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Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux (born April 18, 1974) is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstream success in 2004 when her album ''Carele ...
's album ''
Bare Bones''. It was a retro-feeling and charted on the ''Japanese 100 Singles''.
According to Peyroux, the song is a reminder of how we should enjoy life and the things we have. Reportedly, she wrote it in a "dark point" of her life.
To promote the song, it was released as a video of a live performance.
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2009 singles
Songs written by Madeleine Peyroux
2008 songs
Rounder Records singles