Could've Been

Could've Been is a pop ballad, which was written by the American songwriter Lois Blaisch. In the interpretation of the singer Tiffany the song in early 1988 became a number -one hit on the Billboard Hot 100

The title was published in 1987 on Tiffany 's self-titled debut album. The version that became a hit, had already been recorded four years earlier.

Background information

Lois Blaisch wrote the song in the early 1980s. She had met the " man of her dreams ", but turned to another woman. Blaisch then was depressed, and when she could not sleep one night, her eyes fell upon a bouquet of wilted. This they called the initial spark for the song Could've Been (German: Could be ). She recorded a demo of the song.

In an appearance in the Hungry Hunter in Thousand Oaks Bradley Schmidt heard Blaisch sing the song. The piece he liked and he asked Blaisch a demo that he wanted to give the producer George Tobin. This Blaisch invited to a sample into the studio to which they appeared only with an acoustic guitar. Tobin was so impressed by their music that Blaisch had to play the song three times. In addition, Tobin took a version with piano accompaniment.

A little later he brought the at the time 13 years old Tiffany in the studio, which had to sing the song to the original. Tobin put another guitar solo on the recording and slightly increased the pace. He liked the result so much that he offered Blaisch a record deal, but they did not accept the advice of her lawyer.

So Tobin Blaisch bought from the publishing rights and offered the power absorbed by Tiffany amended numerous singers on, including Crystal Gayle, Dolly Parton and Natalie Cole, but none wanted to record the song. Meanwhile Tiffany's career had begun, and Tobin decided to consider the piece on their debut album in the version that Tiffany had taken as 13 - year-old.

Publication

The first release of the song was on the album Tiffany in September 1987. Could've Been was the third single from the album and was released in November 1987. Was Tiffany's second number-one hit after hit I Think We're Alone Now.

Furthermore, the song was still a number -one hit in Canada and Ireland. In the UK, the title reached number 4 in the charts. The song was nominated for a Grammy in 1988.

2005 coverte Carrie Underwood in the talent show American Idol the song.

Music Video

As a music video was a live version of " Could've Been ", in which the fans sing the title. The song was sung in London, are accordingly in the music video also some landmarks of London such as the Tower Bridge, shown right at the beginning of the music video.