A cold parent has hardened Kelly Clarkson in the steely ballad "Because of You."
Album: Breakaway
Year: 30 November 2005
Label: RCA…
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Single Review: Kelly Clarkson's 'Because of You' - Comments Page 3
A cold parent has hardened Kelly Clarkson in the steely ballad "Because of You."
Album: Breakaway
Year: 30 November 2005
Label: RCA…
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— go to most recent comments76 - Laura
I came to this blog to find out if she personally wrote this song or not and what it means to her and I am now completely depressed at how ignorant 99% of you are. Why are you addressing your comments as if Kelly will actually be reading them? Like she doesn't have anything better to be doing than reading what you ignorant losers think about her and her songs!! You can't type. You can't spell. You can't put a sentence together. You have no understanding of the English language. You have nothing intelligent to say. You are talking about egg farts, etc. Bob A. Booey (how creative, NOT!)is some idiot acting like he is smarter than everyone on this site. Give me a break!! I hope this blog and the comments on it are in no way representative of our society's intelligence as a whole, because if it is we might as well just push the big red button and end it all right now. For those of you who are too ignorant to know what the big red button is, it is to set off nuclear bombs and start World War III. No need to comment back to me about this post telling me how stupid, wrong or whatever you think I am, as I will never be so stupid to ever read something so inane again!! Inane--Look it up genius!
77 - Allie
I don't get it what did her dad do??
78 - Sam
In the video didn't her dad leave? i dunno about the real story behind it, (i'm such a great fan) but w/e. Smart asses like Laura bring down the whole morale of sites like this. We're all her to say something about kelly.Who gives a rats tushy about how we do it? KELLY ROX MY SOX OFF!!!!!!!!!!!
79 - lisa
Hi, Im a mom and my daughter was singing this song yesterday and was in love with it. Then I got to listening and realized it was probably about a parent. We are going through some rough times and this song is kind of a wake up call to me to not let my emotions ruin her life.
80 - Janine
I went through the same thing with my mother. Every word of this song speaks to me. I'm glad Kelly wrote it and shared her feelings. If she had forgiven and not hurt like the rest of us, we would never know that there others. That we aren't alone. It's easy to feel alone when even your parents don't give you the kind of love they should. I didn't realise until much later on in life how my mother's behaviour has affected me. But the hurt is alive and well and surfaces in my relationships and career. I can't trust fully even still. I do my best. But I have been scarred for life and no amount of feined forgiveness is going to fix that.
81 - Katie Steffen
Kelly i love you soooooo fucken much!!!! I love your songs and i love you soooooo much!!! lol
82 - Stepahnie
I agree with you, Janine! I find it pathetic that I relate to a pop-song, but this is the only song that has ever addressed these issues specifically... how her mother leaned on her, for instance. Everyone wants to make money-- at least Kelly Clarkson doesn't get on TV and tell people God sent her and showed her 500 foot tall Jesus. The Beatles made BILLIONS of dollars, but I don’t think that trivializes their lyrics.
83 - STEPHANIE
Shit. I can't even spell my own name!! LOL It was a typo, sheesh. :P
84 - shannon
my ex girlfriend dedicated this song to me what is she trying to say
85 - rebecca
i think kelly clarkson has a fantastic voice. she seems to be so down to earth. im a big fan kellyxrebecca from scotland
86 - Steelpanther
I love this song so much! Firsst time I heard it I couldn't get it out of my head. It was like calling for me! lol It's really sad but so real.
87 - Viqi French
Wow! I've always thought Kelly the real deal, but after reading the feedback here, it seems "official".
Will definitely check out her new one. Great piece about a very worthy "Idol."
Viqi
88 - Bee
hmm, during the bridge, my friend just pointed out that she is singing something else in the background, but i can hardly make out what it is even after listening to it over 20 times. does someone know the lyrics to that part??
89 - Sam
Hey Bee, i also too noticed this. It makes the bridge sound so incredibly better. For sure, i know when it starts, she says "I watched you die ... In your sleep...". As for the rest, i cannot make it out. I think it goes something like "i lost you ... in everything/you never think ... on me...". i can't say for sure what that says. I've analyzed it about a million times, so someone else PLEASE relieve me the pain of not knowing what she says in the backround. KELLY ROX MY SOX OFF!!!
