Vanessa Carlton - Annie (lyrics & audio)

[Shanman91]

I felt the biggest chill when walking to my first college for the first time.

This song play in my ears as I tread through the snow of my all commuter school.

That was the best feeling a song has ever given me.

[ashia4life313]

I shall pray for Annie.

[vvzsereia]

I know this song is about a girl with cancer, but it just bring me so many memories from when a I was admitted in a mental hospital one winter, this song still haunts me up to this day. In a good way.

[EpicFiction]

@vvzsereia

<3

[CityLights452]

Such a lovely song ^-^

[Rodriguito123456]

Is it just me or the melody is too much like a music a can't remember...? The piano I mean

[Runaway7575]

does anyone else think certain parts of the verses sound like" Bittersweet Symphony" from The Verve?

[supersinger135]

i wish i could do something like that. there is something called student leaders club in my school, and I`m in it. we did a fundraiser for pennies for patients, and raised % thousand. a long time ago, when we did it the first time, we raised 12,000. Victoria, you deserve it!!! <33

[pipomn1699]

@supersinger135 hey our school did that too???? O.o (weeeiiiirrrdddd!)

[whitetigerpals]

My name is Annie.

[jv2u]

@wazkadoodle,Victoria/annie last wish was not to meet vanessa and her real name is not Annie.Vanessa based the song on the entire visit and her prognosis that we gave her over.The song was presented to her @ KRBE 104 radio station in Houston texas on the day before her 7TH birthday.We were not aware that she had done this for her.Actually if you look further her on you tube vanessa has a live concert where she explains the song then sings it.

[6919mandy]

Does anyone else think that there's parts in this song that sound like Bittersweet Symphony?

[casiesilverman]

@6919mandy nope. ahaha

[alcachino33]

@6919mandy I was actually wondering that too. The first time I heard it, I was like, no.... But then I listened and there's no way that's not deliberate.

[6919mandy]

@alcachino33 It's not like blatantly obvious, but it's there to me. Lol. All artists do sampling though.It's a wonderful song.

[polyesterwindow]

my name is annie and it's so weird hearing celebrities say/sing/recite my name

[TheGreatLaugher]

True talent--if I could be any artist I'd choose her.

[annie0wns]

Hey, I'm Annie :D

[goose195172]

My goodness is she good - a true talent. I would give anything to see her in concert.

[jv2u]

Just wanted everyone to know that this song was written for Victoria Villanueva,she is my daughter and she was diagnosed with (AML)leukemia when she was 5yrs old.Victoria is now in 8th grade.Thanks to all that has shared your thoughts and prayers with our family.Vanessa and tori met at a concert at the Cynthia Woods Pavillion in the Woodlands Texas.Victoria is doing GREAT!!!! Thank you my Lord...

[poeticsong725]

@jv2u Why didn't she title the song "Tori" then?

[TheBlankThought]

@poeticsong725

maybe she didnt rem her name..and maybe the girl looked like an Annie?

I believe her, sort of. Who wud b sick enough to put a comment on there, i meen i kno we have some weirdos but thats not something to joke about so i believe her.....

[1995yuda]

@jv2u IM REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU....=)IT PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE TO HEAR IT.....

[sweetlittlekitty00]

@jv2u she's my age :D my friend died due to Lukemia

[akannie47]

UNDER RATED!!!

[TheDowntown86]

What a talent she is! It makes me physically ill how obnoxious, pathetic, autotuned crap like Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry get so much attention, but not this goddess of music.....

i really wonder about the world sometimes.....

ANYWAY, this song is gorgeous. that piano bridge just gets me every time.

[IBeFreezing]

can rihana play piano this good? :'3

[osnapitslizzz]

@DownwithFirestar, that's the album name of michelle branch's most recent album.... both great artists but don't mix them up

[60610vanessa]

why isnt she super famous? first time i hear her but she seems like she deseres it! im already a fan! she has my name hah! go vanessa! not me but you!

[livebreathefree]

this was so intense for me, havent heard it in years.

[truebeuty1]

do u know y it is called annie?

[theferzhiiz]

@truebeuty1 'cause her best friend had leukemia.

She wrote it for her.

[sweetlittlekitty00]

Why can people not understand that these kinds of songs are the best?



[ilikethewayyoumoveon]

@JulieStudios you're right. the leukemia patient was in Make-a-Wish, and her wish was to meet Vanessa Carlton before she died.

