*sales figures based on certification alone South Korea International Singles (Gaon) Ĭharts and certifications Weekly charts Chart (2012–14)Ĭzech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) To date, it has sold over 1.4 million copies in the UK, overtaking Alexandra Burke's 'Hallelujah' to become the best-selling winners single ever. By February 2013, it had become the second best selling The X Factor winner's single with 1.25 million copies sold. On 31 December, it was announced that the track had finished 2012 as the fifth highest-selling single.
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As of 29 December, 'Impossible' had sold 896,990 copies, enough to overtake series 3 winner Leona Lewis ('A Moment Like This') and make it the fourth highest-selling single of the nine The X Factor winners behind series 7 winner Matt Cardle ('When We Collide'), series 2 winner Shayne Ward ('That's My Goal') and series 5 winner Alexandra Burke ('Hallelujah'). In its third charting week, 'Impossible' reclaimed the number-one position with sales of 183,660 copies. In its second charting week, sales of 'Impossible' fell to 233,770 copies as it dropped to number two behind 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' from The Justice Collective, the Christmas number one single of 2012. After eleven days, 'Impossible' had become the seventh biggest-selling debut single from any X Factor contestant, with sales of over 622,000 enough to overtake the lifetime sales of the debut singles of series 8 winners Little Mix ('Cannonball'), series 5 runners-up JLS ('Beat Again') and series 4 winner Leon Jackson ('When You Believe'). By the end of the week, the track had sold over 490,000 copies, enough to debut at number-one on the UK Singles Chart achieving the largest first week sales of the year. In the United Kingdom, 'Impossible' sold over 187,000 downloads during its first 24 hours on sale making Arthur the fastest-selling winner in X Factor history. Mixing – Phil Tan, Damien Lewis (assistant)Ĭharts and certifications Weekly charts Chart (2010–12).Record producer and programmer – Arnthor Birgisson.Songwriting – Arnthor Birgisson, Ina Wroldsen.'Impossible' was recorded at Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California and The Vault in Stockholm, Sweden. It then goes back to the present, where Shontelle is getting into a taxi while her boyfriend sleeps on the sofa. The final scene is kissing her boyfriend on the head, taking the demo CD he made for her and leaving him. At the end, a reflection is shown in black and white. Later, she is putting away glasses and bottles. Afterwards, Shontelle receives a letter from a recording studio, and realizes her own dreams are coming second to her boyfriends. Later, her boyfriend is having a beer at a party. In the second chorus, Shontelle and her boyfriend are arguing while Shontelle is also shown writing a song and scribbling off words. During the first chorus, Shontelle is talking to her boyfriend and they start caressing. The video opens with Shontelle entering an apartment at 12:14 p.m. It premiered on 14 April 2010 and according to 92.3 Now FM's Ed Easton, the video is 'a great visualization of her struggles, professionally and personally.' In the video, singer Steph Jones plays Shontelle's love interest.
The official video was directed by Taj Stansberry, Represented by Leah Harmony and Ciarra Pardo. Meanwhile, the production, helmed by Birgisson, was compared to Norwegian production team, StarGate who are, coincidentally, the team responsible for producing 'Irreplaceable'. Billboard 's Michael Menachem described her vocal precision as similar to that of Beyoncé's in 'Irreplaceable'. draw the strength to carry on past a break up where you're the one in the embarrassing position.' Shontelle uses a vocal range from E♭ 3 to D♭ 5 in the song. I just wanted to put a song out that gave people hope - things may not work out the way you want them to, but you can move past it and everything is gonna be okay. In an interview with J-14 magazine she said 'I knew that there was no song out there for heartbroken people. It was conceived after Shontelle stated that she felt that radio was currently missing a 'heartbreak ballad'. The song's backing track consists of a simple chord progression of Fm 7-A♭-E♭-D♭. The melody is to be played in a moderate tone and tempo.
'Impossible' is a midtempo R&Bballad written by Arnthor Birgisson and Ina Wroldsen, in the musical key of A♭ major with a time signature in common time and a tempo of 92 beats per minute.
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