"Songs in My Pocket" is a song written and performed by Bethany Joy Galeotti

Bethany Joy Galeotti

Bethany Joy Galeotti is an American actress, musician, director, writer, and producer.Galeotti is best known for her on screen portrayals of Michelle Bauer Santos on Guiding Light and Haley James Scott on One Tree Hill...

. This song was originally released on Galeotti's second studio album Come On Home

Come on Home

"Come on Home" is the third and final single from Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some, the 1994 greatest-hits album by Cyndi Lauper-Song information: There was a special rap appearance by Demetrius "Sir Jam" Ross....

in 2005 and was to be re-released on her debut album The Starter Kit (2006).

Bethany Joy Galeotti and costar Tyler Hilton

Tyler Hilton

Tyler James Hilton is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Hilton began his professional career in music in 2000. Rolling Stone Magazine compared him to his contemporary, Howie Day, while others have compared Hilton to Elton John, both vocally and instrumentally...

 joined The Wreckers

The Wreckers

-Studio albums:-Live albums:-Singles:-Featured singles:^ Song was credited as Santana with Michelle Branch and The Wreckers.-Music videos:-Awards and nominations:-External links:***...

 (Michelle Branch

Michelle Branch

Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...

 and Jessica Harp

Jessica Harp

Jessica Leigh Harp is an American songwriter and former country artist from Kansas City, Missouri. Between 2005 and 2007, Harp and Michelle Branch recorded and performed as The Wreckers, a duo that topped the country charts in 2006 with the Grammy-nominated "Leave the Pieces." After The Wreckers...

) for a 25-city North American "One Tree Hill" tour that started February 28 in Vancouver. The jaunt also featured Gavin DeGraw

Gavin DeGraw

Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for his songs "Chariot", "Follow Through", "I Don't Want to Be" , "In Love with a Girl", and "Not Over You".-Early life:DeGraw grew up in the Catskills in South Fallsburg,...

 on select dates. "

While on tour, Galeotti performed some of her original songs from her second independent record including the song "Songs in My Pockets". This song in particular was a prominent feature in Galeotti's opening performances on the One Tree Hill tour and because of its popularity among fans and strong meaning to Galeotti it was to be re-released on her debut album. Consequently a video was made for this track.

Debut album

In the Winter/Spring 2006 issue of TeenProm Galeotti stated that her Come On Home track, "Songs in My Pocket" was to be re-released on her debut album.

Home is so important to this talented actress/singer that it's the theme of her tune "Songs in My Pocket", which will be featured on her Epic Records debut CD. "I think it's probably going to be the first track on the album and it's about finding home. That's been a huge theme in my life for the past couple of years, so every time I hear that song, it'll always kind of be like, 'Aw, that's my baby."

The video

The video was produced by Gary Gimelfarb and directed by Alex Merkin. During her time off tour, Galeotti filmed the video at Coney Island Beach and Astroland in Brooklyn

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, New York

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.

"I still liked the idea of doing a very homemade feeling video where Joy could be Joy. Something that was real, like her music, and not overly glossy or lacking the human element and soul that you see missing in many music videos today. Joy's music is heartfelt and I wanted the video to mirror that. Also she has the kind of spirit and glow that you don't need hundreds of thousands of dollars to manufacture, nor could you manufacture for any amount of money. I loved the idea of stripping away all the elements and having Joy just do her thing." - Alex Merkin on the making of Galeotti's video

Numerous shots included in the video were intended to be reminiscent of someone with a camera taking pictures of themselves at a beautiful locatiomn-the kind of Polaroid

Instant film

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 or snapshot picture people take when they travel. This filming technique helped add to the nostalgic quality-a prevalent theme in Galeotti's music.

Epic Records

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does not own the video despite the fact that this song was to be re-released on Bethany Joy Galeotti's debut album. The video was shot before she officially signed with them. When Merkin dealt with Epic Records, in terms of contract negotiations (for video footage and additional filming) he made sure not to sign over the rights to the video.