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Boyzone’s Comeback Party Spoiled By Indian-Giver Mika

11:50AM Clem Bastow | Imagine for a moment that you’re a member of Boyzone: you’ve never really been that well regarded, despite cracking covers of Father And Son and Baby Can I Hold You Tonight. You were never the cutest nor the youngest, and there probably aren’t that many people who would be genuinely excited if you got back together – at least, not as excited as they got about Take That. Imagine, then, that you managed to nab a killer comeback track, written by one of the current buzz kids, and that it all seemed to be falling into place. Now imagine that said buzz kid is Mika and, being a sooky sooky la la, he decided you couldn’t record the song he’d offered for anyone to record after all. Spare a thought for the Oirish lads, because it’s all true. Mika penned the song, called I Gave It All Away, for other acts to buy and release. But after Boyzone recorded it the Grace Kelly star decided they were “too cheesy” — and BANNED their version. An industry insider told me: “Mika wrote the song and made it available for other artists. Boyzone loved it. They thought it was perfect to launch their comeback so they recorded it and it sounded great — a certain No1. …Boyzone — who had a No1 single with When The Going Gets Tough in 1999 — have been left gutted. A spokesman for the band said: “It’s a real shame because it’s an incredible song and we all loved it.” Doesn’t that last little quote just kill you? Can’t you see Boyzone crying into their Guinness and brown bread in a dank Dublin pub, Ronan putting a fatherly arm around Stephen Gately and saying, “Don’t cry, little one. We’ll get us a comeback single if it’s the last thing I do!” Mika should be ashamed of himself and may the leprechauns haunt his dreams. More »