Producers make Sara write a love song. Sara proceeds to drop a hit song about the cracks in the music industry, disguised as a love song. Its Masterpiece in my opinion.
Similar to R.E.M. and their song "Shiny Happy People":) If I remember correctly, some other singers/bands have also done such things to counter the producers/labels stifling of creativity and/or greedy desires.
@@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife This is literally a song about going against what the industry says, she wouldn’t oblige to the industry and she chose to stay true to herself instead of becoming a “Meghan Trainer” as I like to call it.
Chumi when say someone is that butch is actually a positive. Kind of like saying someone is the one. This person loves them some normani I’m sure of it lol.
I'd be honored if some Sara Bareilles fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of LOVE SONG in tribute to one of the greatest albums of the '00s decade as well as to the release of Sara's 5th full-length album, Amidst the Chaos. Live acoustic on my YT channel with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
The 2000s truly were different. They were not just the turn of the century, not just the birth of the internet, not just the birth of many of us reminiscing about our childhoods, and not just a golden age of songs, they were magical. All of these reasons made it that way, among a ton of other reasons. It was truly something
Yeah you were about 7. Times are usually simpler a kid. I grew jp in the 90s and a lot less complicatedthsn the 00sbut i prefer the music of 80s yo what i grew up with.
Haha, I just love how her label told her to write a love song, so she wrote a song about not writing a love song, and called it Love Song. I love her haha.
I haven't heard this song in *YEARS* and it just randomly popped into my head and made my whole week! 😀 Memory loss sucks, but sometimes it's helpful. Hoping for a better year in 2019! ☺️.
I'd be honored if some Sara Bareilles fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of LOVE SONG in tribute to one of the greatest albums of the '00s decade as well as to the release of Sara's 5th full-length album, Amidst the Chaos. Live acoustic on my YT channel with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
I knew the reason behind this song, I just realized after so any years that not only did she slapped back at them, but she metaphorically, in the video, did it from the shelf inside the cabinet they had her tucked away until she wrote them “a love song”!!! 🤩🤯💀 Love it even more! I keep coming back to it because it’s so good!
These type of old songs always have that bold creative style like they can come up with everything they thought of. I get to really miss that type of raw use of creativity these days, Love that raw power. Edit: to put things in perspective; I'm 27 and the first release of this song was June 2007... And I'm not even trying to call people old, I was just saying how this song just hits different through time since it's now 2024. Calling something old isn't bad per se, I especially liked this song more *because* the music industry changed through time. Hence why I love this song more
maybe my math is bad, but i think songs from 2008 are 13 years old now... I'd be honored if some Sara Bareilles fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of LOVE SONG and MORNINGSIDE on my YT channel in tribute to 2 of her early creative masterpieces. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace & stay safe in the '020s.
It's 2024, just got back from work and suddenly the song starts ringing in my head, haven't heard it in over 10 years, you can imagine the excitement when I landed here!
So I'm not the only one who has been hearing this song for years, but never actually knew who the singer was until now? And then proceeded to listen to all of the singer's music?
I came here to see if anyone else wrote about this. I haven’t heard this song for a while and forgot it started that way. It made me cry when I heard it today.
@@leonardocarneiro9520 Anxiety, and the calm advice we get from the "unstressed, not-under-pressure" friend while we feel like we've totally lost control. I think. But I might be wrong.
Apparently the actual inspiration was frustration that the record company she worked for was rejecting her songs. She was trying different styles, and was no longer happy with the songs because she had changed her style so much for approval. In the end, she allegedly wrote Love Song to say she didn't want to have to change for people to like her, and the company approved.
03:52 _“If your heart is nowhere in it, I don’t want it for a minute…”_ this whole sequence- the melody, the reverb, the music. Truly the pinnacle of early 2010s Pop Music, and what I consider to be a *perfect moment.*
03:52 _If your heart is nowhere in it, I don't want it for a minute; babe I'd walk the seven seas if I believed that there's a reason to write you a love song today."_ This whole sequence- the melody, the reverb, the music. Truly the pinnacle of early 2010s Pop Music, And what I consider to be a *perfect moment*
As far as I have heard, Sara Bareilles was forced to make a love song because if she didn't, then her career is over. So...here it is...She expresses her feelings on this song, and guess what? The producers loved it! You know, every artist singer must have at least a love song...I hope I'm not mistaken about this
+Breeze Royals Studio if you really want to know about the inspiration behind this song, you should read Sarab's book. There's a chapter explaining the whole story behind this song. totally recommend it.
Me too , i listened it in the radio but ... i never find it ... BUT NOW *u* In love with this song , when i searched it i thought that Kelly Clarkson singed this song ..but its Sara x3'
I remember sending the song to the first guy I fell in love with in my life, in high school and he was mocking me for liking this type of music but I felt something when I heard this song and how Sara Bareilles stands for herself and it was so catchy. It helped me realized he was really not right for me and if my dreams came true, I would have regretted being with him so it's good I stayed alone in high school. At least I could make awesome playlists with awesome singers helping me going through days and days in hell-school. It was in 2010s. Time flies.
