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Do you ever wonder
What sky I'm lying under
Do you ever think of me
Does your heart remember
How we used to feel
When it used to think of me

All I need to know
When you're on your own
Do you miss what might have been

World don't stop turning
Stars don't stop falling down
In my world of make believe
Do you ever think of me

We got different stories
And all our never endings now
Even thought your heart is free
Still my heart wont let me be
Do you ever think of me

So we're on different shores
Do we just drift away
Do the memories fall
Like a driving rain

All I need to know
When you're on your own
Do you miss what might have been

World don't stop turning
Stars don't stop falling down
In my world of make believe
Do you ever think of me

We got different stories
And all our never endings now
Even thought your heart is free
Still my heart wont let me be
Do you ever think of me

Do you ever think of me X2

Duncan Matthew James Inglis (born April 7, 1978 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) was a singer in the boy band Blue. He is now a solo artist, sometime actor and television presenter. He recently portrayed Billy Flynn in Chicago the Musical.

Contents
1 Early years and family
2 Blue
3 Solo career
4 Work outside of music
5 Personal life
6 Discography
6.1 Singles
7 References
8 External links



Early years and family
Inglis grew up in Dorset and was raised primarily by his mother and grandparents after his father abandoned his mother before he was born.[1] He was educated at Dumpton School (where his grandfather worked as a music teacher), the Milldown School in Blandford Forum and Corfe Hills School in Corfe Mullen. At 15, he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also played Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes. Inglis also worked for Haven Holidays as a Havenmate on the Isle Of Wight. He was often bullied about his sexuality.[citation needed]

According to an interview he gave to Gabby Logan on BBC Radio 5 Live on the morning of July 28, 2007, he is a great-grandson of Herbert Chapman, the manager of the Arsenal football team of the 1930s.


Blue
In early 2000, Inglis, along with Antony Costa, convinced Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe to form the group Blue. [2] Blue's R&B-influenced pop allowed the group to achieve commercial success in the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Australia and New Zealand. From May 2001, when the group released its first single, "All Rise", until 2004, when the band released its final chart-qualifying single, "Curtain Falls", Blue had achieved 11 Top 10 singles in the UK, three of which went to #1.


Solo career
In October 2004, Inglis collaborated with Keedie to release the single "I Believe My Heart", which entered the UK singles chart at #2. [3] He returned to the solo music scene in May 2006 with his single "Sooner or Later", releasing the video in early May and planning to release the single commercially on June 5, 2006. The video reached #2 on The Box and #5 on The Hits. However, the single was no commercial success and entered the UK charts at #35, before slipping down to #72 in its second week. "Can't Stop a River" was Ingliss' next single. Released on August 21, 2006, the track could only reach #59 in the UK, and #97 in Ireland. In Europe, where "Can't Stop a River" was released the day prior to the UK, it similarly proved unpopular, dropping out of the singles charts in many countries such as France, Germany, and Belgium.

Inglis's album also fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in the UK in its first week (and failing to reach the Top 50). The album sold a total of 412,350 copies around the world. Although his debut album didn't do as well as hoped (with the exception of Italy, where the album reached #2 on the chart and has been certified platinum for shipments of 80,000 copies), on February 2, 2007, music channel B4 premiered the video for "Amazed", his new single which was scheduled to be released March 12, 2007. However, there was once again a lack of interest. The release was cancelled and Inglis was dropped from his recording contract. He has since announced he has quit music (or at least his solo career)[1], which sparks rumours about a possible Blue reunion.[citation needed]

Work outside of music
Inglis has worked occasionally as a television presenter, having presented the 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust (2003 and 2004), and ITV2's coverage of the TV series Soapstar Superstar, along with Jayne Middlemiss.

Other presenting work includes Pop City Live, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004, T4 Movie Special: Spiderman II, Record of the Year: Downloaded and GMTV's Entertainment Today.

He has recently guest presented City Hospital and The National Lottery for BBC One.

Recently, he has taken part in a workshop production of the new musical Sleeping Beauty.

He also took part on ITV1's Dancing on Ice, in which he made it to the grand final alongside rugby player Kyran Bracken and actress Clare Buckfield. He came third in the contest, although was unable to perform his Bolero performance (however, it can be seen on the DVD).

He starred in West End's Chicago from 5th July to the beginning of September.

He also appeared in Channel 4's Comedy Showcase: Plus One playing himself. The episode was aired on C4 on October 19. A whole series has been commissioned and filming begins soon.

He completed another 10 weeks in Chicago from the 10th of December until 9th of February.

He stood in for Myleene Klass on a radio show for Northants 96 on the 13th January 2007.

He covered Chris Brooks´ radioshow on London's Capital 95.8 from the 4th to the 8th February 2008.

He currently has his own radio show on Capital 95.8, every Sunday from 7-10pm.


Personal life
he has an ex-girlfriend, Claire Grainger [4] with whom he has a daughter, Tianie-Finn, born in 2005

It was revealed on Dancing on Ice that he had developed a condition known as floaters

Lee Ryan walked away from Blue last year with way more plans than your average boyband veteran. Like George Michael's departure from Wham, or Robbie's rise from the ashes of Take That, Lee's move into solo territory is the next natural step for a young man with the sort of innate talent and desire to perform that cannot be taught or whipped up in the marketing department.

