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GABRIELLA CILMI | Sweet About Me | |
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LYRICS:
Ooh watching me Hanging by a string this time Oh, easily the climax of a perfect life Ooh watching me Hanging by a string this time Oh easily, my smile's worth a hundred lies If there's lessons to be learned I'd rather get my jamming words in first oh Tell you something that I've found That the world's a better place When it's upside down boy If there's lessons to be learned I'd rather get my jamming words in first oh When you're playing with desire Don't come running to my place When it burns like fire, boy Sweet about me Nothing sweet about me, yeah Sweet about me Nothing sweet about me, yeah Blue, blue, blue waves they crash As time goes by, so hard to catch And too, too smooth, ain't all that Why don't you ride my side of the tracks If there's lessons to be learned I'd rather get my jamming words in first oh Tell you something that I've found That the world's a better place When it's upside down boy If there's lessons to be learned I'd rather get my jamming words in first oh When you're playing with desire Don't come running to my place When it burns like fire, boy Sweet about me Nothing sweet about me, yeah Sweet about me Nothing sweet about me, yeah
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INFORMATION:
x appears on: Sweet About Me (2008) CD-S Lessons To Be Learned (2008)
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Written by Gabriella Cilmi, Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Larcombe & Xenomania.
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"Sweet About Me" was Gabriella Cilmi's first single. It reached the #1 spot in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, making her the youngest ever solo artist to achieve the top spot in ARIA history.
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Gabriella has said in an interview that the vintage sound of "Sweet About Me" was inspired by a trip to Paris, where Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper and Gabriella scoured second-hand record shops for French soundtracks from the '50s and obscure psychedelic albums.
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With a lethargic beat and soul inspired instrumental, the vocals on Gabriella Cilmi's debut single Sweet about me are left to flourish of their own accord.
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Gabriella's voice is a wonderful mix of sugar-sweet pop and fiery jazz and blues. Whilst the song itself is a little repetitive (I have, after 3 minutes, received the
message loud and clear that Gabriella is not sweet) it's a welcome change to hear real instruments on a pop track for once. A lovely summery pop song with a
jagged edge. Catriona Boyle
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The lyrics don't make a heap of sense, but the chorus is nice and hooky, the beat rumbles along, lovely sort of fiddly noise pops in at a few points... I'm really tempted to compare it to Imani Coppola. Or Morcheeba. I realise that this is not the most enticing of comparisons, no, but it does sound lovely. She has a certain sparkiness in her voice, a kind of gleam in the eye that's rather appealing. William B. Swygart
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The tune is now commercial radio fodder, an earworm if there ever was one. It's undeniably catchy, but I fear it's one of those songs that may grate on you the more you hear it. The chorus has a smooth, buttery vocal melody, where the song really opens up, but the verses meander along with a Ronettes-style shuffle that feels withdrawn and hesitant. Dom Alessio
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'Sweet About Me' is a sassy and assured assault on the charts by the Aussie teenager - a mere 16 years of age - that sees her Macy Gray-like rasp sashay on
top of Xenomania's expert pop production. Forget any easy comparisons and embrace your new favourite singer. She'll be in the charts for a long time yet. Keeley
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(...) a typically smart Xenomania confection: authentic and retro-sounding, but, thanks to some subtle electro flourishes, fresh and contemporary too. Its
melodic cuteness notwithstanding, Cilmi's lyrics are surprisingly bitter: "When you're playing with desire, don't come running to my place when it burns like fire
boy," she spits. Most impressive of all is Cilmi's voice, which manages to be sweet and coarse all at the same time, much like a drizzling of honey on a slice of
toast. Nick Levine
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Australian number one single Sweet About Me marries the usual Xenomania calling cards - multiple catchy choruses and fantastic, gibberish lyrics - to a
shuffling groove that's half a world away from their usual productions for the likes of Girls Aloud or Sugababes. Nick Bond
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