It's easy to sometimes look back on the person you were in high school and feel as though you no longer recognize her. New friends, new home, new schedule, new school. For college students, this is so common because our entire lives are changed within the course of a year. I'm sure at some point or another we have all, or someday will, experience a feeling similar to that: the feeling that you have lost who you used to be. This song hugely touches on change and what it's like to lose your former self. But here's what its lyrics mean to me, and what I feel they can speak to any girl who is struggling, anywhere. Recording Industry Association of America.Sara Bareilles' song "She Used to be Mine" is about a young waitress with an abusive husband wondering how she got so disconnected from who she used to be.
Jason Lipshutz of Billboard described the song as "nimble", and stated that its "backing vocals, string plucks and soaring romantic declarations would make this a bid for future wedding playlists". Mike Wass of Idolator described the production on the song as the most expansive of Bareilles's career, with its incorporation of "kooky staccato beats" and a "sprinkling of synths". The video combines footage of the preparations with shots of Bareilles singing, and culminates in the proposals. It features two real-life couples - one heterosexual and one lesbian - delivering unique proposals to their significant others with Bareilles's assistance. The music video for "I Choose You" was directed by Dennis Liu and was released on May 5, 2014. Its lyrics describe the act of falling in love and the "beautiful start to a lifelong love letter". It is composed in the key of A Major, with the vocal range spanning from E3 - F ♯5.
The song is a mid-tempo indie pop ballad with elements of alternative music, set to a beat of 76 BPM. It was certified gold by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units. The song peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, number 14 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, and number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. "I Choose You" was released on Januas the album's second single and was featured in the television shows Life Sentence and Secrets and Lies. The song was written by Bareilles, Jason Blynn and Pete Harper, and produced by Mark Endert, who also produced her hit " Brave". " I Choose You" is a song by American singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles from her fourth studio album, The Blessed Unrest (2013). 2014 single by Sara Bareilles "I Choose You"