London, on February 16th, 2008
The lad is brill! Wish there were more doing it the right way, not the easy way. Respect!

Jane, UK, on February 16th, 2008
Richard's first single and indeed his album wasn't marketed well. Not enough people knew about it so how could they buy it and get it up the charts? This single 'Hold Me Close' is terrific. He has a really beautiful voice, writes his own stuff, plays on them all AND sings live always (not many of those around.) He has a great talent, just need people to open their minds and their ears to someone who is obviously multi talented. We don't seem to encourage that in this country.