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You know when you get really mad at someone and literally the only thing you can think to do is to expel all your anger into something productive? I tend to use that when writing songs, and this one was absolutely no different.

Back Seat Buddy is a bit of a shaming song, but at the same time that wasn’t the intention. For me, the intention of this song was to try and get across the pain and the hurt that the subject of the track inflicts on those who are stuck in it. When you believe that you and another person are part of a pact and could never break apart, and then they leave you alone or push you away so you feel as if you’re not important to them any more. This song is meant to be a ‘well if that’s how you’re going to treat me, you need to know that I’m not willing to be the person that you only look to when no one else listens’.

There are a few hidden things in this track that I’m not going to bring out... Such as one reference to a song I have written prior. Some of you may figure it out, some of you may not. Either way, that’s okay. It was a little easter egg put in for my own benefit, mocking my naivety to think that I could ever be important to someone.

That’s an exaggeration, I know I’m probably somewhat important to a few people - my family, for example, and hopefully I’m as important to Jake and Tarsha as they are to me - but the situation this song is about made me feel a little worthless.

For some reason, the song took a more country feel as soon as I began writing it. I quickly gathered a rhythm and the chords somehow just fell into place but I feel as if the feeling just makes it more entertaining to listen to. The twang of the vocal, especially in the chorus, to me makes it sound very sarcastic as if in the middle of an argument, over exaggerating particular words and making it sound exasperated and tired.

I’m rather proud of this song, especially as the first song I’ve written in the New Year and I’ve been considering putting it up on my channel... but first, I need to work on it a little more, dust it off and tidy it up, add a few harmonies, maybe an egg shakers. But overall, decent in my opinion.

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