Music is very powerful. It can stir emotions or soothe them. I like to watch music videos on YouTube and read the comments. So many times, people say they played a certain special song at the funeral of a loved one and it meant a lot to them. Maybe they often listened to it with the person who died and the song evokes cherished memories. One song from Jelly Roll gained popularity at funerals. “Save Me” was co-written and co-produced by Jelly, along with David Ray Stevens, per Songfacts.
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The outlet describes the song, which originally appeared on Jelly’s Self-Medicated (2020) album, as “a cry for help written in the middle of the pandemic.” Three years later, he shared with Billboard via Songfacts his comments on the moody tune. “We were all in the darkest place we’d been in a long time when I wrote that song in May 2020. They were still spraying boxes with Lysol. We were all living with our own thoughts a little more than we’re used to.”
Jelly Roll Issued A New Version Of ‘Save Me’ Featuring Lainey Wilson
The Latest Iteration Came Out In 2023
In 2023, Jelly Roll revisited the song. This time, he teamed on vocals with Lainey Wilson. The result is on his Whitsitt Chapel album. The combination of Jelly and Wilson’s voices revamped the already-impactful song in a brand new, potent way. The outlet stated, “‘Save Me (Remix)’ is a smoldering power ballad that fuses Jelly Roll’s raw, rock-infused essence and Wilson’s twangy, R&B-inflected country vibes.” You can’t beat these two gifted artists. Putting them together is masterful, a brilliant idea. They proved it at the ACM Awards in 2023 when they sang it.
Jelly Roll Was Initially Uneasy With Having This Song Played At Funerals
He Said That It Made Him Feel ‘Sad’
Then Jelly realized that if the song brought comfort to mourners, it was serving a hugely valuable purpose. He explained on the Jay Shetty podcast via Songfacts, “When they told me ‘Save Me’ is becoming the new ‘Free Bird’ of the south for funeral homes, that used to really bum me out and make me sad. But then I started thinking about how much that’s helping people grieve.”
