Comments on: John Berry, “The Balloon Song”

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:12:54 +0000

I just bought “The Balloon Song” a few days ago on i-Tunes along with an album and and 3 other songs, only one of which is a recent release, Jerrod Niemann’s “What Do You Want”.

I am not surprised that “Balloon” didn’t chart. As you correctly pointed out almost 3 years ago, the lyrics are sweet and could fit into a “chicken soup for the soul” book. John’s “How Much Do You Love Me” from 2001 met the same fate probably for the same reasons. For me, listening to John sing these sappy songs is a pleasure, better than listening to any of the 4 songs just reviewed here on CU. The Kip Moore song is the only one I would consider buying.

By: MattoB

MattoB — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:13:59 +0000

Yeah she did. It always felt like a rip-off of the Wills/now Berry song.

By: TobyFlattsfan01

TobyFlattsfan01 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:51:04 +0000

Didn’t Kristina Cornell do a song like this last year with “Little Red Balloon?”

By: MattoB

MattoB — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:27:44 +0000

Y’know, if John can get a hit out of this, that’ll make 3 songs from “Loving Every Minute” that were hits for other people. Proving that Mercury themselves picked the wrong singles from that record and really derailed Wills’ career because of it.