Who Cares if You Got Your Song off TikTok?
By Aaron Wulff
No doubt you’re familiar with the song that’s been making hearts flutter and wedding dance floors groove like never before. It’s a song that offers up a heapin’ helpin’ of blue eyed soul, channels the sweetness of the 1950s, and oozes with the raw emotion of a young man finding his forever love. And it’s had over one hundred trillion views on TikTok (I haven’t fact-checked this, but it sounds right).
Stephen Sanchez poured his heart and soul into this song after being obsessed with the style of the 50s growing up. Inspired by vocal groups like The Platters, The Ink Spots and The Mills Brothers, he puts plenty of emotion into every note and lyric.
In an interview with ABC Audio, Sanchez says, “the song is about finding someone who makes you feel like you can do anything. Someone who makes you feel like you’re finally complete.”
Sanchez wrote the song about his then girlfriend, Georgia.
“I wrote the song when I was 18 years old and going through a really tough breakup. I was feeling really lost and alone, and I just started writing about how I felt. I didn’t expect it to become such a big song. I wrote the song…in like 10 minutes, and then I worked out a voice memo and I sent it over to her,” he recalled. “She loved it … and that’s all the song ever needed to be, was just a song about a girl that I love, y’know?”
Now, I know what you’re thinking: if your ex wrote a song about you that suddenly made millions of dollars, how much money would you demand from them?
Just kidding. (At least a million. I mean, come on. Without you he’d be nothing).
If you want a love letter set to music, this is the song for you. It’s a declaration of devotion, a promise of forever, and a testament to the power of love to transform even the most jaded of hearts (and that includes yours, my cynical friend in the back).
But is it danceable?
While there’s some debate about the time signature, most people agree it’s in 12/8, which isn’t great news for the danceability score.
In a nutshell, it’s too fast for a waltz and too slow for a rumba. Be wary of the dance instructor that tries to push you toward either of these options.
But it’s such a great song! What’s a couple to do?
If you’re set on dancing to it, try a Canter Rumba (Slow-quick-slow). This works for plenty of 12/8 wedding classics including this one.
The song gives you a nice instrumental intro to get you started, and most of the arrangement has enough instrumentation that you shouldn’t have any problem keeping with the beat. The tempo stays consistent until a short slowdown and outro, coming in just short of three minutes. If you have enough choreography then you should be ok with the length, but if you’ve only got a move or two consider cutting the track or fading early.
You can also check out the remix with Em Beihold and the stripped-back piano rendition.
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