My Top 15 Favorite Songs of 2014 - 6
6. "I Choose You" by Sara Bareilles
Who the fuck writes these songs?
I don't know what it is about Sara Bareilles recently but after I gave "Brave" as high a feature as I could (mostly to spite "Roar" to be honest) last year I wasn't sure what it was.
So I decided to take a peak at Mark Endert--the guy who produced this song.
On a related note, this is also the year I got into songwriters. Mostly because of fucking Max Martin's apparent appearance on "It's My Life" from the pre-2009 list.
Did you know Max Martin wrote a bunch of songs I liked?
I already knew Ryan Tedder was a big songwriter for other people so that helped my love for OneRepublic grow.
Oh there's also Dr. Luke but fuck him.
But while Mark Endert didn't write this glorious song about love and lesbians (apparently), it was actually Sara's sentiment to how much you can tell she really cares about this and the person she chooses.
It's essentially the same reason I like Vanessa, albeit on guitar this time, not piano, which Sara also can play.
Speaking of Vanessa, apparently she has an album coming out next year.
You might expect to see her return to a list with it
BUT ANYWAY YEAH MARK ENDERT PRODUCED ALL THESE SONGS THAT I LIKE!
"Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon, "Makes Me Wonder" and "Wake Up Call" by Maroon 5, "How to Save a Life" and "Over My Head (Cable Car)" by The Fray, "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri, and the kicker?
"Brave" by Sara Bareilles
How many of those songs appeared on lists previous?
WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY SOONER?
ALSO SARA IS AWESOME AND I LOVE HER AND THIS SONG!