1) Amanda Louisa Kretz … Read Full Bio ↴There are more than one artist named Amanda.
1) Amanda Louisa Kretz Lameche, known professionally as Amanda, (born March 24, 1985 in French Alps, France) is a French-born, Swedish pop singer who started getting involved in music after her family settled in Täby, Sweden. While taking dance classes, she joined the musical The Sound of Music and was soon singing "Little Stars" at Gothenburg's World Athletic Games. Amanda became the first young female pop act to sign with Madonna's Maverick Records, making her professional debut with "You Don't Stand a Chance", from the Rugrats in Paris movie soundtrack. In 2000, Lameche recorded her debut album, entitled Everybody Doesn't and released it in 2001. The title track "Everybody Doesn't" was her first and only single to date, peaking at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100. There was a scheduled release for a second single, "Can't Stop My Love", but due to lack of album sales, Maverick cancelled the single and dropped Amanda. In 2006 Signature Records gave her a new record deal to record an album set for release in December 2007.
Amanda's younger sister Anaïs Lameche soon joined Laila Bagge's Swedish girl group Play. Amanda received writing credits on Play's debut single, "Us Against the World." When Play filmed a video for "It's a Hard Knock Life" in 2003, Amanda substituted for Faye Hamlin, who was sick at the shoot, in some scenes.
2) Written as AmAndA, this sextet evolved from the southwestern suburbs of Brussels, with a very theatrical (with some original accessories and decors) symphonic prog with a modern edge, but expanding a vast and humorous world, sung in French (and sometimes in Latin), which fascinates the audiences.
Their debut album Qui Est AmAndA? came out in 02, and the group slowly acquired a strong local following, their music sometimes reminding of a proggier Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody-like) and Ange. Two years later the group issued a single called Voilà , which would find a way of the future album. While their second album the excellent La Maison De Flore had to wait until 07, the group achieved another big project almost simultaneously, as they recorded in the Universirté of Louvain La Neuve, their music accompanied by a 50 musician symphonic orchestra. This is also bound to be released soon.
3.) An Arabic singer
4) Project of Lauri Ylönen - the lead singer of The Rasmus
(5) Also known as AMANDA THE POWER CHILD, the "Amanda" recordings have emerged as an unexpected cult sensation on my WFMU program over the past two years. The chronicles feature Amanda Whitt, a growling (think Cookie Monster), defiant pre-pubescent with a Southern twang spewing mayhem over 1980s breakbeats and disjointed shards of pop hits. On some tracks Amanda shrieks while clanging pots & pans. The recordings exude undeniable charm, but there's nothing cute about it. Any sentient adult witnessing this behavior would commence punitive action or summon law enforcement.
Power-child Amanda was recorded between 1986-89 at home in Alabama, between ages 8 and 11, by her older (by 7 or 8 years) brother Joseph (a.k.a. Jody). Joseph and Amanda were a couple of hyperactive kids pretending to be, respectively, a music video director and a child star. Most recordings were captured on cassette, others on video cam, in the lowest of lo-fi. The duo sometimes enlisted friends in the frolics, and often drove their parents crazy (with incidents caught on tape). The most durable performances were titled (e.g., "The Pickle People," "Horrible Hybrid Tulips," "Indian Hoots Echo Baby," "Me Swinging in Cookieland") and compiled on "albums," whose design awkwardly replicated the commercial cassette format. Inserts were pasted up and xeroxed, and collections assigned titles (e.g., Primitive Swagger, Monumental Whopper Turmoil Jam, Empires and 5th Dimension Perspective, and Worship Me). The recordings were not circulated beyond friends.
Amanda's singular appeal is difficult to explain. There's no artifice, and nothing remotely arty. At their best, the recordings are compelling in a car-wreck way. At their worst, they're a couple of obnoxious brats with a cheap tape deck. Yet Amanda's voice conveys elusive qualities with enormous appeal. Her delivery is brutal, her growl unearthly; yet there's a transcendent joy in her lack of inhibition. The gal has a repertoire of shrieks, howls, swoops and pet phrases. Most of my listeners find the recordings diverting and entertaining. A few strongly dissent‹one to the point of suicidal threats. You either get it or you don't. -----IRWIN CHUSID
