Raitt beat Gayle's “ABCDEFU,” Lizzo," About Damn Time," Taylor Swift's "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)," Harry Styles's "As It Was," Steve Lacy's "Bad Habit," Beyoncé's "Break My Soul," Adele's Easy on Me," DJ Khaled's "God Did" (featuring Rick Ross, Lil ...
Written by Bonnie, it won Song of the Year at the Grammys. She was inspired to write this song about a woman who met a man who was the recipient of her dead son’s heart, donated after he died. “I just lost it,” Raitt toldAmerican Songwriterabout her reaction when she saw a hum...
“You got a tux?” I said “No, of course not.” And he said, “You’re gonna need one for the Grammys.” My first reaction was that I wanted to punch him. Like, get out of here. Just say you like the record. But he proved prescient in his assessment. [Laughs....
Raitt’s supple phrasing, feminist stance, and keen abilities as a slide guitarist. In 1973 she began recording more-polished pop material, culminating in her first hit single, a 1977 reworking ofDel Shannon’s “Runaway.” Raitt toured extensively and remained politically active, often ...