Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11, 1966 in Heywood, Lancashire, England) … Read Full Bio ↴Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11, 1966 in Heywood, Lancashire, England) is a Grammy Award-nominated and BRIT Award-winning English R&B, Soul, House, and Pop singer-songwriter and actress. Lisa has sold an estimated 20 million records worldwide.
Once the frontwoman of UK band Blue Zone, which saw modest success with their single "Jackie", she became a major international star beginning with her guest vocal stint on Coldcut's record People Hold On.
Stansfield is probably best known for her first UK #1 single, All Around the World (1989), which also peaked at #3 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following year. Other worldwide hits from her debut solo album Affection include This is the Right Time (featuring a house music-styled production by Coldcut with Mark Saunders), Live Together, What Did I Do To You? and You Can't Deny It. "All Around the World" was the second song by a white female soloist to hit #1 on the Billboard R&B chart (the first being "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie in 1988). "You Can't Deny It" also topped that chart. Affection went platinum in the U.S., and sold a total of five million copies worldwide.
In 1990, Stansfield was among a handful of high-profile artists to participate in the Red Hot + Blue charity album, which honored the songwriting career of Cole Porter, and benefitted AIDS research at a time when funding from government agencies was insufficient for those in need. She was given the chance to show her swing and jazz chops on the song "Down in the Depths" (video), which was one of a few throwback renditions to appear on the album. This likely won her the female lead in the independent film Swing (1999), for which soundtrack she also performed most of the songs. Thus began an illustrious and respected tradition of Stansfield offering jazz and torch songs to outside projects (she also sang I've Got the World on a String in the original movie soundtrack of 2003's Mona Lisa Smile).
In 1992, Stansfield won a BRIT Award as best British female solo artist. Her second album Real Love did not quite live up to the success of Affection, despite selling very well. However, it did spawn four Top 40 singles on the European charts: Change, All Woman, Time to Make You Mine and Set Your Loving Free. "Change" has since become one of her signature classics, and still receives regular air-play to this day. "All Woman" became Stansfield's third #1 single on the Billboard R&B chart, and due to the success of that song, the album went gold in the U.S. Filled with pathos and emotion, it is "kitchen sink soul", from the viewpoint of a woman taken for granted. Like "All Around the World", many critics initially believed that it had been performed by a black singer.
Stansfield continued recording disco-influenced soul throughout the 1990s. Her third album So Natural (1993) spawned three Top 40 European singles including the title track So Natural, In All the Right Places and Little Bit of Heaven, but the album was never released in the U.S. She had continued success throughout Europe, but her popularity in America had diminished.
sidenote: "In All The Right Places" was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Indecent Proposal (1993), for which Stansfield was shortlisted as the lead that eventually went to Demi Moore. You can catch her talking about it in this YouTube interview clip (@ 1:30).
Her self-titled fourth album Lisa Stansfield (1997) was a hit in Europe with two Top Ten singles - People Hold On (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Mix) (a re-released dance mix by The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and The Real Thing, and the Top 40 track Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (a remake of the late Barry White's 1973 hit). Upon being released in the U.S., the album scored some mainstream attention, but fared much better in the dance clubs where remixes were very successful; an astonishing four singles - "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up", Never Gonna Fall, I'm Leavin', and "People Hold On" reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It charted modestly, peaking at #30 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #55 on the Billboard 200. Subsequently, The Remix Album was released due to revived interest in Stansfield within the dance community. The music video for "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (video) was an eye-catcher featuring her strolling nude down a city street, acquiring a few items of clothing along the way. VH1 featured the clip and even gave it the Pop-Up Video treatment. During the promotion for the single, Stansfield appeared on the RuPaul Show, but inexplicably, did not sing the song (or any others, for that matter).
Her 2001 album Face Up was less successful, barely charting through a lack of publicity, but featured the singles Let's Just Call It Love and 8-3-1, which found her experimenting with newer styles of R&B such as 2-step while continuing with her established sound. Stansfield's husband, Ian Devaney, delivered an arrangement for the ballad How Could You?, which displayed his love of Burt Bacharach's legacy. Only one single was officially released in the UK.
Following the release of Face Up, a 2-CD greatest hits collection titled Biography: The Greatest Hits was released in 2003, which sold well in the UK and Europe. Stansfield then parted ways with Arista/BMG, ending an 18-year association with the label.
