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Every week on my show, I choose one record that isn't just hot, it's JAM HOT and I play it every day. The past few weeks we've had quite hardcore energetic tracks so this week the honour goes to a nice laid back summery R&B track and the very long awaited follow up to 2007's Fallin -
Sadie Ama's "Those Were The Days"

Who is Sadie Ama?
- 20 year old Sadie Ama was born Mersadie Louise Hall comes from a very musical family: her mother Sonia was a jazz singer and her sister is Shola Ama.
- Her first single, the Terror Danjah produced "So Sure" featured Kano and was an underground hit. She followed that with "Let Me Take You Away" and then arguably the biggest record on Flukes' Wifey Riddim: "Fallin"
- "Fallin" was signed by Ministry of Sound, was released in 2007 and introduced Sadie to a wider audience.
- She was tipped for very big things in 2007 - she was nominated for a MOBO and was #4 in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Sound of 2007: a music industry list of the artists and bands deemed to be the hottest for that year.

Then things went quiet.

It's been a good long while since we've heard anything from Sadie - over a year to be exact. Well, post the success of "Fallin" she's been in the studio with the man who wrote "Fallin" for her along with Denzee's "Sorry Part 2" and other hits for The Honeyz (remember them?) and Kele Le Roc - producer/songwriter/singer

They've come up with "Those Were The Days" and you have heard it every day on my show this week - in fact, the first place you would have heard the record would have been on my show!

Sadie and Darren passed by the show on thursday and Sadie performed an amazing acoustic version of the song. If you missed it then you can listen back using the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer until 22nd May:
Hear Sadie Ama live and unplugged

Darren tells me that the song is currently getting massive interest from record labels which is a good sign - fingers crossed it will get the support it needs and this will be a more permanent return for the scene for Sadie. Personally, I'm really feeling the laid back summery vibe and breezy vocals. What about you?