With a charming personality and an ear for some catchy tunes, Kellie Pickler has managed to move from American Idol runner-up to gold-selling recording artist on country radio for 19/BNA Records. Her three previous singles from her self-titled sophomore album have all managed to get inside the Top 20 with her 'duet' with BFF and tour partner Taylor Swift and now she's following it up with song that really recalls something that Pickler's idol Dolly Parton might have recorded. The blonde beauty's fourth single "Makin' Me Fall in Love Again," is about finding true love. Pickler choses a 1940s era theme to bring "Makin' Me Fall in Love Again" to life. Pickler has visited the Persian Gulf and other locations in support of the military."Makin' Me Fall in Love Again" is an up-tempo song, featuring a production with prominent electric guitar. The song's female narrator describes being in love and despite being told that it will fade, she finds the love rejuvenating every moment she spends with him, as if he's "makin' [her] fall in love again" each time. In an interview with The Boot, Pickler felt the song was a reflection of her current relationship. Pickler looks at her latest single as a blessing, because it was one that came in under the radar and was close to being too late to make her album. "This was the last song that we recorded for the album," she explains. "It just barely made it. We were ready to send it off to be mastered and to get it ready to be packaged for the shelves, but ["Makin' Me Fall in Love Again"] just made it barely. I was actually surprised how it did make it on there. I'm glad it did... It completed the record."
The music video, which was directed by Roman White, was filmed in Los Angeles in April, and premiered on GAC on May 14, and May 17 on CMT. In the video, Pickler is shown surrounded by members of the USO, and performing in various outfits that resemble fashions of the 1940s. The video's concept was chosen by Pickler, because she felt the 1940s celebrated the female figure: "I don't feel there was a pressure to be skinny and so deathly looking as what the pressure is now. The women were more 'womanly'-looking. They had curves. They had beautiful fair skin. It was just more natural."
Written by James Slater, Karyn Rochelle and Shane Stevens, "Makin' Me Fall In Love Again" has a catchy melody, a vocal that finds Pickler completely invested in the lyrics she's singing, as if she truly is falling in love over and over with her man. It's a song that anyone in a great relationship will relate to while it also is the kind of relationship people really want to find themselves in. Perfect for the lighter, feel-good summer radio playlists, the song has the potential to be Pickler's biggest hit to date and it could really give her some great traction at both radio and sales.
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