We take you behind the scenes and explore the making of one of our favorite tunes with The Song Remembers When…
Back in February, Little Big Town reached the top of the Billboard Country Airplay Chart for the third time with their song “Better Man.”
It was Taylor Swift who wrote the song and sent it to the band’s Phillip Sweet. Lead singer Karen Fairchild said that when they first went in to record it, they felt it just wasn’t working, so they decided to leave it for a couple of weeks and come back to it. On the second attempt, they felt the magic, and they knew immediately it had to be the lead single off their album The Breaker.
The group didn’t actually reveal that Taylor was the writer because they wanted to let the song stand on its own. And, Karen remarked that even though Taylor is this superstar now, at heart she is a Nashville songwriter who is great at telling stories. This was the first time that Taylor ever pitched one of her songs to another artist, and she said that it felt awesome hearing someone else singing her song on the radio.
So, this week’s The Song Remembers When is Little Big Town with “Better Man:”
