

Ī 26-second sample of "Bleeding Love" containing the bridge and chorus, backed by drums and a church organ The song's string arrangement was completed by Tedder. The song was mixed by Phil Tan at Soapbox Studios, Atlanta, GA, and he was assisted by Josh Houghkirk. Programming and arrangement was carried out by Tedder. "Bleeding Love" was recorded at these locations by Tedder and Craig Durrance, and were assisted in the process by Nate Hertweck. It was recorded at several recording studios, including Mansfield Studios, Los Angeles The Record Plant, Hollywood, California and Encore Studios, Burbank, CA. Production of the song was helmed by Tedder. "Bleeding Love" was written by Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney for Lewis's debut studio album, Spirit (2007). After the success of Lewis's version, the song was re-recorded by McCartney being included as a bonus track on the international version of the album, Departure. They pitched the song to Cowell, who said it was "the one". On hearing that Cowell was looking for songs for Lewis's debut album, Tedder rearranged "Bleeding Love", changed the key and tailored it to suit her voice.

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Despite his own reality TV background, Tedder had previously made the decision not to work with contestants from the singing competition American Idol, but he had not heard of The X Factor, and on being shown a website about Lewis, he thought that "her voice just sounded unreal", saying that "from a writer's perspective, this girl – with or without a TV show – has one of the best voices I've ever heard". Tedder believed it was a "massive" song and the record company was "out of mind".

However, his record label, Hollywood Records, did not like the song. Meanwhile, in February 2007, OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder and singer and songwriter Jesse McCartney had written the song "Bleeding Love" for McCartney's third studio album, Departure. As the winner, Lewis received the prize of a £1 million recording contract with Sony BMG, of which Simon Cowell is an A&R executive, and with Cowell's own record label, Syco Music.
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In 2006, Lewis entered the third series of the British reality singing competition, The X Factor, and after performing and competing against other aspiring hopefuls, the British public voted her the winner on 16 December 2006, receiving 60% of the final vote. "Bleeding Love" was initially written for Jesse McCartney, but was later refused by his record label. As of 2021, the song has been streamed over two billion times. It is Lewis's biggest hit in the US to date and remains her signature song. At the 2008 Brit Awards it was nominated for Best British Single. "Bleeding Love" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards. It sold 788,000 copies in the UK alone during 2007. "Bleeding Love" has charted on the UK Singles Chart in three different years: in 2007 it peaked at number one 2008 at number at number 97. It was named the 17th most successful song in the US from 2000 to 2009.

"Bleeding Love" has sold more than one million copies in the United Kingdom, and over 4 million digital downloads in the United States, where it was the best-selling digital song there in 2008. The accompanying music video first aired on 17 October 2007, and was uploaded to YouTube on the same day. The single reached number one in 35 countries, including Japan, France, Germany and the United States, making it only the second song in history to achieve this feat, Elton John's " Candle in the Wind 1997" being the first. After the single's release, it became a major international hit and was the best-selling single of 2008 worldwide. Debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart, "Bleeding Love" became the best-selling single of 2007 in both countries. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in October 2007. Jointly composed by Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder, the song is the album's lead single officially, it was Lewis's official second single and followed " A Moment Like This". "Bleeding Love" is a song recorded by English singer Leona Lewis for her debut studio album Spirit (2007). " Better in Time" / " Footprints in the Sand"
