Jewel - "'Til It Feels Like Cheating"

[drock89]

Not sure when it goes for adds, but I'm told from the national promotion chief from Valory Music Co. that this is the next single.

Here's lyrics:

Call me soon as your plane gets in
I'll tell you where to take the cab
Can't talk now in the middle of this crowd
But baby, I miss you so bad

I got a bottle of wine
Some stolen time
Key to a room where you can be all mine

Till it feels like cheating
Till it feels that good
Nobody's leaving
So let's get it understood
Oh you could be a stranger
It's been that long
There's something 'bout the danger of feeling like we're doing something wrong

Let's make the love that we needed
Till it feels like cheating

Don't say a word when you walk in
We ain't got time for that
Kiss me hard like we're about to sin
And there ain't no going back

For a while we'll be free, just you and me
Making promises life won't let us keep

Till it feels like cheating
Till it feels that good
Nobody's leaving
So let's get it understood
Oh you could be a stranger
It's been that long
There's something 'bout the danger of feeling like we're doing something wrong

Let's make the love that we needed
Till it feels like cheating

Keeping the spark going is an everyday fight
So I sent the kids to your mama
And baby, we got all night

Till it feels like cheating
Till it feels that good
Nobody's leaving
So let's get it understood
You could be a stranger
It's been that long
There's something 'bout the danger of feeling like we're doing something wrong

Let's make the love that we needed
Till it feels like cheating
Oh yeah, baby
Let's make the love that we needed
Till it feels like cheating

PS: From Perfectly Clear album.

[kw9461]

I really liked I Do, but I'm not real crazy about this one. It's definitely more country than I Do, which may help, but I'm not sure the song is the best fit for her voice (on the verses that is, I really like the chorus). Her voice reminds me alot of Tammy Cochran on the chorus, which is a good thing. I think it might grow on me though, because I already like the song better than I did the first time I heard it. I'm not overly optimistic about it's chances though.

[chartfan]

I did not like I do as single... and as I predicted it didn't do anything for Jewel...
This inde of the best songs ont he album...bu I'd prefer Anyone But you... Hope this is a sucess because it is really good and miles better then I do

[zaclord]

not a fan of this one. too bad "I Do" did badly, that was a great song.

[someguy]

This makes 3/3 as far as singles from this album are concerned. I loved "I Do", and it's too bad that it didn't perform better. I like this one almost as much, but I won't get my hopes up that it'll do significantly better. I haven't liked this many of Jewel's songs in a row since the Pieces Of You album.

[kim8]

I am ecstatic about this! I think this song is one of the best if not the best on the album. It's been one of my favorites for a while now. If given a chance, I think this song could do well.

[nsfb17]

I had a feeling this would be the next single. Valory really isn't messing around when it comes to the single choices from this album. They've done a great job picking them so far. I'm just a little bummed that 'I Do' flopped so badly. It's an excellent song that deserved to be a hit.

[musicbuff78]

EASILY the pick hit of the album. One of her best songs ever.

[JJ]

Yeah, this one do sound like the hit from the album. I myself don't like the song very much, it's probably my least favorite one from the album, but I'm glad it's a single, it's her best shot.

Also, she has started to sing this in her Brad Paisley shows.

[someguy]

Going for adds October 27th, according to AllAccess.

[countryqueen]

oh man, what did "I do" chart at? i'm a bit disapointed, i love anyone but you and was hoping that was next!

[JJ]

Jewel said she wanted to release 5 singles from this album, so hopefully Cheating does good so that she can at least get another release.

[someguy]

Sept 29, 2008 16:26:47 GMT -5 countryqueen said:

oh man, what did "I do" chart at? i'm a bit disapointed, i love anyone but you and was hoping that was next!

"I Do" peaked at #38, unfortunately.

[kevin59]

Listen to song (Allaccess)

wm.allaccess.com/allaccess/jewetill.wma

[JJ]

Behind the scenes of the video:

www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=7623744&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

[rowdawg21]

Three versions of this were sent out to radio today.

1. Radio Edit (3:11)
2. Radio Edit (3:27)
3. Album Version (3:58)

[Rumors]

Nice song. I'll give it a peak of about #20 on the country charts.

[JJ]

Valory submitted Stronger Woman for Country Song, Country Female Performance and Perfectlt Clear for Country album. I doubt she'll be nominated, but one can hope! It's definatly been a while since she got a nomination...

[hidizzyguy]

I could have sworn I commented on this song. Anyway, I keep saying how I love this dirty little love song. I love the concept, it's very clever!

