{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox album | name = Footsteps 2 | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Chris de Burgh]] | cover = Footsteps 2.jpg | alt = | released = 2011 | recorded = | venue = | studio = * [[British Grove Studios|British Grove]] and Stanley House (London, UK) | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | length = 49:38 | label = Ferryman Productions | producer = * Chris de Burgh * [[Chris Porter (producer)|Chris Porter]] | prev_title = [[Moonfleet & Other Stories]] | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = [[Home (Chris de Burgh album)|Home]] | next_year = 2012 }}
'''''Footsteps 2''''' is British singer-songwriter [[Chris de Burgh]]'s nineteenth album. It was released in Germany, Switzerland and Austria on 14 October 2011, and in the UK and Ireland on 17 October 2011.
''Footsteps 2'' follows the concept with that of ''[[Footsteps (album)|Footsteps]]'', creating cover versions of the songs which have inspired him over the years, along with a few new compositions.
As de Burgh said upon releasing ''Footsteps'', "Listening to the great songwriters was the inspiration for me to try and become a good songwriter myself," he says. "I’m talking about the likes of Lennon & McCartney and Bob Dylan; people as good as that just don’t seem to exist any more. I learned my trade, my craft, almost at the feet of the Great Masters. And that is my musical journey. Those songs are my footsteps."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chrisdeburgh.net/english/notes.html|title=Notes|publisher=Chrisdeburgh.net|accessdate=23 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011124224/http://www.chrisdeburgh.net/english/notes.html|archive-date=11 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
This album peaked at number 10 in the German album chart,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-177014|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts – Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=Offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=7 August 2017}}</ref> and reached number 38 in the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19831/chris-de-burgh/|title=OFFICIAL ALBUMS CHART RESULTS MATCHING : CHRIS DE BURGH|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=7 August 2017}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Original artist | title1 = [[While You See a Chance]] | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Steve Winwood]]|[[Will Jennings]]}} | extra1 = [[Steve Winwood]] | length1 = 4:58 | title2 = [[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]] | extra2 = [[The Beatles]] | writer2 = {{hlist|[[Paul McCartney]] |[[John Lennon]]}} | length2 = 4:07 | title3 = [[The Living Years]] | extra3 = [[Mike and the Mechanics]] | writer3 = {{hlist|[[Mike Rutherford]]|[[B. A. Robertson]]}} | length3 = 5:37 | title4 = [[Blue Bayou]] | extra4 = [[Roy Orbison]] | writer4 = {{hlist|Orbison|[[Joe Melson]]}} | length4 = 2:40 | title5 = [[SOS (ABBA song)|SOS]] | extra5 = [[ABBA]] | writer5 = {{hlist|[[Björn Ulvaeus]]|[[Benny Andersson]]|[[Stig Anderson]]}} | length5 = 3:21 | title6 = [[Karat (band)|Seven Bridges]] | extra6 = [[Karat (band)]] | writer6 = {{hlist|Helmut Richter|Ulrich Swillms|de Burgh}} | length6 = 3:53 | title7 = [[Lady Madonna]] | writer7 = {{hlist|Lennon|McCartney}} | extra7 = The Beatles | length7 = 2:21 | title8 = [[Time in a Bottle]] | writer8 = {{hlist|[[Jim Croce]]}} | extra8 = Jim Croce | length8 = 2:33 | title9 = Already There | writer9 = {{hlist|de Burgh}} | length9 = 3:46 | title10 = [[In the Ghetto]] | extra10 = [[Elvis Presley]] | writer10 = {{hlist|[[Mac Davis]]|[[Elvis Presley]]}} | length10 = 3:46 | title11 = [[Long Train Runnin'|Long Train Running]] | extra11 = [[The Doobie Brothers]] | writer11 = {{hlist|[[Tom Johnston (musician)|Tom Johnston]]}} | length11 = 3:39 | title12 = On a Christmas Night | writer12 = {{hlist|de Burgh}} | length12 = 3:33 | title13 = [[Catch the Wind]] | note13 = Special Edition only | writer13 = {{hlist|[[Donovan]]}} | extra13 = [[Donovan]] | length13 = 2:14 | title14 = [[Moonshadow (song)|Moonshadow]] | note14 = Special Edition only | writer14 = {{hlist|[[Cat Stevens]]}} | extra14 = [[Cat Stevens]] | length14 = 3:01 | title15 = Every Step of the Way | writer15 = {{hlist|de Burgh}} | length15 = 3:18 | title16 = The Footsteps 2 Theme | writer16 = {{hlist|de Burgh}} | length16 = 1:57 }}
A version of the album released by Sony Music in Denmark has a different running order and includes a 25th anniversary version of "[[The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)|The Lady in Red]]", unavailable elsewhere.
== Personnel == * Chris de Burgh – vocals, guitars * Nigel Hopkins – keyboards, orchestral arrangements, backing vocals * [[Phil Palmer]] – guitars, backing vocals * Ed Poole – bass, backing vocals * Geoff Dugmore – drums, percussion, [[hammered dulcimer]] * [[Jakko Jakszyk]] – [[harmonica]], backing vocals * Gavin Fitzjohn – horns, horn arrangements * [[Geoffrey Richardson (musician)|Geoffrey Richardson]] – strings, string arrangements * Suzanne Barbieri – backing vocals * Django Jakszyk – backing vocals * Vula Malinga – backing vocals
'''Production''' * Chris de Burgh – producer, sleeve design * Chris Porter – producer, engineer, mixing * Jason Elliott – additional engineer * Joe Kearns – additional engineer * Alex Hutchinson – art direction * Sarah Fulford – sleeve design, photography * Kenny Thomson – sleeve design, management * David Morley – photography
==Charts== {{col-start}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2011–12) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Austria|44|artist=Chris De Burgh|album=Footsteps 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 August 2020}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|12|artist=Chris De Burgh|album=Footsteps 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 August 2020}} |- {{album chart|Germany|10|id=177014|artist=Chris De Burgh|album=Footsteps 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 August 2020}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Chris De Burgh|album=Footsteps 2|rowheader=true|accessdate=31 August 2020}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2011) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2011|title= MTV | Album Jahrescharts 2011 | charts|website=MTV Germany |accessdate=15 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111012418/http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2011|archivedate=11 January 2012}}</ref> | 62 |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2012|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2012|website=hitparade.ch|accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref> | 67 |} {{col-end}}
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