Me and Emily
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| "Me and Emily" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Rachel Proctor | ||||
| from the album Where I Belong | ||||
| Released | March 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | BNA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rachel Proctor Chris Tompkins | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Lindsey | |||
| Rachel Proctor singles chronology | ||||
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"Me and Emily" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Rachel Proctor. It was released in March 2004 as the third single from her album Where I Belong. Proctor wrote this song with Chris Tompkins.
The song is about a female who drives away from an abusive relationship, taking her daughter with her.[1][2] It is in E-flat major, with a main chord pattern of A♭sus2-B♭sus-Cm7-B♭sus. It is primarily accompanied by piano and guitars set to E-flat tuning.[3]
Proctor told Country Weekly that the idea came about during a songwriting session with Chris Tompkins. She had not written a song in eight months, and "wanted a day off", but Tompkins suggested a line about "stuff scattered in the floorboard of a car." After Proctor told him that "Everybody has a driving song", he suggested that they take the story in a different direction, when Proctor came up with the phrase "me and Emily". Although neither of them had experienced domestic abuse, Proctor had been told by fans that it convinced them to leave their own abusive relationships. BNA Records executives insisted that Proctor cut the song, and held the release of her debut album Where I Belong until the song was released as its third single.[4]