If I were the record exec that asked for a love song, and was delivered this....I would never let this talent leave my company!! This is absolutely genius, video included (it plays on the same themes and fits right in the 2000s videos). GENIUS.
JANUARY 2023: I just learned the backstory of this song (the record label wants a love song) and it blew my effin mind! What genius lyrics. It works on so many different levels. Bravo Sara, bravo!
+White Mist LOL....some things don't change. I've been out of school for decades and I remember middle school being a miserable time kids were really vicious, when we got to HS, things changed dramatically no more misery, a much happier time.
I don't know if anyone still reads these comments, but I was telling someone the origin story of this song and I had to come listen again. The song means so much more knowing the backstory. It was just a catchy tune until I knew the bravery it took to deliver this to the record company. I can really feel the emotion in the song. I guess those jerks were right after all. All the best to you Sara.
I met him when I was 17 years old. He was 16 but was so mature for his age. We lived together for 4 years until we separated. Few years later we reconnected but was too late, he had a family and I was already in another relationship. Last phone call from him was him saying how sorry he was and if he had met me at a later time in his life he would have known better and treated me right. We ended our very last phone call with him saying I will always love you no matter where we go in life. Yesterday his soul went to rest. This song reminds me of my 17 year old self living with my then 16 year old bf at his parents house. I can remember the room we shared and the order of the house with this song playing on the tv. 😔 It's funny how the mind works even after 10 years later the memory is clear. One of the most precious memories I will always hold close to my heart. This song will always remind me of him. RIP my friend. Thank you for what we had, I'll never forget you ❤️
Here I am in 2020, just realizing that she is the same person that also wrote Brave and the songs of Waitress: The Musical. My brain never made that connection and I’ve missed precious time not admiring her. So now I’m in Coronavirus Self-isolation and just trying to soak up as much of her awesomeness as I can to make up for the time lost.
I can literally remember this song like it was yesterday. It was my senior year, I went to subway and this song was playing on the radio. I had a tuna sandwich and enjoyed listening to it.
I genuinely adore how this song calls out the commodification of art and music, and the constant desire for content thats exactly what people “want to hear” suffocating the creative freedom of artists. Corporations don’t care about giving a message that’s meaningful or creating something that matters, they care about maintaining a status quo that maximizes their profits- and this song does a great job at portraying that through the context, lyrics and visuals. Genuinely fantastic work
Lyrics :) Head under water And they tell me to breathe easy for a while The breathing gets harder, even I know that You made room for me but it's too soon to see If I'm happy in your hands I'm unusually hard to hold on to Blank stares at blank pages No easy way to say this You mean well, but you make this hard on me I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you asked for it 'cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's Make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today I learned the hard way That they all say things you want to hear And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you And your twisted words, your help just hurts You are not what I thought you were Hello to high and dry Convinced me to please you Made me think that I need this too I'm trying to let you hear me as I am I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you asked for it 'cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's Make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today Promise me that you'll leave the light on To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone 'cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say I won't write you a love song 'cause you asked for it 'cause you need one you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's make or breaking this Is that why you wanted a love song 'cause you asked for it 'cause you need one you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'cause you tell me it's make or breaking this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If your heart is nowhere in it I don't want it for a minute Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to Write you a love song today
Funny how's there's always new meaning to some of the lines of this song. I've loved it since I first heard the initial chords...then I started listening to it and was in awe. It's just the kind of upbeat, yet grounded energy (lyrics) I want to carry around and give to myself and others. Thank you madam.
love song.... a song about not writing a love song.. it was a big middle finger to her producers who wanted her to write a love song....if im not mistaken.
Head under water And they tell me to breathe easy for a while The breathing gets harder, even I know that Made room for me It's too soon to see If I'm happy in your hands I'm unusually hard to hold on to Blank stares at blank pages No easy way to say this You mean well, but you make this hard on me I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leaving I'mma need a better reason To write you a love song today, today I learned the hard way That they all say things you wanna hear And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you and your twisted words, Your help just hurts You are not what I thought you were Hello to high and dry Convinced me to please you Made me think that I need this too I'm trying to let you hear me as I am I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If all you have is leaving I'mma need a better reason To write you a love song today Promise me, you'll leave the light on To help me see with daylight my guide gone 'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me Because I say I won't write you a love song 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this Is that why you wanted a love song? 'Cause you asked for it 'Cause you need one, you see I'm not gonna write you a love song 'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay If your heart is nowhere in it I don't want it for a minute Babe, I'll walk the seven seas When I believe that there's a reason To write you a love song today, today Thank you for reading. I record covers from different popular songs. I appreciate it if you listen to my channel! 😊
February 2024: Standing in line at the UPS Store and “Love Song” comes on over the in-store speakers…💜 I started moving a little to the music and singing along under my breath. I hated that I had to leave the store before the song came to an end and so I decided to listen and watch the video on RUclips. Awesome song and the reason behind its existence is brilliant! Thank you Sara for such a great song! Love it 💜
I'd be honored if some Sara B fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of LOVE SONG and MORNINGSIDE in tribute to 2 of her early creative masterpieces. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace & stay safe in the '020s.
