Single Review: ‘See You Again’ – Carrie Underwood

11 years ago Liv Carter Comments Off on Single Review: ‘See You Again’ – Carrie Underwood

Songwriters: Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey

Since the release of Carrie Underwood‘s fourth album, Blown Away, one consistent fan-favorite is ‘See You Again.’ (Though, is anyone else finding it kind of amusing that at radio this song follows the murder plot in previous single ‘Two Black Cadillacs’?)

Penned during a four-day write with Hillary Lindsey and David Hodges, the song was one of three written for The Chronicles of Narnia motion picture. While ‘There’s a Place for Us’ made the soundtrack, Underwood felt strongly enough about ‘See You Again’ to include it on her next album.

The lyrics hold a simple ‘death is not the end’ message but suffer from a lack of context; it is a flaw that given the song’s origin I can overlook. The song isn’t looking to tell a story, but rather just trying to describe a feeling. What is mostly in the way of doing that is the 1990’s power pop production with vocal delays and big choruses. Underwood’s voice has always been most effective when left unadorned, as she promptly demonstrates in the well-executed breakdown. Also borrowed from pop is the overuse of oh-oh-oh’s, which manage to actually interrupt the song after the first pass of the chorus. What pulls it over the line however, and presumably why it has become a fan-favorite, is its sincerity in wishing to bring comfort and Underwood’s confident performance.

 

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Liv Carter

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Liv is a career coach for creatives, and the people who work with them.
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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