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This week’s theme is “Could/Might/Should/Would.”
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Finishing behind Ruben Stoddard and Clay Aiken, Kimberley Locke was the third place winner in season two of American Idol in 2003.
While a fan favorite, Coulda Been, the third release from her 2005 album, One Love, failed to chart. It did, however, find minor success in the UK.
While none of her other songs grew on me, Coulda Been has been a favorite for over a decade.
FUN FACTS:
- Kimberley has enjoyed major success with Christmas songs. Her version of Up on the House Top, released in autumn of 2005. By the end of year, it had reached the top spot of the Adult Contemporary (A/C) charts. The following year, Locke’s version of Jingle Bells was released and topped the same charts. A full Christmas album entitled Christmas — only available digitally — was released on November 6, 2007.
- From 2005 through September 2006, Locke was signed with Ford Models’ 14+ Division. She has appeared on the covers of the July 2005 issue of Figure magazine and the summer 2007 issue of UneQ magazine. She has also been a former spokesperson for Lane Bryant and Seven7 Jeans.
- In 2007 Locke was a participant on the fifth season of Celebrity Fit Club. While filming for the show, Locke chose to follow the Jenny Craig diet plan and had such great success she was offered a deal as spokeswoman with Jenny Craig At the completion of filming for the show, Kimberley weighed in at a final weight of 149 lbs; down a total of 27 lbs. from her original start weight of 176 lbs. A feature in the September 10th issue of People Magazine shows Kimberley at 141 lbs., only 3 pounds away from her goal. Locke announced through her official MySpace blog on October 8, 2007 that she had finally achieved her 40-pound weight loss goal.
The video for Coulda Been was directed by Urban Strom, who also directed videos for Mary J. Blige, Rachel Stevens and LeAnn Rimes. It was filmed in London, England in the spring of 2004. In the video, Kimberley sees another woman’s name show up on her boyfriend’s caller ID. She goes on to tell him that one day he will look back at what “coulda been” and regret letting her go.
Enjoy!
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Coulda Been
To believe
We weren’t to be
And all good things end eventually
But here I am
Walking away
And you’re down on your knees
Begging me, please baby stay
Well no can do
‘Cause boy you were untrue
The only rule
There is no exception to
3’s a crowd
So where does that leave you now
That’s what you get for living loud
Remember
Coulda been cool
Coulda been the best thing since high school
Coulda been wild
Coulda been free
You coulda been everything to me
Coulda been real
Coulda been hot
Coulda been the one who hits my spot
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
I couldn’t live without us together
But boy look at me now
I got my hopes
My whole life and all my dreams
So as you wave goodbye to me
Just remember
Coulda been cool
Coulda been the best thing since high school
Coulda been wild
Coulda been free
You coulda been everything to me
Coulda been real
Coulda been hot
Coulda been the one who hits my spot
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
Looking all confident and complete
Wondering if you made a mistake
Threw it away too soon
I’ll wave and blow you a kiss
And say it’s cool running into you like this
How you doing? Have any kids?
Do you ever look back and wish that
You could turn, turn back time
And make me change my mind
But you didn’t so
Let’s get on with letting go
Almost doesn’t count you no
So remember remember
So remember remember
Coulda been cool
Coulda been the best thing since high school
Coulda been wild
Coulda been free
You coulda been everything to me
Coulda been real
Coulda been hot
Coulda been the one who hits my spot
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
Coulda been right
Coulda been cool
Coulda been the best thing since high school
Coulda been wild
Coulda been free
You coulda been everything to me
Coulda been real
Coulda been hot
Coulda been the one who hits my spot
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
But you’re not
And all you got
Is something that coulda been
I’m glad she’s had success after American Idol – I enjoyed her performances on that show. This is a good song. 🙂
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Good one. That would be my deal breaker too.
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Good song and great video. The lyrics hit home.
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I love this upbeat and positive song.
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Not heard this one before 💜
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Oh I liked that. I don’t remember hearing it before. But Kimberley seems familiar.
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