Rachael Yamagata1977年9月23日生于弗吉尼亚的阿林顿（Arlington,Virginia）。 因为父亲是日本移民，所以Rachael Yamagata还有个日本名字：山形瑞秋。
她是个自写自唱的歌手，还会弹钢琴，多次赢得了Fiona Apple奖。
她的第一张专辑《Happenstance》在2004年6月8日发行。
Rachael Yamagata尽管19岁就加入芝加哥的Funk乐团Bumpus，但Rachael Yamagata多元化的性格里却显然无法容忍被限制于一种音乐风格的拘束里，对她曲风有影响的倒是她和乐团吉它手男友的分手，使她以更感性化的情爱刺激为基础引导出自己的音乐走向。
歌词：
If I could take you away
Pretend I was queen
What would you say
Would you think I'm unreal
Cause everybody's got their way I should feel
Everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real
Want to be your everything
Everything...
Everything's falling, and I am included in that
Oh, how I try to be just okay
Yeah, but all I ever really wanted
Was a little piece of you
And everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real
Everything will be alright
If you just stay the night
Please, sir, don't you walk away, don't you walk away, don't you walk away
Please, sir, don't you walk away, don't you walk away, don't you walk away
And everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real
And everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love, for real
Everybody's talking how I, can't, can't be your love
But I want, want, want to be your love
Want to be your love for real
I want to be your love, love, love
（内容来自百度百科，歌词来自虾米）