Man, time flies... I remember watching this music video on MTV in 2007 shortly after I graduated from high school. Now, here it is 2014 and I'm getting married in 4 months
Zakiy Ramadhan Thanks! I have a feeling it will last forever. After 4 years of dating, when I proposed, and 5 years of being together, when we get married, I think it'll be an incredible marriage.
There's actually a reason for why this song came to be and it's not because people were pushing for a love song. The music producers encouraged her to keep on writing when she was having difficulties with coming up with something.
This song has so much meaning to me when I was a child I remember walking with my late mother singing this with her on her flip phone. And I’m down I listen to this song and think of those moments when life was good
I have a brand new appreciation for this song after finding out its true meaning and intention. Such an awesome and relatable real-life story behind it. Haha! Sara, you're a genius! Never let them force your hand! I really really liked it before but now I absolutely _love_ it!
I'm watching this video again :) Thanks to you guys for commenting and bringing me back here. It is such a personal story. If Sara asks me why i'll share . . I guess.
right ? yesterday i turned on the radio in the car on my way to campus and the first song till the last song when i turned off the radio were all about sex ._. I'm just hoping they could've played songs about a little bit more than sex
+louis smeets the best part, if you actually try to find meaning in this song, she doesn't say fuck you, she basically says, "hey i'm just not in the mood to make a love song and i just don't wanna make a song that i don't put my hearth n and i sure as hell aint' gonna do it just to please you, so please just trust in me and let me make the songs i feel like doing and when i'm ready i'll write you ONE HELL OF A LOVE SONG,"
I have a history with this song, I listened to it when I was little on TV, I was looking for it for years without success, I only remembered the melody, I had already given up until one day I was riding in a car and this song started playing on the radio and after 13 years I could hear this song again.
Oh look, a pop artist from the 2000s who _actually_ knows how to play the piano and _actually_ plays the correct notes in the video... We haven't seen that for a while. I really don't like pop music, but this is one of the better pop songs I've heard.
Carly Rae Jepson has some great music Particularly “Warm Blood” and “Favourite Colour” Foxes also has some good music “Clarity” is her most well known song
History lesson...her producers told her that she doesnt have any love songs out.. that she should...thats the popular thing ... well this is what she came up with :) pretty funny
Producers make Sara write a love song.
Sara proceeds to drop a hit song about the cracks in the music industry, disguised as a love song. Its Masterpiece in my opinion.
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❤ superbly thinking 😊
she is literally telling them that she won't write a love song.
Similar to R.E.M. and their song "Shiny Happy People":)
If I remember correctly, some other singers/bands have also done such things to counter the producers/labels stifling of creativity and/or greedy desires.
@@fouzanium more like malicious compliance
I like how she stayed true to herself an wouldn't let the industry change her
👍❤💔 shes not around now
@@Samthebomb1 What do you mean? She just released an album a couple of days ago.
@@Samthebomb1 Girls5eva bruhhhhh
@@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife why?
@@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife
This is literally a song about going against what the industry says, she wouldn’t oblige to the industry and she chose to stay true to herself instead of becoming a “Meghan Trainer” as I like to call it.
She didn’t want to write a love song, instead she wrote a hit song
Chumi lol it’s a meme from the mtv’s or something I thought it would be funny to put that meme as my name thingy
Chumi when say someone is that butch is actually a positive. Kind of like saying someone is the one. This person loves them some normani I’m sure of it lol.
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😂
I'd be honored if some Sara Bareilles fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of LOVE SONG in tribute to one of the greatest albums of the '00s decade as well as to the release of Sara's 5th full-length album, Amidst the Chaos. Live acoustic on my YT channel with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
The 2000s truly were different. They were not just the turn of the century, not just the birth of the internet, not just the birth of many of us reminiscing about our childhoods, and not just a golden age of songs, they were magical. All of these reasons made it that way, among a ton of other reasons. It was truly something
Facts
Nothing feels the same anymore, everythings is so depressing and angering now
And nowadays songs are all just basic ass beats singing about sex or whatever and it's terrible. I wish we could go back to making songs like this
Some of us feel the same way about the 80s lol
The 2000s weren't even close to the birth of the internet, lol
A beautiful woman and a talented singer she deserved more recognition!
10 years later, still an absolute gem.
D1visor songs in the early 2000s are better than some of the new songs today 2020
This song is 2007
More like nearly 15 years, damn time flies
Holy shit 10 years
Omg I was your 1K like :)
This song is still catchy. Deserves more recognition.
But to be fair it spent 363 weeks in the charts
+Silent Swiftness 😂
your cute OC deserves more recognition
+terros blue Aww, thank you! The world needs more people like you.
you are welcome :D
I remember the days when this was constantly on the radio stations. Those days were simpler. They seem so peaceful and quaint.
