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Sara Bareilles: 'Love Song'

Released on Monday, Jun 2 2008
Published Monday, May 19 2008, 19:16 BST | By Nick Levine | 8 comments
Sara Bareilles: 'Love Song'
Mariah Carey recently said that female performers are unlikely to be viewed as songwriters "unless you see them behind a piano for the first eight videos that they do". It's a reasonable observation: we're well aware that Alicia Keys pens her own tunes, but less inclined to note that Mariah, Madonna and Beyoncé do too. Sara Bareilles, a singer/songwriter from the brilliantly-named town of Eureka, California, seems well aware of this, showing off her ivory-tinkling skills for most of her new video.

To be fair, if you'd written something as catchy as 'Love Song' - which Bareilles did, and single-handed we might add - you'd want the world to know. Already a top five smash across the pond, this is the sort of song that makes radio programmers leap out of their seats and cry "Yippeeeee!": a bounding piano-pop romp that sounds great while you're waiting for the toast to pop up/driving to work/doing the dishes at the end of the day. If you haven't heard it yet, you will do very soon.


> Click here to watch the 'Love Song' video
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Melanie, Birmingham, on June 7th, 2008
'Love Song' is amazing. Sara Bareilles album is spectacular, every song is amazing. I hope she releases 'Come Round Soon' as a single. Would love to hear the B-side tracks :) I've been playing her album non-stop for 3 days now. I can't get enough of it :D
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Josh, Notts, on June 6th, 2008
STUNNING song, what a voice, fantastic!!
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Ken, on June 6th, 2008
Sara is one of the best new artists of 2007! She's just amazing and her songwriting skills are absobloodylutely fabulous! I just love her to death. I bought her album and I just can't stop listening to it over and over again!
Sherryl, Rancho S. , on June 4th, 2008
Sara is just amazing. Her album had to be the best of 2007 :]
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Rob Francis, Basingstoke, on May 20th, 2008
Been a fan of hers for a few months now, and she is simply fantastic. Reminds me of Nerina Pallot (remember her?)
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Patrick, Dublin, on May 20th, 2008
Discovered Sarah in virgin in San Francisco last month. Was actually attacted to the album cover. Since grown to LOVE her entire album. Not a single bad song. She is destined for BIG TIME real soon. Keep an eye out for Ingrid Michaelson too, another piano playing artist on the same rack in Virgin, again she is going to be BIG!
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Paul Kay, Radio Maldwyn 756, Mid-Wales, on May 20th, 2008
I've been playing 'Love Song' and Sara's music on the Radio Maldwyn Album Download show since the beginning of March......... Its a fab song, the album is great and Sara is very talented - it'll be good to finally see the album released on the 2nd of June!!!
Blah, Perthshire, on May 19th, 2008
Love this song. Sara Bareilles is just brilliant. I urge everyone to buy her album, it is fantastic, not one song on it thats not ace. Ok, I sound like I'm gushing but she really is amazing. Go Sara :D [Your biggest fan]

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