You Give Me Something

Album: Undiscovered (2006)
Charted: 5
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Songfacts®:

  • The lyrics to this Blues-type of song are about love being discovered by someone who never expected to find it and is struggling over what to do with it. >>
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    Mike - Santa Barbara, CA
  • This was Morrison's first single, and it was nominated for a BRIT Award for Best British Single. In America, it got some exposure when the FX Network used it in their promos. >>
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    Heather - Middletown, OH
  • James Morrison got talked into putting brass onto the song when he wanted it to be upbeat and rocking. Once the single proved successful, the singer-songwriter's record company pressurized him into releasing more tunes along the same lines. "They wanted to sell me like Frank Sinatra, I always felt like I was being sold on the wrong angle, this guy who does ballads and love songs," he told HMV in 2022. "It gave me a career, and, when things are going well, you want to keep going so I wrote more ballads. I feel like I'm always underestimated, when people come to see me live I can blow them away."

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  • Richel from Santa Ana, Ca" i was meant to tread the water, but now i've gotten in too deep"...wow, anyone can relate w/ that
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