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• Dj Michaelangelo from Grand Rapids, MiSongwriter Kara DioGuardi mentions a funny antecdote in her 2011 book "A Helluva High Note" about co-writing this song with London, Ontario-born producer Greg Wells: “Jewel and I were once working with a producer/writer who brought in a verse melody and the first few lines of a song. We wrote the song based on his idea. After listening to the demo I recorded (while he was lounging at the pool one Saturday afternoon) he decided that he didn’t like what we had written, and wanted his idea ‘back’ to use on another artist’s upcoming record. To her credit, Jewel didn’t fly off the handle like I almost did. Instead she asked to hear the demo, so that she could hopefully hear why the song did not reach its full potential, and learn from the experience. She promised that he could keep his ideas and he, in turn, promised to send her the recording.
  
  Unfortunately, he did not keep up his end of the deal. Instead, he seemed to be leaving the country without giving her the demo, probably because he feared she would like the song and change her mind. Now after 4 days of him not taking her calls, Jewel had had it. On one occasion she could even hear him in the background saying ‘Tell her I’m not here’.” She drove over to the studio in the pouring rain to confront the guy. When she rang the doorbell, he left her waiting outside in the rain. So she climbed the fence and went around back.
  
  By then the producer was hiding in the bathroom, while his car had been waiting outside to take him back to London, presumably with the demo in hand. Well, she scoured the place till she found him, and then tore him to pieces, using words I don’t think she’d like to read in print. Jewel told him it was going to be her mission in life to make sure that the song was released in every country in the world, making it impossible for him to ever re-use his contribution. He, of course, had nothing to say, so he offered her an apology in the moment…which couldn’t have meant much, as he later called her a bitch. No, no – he had it all wrong. Jewel is my hero and this producer, well…calling him an ass doesn’t even begin to cover it.”
• Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnThe music was written by Kara DioGuardi, probably Jewel's weakest song but the vocals are great.

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