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In Episode #60 I cover Tonic's song "If You Could Only See" . This is an awesome song that I can't believe is from 25 years ago, Yikes! Time sure does fly.

Tonic frontman Emerson Hart wrote this song after a tense phone call with his mother. Hart was 21 years old and planning to get married - not what his mother had in mind. She tried to talk him out of it, but you can't argue with love. Emerson told her: "If you could only see the way she loves me, then maybe you would understand," and then he hung up.

With his fire sparked, Hart started writing the song, and it came very quickly, with him taking aim at his mother's "manipulations" and "lies" during the verses, then slowing it down to present his side of the story in the chorus. The song was very cathartic and helped him work out his feelings, but in the end, his mother was right and it didn't work out with the girl and they never got married.

This was Tonic's first single, but it almost didn't make the album. The band got a deal with Polydor Records after playing clubs for a few years in the Los Angeles area. When it came time to record their debut album, Emerson Hart wasn't sure if they should use "If You Could Only See," since it was a very vulnerable song and he wasn't sure how it would be received. Polydor, however, loved it and made sure it was the debut single.

Thank you for your support and keeping the soundtrack of my life alive and well for future generations.

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