The first single from singer-songwriter Gavin Degraw's third album, Sweeter, "Not Over You" is a collaboration with OneRepublic's lead singer and songwriter-for-hire Ryan Tedder. The pair initially met when they performed on the same bill and the two, both groove-minded piano players, decided to write together. This is one of two songs McGraw co-wrote with Tedder for the album.
The song poignantly evokes the difficulty of getting over someone. "'Not Over You' is about trying to get past someone emotionally," DeGraw explained to AOL Music. "You create this scenario - you see them in your dreams and if you bumped into them, you would let them know that you're doing fine and you're past the breakup - but you'd be lying."
DeGraw expanded on the song to AOL Music: "It's kind of riding that line between vulnerability and pride. You're saying 'If I saw you, even though I'm missing you, I wouldn't tell you I was missing you.' That may or may not be a masculine trait, but I do know it's prideful and vulnerable. I've been there, so that's why I got behind the song, and I know a lot of people have been there too, it's just real. You don't always have to be romantic - sometimes it's important to just be real."
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