[vinyl]

I knew this would be the single; it SHOULD do well but of course it won't. :(

[JJ]

Country Universe : countryuniverse.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/review-jewel-til-it-feels-like-cheating/

October 25, 2008
Review: Jewel, “‘Til It Feels Like Cheating”
Posted by Blake Boldt under Single Reviews

Cheating songs, once so commonplace on country radio, are now relegated to near-nostalgia. When Sugarland introduced the airwaves to their award-winning ballad, “Stay,” the industry marveled at the success of a song predicated on such a tawdry topic. On her new single, Jewel neatly hints at the passions related to cheating and all of its immediacy and emotion, but with no moral crimes committed.

The premise is simple: A married couple lights the lover’s flame as they steal away time from life’s endless pressures. She begs him to stir the fires until their tryst leaves them feel like two cheaters lost in temptation. One of the most country-sounding songs on her album Perfectly Clear, it finds Jewel (with a sultry vocal performance) pleading to her man to move quickly and meet the moment of temptation. An ode to an almost-dangerous desire, it’s an oddly sweet sentiment that drives with a clear passion.

Tales of infidelity are few and far between on the commercial scene, but much welcomed. And although it’s not a cheating song, Jewel’s “‘Til It Feels Like Cheating” gives us a taste of the yearning associated with such an act. It’s a passionate performance and song that’s sorely needed in the genre.

Written by Lisa Carver and Liz Rose

Grade: B

[JJ]

From AllAccess:

10 Questions with ... Jewel

NAME: Jewel
TITLE: Artist
COMPANY: Valory Music Co.
WEB: www.jeweljk.com
BORN: Payson, Utah
RAISED: Homer, Alaska

1) Congratulations on making a great album with a lot of depth. I heard you say in an interview that you actually made this record before having a deal. How did you get together with the folks at Valory? Your album was so good that it got a whole new 'imprint' off the ground and a staff hired.

I had been planning and writing this album for years - music has always been the easy part! The hard part was finding a good partner in today's ever-changing music business, one that had a fighting spirit and still wanted to stand up for music that wasn't 'safe.' After several meetings, I began to feel I wouldn't go with a label, but go direct somewhere - but then I met Scott Borchetta. I could tell within an hour of talking with him that we came from a similar place; we were both aggressive and loved a challenge. I had a great feeling, like we would really enjoy working together - if he could just find time. Well, true to Scott's nature, he went ahead and formed a whole new imprint to make sure he had time! He put one of the finest promotion teams together and I feel so lucky to have such passionate, talented folks helping me get my music heard. I'm very lucky.

2) Some of the songs on the album are songs that you had been holding onto for a chance to cut a Country album, correct? Is the song, "I Do," a new song?

"I Do" is a brand new song that I wrote just before I cut the album. I have always been a pretty autobiographical writer. I believe in being honest and authentic when writing because I was so moved as a young person growing up when I listened to the honest writers like Loretta Lynn, Haggard, and Joni Mitchell who spoke plainly and poetically about real life. I obviously wrote this about Ty and our considering getting married, which we ended up doing!

3) I heard you say that you look at songwriting like a painter would approach it when doing a portrait, and that you got that from Joni Mitchell- true? And was she a big influence of yours?

I loved Joni Mitchell, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard and Cole Porter, too. My whole life I have had such a love affair with words. As a child I never tired of putting words together and exploring the sudden and rich worlds and emotion-scapes that could be created when writing. Music made me feel less alone as a kid and I appreciated writers and poets like Bukowski, Anaisniin and deleted Neruda because they had the courage to be honest. They were not using art as propaganda to be famous. It has never been about fame. It has been about trying to be honest and authentic, and to be great at the craft.

4) Your background is so vast, interesting, and I am sure you won't mind, complicated. I mean, how many kids grow up in Alaska with seven brothers and sisters and then were raised by grandparents who escaped Nazi Germany? I know that your grandmother Ruth had a huge impact on you and that she also believed a great deal in your gifts- did she help steer you towards your career path?

I have had an unusual and complicated life! After the divorce, my dad raised my brothers and I on the Homestead he was raised on. His mother Ruth no longer lived there; she had moved to Knoxville, TN and remarried years before. But even from far away, she had a huge influence on me. She had eight children in a dirt-floored log cabin in Alaska, and she taught all the kids to sing and play instruments. She had come from Germany and gave up her career as an aspiring opera singer so that she could have kids in a free country. Her dreams lived on in her children, and they were passed on to me. She sacrificed so much, and the fact that she got to see me become successful was very special for her. She was so proud, and I am truly in debt to her sacrifice, for without it, I would not be able to enjoy the American dream the way I do. Each time I sing, I sing for my whole family. They are all so talented, and I am lucky that I inherited their musical genes.

5) It seems that you are steeped in Country tradition, yet when your first single was released and you were introduced to a bunch of radio guys who may not have known your background. Was the welcome what you expected- did you find yourself having to justify yourself?

