Thank you once again for including "Leaving for the Last Time", and I'm so glad that it was a discovery for some of you. As much as I didn't want it to be eliminated, I'm proud that it not only made not only into the top 100, but that it wasn't eliminated in the first half of her debut album. It did surprisingly good!
You probably thought that I would be the highest scorer, but my 8,5 is still a pretty high score (and above average in comparison to my total P!nk songs average). As
@Lost Boy already mentioned, that intro is amazing, as well as the instruments used, and 'one of its kind' during that era and I'm in love with the verses (they give me Mariah Carey vibes), the chorus lacks just something more powerful for me. The inclusion of electric guitars are another very notable thing.
Just for the record,
@tylerc904, I don't this is a 'leaked demo', but more of a full version of the 1:30 snippet that first appeared on three track "Can't Take Me Home" album sampler. The quality isn't that bad at all.
And while there is a very high possibility that the song was written and even recorded by Choice, this version doesn't feature the other two girls' vocals - only some random backing vocalists in the chorus.
I completely agree with
@Music Is Life saying that it could've been such a great choice as an album closer, and with
@P'NutButter that it should've replaced "Let Me Let You Know". It definitely deserves to be among the top half in the ranking of "Can't Take Me Home".
And while we're at it, let's share another fun fact from P!nk's beginnings: she was a backing vocalist for a few R&B artists during the late 90's (around the time she left Choice), including Diana Ross (on the song "Hope Is An Open Window").
The first time she appeared was in the Kenny Lattimore 's song "If I Lose My Woman" in 1998:
You can hear her distinctive tone in the chorus.