In Blue he was Tabloid Boy, or as he says, “the wild one who was always getting into trouble. I had about 10 girls selling their stories on me. I didn't care, as long as they get a new pair of shoes out of it then why should I be upset.” The control involved in keeping boybands organised and shipshape meant that his questioning, native intelligence was kept firmly muzzled.

The boyband unit did much to hide Ryan's light under a bushel – albeit a very tuneful one. So, as much as his phenomenal talent, we will also be getting to know the man himself. Lee's new solo material is soulful contemporary adult pop. It will give Blue's army of fans a new level of intimacy with their hero and allow a new audience to discover an incredible vocal talent.

The debut single Army of Lovers is a good signpost towards the stripped-back sound of his first album. Eschewing easy US RnB references for more classic soul influences from Marvin Gaye, Maxwell and Luther Vandross, and mingling this with acoustic instrumentation has produced a strong, unique sound that you can instantly imagine yourself humming along to on MTV or the radio. Accessible pop values are used to great effect, his elegant but candid delivery takes the material straight to the heart.

Having written some of Blue's key material – one of Blue's biggest International hits, “Breathe Easy”, was one of Lee's contributions – songwriting is still a big a part of Lee's focus. It might surprise some people to learn that Lee would often return from the sort of night out when the tabloids had been all over his boyband ass to sit down and write songs through to dawn. ”I would literally go from being at work to going into the studio. I wouldn't really give myself much of a life apart from that”.

That Lee continues to develop his writing is not a desperate plea for credibility from someone trying to hide their pop past. He actively seeks out other people to help him learn his craft. “I've worked with a huge range of ranging from Mario's producer Neo to up and coming British songwriters like Nigel Hoyle, who wrote Army Of Lovers,” says Lee. “As soon as I heard that song I knew it sounded like one of those timeless pop songs that only comes along once in a while”.

The new chapter of Lee's career also has allowed him to reunite with some of the key people that helped his rise to fame as part of Blue. Lee is now a labelmate to Natalie Imbruglia at Brightside Recordings, the label run by the A&R man that discovered and signed Blue, Hugh Goldsmith. Lee also chose the renowned directors Max and Danya to produce the stunning video for Army Of Lovers (shot in Soller, Mallorca) having previously worked with them on Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, Blue's hit duet with Elton John.

Elton John has remained a close mentor to Ryan during his move to solo artist. Surprising ranges of people who have worked with him always speak fondly of their time with him, and all mention his drive, talent and great vocal range. Having learned of his solo ambitions, designers D&G have also signed Lee up as the one of their next generation of ambassadors for their brand.

Although Lee has worked incredibly hard for his achievements, he comes from a background that could easily have confounded a young man's ambitions. His mother brought him up alone in a tough London neighbourhood. “We had nothing. But because I was dyslexic and a wild kid she thought "I'll take him to drama school". She thought it would help me concentrate, and it actually helped me a lot. I got a lot of energy out of it. My mum worked her bollocks off.” Towards the end of his sojourns at various drama schools, including Italia Conti, the Bright Lights Academy and Sylvia Young, and with a diagnosis of dyslexia and ADD, one of the schools insisted he take the hyperactivity drug, Ritalin, to help him concentrate through his GCSEs. His mother looked into the drug, realised it was an amphetamine, and refused to let them put him on it...so Lee Ryan moved onto another drama school. Ostensibly, he was messing up; but he was, however, always artistically engaged. "I went to so many singing teachers - more than10 before I was 16 - I'd learnt so many different techniques. Most people have one singing teacher, one regimented way. But I'd taken every last bit from each. I put my own rules together."

While breaking all the rules at drama school he saw The Basketball Diaries, a film about the NY teenage junkie underground based on the book by Jim Carroll, he started to write a screenplay, "'Changes' is about my life as a kid. It's not just about me; it's about kids growing up. It's about, 'What if I'd smoked that crack pipe when someone put it to my lips? I'm directing Changes at the end of the year. I'm working with kids put forward by the Metropolitan Police from foster homes. But I'm not doing it with them for 'do-gooder' reasons, I'm doing it because I want actors who actually relate to what I'm talking about”.

His experiences growing up were so tough that he feels strong enough to avoid some of the pitfalls that are common to young artists. Growing up in a neighbourhood struggling against drug and crime problems mean that his good friend Elton John's concerns about Doherty style drug problems are unlikely to beset the street savvy and emotionally mature Ryan. 'I think Elton was a bit worried that I'd get fucked up by the industry. But I was like, “I've seen it all before mate”.'

For all the tabloid tales that have been, and that will inevitably follow in the years ahead, Lee is a refreshingly uncynical and honest British star.

Are you listening?
I'm shooting rubber bands up at the stars
Some days I just don't know where you are
I'm feeling kind of lost down here

I just had to call
I'm not trying to tell how to do your job
Seems like everyone forgot about love
I'm feeling kind of lost down here

[Chorus]
Tell me what does it mean
Are you receiving me?
And if there's something that I forgot
I'll put it down in a letter to god
To you

Would you turn your back?
Maybe we blew every chance we had
Is it so hard to keep this world on track?
When we're standing in your way

[Repeat Chorus]

Sorry for all my mistakes
I know it's hard to relate sometimes
Between you and I
Did we run out of time?

[Chorus]
Tell me what does it mean
Are you receiving me?
And if there's something that I forgot
I'll put it down in a letter to god
And if there's something that I forgot
I'll put it down in a letter to god

To you