If you watched "American Idol" last night, you might have caught the aspiring superstar Jessica Furney auditioning with a song called "Footprints In The Sand". Unbelievably enough, it is a musical version of that poem about God walking with you on the beach and there's two sets of footprints which become one when you're having a bad day and then you get all like, where the hell were you God, and he goes....I was carrying you. It's the greatest and cheesiest spiritual punchline of all time.
Anyway, Jessica sang this song pretty well and got her ticket to Hollywood. But she was crafty: as it turned out, this "Footprints" song was actually co-written by Simon Cowell! He came up with the idea himself and then worked with two other writers to make it happen. The song was featured on last season's "X-Factor" where a UK contestant pulled the same trick, courting Simon's favor by singing his number (posted below). The song went on to become a minor UK hit sung be Leona Lewis. Not sure what the song's fate will be in America...