1. AMANDA are a Japanese grunge band from Japan.
You Don't Stand a Chance
Amanda Lyrics
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Compared to the favorite song of mine
When I'm hangin' with my girls
In the summer time
Would I choose you
Or the friends of mine
I had seen you
To school and
I watched you too
You were looking kinda cute
With your bangles
And your eyes
I just couldn't help myself
I walked up to you
You said hey girl, what's up
We went dating
You took me to the movies
And you held my hand
On our way home
You gave me a kiss & a beeper
Then you smiled
You said now I can be sure
That I'll reach my girl
Cause you rock my world
Don't get me wrong we have a good thing
Its not like I'm not thinkin' of you
But you not my everything
Compared to a day of sunshine
You don't stand a chance
Compared to the favorite song of mine
You don't stand a chance
When I'm hangin' with my girls
In the summer time
You don't stand a chance
Would I choose you
Or the friends of mine
You don't stand a chance
Your friend told me
Then I'm the only thing you've been thinkin' of
He said you've been
Goin' on about how we're
So deep in love
And how I sit around just waiting for you to call
Boy,your off the wall
Don't get me wrong
Our thing is good fun
Its not like I'm at home
Everyday just waiting by the phone
Compared to a day of sunshine
You don't stand a chance
Compared to the favorite song of mine
You don't stand a chance
When I'm hangin' with my girls
In the summer time
You don't stand a chance
Would I choose you
Or the friends of mine
You don't stand a chance
Compared to a day of sunshine
You don't stand a chance
Compared to the favorite song of mine
You don't stand a chance
When I'm hangin' with my girls
In the summer time
You don't stand a chance
Would I choose you
Or the friends of mine
You don't stand a chance
Don't get me wrong we have a good thing
Its not like I'm not thinkin of you
But you not my everything
Oh hey ho, hey ho hey ho
Compared to a day of sunshine
You don't stand a chance
Compared to the favorite song of mine
You don't stand a chance
When I'm hangin' with my girls
In the summer time
You don't stand a chance
Would I choose you
Or the friends of mine
You don't stand a chance
Compared to a day of sunshine
You don't stand a chance
Compared to the favorite song of mine
You don't stand a chance
When I'm hangin' with my girls
In the summer time
You don't stand a chance
Would I choose you
Or the friends of mine
You don't stand a chance
Oh
You don't stand a chance
Oh oh
You don't stand a chance
Oh
You don't stand a chance
In "You Don't Stand a Chance," Amanda is weighing her feelings towards a potential love interest against her loyalty to her friends, particularly during the summer when she wants to spend time with them. She uses the metaphor of a day with sunshine or a favorite song to illustrate that, compared to those things that make her happy, the love interest doesn't measure up. Amanda notes that she enjoys spending time with the love interest, but he is not her everything, and she is not waiting by the phone every day for him. The love interest seems to be more invested in the relationship than Amanda is.
The song captures some of the typical conflicting feelings that young people experience when navigating relationships and friendships. Amanda's struggles resonate with those who may feel caught between pleasing their friends and their romantic partner. Amanda's reluctance to choose the love interest too early demonstrates a desire for independence and an unwillingness to let a boyfriend become her whole world.
Overall, "You Don't Stand a Chance" is a relatable song that sheds light on the nuances of teenage dating and relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
Compared to a day with sunshine
If I had to choose between spending time with you or having a beautiful, sunny day, I would choose the sunny day without hesitation.
Compared to the favorite song of mine
If I had to choose between spending time with you or listening to my favorite song, I would choose the song over you.
When I'm hangin' with my girls in the summer time
I enjoy spending time with my female friends during the summer months much more than spending time with you.
Would I choose you or the friends of mine
If I had to choose between spending time with you or my friends, I would choose my friends over you.
I had seen you looking at me on our way to school and I watched you too
I noticed that you were looking at me on our walk to school and I looked back at you as well.
You were looking kinda cute with your bangles and your eyes
I found you attractive with your bracelets and your eyes.
I just couldn't help myself, I walked up to you
I was so drawn to you that I couldn't resist approaching you.
You said hey girl, what's up
You greeted me with a casual and friendly 'what's up' when I approached you.
We went dating, you took me to the movies and you held my hand
We started dating and went to the movies, where you held my hand.
On our way home you gave me a kiss & a beeper, then you smiled
As we were leaving, you gave me a kiss and a beeper (a device used to communicate in the past) and smiled afterwards.
You said now I can be sure that I'll reach my girl, 'cause you rock my world
You told me that you had a better way to communicate with me and that I made you very happy.
Your friend told me that I'm the only thing you've been thinkin' of
Your friend informed me that you were completely focused on me.
He said you've been goin' on about how we're so deep in love
Your friend conveyed to me that you had told him how much in love we were.
And how I sit around just waiting for you to call, boy, you're off the wall
Your friend also said that you believed I was always waiting for you to call, which you thought was ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong, our thing is good fun
I don't want you to get me wrong, our relationship is enjoyable.
Its not like I'm at home everyday just waiting by the phone
However, I'm not sitting at home every day waiting for your call.
Oh hey ho, hey ho hey ho
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Oh you don't stand a chance, oh oh you don't stand a chance
Overall, in my eyes, you do not compare or stand a chance against other things that make me happy like sunny days or my friends.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: CHRISTIAN KARLSSON, FREDRIK ODESJO, HINRIK JONBACK, NINA WOODFORD
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