Katie Melua a vu le jour le 16 septembre 1984 en Géorgie (ex-URSS). Sa famille s'installe à Belfast en Irlande du nord l'année de ses 8 ans, et déménage pour Londres quelques années plus tard.
C'est à l'âge de 15 ans que Katie débute sa carrière en remportant le concours de chant télévisé « Star up their nose », très populaire au Royaume-Uni. Elle poursuit cependant ses études dans la prestigieuse Brit School of Performing Arts de Londres.
Katie Melua sort un premier single en 2003 « The closest thing to crazy » qui remporte un vif succès en Angleterre. Depuis le début de sa carrière, Katie Melua a vendu plus de 2 millions d'albums non seulement à travers l'Europe, mais également au Japon et en Nouvelle Zélande. Son timbre de voix n'est pas sans rappeler Norah Jones à qui elle est souvent comparée. , la mucoviscidose.
If you're a cowboy I would trail you,
If you're a piece of wood I'd nail you to the floor. If you're a sailboat I would sail you to the shore. If you're a river I would swim you,
If you're a house I would live in you all my days. If you're a preacher I'd begin to change my ways. Sometimes I believe in fate,
But the chances we create,
Always seem to ring more true.
You took a chance on loving me,
I took a chance on loving you.
If I was in jail I know you'd spring me
If I was a telephone you'd ring me all day long
If was in pain I know you'd sing me soothing songs.
Sometimes I believe in fate,
But the chances we create,
Always seem to ring more true.
You took a chance on loving me,
I took a chance on loving you.
If I was hungry you would feed me
If I was in darkness you would lead me to the light
If I was a book I know you'd read me every night If you're a cowboy I would trail you,
If you're a piece of wood I'd nail you to the floor. If you're a sailboat I would sail you to the shore. If you're a sailboat I would sail you to the shore