Artist:Rixton
Song:Me and My Broken Heart
Album:Let the Road
The British band Rixton topped the British charts with their 2014 debut single Me and My Broken Heart. Then things didn't go too well and they changed the band name. Maybe you heard this song and you think it's a Maroon 5 record. There's a good reason for that. Rixton is from Manchester, England. Lead singer Jake Roche and bassist Danny Wilkin were classmates. Roche is the son of EastEnders actor Shane Richie and Coleen Nolan of the girl group The Nolans. They started writing songs and brought in lead guitarist Charley Bagnall and drummer Lewi Morgan. They called themselves Relics and posted videos on YouTube in 2012. Roche suggested they cover Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in a comedic way. This got the attention of Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun and he signed him and brought them to New York to record. Braun brought in producer Benny Blanco who is best known for producing Maroon 5. The band name was changed to Rixton and they are on Interscope. An EP was released Mar. 2014 and Me and My Broken Heart topped the British Singles chart and reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. I'm sure most listeners thought it was a Maroon 5 record. The album Let the Road was released Mar. 2015. Blanco wrote and produced most of the album. Me and My Broken Heart was based on the 2005 Rob Thomas single Lonely No More. Blanco's co-writers were Ammar Malik, Steve Mac and Wayne Hector. Mac co-produced. Malik has worked with Maroon 5. Mac and Hector worked with Westlife. Of course Roche was happy with the success at first. But after subsequent singles didn't chart and the album didn't sell, Interscope wasn't happy. The album is available as a budget CD. Certainly the year gap from when the single was a hit and the album release didn't help. But a second hit single would have filled that gap. Rixton went on hiatus in 2016. They returned in 2019 with a new name Push Baby and a new record deal with Republic. The name change was because they wanted a more mature image but I don't think Republic liked it. They were dropped after one single and have since released two albums on their own label. Wilkin and Morgan left in 2020 and Push Baby went on hiatus last year. Roche did some acting before Rixton so I wouldn't be surprised to see him get back into that. Here's the video for Me and My Broken Heart by Rixton.
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