Stansfield signed with ZTT Records from the UK, and her 2004 release The Moment was produced by Trevor Horn, well-known for his work with Seal, Grace Jones, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, among others. The album was distributed in Europe by Edel, featuring the singles Treat Me Like a Woman (released as a double A-side with Easier) and If I Hadn't Got You, a song written by Chris Braide with ex-Squeeze songwriter Chris Difford. The album found her exploring more pop-oriented material, and focusing on lush ballads.
Despite this, as with her previous release, the album and supporting singles were not a success. At the time of the project's release, ZTT was directing large amounts of its resources into re-marketing its back catalogue, and producing the Trevor Horn concert for The Prince's Trust and its accompanying double CD Produced by Trevor Horn. The release of "Treat Me Like a Woman" was twice delayed, and the label eventually paired it with "Easier". While ZTT did erect a billboard to advertise the album in Stansfield's home area of Greater Manchester, print advertising and in-store displays were reportedly absent. Later that year ZTT dropped her from their label.
Stansfield's talents also extended into acting; she starred in the 1999 film Swing with actor Hugo Speer, and recorded covers of swing classics and a few original songs written in the style for the soundtrack. She later appeared on a London stage in The Vagina Monologues. In 2006, she guest-starred in the series Goldplated. In 2007, she starred in an episode of Marple: Ordeal by Innocence, and later joined the cast of The Edge of Love.
On June 2012, Lisa told the UK newspaper, The Sunday Mirror that she's working on her seventh studio album, her first in nine years, and that it is going to be released in spring 2013. Lisa announced in November 2012 that the album will be titled 'Seven'.
Official website: http://www.lisa-stansfield.com
Once the frontwoman of UK band Blue Zone, which saw modest success with their single "Jackie", she became a major international star beginning with her guest vocal stint on Coldcut's record People Hold On.
Stansfield is probably best known for her first UK #1 single, All Around the World (1989), which also peaked at #3 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following year. Other worldwide hits from her debut solo album Affection include This is the Right Time (featuring a house music-styled production by Coldcut with Mark Saunders), Live Together, What Did I Do To You? and You Can't Deny It. "All Around the World" was the second song by a white female soloist to hit #1 on the Billboard R&B chart (the first being "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie in 1988). "You Can't Deny It" also topped that chart. Affection went platinum in the U.S., and sold a total of five million copies worldwide.
In 1990, Stansfield was among a handful of high-profile artists to participate in the Red Hot + Blue charity album, which honored the songwriting career of Cole Porter, and benefitted AIDS research at a time when funding from government agencies was insufficient for those in need. She was given the chance to show her swing and jazz chops on the song "Down in the Depths" (video), which was one of a few throwback renditions to appear on the album. This likely won her the female lead in the independent film Swing (1999), for which soundtrack she also performed most of the songs. Thus began an illustrious and respected tradition of Stansfield offering jazz and torch songs to outside projects (she also sang I've Got the World on a String in the original movie soundtrack of 2003's Mona Lisa Smile).
In 1992, Stansfield won a BRIT Award as best British female solo artist. Her second album Real Love did not quite live up to the success of Affection, despite selling very well. However, it did spawn four Top 40 singles on the European charts: Change, All Woman, Time to Make You Mine and Set Your Loving Free. "Change" has since become one of her signature classics, and still receives regular air-play to this day. "All Woman" became Stansfield's third #1 single on the Billboard R&B chart, and due to the success of that song, the album went gold in the U.S. Filled with pathos and emotion, it is "kitchen sink soul", from the viewpoint of a woman taken for granted. Like "All Around the World", many critics initially believed that it had been performed by a black singer.
Stansfield continued recording disco-influenced soul throughout the 1990s. Her third album So Natural (1993) spawned three Top 40 European singles including the title track So Natural, In All the Right Places and Little Bit of Heaven, but the album was never released in the U.S. She had continued success throughout Europe, but her popularity in America had diminished.
sidenote: "In All The Right Places" was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Indecent Proposal (1993), for which Stansfield was shortlisted as the lead that eventually went to Demi Moore. You can catch her talking about it in this YouTube interview clip (@ 1:30).