90 - melissa
Kelly u rock
91 - Lowana
kelly u this song rocks i acnt belive that u wrote it when u where 16 ur the best singer and u rox and so do all of ur songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
92 - nickeisha bogue
i believe you are a true singer and song writer and actress, the song because of you made me cry, very emotional and powerful!
93 - brandon
it totaly rox kelly your video hits and songs rock
94 - Sarah
I think that the description of the song is good...however I think that it is obvious that it is about the effects of divorce on her dad and mom. I think the one who raised her is her mom and she is also singing about how it changed her mom...and her mom was depending on her to help her through it and being selfish....because of her dad she is afraid..as in the chorus..
95 - Rene
Does anyone know when Addicted will be released?
96 - Sam
Right, cuz she says "i was so young, you should have known better than to lean on me". I, as many other people, know this first hand. Not that my parents are going thru a divorce, but I am like the second Dad. My mother talks to me as if i was the father, and not the son.
97 - emma
i love kelly clarkson shes amazing and i cant wit til february when she is in the UK. Becuase of you is my favourite song of her wickedalbum . was over the moon when i heard that she was releasing it. and she wrote the song when she was 16. talented or what!!
98 - stacey
I have never heard any thing that expressed my feelings so perfectly about my own childhood. Every word in "Because Of You" describes the way I feel today, and the pain I went through with my parents. To hold in this pain for so many years and never tell anybody (I don't have the capacity to trust enough to tell), and then hear this song. I never have cried as much as I did then. Maybe this will help me seek help for all of the hurt I am going through. It is as if she is telling the world my story.
99 - fleur
It's a well done song but it's very whiney. It grates on my nerves with its blaming and self pity. There is no resolution, just whining. I had a similar childhood so you can't say I don't understand. It's just like, ok, let's move on now.
100 - natalie
i think this song is fantastic, i saw the video the other day and literally stopped dead, one of my housemates was like 'uh, i don't get it..' but it got me right to my core, obviously because of my personal experiences.
some people won't understand this song because they have had perfect childhoods (its like 'i'm ok' by christina aguilera - unless your dad was violent you may find it self-indulgent crap). what i find so sad is how many people on here are saying the same thing..that they suffered at the hands of self-destructive, selfish, depressed parents who made their children act like the parents. i know some people have said 'ok, shit happens lets just get on with it and stop blaming our parents' but if you are subject to systematic emotional trauma your whole childhood you dont even realise its wrong until you escape it, and then you cannot help but be angry. you NEED your parents to acknowledge that they created you and then basically destroyed you before you had a chance to find out who you were.
but one thing i know is that people who do have fucked up childhoods turn out the strongest people of all, and thats the message kelly's making - its not 'pity me' its 'i'm not gonna end up like you (dad)'. look at the depth of the lyrics, like christina's stripped album. although they suffered painful childhoods they create some seriously moving songs, not many songs make me cry. these kind of songs are like therapy for abused children who are now adults, still frightened and confused by what the hell they did to deserve the insecurity inside.
i just find it so sad that so many parents are just incapable of being parents. but to anyone who's experienced similar, i bet you're tough as hell and won't take any crap, and you'll be better people on the inside too. maybe lets just try and not screw up our own kids....
as for kelly, she's an inspiration. :-)
101 - azel
how great is kelly, i really like her
102 - Tevita
Hey there Kel, You rock and this song rocks, well just to you all take it easy and relax, get off the pressure, I know some of you out there still face the pressure, well pressurized parents are due to the fact that they have seen someone, well keep it groovey!
103 - lilly
this would have to be one of my favourite songs it has so much meaning and its just AWSOME!!!!
104 - jess
I can totally relate to this song, in the exact same way she can relate to it. Very sad song and sad she had to go through this...it is hard. I love Kelly Clarkson she is awesome
105 - skd
I think that Kelly Clarkson has one of the best voices i've ever heard. I was looking up the lyrics for this song while watching her video on MTV 2, and it really came accross on how powerful and what a long way she has come. She is incredible. I sand Kelly Clarkson's Because of You for a school concert and got a standing ovation.