[DownwithFirestar]

She's got a new CD coming out! It's called Everything comes and goes (I think).

[unwrittengal97]

@DownwithFirestar It's called Rabbits on the Run and it will be released June 21st 2011

[iloveNessa07]

i love love love vanessa carlton, and have recently just rediscovered this song. so amazing.<3

[MrNikosska]

Does anyone have guitar tabs for this song?

[wyvernhall]

Kyle--you were like a second father to me. Tom--I wish I'd gotten the chance to know you better. Erica--the best die young. Vanessa Carlton--you understand, thank you for that.

[JulleStudios]

Looks like everybody else has wrote the same here. Dumb from me not to notice. Still, I love this song and it is so sad. And sorry if my english sucks.

[YodaDan1]

whats this song about??

[JulleStudios]

@YodaDan1 Vanessa wrote the song after she met a girl suffering from leukemia while on tour. The song is about the girl and how she loved Vanessa's songs, i think.

[AddictedToShugoChara]

talent, looks, and a HEART too? vanessa=amazing <3

[JulianePuke]

WHAT IS THIS SONG ABOUT?

DOES ANYONE KNOW?

[garfreeek]

@JulianePuke

It's about a girl she met who had cancer (leukemia)

That's what the "i'd give my bones for you" is about if she could she would give her bone marrow (but i believe she actually couldn't help her much, and wrote this song for her in compensation)

But vanessa fans please help me out, i've heard it from someone else ^_^

[RAFProductionss1]

@garfreeek i do help u! lol @JulianePuke This song its about a girl that she met on one of her tours. she had leukimia... some people says that the Real name of the girl is Victoria and she changed the name for this song... but well its dedicated to that girl

[RAFProductionss1]

She is just amazing! my biggest inspiration

[petdog12]

beats gaga imo

[kirbear36]

thank you for sharing this:]

[BIGSNAX92]

@gracieslaw101 i am so sorry about that!! that made me cry!!

[Msmyusxiklaber]

Oooh! Now I know.. The girls' real name was VICTORIA, Vanessa kind of inspire her to write this song! And victoria is one of her biggest fan.. I dont know If this is right but, I think vanessa's dog named Victor, Is short for victoria isn't??!! Hmmm,

[ditzychinchilla]

It's got a similar melody, but it definitely is a better song. :P I actually was listening to bitter sweet symphony and thought about this song.

[TokunboOlu]

i was listening to Harmonium the other day, and i heard this song for the first time and i instantly fell in love. everything about it is so beautiful :-) Vanessa is a true talent. i wish people would stop falling into mainstream and give something like this a listen.

[tag4163]

it has the same tune as bitter sweet symphany

[iloveNessa07]

@tag4163 i noticed that too!

[Notawesomeatall7]

Wow, this is great

[aeb104]

i really like this song

[dumbcookie]

there aren't that many dislikes, and they're probably from people who listen to stupid shallow mainstream music

[jessilovesdance4ever]

i cry EVRY TIME i hear this song.

best song of all time

[sydneyanddiesel]

incredible

[xoxoxojessica]

this song is so sad i lost my cuz when he was 9 and this song makes me thik of him

[Dynneybear]

Mmmmm, Vanessa.

My first music love.

[Fan2mangaslove]

@DearMissPiggy yeah I can understand how you feel é_è but don't worry, where she is right now can only be a very good place for that she stay in there ^^ so she is surely happy !!

[Fan2mangaslove]

@DearMissPiggy :'(( so sad !!

[22MetroStation]

It kinda sounds like bittersweet by the verve, there both great. :)

[pointeisawesum]

Well, the 10 people who disliked this either accidentally pressed it or they are idiots. If they pressed it on purpose the obviously didn't see (or hear for this matter) the powerful meaning of this song. She is an amazing singer and this song perfectly portrays her genuine talent.

[VoodooFairyx]

I wonder if anyone's made an music video using this song and My Sisters Keeper x such a sad film :(

[whitefirefight]

This song is so sad. What a horrible thing to go through.

[xxjaydeexxwtf123]

i love how she writes her lyrics. she does it in such a beautiful way

[PeaceOnDude]

Hey, this is a good song & good job on the video. Does anyone think her song has a strong resemblance in sound to "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve?

[ilovewaffles411]

"More to life than trying to survive"

Best line everr

[mlotek9]

this is an angel singing i swear!!!

