"Cannonball" is a song written and performed by Irish folk singer Damien Rice.

The Enhanced CD featured an exclusive B-side, "Moody Monday", and the music video for "Cannonball".

[citation needed] The song was rereleased in 2011 reaching number 13 on 22 September 2011 (week 38) in Irish Singles Chart.

[5] Due to an impressive and popular X Factor audition from John Adams, singing an acoustic cover in the first round of 2011 auditions, Cannonball reentered the British Singles Chart on 24 September 2011 at number 39, and rising to 9 in the week of 1 October 2011[5] before slipping back in the charts.

It was then released by girl group and X Factor champions Little Mix (formerly known as Rhythmix) on 11 December 2011, through Syco Music.

[17] In a positive review, Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song three stars out of five, stating: "Naturally the production has been given the deluxe valet, swapping the raw acoustics of the original for a Casio keyboard piano riff, fist-clenching strings and the inevitable key change.

"[18] The music video for "Cannonball" was uploaded onto Little Mix's official Vevo page on 20 December 2011.

[19] For the first time since series 1, The X Factor winner's single was not released the week of the coveted Christmas number one chart battle.

The winner's single was released in shops on 14 December 2011,[21] which means it would have had to maintain significant sales numbers in its second week to achieve the Christmas number-one.