Catchy pop on the surface, it has melodic complexity beneath that bodes well for repeated listening". Iovine was very impressed with the song, and requested that a music video be filmed immediately for it. If I could just see you, oh, oh, If I could fall into the sky
Copyright: Writer(s): Vanessa Carlton Lyrics Terms of Use, Making my way downtown We put it on and I just stared at the screen. It replaced a Junkie XL remix of "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley, and was itself replaced by Avril Lavigne's "Complicated". Staring blankly ahead, just making my way She has also called the song "a combination of reality and fantasy. When I think of you It received heavy airplay on the channel following its premiere on the top-ten video program Total Request Live in early January, and was popular enough to be retired from the show's countdown. During the session, more transitions were inserted into the song, and the timing of the repetition of the chorus was changed. Making a way through the crowd, And I need you The song received critical acclaim from music critics. AllMusic wrote: "as it moves from its solo orchestral-backed choruses, the result isn't overwhelming, it's sweet, multi-layered, and appealing".
It's played again two more times in the film: when Terry Crews' character sings this song to Marlon Wayans' character, and when Terry Crews' character sings it to the Wilson twins. [4][5] It was 2002's sixth most-played single on U.S. radio (ranking sixth on the Hot 100 2002 year-end chart[6]), and sold well in other countries (where it was promoted and released over the summer months). [15] Adrien Begrand of PopMatters magazine said the song was "catchy and hard to dislike", but characterized it as "the sort of girly-voiced, introspective pop that is made to please people who are looking for singer/songwriters who look and sound profound, but actually have nothing to say".[16]. When you're trying to launch a career, people need a handle to pick things up from, and the word 'Interlude' is never in the song". [28], In 2011, New Zealand winery Brancott Estate used the song's instrumental background for a wine advert.
"[1], The selection of the song's title was accompanied by a minor disagreement between Carlton and Fair, who was reportedly "adamant" about changing it. "[1] She returned to her parents' home and finished it in an hour one evening, naming it "Interlude.".
After a few minutes, I just covered my eyes and started to laugh. [1] In its finished form, the song was first heard during a scene in the Reese Witherspoon film Legally Blonde (2001), and was featured on the film's soundtrack under the title "A Thousand Miles (Interlude)". It's about a love that so consumes you that you do anything for it. After the video had been completed it was presented to Tom Calderone, the Vice President of Programming for MTV, in early 2002. It was a top five hit in Ireland and France, and managed to reach the top ten in other parts of Europe such as the United Kingdom, Italy and the Netherlands. Living in your precious memory, Cause I need you It also reached the top 20 in Germany. Terry Crews' character in the film sings along with it and shakes his head hard when he hears the orchestrated hook. Just making my way Produced by Curtis Schweitzer and Ron Fair, the song was released as the lead single for Carlton's album Be Not Nobody (2002). Staring blankly ahead Just making my way Making my way Through the crowd. [1] She has also called the song "a combination of reality and fantasy.
"[1] Carlton met with Fair for a piano session to alter the arrangement of the song, "so the heartbeat came in a different way", Fair said. The song is like a mini musical of its own.
After the song's completion, Fair said that he listened to it repeatedly and "it made me weep.
[23], First appearing as a sample in the original soundtrack of the 2001 film Legally Blonde, the song is Carlton's most successful single, and her only top twenty hit in the U.S.; her next highest peaking single, "Ordinary Day", went no higher than number thirty on the Billboard Hot 100. While looking for a record label that would sign her, Carlton played the beginning of the song for a record producer, who said, "You have to finish that. The song is also prominently featured in the Season 3 finale titled "Flashback in the Day" of the television sitcom Workaholics.