I was raised on a ranch my whole life; we killed and skinned our own beef, managed large cattle drives, and lived off the land - we even rode horses to school. My dad was a cowboy and we broke colts each spring, and I cooked for all the summer hands that would help us bring in our hay. When I was 25, I met my future husband and we lived on his ranch in Texas where we work 500 beef cattle each spring and fall, and bring in 600 acres of hay each summer. I spent the next ten years going to rodeos and cheering Ty on in the saddle bronc, bareback and bull-riding events. He would come with me to shows on his days off, and on my days off I'd be in a dusty bleacher watching the man I love compete in the greatest American sport. One day we would be doctoring a calf, or heeling calves to brand them, and the next day I'd be at a red carpet event in a fancy dress! I have always lived and loved the country lifestyle - and have been blessed to make a living as a songwriter - so it was funny to find myself this year in radio stations in cities, being asked by city slickers radio folks who have never even been on a horse what makes me "country." I have always tried to be subtle, and not use the media to create sensation, so I was happy to let folks know where I'm from. My dad taught me to try to let hard work and talent speak for itself. That's what I try to do. I have never felt entitled to anything, and have been very happy to work as hard as I have to introduce myself to folks who may not know me, but there have been many days where I'd have to chuckle to myself. I'd like to bring some of the folks to the ranch and let them work like I do on my days off, and see how they do - see how country they are! Mostly though, everyone has been really nice and very open and receptive; my welcome into the format has exceeded my greatest hopes.

6) Years ago I can remember you opening for grunge bands and singing folk songs. How did that happen and what was the audience response in general?

I always had to be a scrapper to get my music heard! I have never really fit in anywhere. No one ever knew what I "was" musically. Was I Country? Rock? Folk? I didn't care what anyone called me. I wrote honestly and if someone would let me sing for them, I did. Even if it was opening solo acoustic for the Ramones, or Peter Murphy, or whomever! Luckily, by the time I was 18, I had 10 years of bar singing experience - my dad and I were a duet and we sang in honky-tonks and biker bars - so I was able to hold my own and even win some tough crowds over! Shockingly, yodeling is universally loved by bikers, punks and country folks alike!

7) There are not a lot of artists out there who have performed for the Pope, sang with Bob Dylan and can yodel like a true champ- by the way, who taught you how to yodel? Did I hear that your dad is from Switzerland? And what was it like to sing at the Vatican?

My grandparents came from Switzerland, and escaped Europe during the Second World War. But my dad learned to yodel by listening to Jimmy Rodgers records! He taught me to yodel when I was six years old. My parents sang in hotels for tourists; it was a variety show and I got up and yodeled.

Singing at the Vatican was amazing! I sang a song I wrote called "Hands" with the Vatican Orchestra. To sing something you wrote and hear it played by such beautiful and talented musicians in a place I thought I'd only read about - well, it was just amazing!!!!

8) My pastor often says that the way that you walk through your circumstances gives you character and can influence others. I say that because you were homeless as a teenager and had so many hurdles and challenges to deal with, yet you carry yourself with a sense of being very proud of who you are and where you came from. You are also very involved with homeless teenagers, who you deemed 'the invisible children." Has your story helped you in relating to some of these kids? And finally, can you point anyone who wants to get involved to a website?

Poverty either makes you bitter, or it makes you more compassionate. I made a choice when I was young to try to be careful which way I went. I have always tried not to ever have a big ego, but to have pride. I won't push someone around, but I won't be pushed, either. I ended up homeless because I wouldn't have sex with my boss. I saw other girls who would, because they were scared or unsure, and I would not be taken advantage of. Music saved my life, and I believe in music because I think it can be more than just a narcissistic way for someone to get attention and media buzz. Music does matter - it's the cheapest and most affordable therapy out there! We are all worth something, no matter our economic backgrounds or education. To this day, I have people try to make me feel less than them because I never went to college. I don't care. My life is what I make of it, and if I couldn't afford college, I'd read more free books than any college kid paid for. We are so lucky in America to always have some control of our destinies, even in the darkest hour, if we have focus and determination and a will to work we can improve our lives, but we all need help. While I was homeless, there were people who were kind to me - kind for no reason, just because I needed help. It was so humbling and I am grateful to this day. That's why I try to help. If you want to get involved you can look up links on my website: www.jeweljk.com.

9) You can hear lots of influences in your music- can you tell us who some of your favorite Country artists are? There are some moments on your album that seem like a nod to artists Tammy Wynette or Barbara Mandrell.

I worshiped Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gale. Merle Haggard is hands down one of the best songwriters alive. And of course I loved Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt and Gram Parsons.