Her self-titled fourth album Lisa Stansfield (1997) was a hit in Europe with two Top Ten singles - People Hold On (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Mix) (a re-released dance mix by The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and The Real Thing, and the Top 40 track Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (a remake of the late Barry White's 1973 hit). Upon being released in the U.S., the album scored some mainstream attention, but fared much better in the dance clubs where remixes were very successful; an astonishing four singles - "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up", Never Gonna Fall, I'm Leavin', and "People Hold On" reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It charted modestly, peaking at #30 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #55 on the Billboard 200. Subsequently, The Remix Album was released due to revived interest in Stansfield within the dance community. The music video for "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (video) was an eye-catcher featuring her strolling nude down a city street, acquiring a few items of clothing along the way. VH1 featured the clip and even gave it the Pop-Up Video treatment. During the promotion for the single, Stansfield appeared on the RuPaul Show, but inexplicably, did not sing the song (or any others, for that matter).
Her 2001 album Face Up was less successful, barely charting through a lack of publicity, but featured the singles Let's Just Call It Love and 8-3-1, which found her experimenting with newer styles of R&B such as 2-step while continuing with her established sound. Stansfield's husband, Ian Devaney, delivered an arrangement for the ballad How Could You?, which displayed his love of Burt Bacharach's legacy. Only one single was officially released in the UK.
Following the release of Face Up, a 2-CD greatest hits collection titled Biography: The Greatest Hits was released in 2003, which sold well in the UK and Europe. Stansfield then parted ways with Arista/BMG, ending an 18-year association with the label.
Stansfield signed with ZTT Records from the UK, and her 2004 release The Moment was produced by Trevor Horn, well-known for his work with Seal, Grace Jones, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, among others. The album was distributed in Europe by Edel, featuring the singles Treat Me Like a Woman (released as a double A-side with Easier) and If I Hadn't Got You, a song written by Chris Braide with ex-Squeeze songwriter Chris Difford. The album found her exploring more pop-oriented material, and focusing on lush ballads.
Despite this, as with her previous release, the album and supporting singles were not a success. At the time of the project's release, ZTT was directing large amounts of its resources into re-marketing its back catalogue, and producing the Trevor Horn concert for The Prince's Trust and its accompanying double CD Produced by Trevor Horn. The release of "Treat Me Like a Woman" was twice delayed, and the label eventually paired it with "Easier". While ZTT did erect a billboard to advertise the album in Stansfield's home area of Greater Manchester, print advertising and in-store displays were reportedly absent. Later that year ZTT dropped her from their label.
Stansfield's talents also extended into acting; she starred in the 1999 film Swing with actor Hugo Speer, and recorded covers of swing classics and a few original songs written in the style for the soundtrack. She later appeared on a London stage in The Vagina Monologues. In 2006, she guest-starred in the series Goldplated. In 2007, she starred in an episode of Marple: Ordeal by Innocence, and later joined the cast of The Edge of Love.
On June 2012, Lisa told the UK newspaper, The Sunday Mirror that she's working on her seventh studio album, her first in nine years, and that it is going to be released in spring 2013. Lisa announced in November 2012 that the album will be titled 'Seven'.
Official website: http://www.lisa-stansfield.com
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The Complete Collection (Remastered)
Lisa Stansfield Lyrics
8-3-1 The way I want you babe It's embarrassing I can't control …
A Little More Love Measure for measure Your love's so much pleasure Like a haun…
Affection Feel the sun on your face and the wind in…
All Around the World I don't know where my baby is But I'll find him,…
All Over Me I don't wanna go out tonight Wanna turn down the light Wanna…
All Woman He's home again from another day She smiles at him as…
Baby Come Back Spending all my nights. All my money going out of the…
Be Mine (l. stansfield/i. devaney) My sweet joy. It's the little t…
Big Thing Love is a big thing and we've got love We don't…
Boyfriend Do I sit alone at home? Do I pick up the…
Breathtaking It's been so long since I had love And now you're…
Can't Wait To I can't wait to Can't wait to love you You ask me…
