I heard this song for the first time as I was driving home from work a couple of weeks ago, and I was immediately hooked. It was simple, beautiful, and happy…my three favorite ingredients when it comes to music. I knew then and there that I just had to add it to my Sunday Singalong playlist.
My adapted version is less a love song about another person and more a love song about life. I can’t wait to introduce it to my students next month — I envision creating all kinds of rhythms of our own using drums, shakers and whatever else I decide to throw into the mix. Did you notice that my Rhythm Ring made another guest appearance in the video? I can’t get enough of it!
Earlier in the week, I asked my Facebook and Twitter friends to guess which current, love-themed pop song I would be covering today. Props to Kristen Bozard for nailing it, and an honorable mention to Jess Kaps for lots of awesome guesses. Jess, you gave me some great ideas for future videos! If the rest of you have additional suggestions, please leave them in the comments…because I am a total sucker for overplayed radio hits.
True story–I heard this song on the radio this morning and I knew INSTANTLY that this was the song you would be covering! I almost tweeted you from my phone, but I decided to wait until I got home to just find out for myself. haha! But I loooove this!
Thank you for sharing. : )
No way! That’s hilarious :) Glad you liked it, and thanks for all the other song ideas you gave me!
That’s adorable! Thanks for sharing… I bet I could find a way to sneak that into some of my sessions :)
I’m so stoked to have this song now, but wanted to know how you use it in your sessions. I’m thinking it’d be a fun way to either start or wind down the session, given the ending lyrics. Good self-expression through dance and instrument playing, etc. Do you structure it more, or simply play and let the music move them?
I actually haven’t used it yet. But I’m thinking it would be perfect as a free instrument play activity…so that my students can express their creativity and create their own rhythms through the music. I would do this toward the end of the session, before the goodbye song.
Rachel- How funny! I was just practicing this last week to use with one of my teen groups…and I keep singing it over and over in the car! : )
Great minds think alike, huh ;) I bet your group will love it!
I heard the “original” the first time yesterday four times (no kidding) while shopping at different stores. The first time I heard it I started singing along and all of a sudden I thought “Hey, that’s Rachel’s song!” Well, maybe not “Rachel’s” song…but the honest truth is I like your version better. Seriously! Anyway, I love this song and my students love it too! So…I went to i-tunes to see what other songs they’ve produced that I like. I love 1-2-3-4, did not realize they also sing this song. I’m thinking this could be reworked SOMEHOW for educational settings! :-)