The American release of Ellie Goulding's debut album, Lights, features a couple of songs that weren't on the original UK release of the set: this track and "Human." They replaced "I'll Hold My Breath" and "Wish I'd Stayed," which were omitted from the repacked US version. Goulding told Chart Rigger: "It was kind of tough, but it was my decision. I feel like I've grown out of them slightly because I wrote them so long ago. 'Wish I'd Stayed' will always be very special to me because that was one of the very first songs I wrote, when I was just really free-writing. I just prefer 'Animal' and 'Human.' They're an example of how I've progressed. And the reason I kept them for the repackage and not the [next] album is because I think I'm going to progress even more."
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Goulding told Seventeen magazine, this is probably her favorite track from the album as, "It has such a good feeling about it. It's the one that I enjoy the most live as well. It's just about having an obsession with someone."
Many of Goulding's songs vent romantic victories and failures such as this one, which she described to the Daily Mirror as a sad song about "a boy who didn't like me."
When asked in the same interview how she chooses the subjects she writes about, the Hereford born singer-songwriter replied, "I just ask questions about why stuff happens all the time and then I write about it."
Goulding told Sky Songs: "The Writer is the most personal and emotional song I've written yet. It's about how you'd do anything and change absolutely EVERYTHING about yourself if necessary, just to be noticed by this one person."
My Score: 8
The strong part here is definitely the chorus.
I know I've been gone for a cool minute, but I'd rather have a few Marina tracks and Quicksand go before anything else left. All of those Ellie tracks are perfect 10's.
Not me going a WHOLE ROUND without a single lowest score
Ya'll are all nuts for these eliminations, can't believe 3 of my 10s were shot downE. Oh No! must now avenge its good sis Hermit's loss by winning the rate.
How is I Am Not A Robot not out yet? Boring piece of horrible.
1. Lights
2. Bulletproof
3. In For The Kill
4. Starry Eyed
5. I Am Not A Robot
6. Guns and Horses
7. Under The Sheets
8. Quicksand
9. Shampain
10. Mowgli's Road
11. Oh No!
12. Shark In The Water
13. Tigerlily
14. Hollywood
15. Are You Satisfied?
This is the debut single from English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding. The song peaked at #53 in the UK singles charts.
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"It was probably the easiest song I've written, but actually when I listen back to the lyrics they are actually quite meaningful. They are about a girl and a guy who are in a relationship but it's a very dark relationship in that its only based on being physical. Its not like a sexual song its more like shows that some relationships are based on nothing that is real, they are not based on something good. I've had that experience in my life, because you're trying to cling on to something that you know you're in denial. That's what the song is about in that you know the world won't bring us down, you can be as happy as Larry inside your house with your boyfriend or lover, but as soon as you step outside you're in the real world and you have to deal with it."
My Score: 8.5
This is the right time for it to go.
