Did you know one of the biggest pop songs from the 2010s was originally sung by a country singer...?

Did you know one of the biggest pop songs from the 2010s was originally sung by a country singer...? In fact, what you just heard was Maren Morris performing The Middle from her Amazon Music Songline episode where she reimagined the song to feel a lot more organic... And what a lot of people might not realize is that this actually brings the song much closer to where Maren started... In fact, before most people knew Maren Morris as an artist, she was writing songs for artists like Tim McGraw and Kelly Clarkson as a songwriter. But not too long after, she found success releasing songs that fully felt like her... This music not only helped Maren win a Grammy, but it allowed her to truly come into her own... But just a couple years later, Zedd brought her on to sing this song... In fact, what's crazy about this song is over 14 singers tried to become the singer of this song, but Maren Morris had the voice they needed. And now suddenly, Maren Morris went from being a country singer to the singer of one of the biggest pop records of 2018... That's what makes what happened years later so interesting... Because for Amazon Music Songline, Maren got the chance to revisit The Middle over 8 years later... But instead of trying to recreate this massive electronic production that everyone already knew, she had the chance to bring the song back to her roots... And that's the reason I love hearing songs like these reimagined... Because sometimes you don't need a new song, you need to hear an old one that you love in a completely new way.