[LastdayofHumanity]

This song is very beautiful...it warms my heart

[doughly]

its about a girl who had bone marrow cancer....who was a fan of the singer it was so sad that she wrote a song about it!!!!!!! very sad song

[thor19b]

Not sad at all.She wrote about it thru her experience. Maybe to help her deal with the evils of cancer.

[blablablibloeblabla]

@thor19b i think it's still a sad song but i kinda get where you're comming from

[starbux1001]

What is this song about ?

[TheBritbrit38]

@starbux1001 about someone who s dead...

[grlnextdor]

i heard somewhere that she met a little girl with cancer and decided to write a song about her

[ayjayess98]

this song is sad... =(

but i love the meaning

[2555365]

Vanessa is working on her new CD, it will be release later this year, the last CD did not do too well.

[01seepee10]

lol I'd like to see a vid with this song about ghost whisper..

[TheMovingPiano14]

hmm they should use this on grey's anatomy...hehe:) soz random!!

[vvz1234]

I LOVE THIS SONG! it reminds me of a guy that i met in the hospital who suffered from suicidal tendencies

[TheMovingPiano14]

Powerful, yo

[LemonNoggin]

this song mellows me so much. its so deep, you know?

[ilovecandy3211]

the PIANO is INCREDIBLE shes so talented!! what happened to her why isnt she around as much?

[IloveSPIDERZ]

Her newer Album Heroes and Theives is great. She's supposed to be coming out with another album very soon, but she's been very quiet in the past few months. (@ ilovecandy3211)

[JerzArc28]

i hope the new album will come out soon!

[chaosdeus1]

@ilovecandy3211 she been workin. she announced that she was about half done with the next album in april of 2009 so pretty soon.

[XxSuddenlyPsychotic]

@ilovecandy3211 She is just finishing up her 4th album! She isn't promoted the way she should be like with her "Anybody But Ordinary" album with a thousand miles.

[nepherlander]

@XxSuddenlyPsychotic Yep, the 4th album will come up this year with title Tall Tales of Spring. But sorry, I think the album with a Thousand Miles called Be Not Nobody ;)

[jaf333333]

@ilovecandy3211 OMGGGG your sooooo right she iz soo talented i agree 100%% wow your very perceptive with the piano and im impressed with the way you notice ther incredibility. Oh and I LOVE CANDY too ;) haha lele

[jaf333333]

@ilovecandy3211 I NOOOO and how pretty is she?! SHE IS THE GREATEST EVERRRRRR!! I'm in loveeeeee :p

[xoxoxojessica]

what happend to her is she gonna make any new songs i just found her out 1 year ago when i was 15

[SocccerRocks05]

@ilovecandy3211 shes making a new album in the spring of 2011 :)

[MeepingDino]

@SocccerRocks05 Thank GOD! (:

[kaloykoynol]

@ilovecandy3211 I think..She's releasing an album on 2011 " Rabbits on the Run"

[IduunoIfILoveUOrNot]

@ilovecandy3211 Basically her talents got overshadowed my mainstream artists such as Rihanna, Jay-Z, etc, and then people started to listen to their music instead of hers. Then all her album sales went down, and so did her chart positions. Now when I ask someone who Vanessa Carlton is, i have to hum a thousand miles for them to know who she is. She deserves to be as famous as Beyonce etc because she's maybe even more talented than them.

[faithangel9]

@IduunoIfILoveUOrNot Totally true I agree wasn´t she going to release a new album this year?

[IduunoIfILoveUOrNot]

@faithangel9 I dunno but apparently there's one next year :D

[supersinger135]

@IduunoIfILoveUOrNot Same with her song a thousand miles. All of my friends like them mre,but she is my fav!!!

[xa25]

@IduunoIfILoveUOrNot Your an idiot!

[MamaAfricaaaaa]

@IduunoIfILoveUOrNot not maybe she IS! :)

[04jhowarth]

@ilovecandy3211 new album coming out next month :) Rabbits On The Run

[makenzileg]

I think this song is very special

[ann484]

Love this song <3 :)

[mpc1301]

Wow, this song reminds me exactly of Katniss and Rue from "The Hunger Games" (which, btw, if you haven't read by now, do yourself a favor a DO! =]).

[ginnypottermusictv]

Oh my god, that's exactly what I was thinking! The Hunger Games is so great (as is this song).