I mean, sure... you lived at home and your bills were paid for by your parents.
And so far away. I was working my way through college. Good times and bad.
I was grinding it out in an office. Great song. Retired at present....funny, but I miss it all now.@@inahuffman6999
Watch Girls5eva, it's so funny and perfect for these days and "remember those days"...
Yeah you were about 7. Times are usually simpler a kid. I grew jp in the 90s and a lot less complicatedthsn the 00sbut i prefer the music of 80s yo what i grew up with.
Haha, I just love how her label told her to write a love song, so she wrote a song about not writing a love song, and called it Love Song. I love her haha.
***** Oh you know it! Lol
the irony is that she wouldn't have written this incredible, iconic song had the label not demanded that she write a love song
Thats not true,and sara already explain the true history.
@@girlboss3426 what is it
The Lord's mysterious ways.
No, no one asked her to write a love song.
www.huffpost.com/entry/sara-bareilles-story-behind-love-song_n_560fdd34e4b0768127023ecd
I haven't heard this song in *YEARS* and it just randomly popped into my head and made my whole week! 😀 Memory loss sucks, but sometimes it's helpful. Hoping for a better year in 2019! ☺️.
I'd be honored if some Sara Bareilles fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of LOVE SONG in tribute to one of the greatest albums of the '00s decade as well as to the release of Sara's 5th full-length album, Amidst the Chaos. Live acoustic on my YT channel with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
omg me too!
God bless bro :)
take care bro
ME TOO
I knew the reason behind this song, I just realized after so any years that not only did she slapped back at them, but she metaphorically, in the video, did it from the shelf inside the cabinet they had her tucked away until she wrote them “a love song”!!! 🤩🤯💀
Love it even more! I keep coming back to it because it’s so good!
I'm overwhelmed with nostalgia for the simpler times
These type of old songs always have that bold creative style like they can come up with everything they thought of. I get to really miss that type of raw use of creativity these days, Love that raw power.
Edit: to put things in perspective; I'm 27 and the first release of this song was June 2007... And I'm not even trying to call people old, I was just saying how this song just hits different through time since it's now 2024. Calling something old isn't bad per se, I especially liked this song more *because* the music industry changed through time. Hence why I love this song more
Reminds me of Vanessa Carlton! She has some pretty great works other than the ever so popular A Thousand Miles
Pre pervasive-social media
People still have raw creativity. They just don’t get mainstream attention. Look for it
Check out Lawrence - Don't Lose Sight
Damn, if this is "old", that makes me ancient.
11 years now, its 2021, and I still love this song and find it so nostalgic
maybe my math is bad, but i think songs from 2008 are 13 years old now... I'd be honored if some Sara Bareilles fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of LOVE SONG and MORNINGSIDE on my YT channel in tribute to 2 of her early creative masterpieces. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace & stay safe in the '020s.
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@@willritter4076 I dont know when it came out, fact is it says 11 years, that's why I wrote 11 years, I was literally 2 years old in 2008 so...
Anything from the late 2000s are very nostalgic for me. I was about 9 or 10 and heard these songs everywhere.
Ssme
This Song Iz From 2007 🅿️
It's 2024, just got back from work and suddenly the song starts ringing in my head, haven't heard it in over 10 years, you can imagine the excitement when I landed here!
So I'm not the only one who has been hearing this song for years, but never actually knew who the singer was until now? And then proceeded to listen to all of the singer's music?
The 2000s* were a strange, creative, nostalgic, interesting time for music videos.
So were the 90s....and early 2010's....
Every decade is a strange, creative, nostalgic, intersting time for music videos.
Facts
They are way better then the new ones...I mean the new ones are terrible!
Yup. :)
This came out in 2008 that's late 2000s
I am a grown ass man and this is one of my favourite songs of all time
+LocoMrLee Same here, but i cant resist the song man!
+LocoMrLee Heyyy, that's okay this song is really good. If it is than you have good taste in music and a decent person :)
+LocoMrLee Young man here, but still. If it sounds good it sounds good.
Same here, man. 😂
😂 I'm in here killing this gym sesh to this 👀👀
It’s like seeing an old friend you haven’t seen in a long time 😢 have not heard this song in years
Have you seen Girls5eva? So so good
THIS SONG WAS MY LIFE GOOD LORD
me too
SAME
Same here
+Aiman Nazri by the way darling if you are writing a live song the privelage is there's excuse the english
1st grade bus ride an older lady friend loved this song. brings back good memories
"Head under water and you tell me to breathe easy for a while." One of the great opening lines you will ever hear.
I came here to see if anyone else wrote about this. I haven’t heard this song for a while and forgot it started that way. It made me cry when I heard it today.
Is it about anxiety?