10) Can you share briefly about your cause, "Operation Clean Water," and your partnering with Richard Branson- are there ways that radio stations can get involved with this?

My brother and I started Project Clean Water in 1997 and we now have 35 wells in 15 different countries. We help villages and their communities get drinkable water. Richard Branson and I teamed up and I help him with many of his causes - like teen homelessness - and he helps me with my Project Clean Water. We can always use donations, and you can go to my website if you are interested.

Bonus Questions

So what is this "Special Discovery" you made during your Radio Tour in East Lansing?

Ha Ha Ha. Well, Jon Loba kept talking about this amazing sushi restaurant that Chris Tyler and he always visit. He talked about it so much, I had to find out what it was all about. He was right. Not only was the sushi incredible, but the General Manager brought out a sample of a sake I had never tried before- SPARKLING SAKI of all things- and it was SO GOOD. I have it on my bus all the time now- although it's hard to keep stocked because everyone who comes on has one sip and are hooked!

[kim8]

Thanks JJ for posting the interview.

[chartfan]

I hope this is a hit for her... I thought I Do was a big mistake, this one should have come second with Anyone But You as third...

I Do was not country nor catchy enough

[nsfb17]

^ Most of the songs on county radio these days aren't actually country. As for catchniness, I thought 'I Do' was fine in that regard. I actually like it a bit more than 'SW'.

[JJ]

From JewelJK.com

CMT will World Premiere Jewel's new video, "Till It Feels Like Cheating" tomorrow on the Top 20 Countdown and CMT.com. If you cant wait that long to see it, you can watch the official Behind The Scenes video above or on Jewel's youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/jeweljkblog).

The new March Solo Acoustic Dates went live on the site today as well, be sure to check the Appearance page to see if she'll be playing in a venue near you!

[kevin59]

Watch NEW Video (CMT)

www.cmt.com/videos/jewel/318039/till-it-feels-like-cheating.jhtml

[JJ]

Get Jewel's CD for 1 dollar:

Perfectly Clear donation to All For The Hall

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOVEMBER 17, 2008


MULTI-PLATINUM SINGER-SONGWRITER JEWEL GIVES BACK TO COUNTRY MUSIC WITH 'PERFECTLY CLEAR' DONATION TO COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME® AND MUSEUM'S ALL FOR THE HALL CAMPAIGN

Jewel, country music's newest star, is giving back to her country music roots as part of November's Country Music month: On November 28, the day after Thanksgiving, fans can obtain physical copies of Jewel's first country album and seventh career album, Perfectly Clear, by making a $1 minimum donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.

Perfectly Clear, which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart upon its release in June and features the hit "Stronger Woman," can be purchased on 'Black Friday' for a minimum $1 donation, plus shipping and handling, with proceeds benefiting the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's All for the Hall campaign. This 24-hour opportunity is available at www.jeweljk.com .

"I have come full circle with my music. It was country music that I grew up on, so to be embraced by the country music community this year has been a great feeling," says Jewel, whose new music video for "Till It Feels Like Cheating," from Perfectly Clear, world premiered on CMT in heavy rotation on November 14. "I wanted to find a way to say thank you to the fans and I couldn't think of a better way than by allowing them to purchase my album for a one dollar donation to the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's All for the Hall campaign."

"We are very appreciative of this generous gesture by Jewel," said Museum Director Kyle Young. "All for the Hall, which was launched in 2005 by Vince Gill, the president of our board of officers and trustees, is an ongoing national fundraising campaign that supports our not-for-profit educational organization's mission. The proceeds that Jewel and her fans are generously donating will help to fund the storage and preservation of the museum's unduplicated collection of country music artifacts, and assist our staff's efforts to make the collection available to the largest possible audience through exhibits, programs, books and recordings."

Supporting her career launch into the country music mainstream, Jewel has had quite a busy year in 2008. With numerous visits to country radio stations across the US, Jewel's Top 15 country breakthrough single "Stronger Woman" posted more than 50,000 spins and earned the singer-songwriter a BDS Spin Award. The three-time Grammy nominee also packed in a summer and fall tour with Brad Paisley, a judging seat on NBC's Nashville Star and a live DVD release, and she married rodeo superstar Ty Murray in a private beach-side ceremony. The multi-platinum singer-songwriter will be hitting the road in January 2009 for a solo acoustic headlining tour. Tour dates can be found at www.jeweljk.com.

About the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum
Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The Museum's mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture. With the same educational mission, the Foundation also operates CMF Records, the Museum's Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, Historic RCA Studio B, and Hatch Show Print. More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.com or by calling [phone].

[JJ]

Watch Jewel's Kiss For Country commercials for Mary Kay:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghkwd46PsSk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbuAr9C2NmA