Candy You open your eyes and I see sunshine I bathe in…
Change [Chorus] If I could change the way I live my life…
Change (Driza Bone Mix) If I could change the way I live my life…
Didn't I I didn't realize that you were someone else Until it was…
Don't Cry For Me The birds don't sing the same any more They always sounded…
Don't Leave Now I'm in Love Come and sit a while with me and talk I need…
Everything Will Get Better The world is going mad All the sadness that we have…
Face Up No need to be afraid But to yourself be true You don't…
First Joy Ooh ooh My show Ooh woo Ooh ooh Mmm My first love, my first…
Footsteps Don't give up, you're not alone Though you're weak and chill…
Gonna Try It Anyway Could I be courageous and make a move, Would it be…
Goodbye Could I be courageous and make a move Would it be…
Got Me Missing You Sometimes people make mistakes They play the game, play hard…
Honest Honest) (Honest) I just want to be honest with you Honestly …
How Could You? I get up and look outside Not a cloud up in…
I Cried My Last Tear Last Night Mmm mmm Mmm mmm Yesterday thought my world was over Yesterd…
I Give You Everything With my heart and soul With my heart I give you…
I Will Be Waiting Tell me what you need to give Let me know if…
I'm Coming to Get You Take a good look at me Do you like what you…
I'm Leavin' I come home from work and have a glass of…
I've Got Something Better You've got somethin' on your mind But I've got somethin' bet…
In All the Right Places If you take me straight to heaven I could never fall 'Cause…
It's Got To Be Real All my life I keep on searching for that special…
Lay Me Down He's warmer than the radiator Sweeter than caramel The way h…
Let's Just Call It Love Let's just do it Let's just call it love Is it any…
Little Bit of Heaven Every little thing I do, Can it be I do it…
Live Together Spoken: This is all we need, to be free, To understand, and…
Make Love To Ya I've got to say it now And I'll explain somehow The way…
Marvellous & Mine The way you touch, you got a touch like gold When…
Mighty Love Mighty love, mighty love It's once in a lifetime, and this…
My Apple Heart Listen baby Let's talk I can't take this pressure I need to …
Never Gonna Fall I searched, I found and I lost love Now I've started…
Never Set Me Free Can you forgive me? For what I have done? Babe, I'm ashamed…
Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (Barry White) Spoken: Oh baby, you know I've waited, waited…
Poison Don't worry about me, baby Whenever you walk by me, I…
Real Love All my life I keep on seerching for that special…
Set Your Loving Free Baby don't go You've nearly shown everything you are to me D…
She's Always There (l. stansfield/i. devaney) She feels such pain when you say…
Sincerity People, rushin' 'round in their lonely lives They'd like to …
Sing It (l. stansfield/i. devaney/a. morris) I wanna sing it (x4) …
So Natural [Chorus] It's so natural the way you touch me So natural the…
Something's Happenin' Don't ask a question, then I won't tell a lie Didn't…
Somewhere In Time Somewhere in time I will swear you'll be mine And I'll…
Soul Deep Soul deep is the love I'm feelin' inside I always rise above…
Suzanne Dear sister, something's been going on It's me and my mister…
Sweet Memories (l. stansfield/ i. devaney) Chorus: Sweet memories of the l…
Symptoms Of Loneliness & Heartache You need money like you've got no soul Can't love ever…
Tenderly Hmm hmm hmm Words have been spoken My heart has been broken…
The Line I look at the sky to where my future's lying And…
The Love in Me I ain't puttin' you in no cage I ain't puttin' no…
The Real Thing Never mind the stars in the sky Never mind the when…
The Very Thought Of You The very thought of you The very mention of your name Babe…
The Way You Want It Peepin' through your window You spy me walkin' to your…
There Was I (l. stansfield/i. devaney/a. morris) Chorus: There was I…
This Is the Right Time This is the right time to believe in love Ooh yeah…
Time to Make You Mine Only in my dreams I've seen the way it's gonna be I've…
Too Much Love Makin' (t. brock) I suppose you take me boy for somebody's fool, B…
Turn Me On (l. stansfield/i.devaney/a. morris) Should I reveal what I'…
Wake Up Baby Just the way you walked, walked into my life Then you…
What Did I Do To You? - 7" Version - Remastered It's the way you walk, and the way you talk Now…
When Are You Coming Back? [Chorus] Tell me when you're coming back When are you comin'…
When The Last Sun Goes Down I'll always love you like I love you now And this…
Whenever You're Gone I can't go any further now, only if you come…
Wish It Could Always Be This Way Don't touch me, just close your eyes I wish it could…
Wish on Me Now it's time to say goodbye But I'll always be there…
You Can Do That It's time to tell yourself Nothing's quite as bad as it…
You Get Me You get me You get me You get me right there baby…
You Know How to Love Me Measure for measure Your love's so much pleasure Like a haun…