@@leonardocarneiro9520 Anxiety, and the calm advice we get from the "unstressed, not-under-pressure" friend while we feel like we've totally lost control. I think. But I might be wrong.
if you look up the story behind why she wrote the song, it makes this song 10x better
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sara-bareilles-story-behind-love-song_us_560fdd34e4b0768127023ecd this is urban legend fam it's not real
Apparently the actual inspiration was frustration that the record company she worked for was rejecting her songs. She was trying different styles, and was no longer happy with the songs because she had changed her style so much for approval. In the end, she allegedly wrote Love Song to say she didn't want to have to change for people to like her, and the company approved.
Now this song doesn't sound like she's talking to a boy at all.
+Erin Edwards no one ever said it did.
+Bia Beato stfu.
She is just incredible.
Writes a masterpiece because she was asked to write a love song, we needed it.
A voice and a piano.
and a drumset, a bass and a guitar
plus the extra tracks for harmonizing the vocals - idk if you know but people can't usually sing chords
@@dovahsenbrom836
Give a listen to some of her live performances.
This is the song I secretly blast in the car when the homies aren’t around.
Bob Sman yessirski 🔥😭
Alejandro Dorval haha aww
Tints up moon roof open.
I laughed aloud at this comment.
SAMEE
We need more music like this. I miss the 2000s 😢 life was so much easier!!!
Prolly coz we wer kids back then.
I agree on that 1 million percent ❤
I was born in 1969. Life was so much easier when I was growing up.
Life was simpler in the 80s, from 2000 onwards was destroyed but technology
The 2000s literally had 2008 tho....I mean we have a pandemic in 2020's so I guess it is still harder XD
03:52 _“If your heart is nowhere in it, I don’t want it for a minute…”_ this whole sequence- the melody, the reverb, the music. Truly the pinnacle of early 2010s Pop Music, and what I consider to be a *perfect moment.*
It's from 2007.
Late 2000s early 2010s were magical
She is resentful of the record company wanting a love song for the money.
03:52 _If your heart is nowhere in it, I don't want it for a minute; babe I'd walk the seven seas if I believed that there's a reason to write you a love song today."_ This whole sequence- the melody, the reverb, the music. Truly the pinnacle of early 2010s Pop Music, And what I consider to be a *perfect moment*
2007 was a solid year for music. I remember this one vividly.
As far as I have heard, Sara Bareilles was forced to make a love song because if she didn't, then her career is over. So...here it is...She expresses her feelings on this song, and guess what? The producers loved it!
You know, every artist singer must have at least a love song...I hope I'm not mistaken about this
you're actually right.
Elcompadago Yay!
+Breeze Royals Studio Its true! Look my comment for further info ;)
+Breeze Royals Studio if you really want to know about the inspiration behind this song, you should read Sarab's book. There's a chapter explaining the whole story behind this song. totally recommend it.
OMG! SHE WAS THE ONE THAT DID THIS!?
For the longest time I tried to find out who sung it but never knew. Oh wow.
Love you Sara XP
Me too , i listened it in the radio but ... i never find it ... BUT NOW *u* In love with this song , when i searched it i thought that Kelly Clarkson singed this song ..but its Sara x3'
this song reminds me of simpler times
same....
Grell in Wonderland EXACTLY
Grell in Wonderland only 8 years ago man
Grell in Wonderland 10 years ago
Just something alluring about the past
She is so criminally underrated 😢
this song right here reminds me of my childhood and the good old days damn 😭
I know 😭
Dude I feel the same way😭😢😥😪
same
if this song was your childhood then you are still in your childhood cause this song was like 5 years ago.
+Garlicjr Made it s actually 9 years, it was released in 2007
Anyone else randomly has this song stuck in their head even tho you haven’t heard it in years
yup...happened to me today
Yup
omgggg i thought i esa the only one, this is so weird
Brotha, haven’t heard this song in like 10 years and it randomly was in my mind this morning
Yea.. i had this song in my head and now I feel nastaljic
I remember sending the song to the first guy I fell in love with in my life, in high school and he was mocking me for liking this type of music but I felt something when I heard this song and how Sara Bareilles stands for herself and it was so catchy. It helped me realized he was really not right for me and if my dreams came true, I would have regretted being with him so it's good I stayed alone in high school. At least I could make awesome playlists with awesome singers helping me going through days and days in hell-school. It was in 2010s. Time flies.
this is the cutest video ever!! im even watching this in 2016!!!! XD
Same
+Julia Finch same...i love it
Me to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Julia Finch IKR?
me
QUEEN OF EVERYTHING
If I were the record exec that asked for a love song, and was delivered this....I would never let this talent leave my company!! This is absolutely genius, video included (it plays on the same themes and fits right in the 2000s videos). GENIUS.
JANUARY 2023: I just learned the backstory of this song (the record label wants a love song) and it blew my effin mind! What genius lyrics. It works on so many different levels. Bravo Sara, bravo!
A classic song indeed. Never get tired of listening to it. Happy new year everyone 2023.
It's not considered a classic until it's 20 years old...
Ngl I just randomly thought of this song and thought “that’s a great song”
@@brucewayne2155 don’t care
@@goatachi7223 must have. People that don't care don't reply!
