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Compass is a song written by
Diane Warren Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956) is an American songwriter. She has received several awards including a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three ''Billboard'' Music Awards and an Honorary Academy Award. War ...
and originally recorded by Australian singer
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, the winner of the third edition of ''
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'', for his second studio album of the
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(2010). "Compass" was later recorded by Norwegian
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recording artist
Didrik Solli-Tangen Didrik Solli-Tangen (born 11 June 1987) is a Norwegian singer who represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "My Heart Is Yours". Biography Solli-Tangen was born in Porsgrunn. From his early years he was interested in ...
. It was released in February 2011 through Universal Norway as the third and final single from Solli-Tangen's debut studio album '' Guilty Pleasures'' (2011). The song failed to chart.


Track listing

Digital download # "Compass" - 3:42


Sam Bailey version

In 2014, "Compass" was recorded by English singer
Sam Bailey Samantha Florence Bailey (born 29 June 1977) is an English pop singer who won the tenth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2013. Following her win, her debut single, a cover of Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" was released on 15 December 2013, achievin ...
, the winner of the tenth series of ''
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''. It was released as the second single from her debut studio album '' The Power of Love'' on 16 March 2014. The song received its debut airplay on
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on 18 February 2014. On 24 February, the official audio track was uploaded to
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.


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