EA, Lily Allen belt out Sims sing-along contest

Game behemoth, pint-sized pop princess team up for karaoke contest in promotion of Sims 2 Seasons.

Lily Allen--irresistable in any language.

A little over three weeks ago, Electronic Arts made a strong move to get into the music game business with the purchase of the online karaoke site SingShot. The publisher didn't announce exactly why it bought the site, other than to build up its online community and "promote user-created content through a music platform." It was also divulged that the SingShot team would work with EA's Sims division.

Today, the first fruits of the acquisition emerged as EA has announced a contest to promote the Sims 2 Seasons, the latest expansion pack for the überpopular PC game.

Joining EA in its promotion is British pop sensation Lily Allen, who contributes a song to the Sims 2 Seasons soundtrack. The diminutive Allen, who is known for her verbal daggers and lyrical wit, rerecorded her hit "Smile" in the Sims native tongue of Simlish--a gibberish language created specifically for the game.

Lily Allen simmed

A video for the Simlish version of Allen's "Smile."

The contest asks gamers and aspiring crooners to record their own version of "Smile" in Simlish, and upload it to the contest page on SingShot. Allen will choose the first and second place winners, with the top prize package worth approximately $1390 and a shot at recording a future song for an upcoming Sims game.

Allen is the latest to record a song for a Sims game in Simlish, joining the likes of Aly & AJ, Depeche Mode, Pussycat Dolls, and Black Eyed Peas. For more information on the contest, head over to the Sims 2 Web site.

38 Comments

  • maxmax1234

    Posted Sep 5, 2007 12:15 pm PT

    did you hears the terrible note in the first chorus!??

  • pcpixie

    Posted Mar 14, 2007 9:35 am PT

    I actually saw Lily Allen live last week ( I won tickets to take my daughter who is her number one fan!!). I am not a huge fan, but I enjoyed it, and her voice live is amazing, very clear, very sweet and didn't waver or wobble once! I think this ism tune will appeal to younger fans, I know my daughter loves it!!

  • V-Nine

    Posted Mar 7, 2007 7:54 am PT

    Any bad singer who can sing in Simspeak would dramatically sound good....(laughs uncontrollably)...if that is the case.

  • Lord_Regnier

    Posted Mar 7, 2007 6:10 am PT

    Pop princess!? she cant even bloody sing!

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Mar 7, 2007 5:41 am PT

    cool

  • LinKuei_warrior

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 7:52 pm PT

    Ive never heard of her.i wonder if shes any good....

  • Mowshnan

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 5:53 pm PT

    I bought Sims 2 when it came out, it didn't work with my DVD drive because of the copy protection. It has sat on my shelf since. Would have been nice to have played it, oh well.

  • Mowshnan

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 5:53 pm PT

    I bought Sims 2 when it came out, it didn't work with my DVD drive, it has sat on my shelf since.

  • crithon

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 4:59 pm PT

    okay.... I can understand maybe like the first 2 celebrity songs, but is this really the technique for maintaining the popularity of a franchises years after it's released? I know the sims will still keep releasing expansion which will give more pallets and 3d models to add to your characters, but is this really worth spending your 30 to 20 bucks on?

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 3:58 pm PT

    Why just why? Why do they make such stupid contests?

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 3:44 pm PT

    I would like the cash money prize but I wouldn't want to record a song for the soundtrack.

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 3:39 pm PT

    which is more vile.. Lily Allen or EA? hmm its L Allen. she got her break into showbusiness because her dad is c-list celeb Kieth Allen, "composer" of the Fat Les songs like "Vindaloo". she's like an english chavvy kelly osbourne.. only she's winning awards (brits awards lol) and has credibility. WTF???

  • NeDi2004

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 3:07 pm PT

    way hay lily is purdy good

  • judge__judy

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 2:44 pm PT

    Shes so ugIy. Her music sucks to and she can't sing, especially with her accent. All I'm saying is I don't know whats so special about her.

  • ajy2

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 2:27 pm PT

    Wow, they actually chose a pop singer who can actually sing!

  • xtremeg4m3r

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 1:41 pm PT

    Lilly Allen is pretty good but i got tired of her song smile and nan your a window shopper pretty quickly Ea can do much better

  • Jenovawitness

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 1:32 pm PT

    she sucks. Get a real musician.

  • Bombbay12345

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 1:30 pm PT

    That might be the weirdest thing I've ever heard. She's really not to good-looking either.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 1:11 pm PT

    they can do better

  • peeweeshift

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 12:59 pm PT

    this is so weird....

  • macksed

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 12:54 pm PT

    what a load

  • Krazykraz01

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 12:44 pm PT

    I'm not a fan in particular but Lilly is pretty good, better than a lot of the pop rubbish you get nowadays anyway.

  • oliver_475

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 12:03 pm PT

    not bad lilly, not bad lilly....

  • blacktorn

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:56 am PT

    uh she's so blah

  • BraindeadRacr

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:52 am PT

    Oh c'mon.......

  • homsuplo75

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:51 am PT

    I'll be impressed when they get Ludacris to do one of his songs in Simlish.

  • lzorro

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:46 am PT

    That girl is kind of hot....

  • SugarDaddie

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:34 am PT

    Yay Lilly!

  • fastpunk

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:30 am PT

    I love Lilly! She's hot... and a good singer. But what track did Depeche Mode have in the contest?

  • gorilla_killa

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:19 am PT

    Good

  • Digital-Devil

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:17 am PT

    Awesome, she is so cute ^.^ as well as a good singer

  • Sandlynx9

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 11:16 am PT

    Sweet! That song is pretty durn good, and only tempts me to pour more money into the sims by purchasing Seasons!

  • patente101

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 10:59 am PT

    Hehe, that's pretty cool. Lily Allen is very good

  • Sim_genius

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 10:58 am PT

    Wow that is so cool. And I like Lily Allen

  • TimSpot GameSpot staff member

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 10:56 am PT

    "I'd buy that for a dollar!"

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