This Is Me You're Talking To
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"This Is Me You're Talking To" is the title of a song written by Tommy Lee James
and Karyn Rochelle
, and recorded by American country
artist Trisha Yearwood
. It was released in January 2008 as the second single from her tenth studio album, Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love
.
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.
Billboard.com reviewed the song and called it "nothing but a modern classic."
The 9513 reviewed "This Is Me You're Talking To" in 2008, giving the song high praise, calling it, "Trisha Yearwood’s best vocal performance on a single recording to date," as well as stating it, "absolutely breathtaking."
The video made its debut on CMT
's Top 20 Countdown on March 6, 2008, along with Sugarland's, Little Big Town
's, and Jake Owen
's "Life in a Northern Town
" and Joe Nichols' "It Ain't No Crime."
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. 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.
Hot Country Songs
chart. It peaked at #25 on the chart in May 2008, but spent nearly two months between #25 and #26 before it became recurrent. Its chart run overlapped with "Another Try
", Yearwood's duet with Josh Turner
, which was a Top 20 hit.
Tommy Lee James
Tommy Lee James is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, he is originally from Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Northside High School then attended Radford University where he studied voice...
and Karyn Rochelle
Karyn Rochelle
Karyn Rochelle is an American country music songwriter. Her credits include several hit singles by country music artists, including "I Wonder", "Red High Heels", and "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" for Kellie Pickler, as well as "Georgia Rain" and "This Is Me You're Talking To" for Trisha Yearwood...
, and recorded by American country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood
Patricia Lynn Yearwood, professionally known as Trisha Yearwood , is an American country music artist. She is best known for her ballads about vulnerable young women from a female perspective that have been described by some music critics as "strong" and "confident."Trisha Yearwood signed with MCA...
. It was released in January 2008 as the second single from her tenth studio album, Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love
Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love
Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine gave Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love four and a half out of five stars, noticing that she has "never sounded better" with the release of the album...
.
Background
The song was written by Tommy Lee James and Karyn Rochelle in a single day. "This Is Me You're Talking To" is a balladBallad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
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.
Critical reception
The single received positive reviews from most critics. Allmusic called the song, "devastatingly beautiful" and called the emotion from Yearwood's voice, "downright real."Billboard.com reviewed the song and called it "nothing but a modern classic."
The 9513 reviewed "This Is Me You're Talking To" in 2008, giving the song high praise, calling it, "Trisha Yearwood’s best vocal performance on a single recording to date," as well as stating it, "absolutely breathtaking."
Music video
The video of "This is Me You're Talking To" explains how a woman runs into her former lover, and handling the emotion from the encounter. Yearwood's lover is played by actor, John Corbett.The video made its debut on CMT
Country Music Television
Country Music Television, or CMT, is an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming includes music videos, taped concerts, movies, biographies of country music stars, game shows, and reality programs...
's Top 20 Countdown on March 6, 2008, along with Sugarland's, Little Big Town
Little Big Town
Little Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all...
's, and Jake Owen
Jake Owen
Joshua Ryan "Jake" Owen is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records Nashville in 2005, he released his debut album Startin' with Me that year. The album produced three singles, all of which reached Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: "Yee Haw", "Startin' with Me", and...
's "Life in a Northern Town
Life in a Northern Town
"Life in a Northern Town" is a pop song by The Dream Academy, an English dream pop group. The song is the first single from their 1985 self-titled debut, The Dream Academy. Reaching #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1986, it is also their highest-peaking chart single in the US...
" and Joe Nichols' "It Ain't No Crime."
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. 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.
Chart performance
"This is Me You're Talking To" debuted at #58 on the U.S. BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart. It peaked at #25 on the chart in May 2008, but spent nearly two months between #25 and #26 before it became recurrent. Its chart run overlapped with "Another Try
Another Try
"Another Try" is a single by American country music artist Josh Turner that also features harmony vocals from Trisha Yearwood. It is the second single released from Turner's 2007 album Everything Is Fine, and his eighth chart single overall...
", Yearwood's duet with Josh Turner
Josh Turner
Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner is a country music singer and actor signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2003, Turner has released four studio albums for the label. The first of these was 2003's Long Black Train, whose title track was his breakthrough single release...
, which was a Top 20 hit.
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 25 |