Danny's gotta feeling they'll crack America

DANNY'S GOTTA FEELING THEY'LL CRACK AMERICA

The Script duet with rap star for album No 3 EXCLUSIVE

CHART-TOPPING rockband The Script hope their new duet with Will.i.am will help them break America.

Hall Of Fame will be released on August 31 and is one of the tracks from the band's third album, craftily called #3.

In an exclusive interview with FM104's Strawberry Alarm Clock to be broadcast this morning, Mark Sheehan said he grabbed Will.i.am's vocals for the track in a hotel room.

He said: "Will.i.am wanted to record the song for his own album but Danny [O'Donoghue] said no because we wrote it together. So I was backstage at The Voice and he asked me. I said, 'Cool - as long as we're on the song with you.' He wasn't really into that at the time."

But after the boys got to know Will.i.am a bit better he was finally persuaded to record the track.

Mark said: "One night Danny got him in a headlock and put him in a can and we recorded a song in 30 minutes. I ran out of that place with a hard drive in my bag with his vocals on it like I had just robbed a bank."

And Mark, 35, said Will.i.am didn't change any of the lyrics.

He added: "He was happy enough with it - he actually added a really cool part."

The Script will spend October in LA and are hoping Will.i.am's input will help raise their profile. Mark said: "He has been so big over there for years so hopefully it will help us a bit and in places like France and Germany where we're not that big either."

In the interview with FM104's Mark Noble, Mark revealed Danny had poured all his distress over his love split with Irma Mali into the album which is out in September.

He said: "What not a lot of people knew - and everyone was speculating on Danny on The Voice and why he was all over the place at the time - was he was going through a massive break-up and he didn't want to say anything about it."

Mark also revealed they plan to play a secret gig in Dublin for the album release.

He said: "As usual for Ireland we are very nervous. But we are going to do three smaller shows in London, Manchester and Dublin for fans to get a taste."

Source: The Irish Mirror