You Taught Me What Love Is

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"You Taught Me What Love Is"
Single by Beth Porch
Released18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)
Genre pop
Length3:28
Songwriter(s) Beth Porch

"You Taught Me What Love Is" is a song by English singer-songwriter Beth Porch, released after her performance on Britain's Got Talent which aired on 18 April 2020.

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The song was at number four on the Official Chart First Look the following day, [1] but ultimately the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 25, spending a single week in the top 40.

Background

Porch is a children's nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the song was inspired by the families and patients she works with. [2]

The performance on the fourteenth series of Britain's Got Talent was filmed in January 2020 but aired during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Porch revealed that she had contracted the disease herself. [3]

Proceeds from the single were shared between NHS Charities Together and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. [4]

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 25

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Beth Porch is an English pop singer, who rose to fame after appearing on the fourteenth series of Britain's Got Talent. She performed an original song for her audition, "You Taught Me What Love Is", which was subsequently released as a single to raise money for the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic. Porch is also a children's nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Through her semi final performance, she sang another original song called 'everyday heroes', in October 2020. After she got eliminated from BGT, she continued to work in children's hospitals throughout the pandemic.

References

  1. Bray, Abbie (19 April 2020). "Britain's Got Talent nurse Beth Porch debuts at number 4 in Official Charts first-look" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  2. "GOSH Nurse Beth Porch gets standing ovation on Britain's Got Talent". Great Ormond Street. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. Duke, Simon (30 April 2020). "BGT singing nurse Beth Porch felt 'helpless' after contracting coronavirus" . Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  4. Eames, Tom. "Britain's Got Talent: Who is NHS singer Beth Porch and how can I download her song?". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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