“Gravity” is really about having my heart broken by another person and feeling physically unable to keep myself away. It’s the first time I processed my intimate personal experience in a song in a way that expanded out to deal with metaphor and these larger themes. I wrote “Gravity” when I was about 18 years old. It was featured in a commercial for the Nokia Lumia 1020 and has continued to be used in adverts for Lumia devices.This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. The song was covered by Lea Michele and Naya Rivera on the 97th episode of the musical series Glee, which aired on February 25, 2014.

The single also reached number four in New Zealand, number 26 in South Korea, number 48 in the United Kingdom, number 58 in Canada, and number 88 in Japan. 'Brave' became Bareilles' third top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number 23, and reached number three in Australia, her highest-charting single in the country to date. Some critics also compared pop singer Katy Perry's single 'Roar' to the song. 'Brave' received positive reviews from music critics, with one writing that Bareilles channels singers like Fiona Apple and Florence Welch. 'Brave' was released worldwide through digital download on April 23, 2013, as the lead single from the album, through Epic Records.

Bareilles requested Mark Endert to produce it with the explicit goal of radio airplay.

The song was written by Bareilles and Jack Antonoff from the band fun., as the singer was inspired from the struggles that a close friend dealt with in regard to coming out as gay. 'Brave' is a song by American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, taken from her fourth studio album, The Blessed Unrest (2013).

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