Everybody Hurts Sometimes

Album: Young Foolish Happy (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • Pixie penned this song with LA-based writer CJ Baran, a friend of Perez Hilton. The blogger was an early champion of Pixie in the US, and suggested the pair work together. Baran was once a member of boy band Push Play and his experience of pop music is matched by the song's third writer, James Bourne, formerly of mid 2000s teen faves Busted.
  • Pixie initially kept the collaboration a secret, "We set up a day in a studio in London on one of my days off – we didn't even tell the label," she grinned.
  • The below-the-radar collaboration resulted in a more impassioned, soulful sound than Pixie is generally known for. "I grew up listening to a lot of soul," she said. "And on the first album there's a lot of kinda sweet pop tunes. But on this album, alongside the happy, uplifting songs, I wanted to explore more soulful sounds – and it's like I get to sing more on those songs."

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