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"We Laughed" is a three track single by English musician Billy Bragg as part of the Rosetta Life project. The single was released in 2005. The single peaked at #11 in the UK, spending 15 weeks on the charts. The single peaked at #11 in the first week, followed by the positions #15, #26, #49 and #57 respectively. The final chart appearance at #57 was on December 10, 2005, however on January 14, 2006, the single re-appeared in the top 200 chart at #199. The single entered the Irish singles chart on March 2, 2006, where it peaked at #38 for 2 weeks, dropping to #50 on the second and final week. The music of the tracks were written by Bragg whilst three patients of Trimar Hospice in Weymouth wrote lyrics based on their illness and feelings. The songs were produced by English guitarist Robbie McIntosh who has worked as a session guitarist for both The Pretenders and Paul McCartney. == Background == Rosetta Life is an organisation of professional artists that enables people with life-threatening illnesses and their families to explore experiences of significance through video, photography, drama, music, poetry, dance, fiction and other digital art forms. The Rosetta Requiem focuses on music. Billy Bragg described how the songs came about: ''"The three songs on this CD are the product of a series of song-writing workshops that I conducted at the Trimar Hospice in Weymouth during February 2005. I was invited to take part in the project by Rosetta Life, a charity dedicated to helping those facing terminal illness to share their experiences through the medium of art, poetry, film or song. Every Friday morning for six weeks, I worked with half a dozen women who came to the hospice for palliative care as they fought against the effects of breast cancer. After a couple of weeks of talking about the process of songwriting and a few singalongs, the 'Friday Girls' began opening up to the idea of writing a song. Maxine Edgington had the clearest idea of what she wanted to do. In our first one-on-one session, she pulled a framed picture out of her bag and said "Look, I've been given six months to live. I don't want to mess about. I want to write the song of this picture". Over the following weeks, she wrote reams of words. My job was to take the words that best expressed the sentiments in the photograph and shape them into a song. I provided the melody, but the words are Maxine's alone. She called the song "We Laughed". In June, I got together with some local musicians and we recorded this CD. The additional tracks feature lyrics written by two of the 'Friday Girls', Lisa Payne and Veronica Barfoot. That there is not a shred of self-pity or morbidity in any of these songs is a testament to the spirit of these three women. I found the experience of collaborating with them to be inspirational."''〔http://medhum.blogspot.co.uk/2005/11/chart-success-for-hospice-project.html〕 In a 2005 BBC article based on the song, Bragg spoke of meeting the patients who co-wrote the tracks for the single. ''"It was a great privilege actually to be able to work with them, to sit with them and talk with them and try and get their feelings and thoughts down on paper. I found it to be an inspiration."'' In the same BBC article Bragg also stated ''"It's not just sending people into the hospice with cameras and laptops to get a website together, when we said 'we want to make a record' they said 'OK, here's some money to make a record'. They've been so supportive, they've given Maxine, Veronica and Lisa their voices back, which is a great thing to do."''〔 Upon release, the single was well received critically. The song had its first airing on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 programme on 20 September, prompting an immediate response from listeners wanting to know how to get hold of a copy of the song. The single largely relied on word of mouth to keep it in the charts, as there was no commercial backing allocated. By mid-November it was announced via a press release that another 1000 copies were needed for the single to make the top ten.〔http://medhum.blogspot.co.uk/2005/11/chart-success-for-hospice-project.html〕 In a January 2010 interview with Billy Bragg for The Guardian, Bragg was asked if there was anything about his career that he regretted. Bragg replied ''"Yes. A few years ago I worked on a record called "We Laughed" with some incredible women in a hospice. We got the single to No.11 in the charts. But now that those women are no longer with us, I sometimes wonder whether I could have done more for them."'' The lead singer of the three tracks, Helena Eden (officially credited under the name Helena), recorded a solo acoustic version of "We Laughed" for her solo album as well as a live version that appeared on her live album ''Feels Like Coming Home (The Live Sessions)''. On July 6, 2006, the generic named Studio Group released a soundalike version of "We Laughed" with an unknown female vocalist. Studio Group are known for their karaoke/soundalike versions of many songs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「We Laughed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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