This Is Me You're Talking To
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| “This Is Me You're Talking To” | |||||
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Official single cover.
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| Single by Trisha Yearwood from the album Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love |
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| Released | January 14, 2008 | ||||
| Format | CD Single | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 4:00 | ||||
| Label | Big Machine | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tommy Lee James Karen Rochelle |
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| Producer | Garth Fundis | ||||
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"This Is Me You're Talking To" is a single by American country singer Trisha Yearwood. It is the second single from her 2007 studio album, Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love, released in November 2007.
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[edit] Background
Written by Karyn Rochelle and Tommy Lee James, the ballad "This Is Me You're Talking To" tells of two lovers who encounter each other after a breakup, and the serires of emotions that the chance encounter generates. "You're smilin' that smile you get when you're nervous, like you don't quite know what to do / But this is me you're talking to," Yearwood sings in the first verse. [1] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a positive review and described the song as "nothing less than a modern classic".
[edit] Music video
The music video begins with Yearwood recording her song, "This Is Me You're Talking To" in a large room, which is acting as a recording studio. In the studio, there is a large television screen hanging behind Yearwood, showing two lovers, which helps explain the meaning of the song. Conducting the song's instruments is Yearwood's lover in the video. The actor is played by John Corbett. Throughout the video their releationship relates to the central idea of the song and throughout the video there are conversations between them back and forth. Later scenes of them go on to show Yearwood and Corbett hugging and departing from each other, as well as Yearwood singing by the piano which Corbett is playing.
[edit] Chart performance
"This is Me You're Talking To" was released as a single on January 14, 2008, and debuted at #58 on the Billboard Country Chart. It has overlapped with Yearwood's duet with Josh Turner, the Top 20 hit "Another Try".
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 25 |
[edit] References
- ^ Trisha Yearwood - "This is Me You're Talking To" Billboard Song Reviews by Deborah Evans Price; retrieved April 15, 2008
