Filed under: Flashback Series, Pop Music | Tags: 2000, Billboard, Christina Aguilera, Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You), Genie In A Bottle, Johan Aberg, Madonna, Music, Paule Rein, Radio Disney, TRL
Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) was originally titled Come On Over (All I Want Is You), written by Paul Rein and Johan Aberg, appearing on Christina’s self-titled debut album. The original song was said to be unsuitable for radio, and was instead remixed for a radio release. The original writers were given a chance to remix the song but Christina and her mentor Ron Fair were not impressed with their efforts. Instead they turned to the production team Celebrity Status.
The song’s title was renamed Come On Over Baby ( All I Want Is You) having a more pop, hip-hop influence. New more sexually suggestive lyrics were added in along with a rap from Christina and bridge(which the original never had.) At this time, Christina was also given more creative control to toy with her image in the music video, where she added streaks of red and blue in her hair and wore more revealing outfits.
The rap initially caused Radio Disney to ban the song, which it had previously done to Christina’s breakout hit “Genie In A Bottle”. The original album version was allowed play though. Eventually an edited version of the song was released to Radio Disney with some removed lyrics and no rap.
This became Aguilera’s third number-one hit. It spent four-weeks at Number One in late 2000, replacing Madonna’s “Music”. The video became a huge hit as well with it being a huge #1 hit on TRL, and getting strong airplay on other music channels. The single would go on to be certified gold.
Filed under: Country/Pop, Flashback Series | Tags: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, A Place In The Sun, Aaron Neville, Billboard Hot 100, Flashback Series, Linda Ronstadt, Please Remember Me, Rodney Crowell, Tim McGraw, Will Jennings
“Please Remember Me” became Tim McGraw’s 9th non-consecutive number one hit and became his highest peaking solo hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999; where it peaked at #10 on the chart. The song was co-written by Rodney Crowell and Will Jennings. The track was originally recorded by Crowell on his 1995 album Jewel Of The South. Crowell released the song as single in 1995 where it peaked at #69 on the Billboard country charts. Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt recorded this song as duet on Aaron’s 1997 album To Make Me Who I Am.
You can find Tim’s cover of “Please Remember Me” on his 1999 album A Place In the Sun and on his first Greatest Hits (my first album I got as a kid!),released in 2000. Although with all those greatest hits albums that have been released in the past year or two I’m sure you can find it on there as well. :D
Filed under: Country Music, Country/Pop, Flashback Series | Tags: Lee Ann Womack, Flashback Series, George Strait, Dixie Chicks, I Hope You Dance, 2000, There's Your Trouble, Blue On Black, Kenny Wayne Shpepard, Blue Clear Sky, No News, Lonestar
“I Hope You Dance” became a crossover hit back in 2000 when it went number one on both the country and adult contemporary charts. The songs success isn’t much of a shocker, given it’s message. This song has had multiple interpretations, whether it be about a mother advising her daughters not to make the same mistakes she did, and sit it out instead of dance or a lover hoping that her loved one will not became bitter after she is gone. Either way you interpret it, the song’s message can be heard loud and clear when she belts out “DANCE!”
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In an interview with Songwriter Universe magazine, Sillers explained that she was going through a painful divorce when she wrote this song. Said Sillers: “For ‘I Hope You Dance,’ I had written the opening line, ‘I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. I had just broken up with someone, going through a brutal divorce. I needed to get away, so I went to a beach on the Florida Gulf Coast. Sitting on the beach and reflecting about the break-up, I felt so small and inconsequential. But out of this difficult time came the inspiration to write ‘I Hope You Dance.’ As I was leaving the beach, I remember thinking that things weren’t really so bad, that I would get through it. That’s when I came up with the line, ‘I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.’”
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This was written by Tia Sillers and Mark Sanders. Sillers also wrote “There’s Your Trouble” for The Dixie Chicks and “Blue On Black” for Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Sanders has written several Country hits, including “Blue Clear Sky” for George Strait and “No News” for Lonestar.
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This won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and also the Country Music Award for Song Of The Year.