106 - SHANNYN
I LOVE Kelly. The ONLY worthy idol I've seen in the world. WORLD! I went to her concert two nighs ago, and I must say, she blew me away. I was even impressed with her curvy figure, not succumbing to Hollywood pressure to be thin. Well, she's my idol, possibly even my new God. Who wants to join my new religion?!
107 - Danny
to SAM and BEE~
The lyrics to that beautiful background in the bridge are:
i watched you die
in your sleep
i was too young for you
to lean on me
you never thought of me
I found it on a message board, it was driving me crazy too haha.
108 - Leigha
I was in the car the first time I heard this one. I had to pull over, it hit me so hard. The emotion, the lyrics, she must have pulled them straight from my own sad childhood heart. I have never been able to put into words my own experience, but this song has & she sings it perfectly.
109 - alison
hey
im scotish and i love kelly clarson so much her songs are so good and i wish i could sing as god as her
my best song that she has sung is because of you and im listning to it right now
i love you sooo much
Alison xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
110 - christian barhill
hey i love ur song because of you i take dance and we r danceing 2 if in sooo happy im 12 and i luv ur songssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!
111 - Joana.Williams.Deney
Dear kelly,
I want to tell you that I was singing your song today and I liked it was called because of you I wish that I can see you in real life!
112 - brie
omg! i thought the music video was really powerful! it showed a different kelly... a stronger one. it's hard to believe she actually went through this (and if she didn't its hard to believe someone actually does!) i hated my life before i heard this song... it changed me! im way more self-confident, i talk a lot (sometimes too much!), im popular, i have great friends and it's mostly because of this song!! i wish people would write more about this kind of stuff than love and all that! so yeah thank you so much! i think kelly's really talented and this song is so true! it actually made me cry when i saw the music video... like the dad leaving and the little girl! omg!! i cried really hard... but please everyone recognize this song!
113 - francesca
totally agree with this review- i'm listening to the song right now. i had already realised that the song wasn't a tribute by any means. the video is as powerful as the song. 12/10 for kelly, definitely a step up from her miss independent days!!
114 - Erin
I LOVE YOU KELLY CLARKSON
115 - haley doo;ey
kelly you rock.on your first cd,that littke book had a picture of you and you looked so pretty.
116 - depressed ashamed dad
I'so SORRY!!!I should've have known KELLY! You are so right my darling. Please, KELLY, if u cold just FIND it in your heart, just please, PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!! I was a bad, stuoid father. I am ashamed.
117 - Sarah Hammilton
Beautiful lyrics, beautiful music. The girl does it again. Kell, you are a legend ;)
118 - Ashley
Awesome voice and this song really is something special. Kelly, you have grown as an artist over the past year and is really shows. You are a fine example of what an "american idol" should be - you never let us down.
119 - Kate Marshall
Unbelievable! She has raised the bar and continually amazes me with her raw talent.
120 - Latasha Johnson
kelly u are really awesome . that song because of u , i like it , it reminded me about my real dad and my boyfriend now . thanks for the song , i really like it .
121 - RICHELLE ANNE TORRES
I REALLY LIKE KELLY!!!
SHE REALLY ROCKS!!
KEEP IT UP KELLY!!!
YOUR THE BEST!!!
122 - Sam
Thank you Danny, that really was driving my insane! I bought the Acapella version of "Because of You" on iTunes. OMGOSH it really is GRRRREAT! her voice is so beautiful. And you can hear the backround of the bridge so well. I was gonna tell ya'll the bridge lyrics, but i can see you beat me. grrrr. :) KELLY CLARKSON ROX MY SOX OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
123 - ron
what a beautiful songs kelly had!!!!!!!!!!!!
124 - hey
i guess kellys songs are ok, but im not giving her any credit for anything as she did not write them and she has very little musical talant.
Her voice is not very good and when she sings she doesnt sound like she means it in her songs. I also think she puts too much into her preformance, and its like shes trying (and failing)
to be all rock n roll in her vidios, it really pisses me off.
125 - jo
hello