Half of My Heart

"Half of My Heart"
Song

Half of My Heart is a song by American alternative rock singer John Mayer and American country pop singer Taylor Swift. It was the third song on his 2009 album, Battle Studies, and is rumored to be a future single from the album.

Music and lyrics

"Half of My Heart" features more of a pop rock sound than Mayer's previous music. His previous albums explored blues and acoustic rock, especially in his 2006 album Continuum. It also has a carefree, sing-along sound to it.

The lyrics of the song are sung by both Mayer and Swift; Swift sings with Mayer in the chorus and in the song's bridge. The lyrics are about the duo, with half of their hearts saying they should continue to love each other, although the other half says they are not each other's true love, and cannot keep loving each other.

In an interview shown on television called John Mayer: On the Record with Fuse (which only aired on the Fuse channel), Mayer's interviewer asked why the singer chose Swift to duet with, since she was only nineteen years old, and Mayer was 32. He responded by saying that he was not putting her on the album just to sell more copies for die-hard fans of Taylor Swift that might just get the album for that song.

Music video

Even though the song is rumored to be a future single from the album, there is no music video confirmed.

External links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iYqf4V0ZlU
http://lyricsmusicvideo.blogspot.com/2009/11/john-mayer-half-of-my-heart-lyrics.html