Colbie Caillat's "Favorite Song" Gets All Summery

Just in time for the summer, Colbie Caillat teams up with Chicago MC Common and is excited to unveil the new video to support their breezy duet single "Favorite Song," the third single from the 26-year-old Caillat's third studio album "All of You," which has been in stores since last summer. "Favorite Song" is the perfect summer jam to relax to, while Common will release his new album "The Dreamer, The Believer" on Warner Bros Records this fall.
"Favorite Song," stray from Caillat's usual sound with a sweetly strummed guitar groove, is undoubtedly bright, summery, and it is utterly charming like most of Caillat's music. Musically, the song is a guitar-driven pop, hip-hop jam, and the lyrics speak about being in love with someone and desiring that the person feels the same. The song is a metaphor for wanting to be the object of someones affection. The tune is different from Caillat's usual sound, being considered a hip-hop jam, in which Caillat croons between the rapper's slick verses, and Common's lyrics are softhearted as he tries his hand at crooning.
"I've loved Common's music for years," Caillat says of the unlikely pairing, which was put into motion when the sweet adult pop singer and gritty, intellectual rapper met each other at an event for the Grammys in 2009. "He ended up singing his song 'The Light,' and he needed a girl singer [for the chorus] and I was like, 'I know it!' Afterward he was like, "I love your song and I love your voice.' It took about a year for us to get something together, but it worked out better than we could have imagined."
The video was filmed outdoors by the beach and palm trees of Venice, California. In the video, Caillat and Common chill out on the Venice Boardwalk and enjoy a warm summer day on beach party along with some skateboarders, take over the streets and skate parks of the ocean walk. Teenagers rocked bikinis and rollerblades as Common rapped away before the sunset. Yes, the patron saint of sunshine and sandal anthems has tossed Caillat's floppy beach hat into the ring, and her platform is simple: She wants to be your favorite song.