[mpc1301]

Haha, glad I'm not the only one that thought so ^_^

[xcisinsane]

I love this song. It reminds me of my friend Alexa, who passed away November of last year due to complications from childhood cancer. I'm only 13. She was about 11 or 12 when she passed away. She was really speacial.

[cuddlebug2121]

can some one tell me wat this song about? im confused. otherwise AWESOME SONG OMG

[t105yjg24]

It is about a girl and Vanessa meet that had cancer, her name was victoria I think, but Annie sounded better. Victora is all better I think now.

[LemonNoggin]

This song is wonderful. She's pure, 100% talent. Anyone who argues better watch it. You don't mess with a passionate Vanessafan

[nevermindthetime]

:D I agree. She's officially my favorite artist.

[kuraimirai]

i really love vanessa..i just dont know y ;/ <3

[maddcat98]

you don't know why you love Vanessa??

I Love Vanessa because she has amazing songs, she has a lovely voice, and she's an amazing pianist. (:

[candiceincandyland]

can u put up a version that without her singing and the lyrics? like... karaoke(:

[musichoney49]

didnt she write this after a 6- or 7-year old girl wanted to meet vanessa, her fave singer, before she died of luekimia or cancer or something and the little girl's name was annie? and vc was so broken up and depressed and moved by it that she put her feelings into this song?

[quantumpower]

What garbage. The name 'annie' was used in the eleventh hour to replace 'victoria' so that the song would flow more smoothly..

[nevermindthetime]

Everythingeverythingeverything about Vanessa Carlton's music is amazing. The way she sings, the piano, the lyrics...She is my favorite artist.

Brilliant!

[Kdesign09]

I'm soooo with u on that! i love Vanessa's songs.=) i hope she makes another album

[besties4life186]

good song..but some things do last forever, vanessa;)

[zebrafigs]

such as...

[AnnieRose007]

annie is my name lol

[BREYERhorses11017]

OMG amaZIng song

mayb new fav i like twilight by her too though

[MsDancingenius]

ohhh i know.she got that name from that story of the girl named annie.Remember?

''I'm annie.Annie Wiggledo''

[LemonNoggin]

there are lots of girls named annie. what makes you think its from the story of the girl named annie "I'm annie. Annie Wiggledo"??

[MsDancingenius]

No that was the first thing that popped into my head!im sorry,but im one of those act first,think later people:)

[noxus1988]

nice song, but the pre-chorus melody is actually taken from the verve's "bittersweet symphony" :)

[crazimani]

i THOUGHT so! i kneww it was familiar!

[darkcloud2fan]

key of A+ if anyone is wondering.. i learned this song on piano! i play it all of the time! me loves it

[Edhely]

What a beautiful song..

Amazing. <3

[jessegompersmusic]

'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life...:6

[EggzAndBaconn]

my name's annie!

[brodcaster11]

she wrote this song for my cousins half sister"s dad's daughter . she had leukemia and she wanted to meet vanessa carlton.she even got to go v.i.p to one of her concerts. so she wrote this song for her. im happy to say that she has been been leukemia free for a few years now! shes only 12

[DarkSilverCraig]

Wow that's great, I'm so happy to hear that, this song is really lovely... but what was the actual name of the girl? I've always been wondering about it since I read that it wasn't Annie.

[brodcaster11]

her name is victoria. and i just found all this out. cuz i went to a quinceanera and was introduced to her and we were talking. and she was like " do you know who vanessa carlton is" and so anyways she was like yeah she wrote a song for me. so i checked it out.... :) pretty cool huh?

[GaaraKicksButt]

the girl's name was actually victoria or something like that but vanessa carlton changed the name to annie so it would make the song flow easier. [that's what i read at least ^3^]

[monkee229]

my name is actually annie!

[IloveSPIDERZ]

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure it was!

[animegurlorfantasy]

this my favorite song (i have never had a favorite song)

[XxNaturalxBeautyxX]

this song is so great

[Mayaiskoolieeo]

Such a good song!! I wish I could sing like that

[xOreoxoxo]

OMG SAME

[xOreoxoxo]

ohh i thought you said you COULD sing like tht

[Samtheskeleton]

i cannot say i really relate, but this song is beautiful

x

[pinkstaaa]

Omg , I can really relate to this song cuz my little nephew who was sick just passed away after living a whole year through pain but STRENGTH. </3 Miss my little angel.

[xOreoxoxo]

how old was he?