{"id":2236,"date":"2017-06-14T01:26:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:29:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:29:35","slug":"michelle-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/michelle-branch","title":{"rendered":"Episode 108: Michelle Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Best You Ever&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SongExploder108-MichelleBranch-600x420.png\" alt=\"SongExploder108-MichelleBranch\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SongExploder108-MichelleBranch.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SongExploder108-MichelleBranch-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=6dd72b97858aa870c1888e7b5398d0e8\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/923eae4a-8072-41b7-afc1-11a3cf5fb476\/SongExploder108-MichelleBranch-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michellebranch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Branch<\/a> is a Grammy-winning singer\/songwriter. She put two platinum albums when she was still a teenager. Those records were huge hits, and so her sound on those records defined her as an artist\u2014for better or worse. Over a decade later, and after a long stretch, in 2017, Michelle put out her third album, <em>Hopeless Romantic<\/em>. In this episode, Michelle talks about why she was in musical limbo for so long, as she takes apart her song \u201cBest You Ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/best-you-ever\/id1200046345?i=1200046408uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Best You Ever&#8221; on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lN_Lxfeed9A\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/michelle-branch-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HLCasyAh7ic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Branch &#8211; Everywhere<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amy_Kuney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Kuney<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/harlanmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harlan Silverman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theblackkeys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Black Keys<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patrick_Carney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Carney<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tapeop.com\/interviews\/118\/gus-seyffert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gus Seyffert<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Best You Ever&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Michelle Branch is a Grammy-winning singer\/songwriter. 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