I Have You To Thank

Album: Gavin DeGraw (2008)
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  • In this song, Gavin DeGraw channels some of his longtime influences, specifically the songs of Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson and The O'Jays. He recalled to Music Remedy: "When I listened to Sam Cooke for the first time, it changed my life. He was a master vocalist, and those kinds of songs, the emotional love songs, they bring out the 'singer' in a singer, you know? This was my tribute to that feeling. It's about how you feel when you're totally in love with someone - it feels like new love. That feeling of butterflies and the giddiness - but it's not that I just met you. It's every time I see you, it feels like new love again."
  • Gavin DeGraw made a big splash with his 2003 debut single, "I Don't Want To Be," the theme song for the TV series One Tree Hill. After releasing his debut album, Chariot, he waited a while before putting out more new music. "I Have You To Thank" is part of his second, self-titled album, released in 2008.

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