My Final Mission/Defeated

"My Final Mission/Defeated"
Single by Ana Simpson
from the album 'Intensive Ground'
Released	1 March 2010
Format	CD, digital download
Recorded	2009
Genre	Pop ballad
Label	Wired Records
Writer(s)	E. Claire; A. Simpson; V. Strong
Producer	Diamond Cut
Certification	Platinum
Ana Simpson singles chronology
"Perfectly Fine" (2009) "My Final Mission/Defeated" (2010) "A Million Tales" (2010)

"My Final Mission/Defeated" is the fourth single from pop singer Ana Simpson's second studio album Intensive Ground. The single was released on 1 March 2010. The song "Defeated" is not featured on Simpson's second album. According to Wired Records, the song was recorded for Simpson's Singles Collection album.

Songs Information

"My Final Mission" was one of several exclusively-penned tracks for Ana Simpson's comeback album Intensive Ground. The song was one of the first tracks to be recorded by Simpson and among a total of 5 candidates considered for the album's lead single. Although it lost in favor of "Love Is A Game"/"Your Guardian," Simpson has described the ballad as one of her personal favorites on the album. "I instantly fell in love with the song, because it has a very special atmosphere and meaning to me. It's carrying off, no matter where you are," Simpson told Rolling Stone.

First drafts of a melody for "Defeated" were already in existence in 2009 with Ana, who also wrote the vocal melody, intensifying work on the track in November 2009. The song was fully produced and provided with its final lyrics, who chronicle the aftermaths of an unforgettable life. The song premiered on BBC Radio One on 2 February 2010. The song is not featured on Simpson's second studio album, as it was recorded for a possible Singles Collection album.

Reception

One of the first reviews of the single was by website Digital Spy who gave "My Final Mission" 4 out of 5 stars saying: "A gentle, sweeping lament that lets Ana sprinkle her extra-tight harmonies over plinky-plonky keys". Digital Spy gave "Defeated" a 4 out of 5 stars as well saying: "it's a stately piano ballad with an explosive chorus hook and lashings of emotion. Ana shows real artistic growth here...The song is sad but optimistic, essentially Seize The Day – is realized sensitively and elegantly".

Music videos

Ana Simpson shot the music videos for "My Final Mission (UK Version)" and "Defeated" on 25 January 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The international version of video for "My Final Mission" was shot on 1 January 2010 in London. The Int'l Version of 'My Final Mission' was premiered on 11 February 2010 in Australia. The UK version of 'My Final Mission' and 'Defeated' are expected to be released a week or two prior to the single's release.

My Final Mission

The international version of the video shows Simpson in a house packing her stuff ready to move, she walks around the house looking at boxes and going through pictures. Scenes from Simpson's My Final Mission Tour is also seen throughout the video.
The UK version, a young girl is seen watching her parents having a fight, while clips are shown of Ana in a open field singing. The father reluctantly leaves the house and waves goodbye to the little girl. Nobody in the family seems to care about the girl, her mother is upset over her husband leaving and her dad is no longer in the house. In the middle of the night the girl is seen walking into a bathroom and fainting, when the mother finds her daughter unconscious on the floor she calls 911. The little girl is seen in a hospital with both of her parents by her side. The doctor comes in to deliver some bad news to the parents, meanwhile Simpson walks into the hospital room and talks to the little girl. Being the little girls guarding angel, nobody but the girl is able to see Simpson. The video ends with Simpson exiting the little girl's hospital room, as her parents walk in. As Simpson walks in the hallways of the hospital, angel wings are seen in her shadow. Scene changes and it shows Simpson laying in the grass watching the full moon, as the video fades black with the saying "IT'S NOT THE END, THIS IS A BRAND NEW BEGINNING...", bellow that it says "...To Be Continued"

Defeated

The video is a continuation of "My Final Mission". It starts with an angel standing in the beach watching the sun set. The scene changes and it shows a little girl with scarf over her head walking in a hospitals corridor. Another scene shows the little girl’s mother shaving her head, as she looks in the mirror Simpson appears behind the little girl, but no one is able to see her reflection in the mirror. Another shot shows the girl receiving chemotherapy and struggling to cope with her terminal cancer. The final scene shows the little girl watching the sun set in the beach, Simpson comes and stands next to the girl as angel wings are seen in both Simpson and the little girl’s silhouette. As the sun sets the little girl fades away, soon after Simpson fades away. The camera moves up looking to the dark sky as two shooting stars pass by.

Track listings

U.K. Promo CD

1. My Final Mission
2. Defeated

U.K. CD

1. My Final Mission
2. Defeated
3. Mad World

U.K. Limited CD
(Limited to 5,000 copies, only sold at Ana Simpson's website)

1. My Final Mission (Radio Edit)
2. Defeated (Radio Edit)
3. Shooting Star (Live @ Hailey's GLAM)

U.K. Digital Single

1. My Final Mission (Radio Edit)
2. Defeated (Radio Edit)
3. Defeated (Diamond Cut Remix)
4. My Final Mission (Acoustic Version)
5. Mad World

My Final Mission - International CD Single

1. My Final Mission (Radio Edit)
2. My Final Mission (Acoustic Version)
3. My Final Mission (Instrumental)

Charts

The single entered at number 1 on the single charts selling 81,095 copies. The single sold over 370,000 copies and was certified Platinum.

Song	Peak	Chart (2010)
My Final Mission	3	Airplay Charts
Defeated	2
My Final Mission	1	Download Charts
Defeated	3
My Final Mission/Defeated	1	Single Charts
	10	2010 Year End Single Chart

Chart run

• Week 01: #01 - 81,095
• Week 02: #02 - 74,305
• Week 03: #05 - 54,952
• Week 04: #08 - 41,177
• Week 05: #11 - 31,258
• Week 06: #16 - 20,015
• Week 07: #23 - 14,990
• Week 08: #28 - 07,811
• Week 09: #37 - 05,212
• Week 10: #30 - 08,145
• Week 11: #30 - 08,455
• Week 12: #26 - 13,566
• Week 13: #37 - 06,125
• Week 14: #35 - 07,345
• Week 15: #40 - 03,214
  

TOTAL: 377,665 [Platinum]

External links

• 'My Final Missin / Defeated' Everything Topic

Preceded by "Game Over" by Amy Marshall & Romo

Urapopstar #1 Single March 7, 2010

Succeeded by "Heavens Above Me" by Alesha