Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are a band that has lived on the fringe of rock. They're certainly a talented, straight-ahead rock band. They've gotten some airplay on adult alternative radio, and have only hit the Billboard Hot 100 ONE time - in 2012, with "Stars" (a future song for this blog, no doubt).
This song, today's song, was not released as a single. It was kind of a throwaway song. And yet, without knowing who the artist is in a lot of case, this song is beloved and probably the band's best known song. It is credited by Potter as "the only reason I was able to pay my bills" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You see, the song played at the end of the 2010 Disney movie Tangled, over the closing credits. And it goes HARD - not a song you'd expect in a Disney movie. Written by Grace Potter herself, it is a tour de force.
Now, sit down, because I'm gonna hit most of you with knowledge.
Grace Potter was on an episode of One Tree Hill in 2008 - two years before Tangled was released. Guess what she performed?
The song was slightly rewritten and definitely rerecorded for Tangled, but it was a repurposed song.
Even though the band is still together, Grace Potter's work over the last ten years has been largely solo. This performance in 2020 was a solo performance, but she still pulled out her best know song.
And, by the way, this woman is a rock star. No doubt.
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