Sara Berki has today released her first new single of 2024, the introspective “Tear You Apart”. The song has a Western sensibility, combining traditional instruments such as fiddle and pedal steel with a driving drumbeat and Sara’s vulnerable vocal.
Sara has once again teamed with Simon Johnson for production and William Bowden for mastering, the same team behind the hits “Fallin’ off the Heartline”, “Good Enough” and “Drinking for Free”.
Sara describes the characters in the song, “She is hardened, possibly from being broken in previous relationships and she is prone to self-sabotage. He thinks she is falling for him, when in fact she’s just dispirited and lonely. The song is a warning to him, ‘don’t fall for me as this won’t last'”.
“Tear You Apart” is Sara’s tenth track release in the space of two years, all of which were 100% written by Sara and demonstrates her knack for crafting intriguing lyrical stories into songs that sit at the intersection of traditional and modern country. Sara’s growing skill as a songwriter was recently recognised by APRA AMCOS, who awarded her the 2024 Professional Development Award for Country/Americana (previous winners include Morgan Evans and Fanny Lumsden).
While it is Sara’s first official single release since “Favour” in September 2023, she has been anything but quiet. Sara has been part of some incredible live events, including CMC Rocks QLD (with back-to-back performances in 2023 & 2024), the inaugural Ridin’ Hearts Festival, Groundwater Country Music Festival, The Perth Muster along with a pre-show performance at the 2024 AFL Season kick-off at the Gabba in March.
Sara’s rendition of the John Denver classic, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” filmed at the Brisbane Lions vs Carlton match at the Gabba has subsequently been viewed over 7.5 million times across YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and has opened up a legion of new supporters for her music, particularly across the U.S & Canada, UK and Europe (Germany, France, Netherlands & Sweden in particular), as well as at home.
In addition to the APRA Professional Development Award, Sara was also nominated for a 2024 Golden Guitar Award for New Talent of the Year and her music has now been streamed over 2.5 million times.
The Bundaberg born, Southern Highlands raised country singer-songwriter is taking it all in her stride, with her humble and grateful nature endearing her to audiences wherever she goes. With a growing catalogue of songs and her first trip to the U.S for songwriting and recording coming up, fans can expect to hear a lot newer music from Sara in the not-too-distant future.
The melody and music of Sarah’s Berki’s song “Tear You Apart” has been copied from Lainey Wilson’s song “Rolling Stone”. Some parts of the lyrics are also copied and the music is a copy as well. The story line of the song is exactly was Lainey Wilson is saying in her song.
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“Rolling Stone” song by Lainey Wilson
[Verse 1]
Am
Waking up here in your arms
F
I feel like a queen in your king-size
Am
bed
Am
The sun’s lightin’ up your face in the dark
F
And I see the wheels turnin’ in your
Am
head
[Chorus]
F C
Think you’re the one that’s gonna turn
me around
G Am
Give me a ring and settle me down
F C
Got a little hold on me, don’t get me
G
wrong
F C
But, baby, my heart runs wild and free
G Am
You gotta know ‘fore you fall for me
F C
Like a feather in the wind, I could be
G
gone
F G
You don’t give a rock to a rolling
Am
stone
[Verse 2]
Am
A home to you is a handed-down farm
F
Little house on the back of your
Am
grandpa’s land
Am
Home to me is this old guitar
F Am
Yeah, a country song and a beat-up van
[Chorus]
F C
Think you’re the one that’s gonna turn
me around
G Am
Give me a ring and settle me down
F C
Got a little hold on me, don’t get me
G
wrong
F C
But, baby, my heart runs wild and free
G Am
You gotta know ‘fore you fall for me
F C
Like a feather in the wind, I could be
G
gone
F G
You don’t give a rock to a rolling
Am
stone
[Bridge]
F Am
Ain’t got a thing to do with love
G
I was born to roll like a tumbleweed
Dm
does
F Am
And I belong to a long highway
G
And there it goes, callin’ my name
F
Callin’ my name
G
Callin’ my name
[Chorus]
F C
Think you’re the one that’s gonna turn
me around
G Am
Give me a ring and settle me down
F C
Got a little hold on me, don’t get me
G
wrong
F C
But, baby, my heart runs wild and free
G Am
You gotta know ‘fore you fall for me
F C
Like a feather in the wind, I could be
G
gone
F G
You don’t give a rock to a rolling
Am
stone
F G
No, you don’t give a rock to a rolling
Am
stone
Songwriters: Tammi Kidd, Brent Anderson, Lainey Wilson. For non-commercial use only.