I'm All Right
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I'm All Right is the opening track of Half the Perfect World
Half the Perfect World
Half the Perfect World is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It was released on September 12, 2006. It peaked at #33 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and had sold 218,000 copies in the United States by December 2008....

, Madeleine Peyroux's
Madeleine Peyroux
Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday....

 third solo album. The song was composed by Walter Becker
Walter Becker
Walter Carl Becker is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and a co-writer of Steely Dan.-Career:...

, Larry Klein
Larry Klein
Larry Klein is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell....

 and Madeleine Peyroux.It was released as a single and Peyroux sang it in her "Live from Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season 4 was filmed in 2011...

" episode.When she was awarded with BBC Best International Jazz Artist 2007, this was the chosen song for the CD with the winning performers.

Song information

In this song, Peyroux tells to her former lover she is "alright", despite all that has happened. She remembers how he used to make her laugh, how he sang Christmas songs
Christmas Songs
Christmas Songs is a 2005 album by Diana Krall performed with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. This is Krall's first full-length album of Christmas songs , and her first studio album with a big band. It is her ninth album overall...

 in bed. The lyrics also recall how he made her cry on the day he got drunk and threw a few of her things around. However, throughout the song, she accepts that he is gone and eventually lets him know that she has been alone before and, therefore, she is, or will be, alright.

According to an interview Peyroux gave in 2006, when a demo of the song was presented to her by Larry Klein, she immediately liked and agreed to recorded it, as she felt it told a bit of her story.

Music video

It was released a Video clip
Video clip
Video clips are short clips of video, usually part of a longer recording. The term is also more loosely used to mean any short video less than the length of a traditional television program.- On the Internet :...

 for the tune, where Madeleine Peyroux could be seen walking while playing her guitar and performing with an ensemble of Circus'
Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...

 performers. The video was entirely filmed in black and white.

External links

Watch Madeleine Peyoux's video for the song - http://www.madeleinepeyroux.com/flash_content/main.html

Watch a Clip from Live from Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season 4 was filmed in 2011...

- http://www.sundancechannel.com/player/#/500203184/230205099
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