You and Me
Track two of Sun Midnight Sun, one of two songs she wrote entirely alone.
Sara Watkins, from Sun Midnight Sun (2012)
Watkins wrote it alone and Jackson Browne sings additional harmony. American Songwriter's Marissa R. Moss described it as pop-forward but kept grounded by a joint chorus that is less a harmony than a sing-along. KCRW named it Today's Top Tune in May 2012, and she played it on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno around release and on A Prairie Home Companion at Wolf Trap's Filene Center in Vienna, Virginia, the weekend after May 23, 2012.
Russ Kendall of Kaleidoscope Pictures directed the video, which premiered on CMT on April 16, 2013 and ties to the BYUtv series The Song That Changed My Life, with Watkins in a citrus orchard. CMT Edge's Chris Parton described a gentle pop melody paired with breathy, restless vocals. We could not find her own account of what the song is about, and found no chart history, setlist counts or covers. The upload is presumably the album version, which we have not verified.
On stage
- 2012-05-26, Filene Center, Wolf Trap, Vienna, Virginia On A Prairie Home Companion; the weekend after May 23.
Sources
- Sun Midnight Sun, Nonesuch
- Sara Watkins: Sun Midnight Sun, American Songwriter (2012-06-28)
- Sara Watkins unveils You and Me video, Nonesuch (2013-04-17)
- You and Me named Today's Top Tune, Nonesuch (2012-05-23)