17 July 2023 - Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak

We're eleven years into this blog - more than! - and we've never, as far as I can see, posted a song written by Diane Warren.  I'm not quite sure how that's possible - she was a huge hitmaker, especially during the 1980's and 1990's, and still writes for top pop artists to this day.

As much as we usually talk about the artists - and we'll get there - the songwriter is the hitmaker in this case.  She's written 32 top 10 US hits, been nominated for 14(!) Academy Awards (winning none but finally recieving an honorary one in 2022, during a year she was also nominated for an award), 15 Grammys (winning one), and two Emmys (winning one).  

She's a well-respected songwriter who has written a lot of hit songs you know well.  This is one of them.  Originally intended for Stevie Nicks, it was given to Belinda Carlisle, who took it all the way to #2 on the US charts, only being kept from that top spot by one of the most enduring songs of all time. 

The video was directed by Diane Keaton.  Yes, that Diane Keaton.