Michelle Branch is back on the Billboard charts with her new version of “The Game of Love,” the Grammy-winning hit that she originally released with Carlos Santana back in 2002. The new version is a duet with Gregg Alexander of New Radicals, who wrote the song. But Michelle said she originally wanted the new version to feature a current female star.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Michelle said, “Originally, Gregg and I were wanting Olivia Rodrigo to sing [the remake of ] ‘Game of Love,’ and we were like, ‘Let’s ask her, and maybe we’ll produce it or something.’ Like, we didn’t really know what we were gonna do.”
But after she and Gregg went into the studio and sang the song together, they realized how good they sounded. Michelle says, “We were like, ‘Wait a minute. Actually, we should do this. This is crazy.'”
“The Game of Love” remake is the first single from Michelle’s upcoming EP, Everywhere and Back Again, which drops Nov. 6 and features reimagined versions of her hits. She’s kicking off a sold-out tour Sept. 27 in Seattle.
Twenty-five years into her career, the “Everywhere” singer tells ET, “To still have fans showing up, singing the words, caring about not only the old music but the new stuff and still along for the ride is, like, the biggest gift. I think it’s really because we all grew up together.”
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