2007Released
4:18

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Interesting facts and trivia about Love Song. By Songfacts®.

Sara Bareilles grew up in the city of Eureka in northern California where she began playing the piano at the age of 6. After graduating from Eureka High, she moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA, where she studied communications and began to work on her songwriting and performing. She released several indie demo CDs before signing with Epic in 2005 and recording Little Voice. Bareilles first came to prominence when "Love Song" was featured as the free single of the week on iTunes between June 19th and 26th June 2007. People then began to check out Little Voice, which became the most downloaded album on the iTunes store between July 8th and 17th. Consequently Sara Bareilles' music went from having a relatively small following to national exposure within a very short space of time. In an interview with Songwriter Universe, Bareilles commented on the popularity of the song: "Honestly, I don't know what it is about 'Love Song' that's catching on with everyone. I think it's just a cool and sassy uptempo tune and people are ready for a female artist in that range."

Late in the process of recording Little Voice, Epic was still looking for a hit single to launch the project and it appeared to her they weren't excited about the songs she was producing. She had to learn to overcome her doubts and write music that was honest and true and not write music just to please the A&R people. The result was "Love Song," in which she proclaimed that "I'm not gonna write you a love song. 'Cause you asked for it. 'Cause you need one, you see." Bareilles explained to a local Eureka newspaper the Times-Standard December 6, 2007: "'Love Song' came out of my own frustration about trying to please somebody else with my music. I really put an unseen pressure on myself and got way too caught up in what other people wanted. That is not why I write songs."

British singer/songwriter Aqualung, whom Bareilles opened for on some tour dates in early 2007, features at the very beginning of the video for this song.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Love Song.
DKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
123BPM

Album

The album Love Song is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Love Song.
Epic
(P) 2007 Sony Music Entertainment

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