Happy new year 2024!!!!
i miss high school so much. these good old music reminds me of the good old days. 😭😭
I just started high school it so much better than middle school :)
White Mist ikr :)
+White Mist
LOL....some things don't change. I've been out of school for decades and I remember middle school being a miserable time kids were really vicious, when we got to HS, things changed dramatically no more misery, a much happier time.
Aisyah Hassan gosh I don't haha
Aisyah Hassan I miss my childhood, where I had all the girls around me. I was very good at basketball, and I could have fun
My goodness. Still come back to this song after all these years and I'm still blown away by her beauty.
Me too
I don't know if anyone still reads these comments, but I was telling someone the origin story of this song and I had to come listen again. The song means so much more knowing the backstory. It was just a catchy tune until I knew the bravery it took to deliver this to the record company. I can really feel the emotion in the song. I guess those jerks were right after all. All the best to you Sara.
I met him when I was 17 years old. He was 16 but was so mature for his age. We lived together for 4 years until we separated. Few years later we reconnected but was too late, he had a family and I was already in another relationship. Last phone call from him was him saying how sorry he was and if he had met me at a later time in his life he would have known better and treated me right. We ended our very last phone call with him saying I will always love you no matter where we go in life. Yesterday his soul went to rest. This song reminds me of my 17 year old self living with my then 16 year old bf at his parents house. I can remember the room we shared and the order of the house with this song playing on the tv. 😔 It's funny how the mind works even after 10 years later the memory is clear. One of the most precious memories I will always hold close to my heart. This song will always remind me of him. RIP my friend. Thank you for what we had, I'll never forget you ❤️
Nostalgia sucks, to be honest. Hope things get better
@@Nediler thank you for your message. Appreciate it x
@Kiel Enrique thank you for your kind words. Appreciate it. :)
Very touching
Wow. Thats beautiful.
Why dont we have more of this kind in the pop music? :D Amazing song, amazing backstory, amazing video
Sophie Liemann I completely agree
Sophie Liemann because this is an old era of pop music that I wish would come back
Here I am in 2020, just realizing that she is the same person that also wrote Brave and the songs of Waitress: The Musical. My brain never made that connection and I’ve missed precious time not admiring her. So now I’m in Coronavirus Self-isolation and just trying to soak up as much of her awesomeness as I can to make up for the time lost.
*realization time* OMFG
THATS WHAT I JUST REALIZED WHEN I LOOKED THIS SONG UP AND SAW HER NAME
How dare you just drop this on me!
Yes exactly this!
Came across this song yesterday by accident, remember it from my younger days. Loved it then and love it now.
i actually miss this year of my life a lot for some reason
omg same :(
Same
same
I feel the same 😭
Maybe you remember because, it was the year before your lost you shit… Brit…
Seems like this song is made like yesterday literally. Never gets too old. Sara makes songs that looks new.
I can literally remember this song like it was yesterday. It was my senior year, I went to subway and this song was playing on the radio. I had a tuna sandwich and enjoyed listening to it.
COOL STORY JERB
@@RikkiBlu Thanks young man, appreciate it
Sounds like a great time
Hope you at least had some chocolate chip cookies
Tuna! I didn't know anyone got those from subway :P
I genuinely adore how this song calls out the commodification of art and music, and the constant desire for content thats exactly what people “want to hear” suffocating the creative freedom of artists. Corporations don’t care about giving a message that’s meaningful or creating something that matters, they care about maintaining a status quo that maximizes their profits- and this song does a great job at portraying that through the context, lyrics and visuals. Genuinely fantastic work
if that opening piano doesn't just instantly make you happy, I question if you're human
I AGREE WHAT A GREAT SONG :)
She's written a universal story in an epic song that's basically for all occasions in one an she did it her way like a boss.
Today is the first day I actually listened to this song!!! OMG
Me too...ten years later. I have never heard it before today.
Damn, she's so amazing. Her sweet style, her beauty and of course her voice is incredible.
Talk about memories
I was in 4th grade when this song came out!
Metaphysical Mike I was in jail....
I was one.
I was 14 yo :o
Metaphysical Mike i was in my junior year ❤️
I was in 2nd grade
Lyrics :)
Head under water
And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder, even I know that
You made room for me but it's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well, but you make this hard on me
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you tell me it's
Make or breaking this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today
I learned the hard way
That they all say things you want to hear
And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you
And your twisted words, your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry
Convinced me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you tell me it's
Make or breaking this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today
Promise me that you'll leave the light on
To help me see with daylight, my guide, gone
'cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say
I won't write you a love song
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
Is that why you wanted a love song
'cause you asked for it
'cause you need one you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'cause you tell me it's make or breaking this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want it for a minute
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to
Write you a love song today
Ldn. v
In the description buddy
Ldn. How did u right sooooooo much like that would take me like all day lol😂
Ldn. I want to like this comment but it has exactly 100 likes lol what should I do
lool
She was told to write a love song and she did this... lyrics are even better when knowing this; what a badass.
