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Marcus Collins says he doesn’t care if White Stripes fans criticise his new single.

The X Factor runner-up is releasing a cover of the bands single Seven Nation Army as his debut single on 4th March, and die-hard White Stripes fans have already been having a pop at him for it. However a defiant Marcus told the Press Association "I've had plenty of abuse from White Stripes fans, believe you me”.

"I've quickly learned I can't please everyone, and a lot of people have got a lot of opinions on the song, shall we say”.

"I like it, my friends and family love it, the people here at my record label love it, and if people don't like the version that's being released, there are plenty of other versions they can listen to instead - we've done a dubstep remix and some others”.

"And, you know, if they hate my version so much, they can always listen to the original White Stripes version. Why are they listening to me if they don't like it? My covering the song doesn't detract from the White Stripes.

"And why are people kicking off about it now? That song came out in March 2003."

The single is the fisrt to be taken from the singer’s daebut album, which is released a week later. Marcus said "It's a really quick turnaround, having the album ready to go already, but I didn't want to sit around waiting for ages, spending a year in the studio”.

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