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Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me
A while back, I heard this song somewhere and liked it; I added it to my "music to maybe get" list.
Today I finished reading the book "Amari and the Night Brothers", which I bought as a Christmas gift for my niece. (So I had to finish the book by tomorrow!) While reading, I listened to some of Cilmi's other music on YouTube.
When the video for "Sweet About Me" came on, after a while something in the video caught my eye and made me rewind it a bit. Then I had to rewatch it again from the very beginning. Not only do I like the song, but the video amuses me too!
So then I looked up the song lyrics and read more about the song.
I was surprised to find out:
- The song is way back from 2008; the video was posted in 2009.
- The singer was born in 1991 so was only about 17 years old at the time; she started working on the album when she was only 13 years old!
- The song was the most played song in the UK during 2009 and was a big hit in Europe.
That last point made me think this must be another one of those cases where I find something that seems neat and consider posting it, but then find out it was a massive hit some years ago, that everyone else probably already knows about.
But per the Wikipedia page, in the U.S. it only reached #99 on the Billboard's US Pop 100 chart. So many Americans may not have heard the song yet, at least.
Video title: Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me (Official Video)
Posted by: Gabriella Cilmi
Date posted: Jun 26, 2009
Today I finished reading the book "Amari and the Night Brothers", which I bought as a Christmas gift for my niece. (So I had to finish the book by tomorrow!) While reading, I listened to some of Cilmi's other music on YouTube.
When the video for "Sweet About Me" came on, after a while something in the video caught my eye and made me rewind it a bit. Then I had to rewatch it again from the very beginning. Not only do I like the song, but the video amuses me too!
So then I looked up the song lyrics and read more about the song.
I was surprised to find out:
- The song is way back from 2008; the video was posted in 2009.
- The singer was born in 1991 so was only about 17 years old at the time; she started working on the album when she was only 13 years old!
- The song was the most played song in the UK during 2009 and was a big hit in Europe.
That last point made me think this must be another one of those cases where I find something that seems neat and consider posting it, but then find out it was a massive hit some years ago, that everyone else probably already knows about.
But per the Wikipedia page, in the U.S. it only reached #99 on the Billboard's US Pop 100 chart. So many Americans may not have heard the song yet, at least.
Video title: Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me (Official Video)
Posted by: Gabriella Cilmi
Date posted: Jun 26, 2009