I knew that she was waiting, and I always said to her, 'Don't ever look back on this in any other way than I'll be your biggest fan.' You know, 'I'll always be a fan.'' Chart performance And it was something that I said to a girl that I'd been going out with. It was this admission of failure and this prayer that I could be a better person, wrapped up as sort of the end of a relationship kind of thought. I was struggling with some personal problems at the time, as well, so it was all of those things. And it was the hope that I would be better, grow and be better as a person. McCain said, 'It was the end of a relationship for me, and it was also an admission of my inability to function in a relationship, hence the love suicide line.

Content Īlthough 'I'll Be' has become a popular wedding song, McCain said 'it's really more of a prayer' written in a moment of personal desperation after a break-up, the idea being that 'maybe if I write my future, it'll come true.' In 2015, McCain re-recorded 'I'll Be' for his EP Phoenix. The album is titled Wintertime Blues: The Benefit Concert. On December 22, 1999, McCain recorded a version with Warren Haynes on the live concert album from the 11th Annual Christmas Jam, a benefit concert for Habitat for Humanity in Asheville, North Carolina. Upon its release, the song reached number five in the United States and number 52 in Canada. Its opening melody is played with electric guitar (as opposed to acoustic on the album) and the vocal and saxophone lines differ.

The radio version of 'I'll Be', which was released on a CD single with 'Grind Me in the Gears' as the B-side, differs from the album version. McCain recorded an acoustic version of the song for his follow-up album, Messenger. The song was serviced to US radio in October 1997 and was commercially released on September 8, 1998, as the first single from his second album, Misguided Roses (1997).

Watch Edwin McCain perform his hits 'I'll Be' and 'I Could Not Ask For More.' I'll Be' is a song written and performed by American singer Edwin McCain. But McCain added that he's not sure his fans want to hear new music. One of his more recent projects, McCain did a collaboration with Lee Brice called 'Story To Tell (Little Bird).' The latest collaboration has made McCain consider doing a record again so his kids can see him perform. He even added that Hilary Duff covered the song and removed the 'love suicide' lyric and he was able to sue her because of it. Everyone that worked with him tried to get him to remove that specific line of the song, but he wouldn't let them. It was McCain dueting on TikTok that actually made Bobby Bones see that he was still performing enough to come into The Bobby Bones Show studio.īefore performing 'I'll Be,' McCain shared the story behind one of the famous lyrics in the line, 'love suicide.' He confessed he was really good at screwing up relationships at the time that he wrote this song. He's been dueting fans and other artists covering him alike. Valentine's Day was like the Super Bowl for him because so many people were buying videos requesting him to play his massive love song hit 'I'll Be.' Another app that's really changed things for McCain in recent months is TikTok. Though, McCain admits getting some bad reviews in the beginning because he didn't know what he was doing at first. He's done so well with the performances that he has a 5-star rating on Cameo. It costs $100 for him to make a video, but he will perform an entire song for those that buy a video from him. Because when he released his songs, everyone was tired of the 'grunge' sound and looking for something new.įast forward several years to now, McCain loves to perform on the app Cameo for his fans. McCain said his sound and success was all about being at the right place and right time. Hootie and The Blowfish at the time shared that they were going to bring McCain with them to their label, and the label was happy to include him. Darius Rucker and Hootie and The Blowfish supported McCain's career. He confessed that everything about his career is an accident. Edwin McCain stopped by The Bobby Bones Show to talk about his career, perform his chart topping hits, and how apps like TikTok and Cameo have brought his career back to the forefront again.

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