Funny how's there's always new meaning to some of the lines of this song. I've loved it since I first heard the initial chords...then I started listening to it and was in awe. It's just the kind of upbeat, yet grounded energy (lyrics) I want to carry around and give to myself and others. Thank you madam.
love song.... a song about not writing a love song.. it was a big middle finger to her producers who wanted her to write a love song....if im not mistaken.
You're mistaken. It happens.
then what is it about....I heard that her producers wanted her to make a love song to get people to notice her, so instead she wrote this song.
The lyrics to me, make sense in the belief that she "flipped off" her producers
That makes sense.
Somebody read Sounds Like Me :D
Head under water
And they tell me to breathe easy for a while
The breathing gets harder, even I know that
Made room for me
It's too soon to see
If I'm happy in your hands
I'm unusually hard to hold on to
Blank stares at blank pages
No easy way to say this
You mean well, but you make this hard on me
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving
I'mma need a better reason
To write you a love song today, today
I learned the hard way
That they all say things you wanna hear
And my heavy heart sinks deep down under you and your twisted words,
Your help just hurts
You are not what I thought you were
Hello to high and dry
Convinced me to please you
Made me think that I need this too
I'm trying to let you hear me as I am
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If all you have is leaving
I'mma need a better reason
To write you a love song today
Promise me, you'll leave the light on
To help me see with daylight my guide gone
'Cause I believe there's a way you can love me
Because I say
I won't write you a love song
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
Is that why you wanted a love song?
'Cause you asked for it
'Cause you need one, you see
I'm not gonna write you a love song
'Cause you tell me it's make or break in this
If you're on your way
I'm not gonna write you to stay
If your heart is nowhere in it
I don't want it for a minute
Babe, I'll walk the seven seas
When I believe that there's a reason
To write you a love song today, today
Thank you for reading. I record covers from different popular songs. I appreciate it if you listen to my channel! 😊
The lyrics are in the description...
@@trezaakame1795 how do you think they got them?
@@tk-ol6iv LMAO I KNOW HOW THEY GOT THEM AHAHAHA
@@trezaakame1795 um.. ok lol ig
What's with the head underwater part. I don't get it
I love you Sara Bareilles
TornadoPlayMinecraft :)
69 likes xDxD
February 2024: Standing in line at the UPS Store and “Love Song” comes on over the in-store speakers…💜
I started moving a little to the music and singing along under my breath. I hated that I had to leave the store before the song came to an end and so I decided to listen and watch the video on RUclips.
Awesome song and the reason behind its existence is brilliant! Thank you Sara for such a great song! Love it 💜
I'd be honored if some Sara B fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of LOVE SONG and MORNINGSIDE in tribute to 2 of her early creative masterpieces. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace & stay safe in the '020s.
It's on my playlist 😊😊😊
This was the first song I heard from Sara Bareilles.. That pretty much sold the deal for me ^-^
Man, time flies... I remember watching this music video on MTV in 2007 shortly after I graduated from high school. Now, here it is 2014 and I'm getting married in 4 months
aww congratulations:)
Vandita M Well thank you :-)
***** I don't understand. Do you want to see what the future holds for you? Or do you want to go to the past and do it all over again?
Congratulations! I hope your wedding goes well, cheerful, and happy. And your marriage will last forever. Cheers!
Zakiy Ramadhan Thanks! I have a feeling it will last forever. After 4 years of dating, when I proposed, and 5 years of being together, when we get married, I think it'll be an incredible marriage.
When some musical producer orders to a songwriter to write a love song, the result is this.. Not a love song but a huge hit
Yeah, basically this song is her just telling them to fuck themselves.
There's actually a reason for why this song came to be and it's not because people were pushing for a love song. The music producers encouraged her to keep on writing when she was having difficulties with coming up with something.
This song has so much meaning to me when I was a child I remember walking with my late mother singing this with her on her flip phone. And I’m down I listen to this song and think of those moments when life was good
I have a brand new appreciation for this song after finding out its true meaning and intention. Such an awesome and relatable real-life story behind it. Haha! Sara, you're a genius! Never let them force your hand! I really really liked it before but now I absolutely _love_ it!
This is still in the playlist of literally in every supermarket. Such a succesful song.
wait this is by sara bareilles? haha i never knew until now omg i listened to this like six years ago
I thought it was by Kelly Clarkson.. 😂
Christopher Collado me too! LOL haha
Christopher Collado Same here :P
Wow! Haha! well now we know. I really like Sara Bareilles`s Brave, its such a masterpiece!
Christopher Collado me too
I grew up on classic rock and post-punk. I'm surprised I ever heard this pop masterpiece, but it's extremely good. Sara Bareilles rocks so hard.
1:38 - Am I the only one that finds it so (enter favorite adjective(s) here) ADORABLE when girls do this??
I feel ya... melts my heart when they do that... no idea why, but it surely does ^^
+Vidavis Prime The little dance with her hands behind her back? Yeah it's cute.
