Sing For Me

Album: Lotus (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • This Aeon Manahan and Virginia Blackmore penned piano-driven power ballad finds Christina declaring that she was born to sing. Aguilera's role as a judge on The Voice encouraged her to record this tune. She explained to Billboard magazine: "Seeing all the singers, you really come face to face with a lot of people - my teammates especially this season that you'll get to know - that are predominantly younger. That's inspiring, because they come up to you and they're such big fans and they share with you what song touched them the most and how they had to learn every single ad lib and dissect it. As a vocalist it brought me back to, 'Yeah, that's what I used to do to my Whitney Houston record and my Mariah Carey record and my Etta James record.' It brings you back to a place where it becomes your personal responsibility to infuse the next generation with more information about learning every intricate note. That's why a song called 'Sing for Me' is a special song. It's one of those singer's songs where if you're not a vocalist you can't mess with that song."

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