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's third solo

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. The song was composed by

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Larry Klein Larry Klein is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Way ...

and Madeleine Peyroux. It was released as a single and Peyroux sang it in her "

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" episode. When she was awarded with BBC Best International Jazz Artist in 2007, this was the chosen song for the CD with the winning performers.

Song information

In this song, Peyroux tells to her former lover she is "all right," despite all that has happened. She remembers how he used to make her laugh, how he sang

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in bed. The lyrics also recall how he made her cry on the day he got drunk and threw a few of her things around. However, throughout the song she accepts that he is gone and eventually lets him know that she has been alone before and that she therefore is, or will be, all right. According to an interview Peyroux gave in 2006, when a demo of the song was presented to her by Larry Klein, she immediately liked and agreed to record it, as she felt it told a bit of her story.

Music video

It was released a

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for the tune, where Madeleine Peyroux could be seen walking while playing her guitar and performing with an ensemble of Circus' performers. The video was entirely filmed in black and white.

Chart performance

The song failed to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but it did peak at #26 on the

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chart.

References

External links

Video clip at Sundancechannel.com
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