Colourblind (Darius Campbell song) Colourblind (Darius Campbell song) "Colourblind" is the debut single by Scottish singer and "Pop Idol" runner-up Darius Campbell. It is the first song taken from his debut solo album "Dive In". It was released on 29 July 2002 and reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for two weeks. The song has sold 325,000 copies in the UK as stated by the Official UK Charts Company. It also peaked at Number 13 in the Irish Charts. After turning down an offer of a multimillion-dollar record deal by "Pop Idol" judge Simon Cowell to sign with his record label, Darius
The Carnival Is Over the UK alone. The track spent three weeks at No.1 in the UK Singles Chart in November and December 1965. The song also topped the Australian charts (for six weeks, from 4 December 1965), and reached No.1 in the Irish Charts for two weeks. The main tune is taken from a Russian song about the Cossack ataman Stepan (also known as Stenka) Razin known as "Iz-za ostrova na strezhen" or "Volga, Volga mat' rodnaya" which became popular in Russia as early as the 1890s. There is a resemblance in the tune, tempo and emotional appeal to the iconic Welsh song