For My Sunday Song #364, we are now on the fourth song of Morgan’s Choice. This one is “Before You” by Benson Boone. The song is a new single for him for a yet untitled future album. The song was released about 5 months ago and it was featured on TikTok as that is where Benson has grown to fame with I am sure multiple millions of followers. Heck the video has almost 3 million views (2.9m are from my daughter I am sure). I don’t have TikTok or do I even want it, but that is where the kids today find there music and somehow my daughter came across this one. And as you’ve seen so far, she has an eclectic palate of music and this one leans to the very pop side of things.
The song was written by a whole slew of people including Casey Cathleen Smith, Jackson Lafrantz, Benson Boone and Jason Suwito. At least Benson’s name is in there as I would have lost a little respect for me as an artist. “Before You” is basically a love song. The singer can’t remember time without this person and he imagines that he was lost, alone and basically a total mess of a person. But with her/him, he is complete. He just wants to hold their hand, slow down time and spend all their time with each other. A gather since he is so smitten that this is relatively new relationship and he has on his rose colored glasses.
Being a love song, it is a ballad and is so sugary sweet. There is a nice piano accompanying Benson who actually has a nice voice. The chorus is catchy and a little ear worm if you like this type of pop. I see why the song stuck with my daughter. It is funny, there songs she loves that are so dark and gloomy and then there is this happy, go-lucky type song. I’m so glad her taste are varied. Now, this wouldn’t have been one I would’ve been drawn to, but I will admit it is a catchy pop tune and he has a good voice.


Give the song a listen and let me know what you think. Have you had a relationship where you can’t remember life without them? I have and I am still in it after 22 years together. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful and Happy Sunday!!
“Before You”
Why would I want to fly
Be on the last red eye
Talking to your voice, only hearing noise
Oh, it’s not enough
All of the nights I spent
Drowning my discontent
Wasting me away, everything is changed
Now that I found us
And it feels like home
Darling, if you don’t mind
I’ll take your hand tonight
We could just slow down time
Let me adore you
And from the moment I
Looked in those dark brown eyes
I can’t remember life
Before you
Why would I want to go?
Now that you’re all I know
Smiling under stars, playing “Chasing Cars”
Something ’bout the art of music in the dark
And it feels like home
Darling, if you don’t mind
I’ll take your hand tonight
We could just slow down time
Let me adore you
And from the moment I
Looked in those dark brown eyes
I can’t remember life
Before you
Oh, before you
I bet I was lost and alone
I was barely holding on
To the thought of a moment like this
I bet I was lost and alone
I was barely holding on
To the thought of a moment like this
I must have been lost and alone
I was barely holding on
To the thought that someone like you exists
Darling, if you don’t mind
I’ll take your hand tonight
We could just slow down time
Writer(s): Casey Cathleen Smith, Jackson Lafrantz, Benson Boone, Jason Suwito


Amazing how TikTok has taken off. I’m old school still mucking about on FaceCrack, Insta and Twitter. It’s cool though that Morgan discovered a new artist via social media whereas you know John for us it was magazines and word of mouth decades ago! lol
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It is amazing. I haven’t touched any social media. I look at youtube for the odd video, but I don’t log in. I’ve posted a comment twice on youtube. For discovering new music, I continue to prefer word of mouth over an algorithm. To each their own.
The song is not bad either.
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I was able to last 2 seconds of his voice. I think I did pretty good.
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It’s a sugary sweet love ballad, but I’m guessing the main reason Morgan likes this song so much is because Benson is young and cute. He has over half a million followers on Instagram alone!
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