Sony signs up Universal Music for SingStore

Mike Bantick
Friday, 24 July 2009 10:13

Your IT - Entertainment

Family members sick of your repetitious warbling in SingStar?  Time to download some new tracks to sing along to, and Sony has signed up Universal Music to provide a new batch of material for your living room repertoire.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has restocked the SingStore with an eclectic mix of music from newly signed Universal Music.

Much of the stable of material will be available early next month, but one timely release has been brought forward.

Due to popular demand from the SingStar community however, PlayStation has brought forward the SingStore release of The Jackson Five’s I Want You Back, making it available for download by PS3 users now!

“As the biggest name in competitive singing, SingStar is delighted to partner with the world’s leading music company,” says Dave Ranyard, Executive Producer of SingStar, London Studio. He continues, “The SingStore for SingStar PS3 is all about choice, about calling the shots yourself. Having Universal Music on board will give SingStore users the biggest choice of pop hits yet.”


The following Universal Music tracks will be added to SingStore from 8th August:

If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher
Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time): Elton John
Love Machine: Girls Aloud
I Will Survive: Gloria Gaynor
The Reason: Hoobastank
Ruby: Kaiser Chiefs
Everybody’s Changing: Keane
Celebration: Kool And The Gang
Get It: Shawty Lloyd
Sweet Home Alabama: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ace Of Spades: Motorhead
Pass The Dutchie: Musical Youth
Come As You Are: Nirvana
Crazy: Patsy Cline
Laura: Scissor Sisters
Chasing Cars: Snow Patrol
Everybody Wants To Rule The World: Tears For Fears
Lovefool: The Cardigans
Somebody Told Me: The Killers
Don’t Stand So Close To Me: The Police
I Think We’re Alone Now: Tiffany