The song "Gravity" was written and performed by Sara Bareilles for her 2007 album "Little Voice". It tells the story of her first real heartbreak from a relationship in high school with a popular sports star. Though they had chemistry and fell in love, he cheated on her and they broke up, only to get back together intermittently as she went to college. The song explores the inability to stay away from someone even though you know they may hurt you again. It has since been covered by several artists on shows like American Idol and The Voice.

1. The History of the
music video

2. Song Facts
• Performed by Sara Bareilles
• From the album ‘Little Voice’ 2007
• Track was produced by Eric Rosse
• Music video released 3rd February 2009
• Song was written after her first real heartbreak
• Record label: Epic records
• Song length: 3 mins 52 seconds
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3. Covers
British singer Louise Dearman covered the song on her second album Here Comes The Sun.
The song was played by Jeremy Rosado on the semi-finals of the eleventh season of American Idol.
Kelly Clarkson covered the song in Durham, North Carolina during her Stronger World Tour,
in which she praised Bareilles's voice and lyrics.
Mary Joyner performed this song for her audition on the seventh season of America's Got Talent.
Brittany Cairns performed this song for her blind audition on the first season of The Voice - Australia. Cairns' version peaked
at number 58 on the ARIA chart in April 2012.
Duo Alex & Sierra performed "Gravity" on the third season of The X Factor (U.S.), during the December 11, 2013 semi-final
show.
Contestant Kerrianne Covell also covered this song for her '6 Chair Challenge' on the eleventh season of The X Factor
Jessie Pitts performed the song on seventh season of the hit-American television show The Voice, as her last chance
performance.
The Gardiner Sisters uploaded a cover of this song with 100K views.
Former Korean girl group Girl's Generation member Jessica Jung sang a cover of this song.
Produce 101 contestant Jung Eunwoo from Pledis Entertainment trainee group Pledis Girlz sang a cover of this song

4. Inspiration
As explained in Sara’s book Sounds Like Me, this song is a about Sara’s
relationship with her high school classmate LR, a popular sport star in
the town. Sara used to live in insecurities because she used to get
laughed for being fat and ugly until LR and her fall in love. There was so
much chemistry going on between these two, until one day LR cheated
on Sara, and she was devastated. She broke up with LR after that and
then get back together. Then they broke up again after Sara went to
UCLA and LR stayed in Eureka, CA. Yet each time Sara went back from
college, they end up together again and then broke up again.
This is a song about falling in love with someone even you know it may
hurt you, you just can’t stop going back to that person.