Michael S. Pascua The Life of a Freelancer

The song that just missed the list

I felt all confident about my list yesterday. Then randomly, I decided to look at my iTunes and wouldn’t you know I missed a song? I have a feeling that I missed several songs and it caused a little bit of nervousness. Here’s the song that missed the list


The Fray - You Found Me


Before the other song came in, The Fray landed at 22. After finagling and readjusting, somehow all of the songs between 30 and 22 justified that they deserved to stay in their places. Sorry, but “You Found Me” got pushed to the wayside.


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“You Found Me” recycles The Fray’s winning equation: piano, adult contemporary arrangements, and a lyric involving lying on the floor (Listen to “Chasing Cars” or watch the video for “Chasing Pavements”). I like the tempo changes in the song and how the piano can drift into and out of the song. My favorite part is the part of the song near the end where the chorus is just Isaac and the piano; then everything unleashes for a strong ending.


The song isn’t as horrendously catchy as “How to Save a Life” was, but I wouldn’t change the radio station if it was playing. I am happy that The Fray is finding moderate success, but since all their singles tend to be generic Adult Contemporary, I doubt they’ll ever break that mold.