Exactly, used to have an ex that would do that
+Vidavis Prime Female mystique, sir!
Indeed...
I'm loving this beat.
Sweet
this was stuck in my head all day omg ..
Same here zzzzzZ :P
that makes three
Usiku four!
Thanks for commenting now it's stuck in my head again. :p
Same again here! Happy new year! 😅
Beautiful song and visuals. Plus Sara Bareilles has the nicest eyes and expressions.
THIS SONG SAVED MY LIFE SARAH
Jes its rilly
Tell us the story
Yeah.....what happened?
Because........???
I'm watching this video again :) Thanks to you guys for commenting and bringing me back here. It is such a personal story. If Sara asks me why i'll share . . I guess.
10 years ago today, this masterpiece was released, and I still listen to it
Sara is underrated AF
I just now realized how much I enjoy this song. Sara rocks!
“Your twisted words, your help just hurts” I felt that😑
You are twisted words? You are help? XD
PikaPalCorina I don’t get it.
@@rachelsewell7026 I’m guessing the original commenter wrote “you’re” instead of “your” and then edited it.
just found out she sung this song just got a knew favorite singer
Love this song
oh my g me too!! after i herd brave then i search a little more about her music and i found out she's the one who sang love song!!
Katherine Grey hi
Now you can learn how to construct a sentence.
MrBritishGentleman
So much for your moniker. You're not a Gentleman at all.
This song is a masterpiece, hands down. God knows, it's one of the most insidious earworms ever written. I love it...!
Remember listening to this on my tv. This song brings me so much nostalgia for when i was a kid.
How can someone be so seductive by not showing anything or being provocative in anyway.
She is a dream.
Killing me sofly
We love to see it :p
I heard on the radio she wrote this when her manager told her he needed a love song
That's right. A lot of people don't know that. :P
Justin Datkins AMEN!
I think it was her record company, actually...but same idea.
Justin Datkins She's beautiful too, and she has respect for herself and others. God bless her :)
A middle finger in song form. Not to a partner, but to her record label.
Fr though. One of my favorite songs of all time!
Didn’t do her career any harm did it. She is fantastic.
What if her record label asked her to write a song about refusing to write a love song?
That wouldn't exist without the label telling her to do it.
It's funny to me that this song, and the song y'all want a single by Korn are basically the exact same thing.
Anyone else on a nostalgic hits binge???
11 years since this banger came out and it still hits such a specific nostalgia point in my feels
The song is even older actually was released in 2007
Nah this came out waay earlier than that. This vid was jus uploaded in 2009
Yeah this was 2007-2008. Sadly I remember
Sometimes there are days that makes me feel like that!!!
Its such a nice song but it makes me emotional😢
Missing my childhood..
After reading the comments about how this is actually not a love song I love this song even more. Sara is brilliant!
if we could just have more songs like this now days.
right ? yesterday i turned on the radio in the car on my way to campus and the first song till the last song when i turned off the radio were all about sex ._. I'm just hoping they could've played songs about a little bit more than sex
it should be in this pandemic years
those cheekbones 😍😍
I love how her label told her to write a love song and she wrote this song to say fuck you and spent 20 weeks in the top 10 of the charts.
IKR SHE A BADASS
+louis smeets Is that really what happened?
RonZ Ombie yes
+louis smeets the best part, if you actually try to find meaning in this song, she doesn't say fuck you, she basically says, "hey i'm just not in the mood to make a love song and i just don't wanna make a song that i don't put my hearth n and i sure as hell aint' gonna do it just to please you, so please just trust in me and let me make the songs i feel like doing and when i'm ready i'll write you ONE HELL OF A LOVE SONG,"
+louis smeets this is a love song though, about not writing a love song?
I have a history with this song, I listened to it when I was little on TV, I was looking for it for years without success, I only remembered the melody, I had already given up until one day I was riding in a car and this song started playing on the radio and after 13 years I could hear this song again.
no matter how many times you listen to this song it never gets old...
Oh look, a pop artist from the 2000s who _actually_ knows how to play the piano and _actually_ plays the correct notes in the video... We haven't seen that for a while. I really don't like pop music, but this is one of the better pop songs I've heard.
Carly Rae Jepson has some great music
Particularly “Warm Blood” and “Favourite Colour”
Foxes also has some good music
“Clarity” is her most well known song
Sara Bareilles Love Song On The Radio For The First Time!!
ruclips.net/video/aIfvp4onwJg/видео.html
So true
down here we have our Delta Goodrem x
This whole album is one of my all time faves. Thanks Sara. 🥰
This song was a favorite growing up and now I get to watch her show at 25. Looking back this song has so much of a deeper meaning. Love it
History lesson...her producers told her that she doesnt have any love songs out.. that she should...thats the popular thing ... well this is what she came up with :)
pretty funny
I LOVE THAT! That's amazing
NO it's not actually. Have you read her book sounds like me?
Nareek Hackett because he is that producer
mothing at all...i think its cool