New York-based indie artist Ingrid Michaelson is doing her own version of a song she co-wrote for everyone's favorite pop star Cheryl Cole. Parachute, which was the third single off Chezza's debut 3 Words, peaked at #5 on the British chart.

But will Ingrid follow the same success? When it comes down to which version comes out on top, it's really a matter of personal preference. Parachute was one of the few tolerable songs on Cheryl Cole's 3 Words. It's more polished and pop, whilst Ingrid's version falls into singer-songwriter territory, quirky in places and much denser.



Get your copy of Ingrid Michaelson's Parachute on iTunes.

X Factor judge extraordinaire/UK's sweetheart aka Cheryl Cole has released a preview of her upcoming second album, Messy Little Raindrops. Her lead single Promise This has already proven to be better than most of 3 Words (the album cover says otherwise though), and second single The Flood sounds positively smashing. Messy Little Raindrops is set to be released on November 1st, preceded by Promise This on October 21st. Listen to the album below (PS: she raps on Let's Get Down).

Here is the tracklisting:
1. Promise This
2. Yeah Yeah featuring Travie McCoy
3. Live Tonight
4. Flood, The
5. Amnesia
6. Everyone featuring Dizzee Rascal
7. Raindrops
8. Hummingbird
9. Better To Lie featuring August Rigo
10. Let's Get Down
11. Happy Tears
12. Waiting

So Cheryl Cole's still singing in French about plucking the feathers off a poor lark's head in Promise This, and doing it brilliantly so, mind you. The music video, which premiered recently on ITV 2, is absolutely stunning. Amazing silhouette displays, slick choreography, and... Cheryl Cole, of course! There's something very old school about the cuts in the first half, and the shadowdancing is all too alluring.

Promise This will be released on October 24th, followed by the sophomore album, Messy Little Raindrops in November. I smell a Girls Aloud chart battle!

Forty seconds of Cheryl Cole's first single taken off her currently unnamed sophomore album has surfaced. Promise This begins with some chanting of... a French nursery rhyme about plucking feathers from birds?! Bizarro extreme! Nonetheless, the intergalactic-sounding synths work their magic on the fast-paced track produced by Wayne Wilkins, the man behind one of Cheryl's better songs in her debut 3 Words, Rain On Me. "Promise this, if I die before I wake...", Cheryl warbles on the (presumably) gorgeous piano-tinkled chorus. It's a huge step forward from 3 Words, and I hope the album won't be as disappointing.



I guess that Girls Aloud reunion won't be happening too soon, eh?