She started singing in 1986. Her father, Darto Singo, was a famous singer and producer in Indonesia and Anggun decided to follow in her father's footsteps. At the tender age of 7 years she recorded her first album with children's song.
At 12, after becoming interested in rock music, she recorded her second heavily rock influenced album, "Dunia Aku Punya", that in the indonesian language mean "World of mine". This album became very popular and she became a megastar in East Asia. Having already had tremendous success in her homeland Indonesia, she decided to pursue an international career and left Indonesia in 1995, when she was only 19.
She settled in Paris, France and met producer Erick Benzi, who later helped her sign a record deal with Sony Music France and recorded her first French album, Au Nom de la Lune, in 1996. The album was released in 1997 and spawned a hit single, "La neige au Sahara". She re-recorded the album in English and it produced her biggest worldwide hit single to date, "Snow on the Sahara." The album has been released in 33 countries across the world, including the US.
To date, Anggun has sold approximately 3 million copies of records worldwide and has become the most successful Asian artist outside Asia. Her success has spread throughout Europe, particularly in France and Italy.
What if you could tell the world who you really are in 12 songs? That’s a bit what it feels like when you listen to Echoes, Anggun’s much-awaited new album.
A lot has been written about the Indonesian singer. Some people have mentioned a fairytale to explain the rise of a young music-loving girl who became a superstar in the country of her birth before striking out to conquer France and Europe when she was only about 20. Following a stream of hits in French, English and Indonesian (and her massive international hit Snow On The Sahara), she has now sold over 2 million records in just a few years. Her albums have been released in 35 countries and she has made the Top 5 in the European charts and the Top 20 of the US Billboard charts. Add to this a wide-ranging list of prizes and honours including a World Music Awards performance, giving the Christmas concert at the Vatican in the presence of Pope John Paul II, an interview with CNN in New York and her extremely prestigious nomination as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in France. Quite simply, Anggun is the Asian artist who has sold the most records outside Asia, without doubt one of the most famous Asian stars internationally.
People have also often listed the duets the woman has been involved in. Her eclectic musical tastes make her feel just as comfortable singing with Peter Gabriel, Michael Bolton, Julio Iglesias, Bryan Adams and Zucchero as with DJ Cam, Laurent Wolf and Pras from The Fugees. Her eclectic taste in movies have seen her perform the theme tune for American blockbusters (The #1 US box office movie The Transporter II) ; arthouse films (Open Hearts directed by Academy Awards winner Susanne Bier) and even the soundtrack to the latest feature film by legendary French director Claude Lelouch (Ces Amours-là).
With each passing year and album, she has kept surprising us and kept reinventing herself through new artistic projects and her own personal development. Echoes, in a sense, sums up this transformation, returning to the pop sound that made her name, but this time with new collaborators. The origins of this album are to be found in the coming together of two teams familiar with success: Gioacchino and Pierre Jaconelli on the one hand, and the duo of Jean-Pierre Pilot and William Rousseau on the other. Anggun has been involved in every step of the making of Echoes. She has written the lyrics of every song, making this album probably her most personal to date.
“I love her timbre. I’d been wanting to work with her for a while,” explains Giacchino, who has already collaborated with the biggest French stars, and who is currently working on Celine Dion’s upcoming new album. “I found in her the very same depth of personality that I liked about her voice.” This profoundness is felt in the Irish-influenced smash hit single Only Love, which deals with the quest for true and unconditional love. A Stranger timidly speaks of the loneliness and fear of the unknown that were often a feature of the singer’s constant moving around. Whereas a few years ago Anggun still sang of exile as a painful experience, now she knows where she is headed, as she has accepted that her destiny will always be bound up with travelling. Year of the Snake is a restrained song that gives the thoughts of a woman remembering painful momentsof her life. And yet, without any excess exoticism or pointless clichés, you find subtle traces of the singer’s Indonesian roots via the various subjects she tackles. Eternal talks of accepting the death of a loved one, without seeking to squeeze a tear out of the listener at any cost. On the other hand, the extremely sensual Rollercoaster, composed by Axel Bauer, conjures up the passion and sense of drama that can be part of the singer’s life aswell.
Jean-Pierre Pilot and William Rousseau were coming off the back of major successes in France when they met Anggun. “What surprised us was the contrast between the simple, fun-loving woman we had in front of us and the image of the superstar diva we know from her videos or live performances. The two personalities coexist inside her in perfect harmony,” William Rousseau explains. “As a result, we were keen to explore her more private side without going off into completely pared-down musical style.” Many women will identify with the themes of the album: an upbeat girl’s power message in Weapons, the weariness of My Addiction or the acceptance of who we really are in Impossible. Anggun reveals herself to be both mischievous and totally fulfilled. Yet the power of the melodies does not supplant the emotion, as illustrated by the bittersweet Buy me happiness and the discreet Silent vow.
Anggun is offering exclusive bonus tracks in this new album: Count on me, Sorry and the hypnotic song Always You produced by German electro-pop superstar Schiller, taken from the artist’s latest album which has reached the #1 spot in the German Album Charts and went Gold a few weeks after its release.
Sometimes fatale, sometimes disappointed, often amorous and always strong, Anggun sings about the woman she was and above all about the woman she is today. Neither completely the same nor completely someone else, with Echoes she gives us her most personal and paradoxically most universal album: the Echoes of an artist who is no longer torn between two cultures – her heartland of Indonesia and her adoptive country France; she has managed to find an equilibrium between these two worlds and to make the very best of them.
Discography
Indonesian-language albums:
* 1986: Dunia Aku Punya
* 1990: Mimpi
* 1990: Tua Tua Keladi
* 1990: Takut
* 1991: Anak Putih Abu Abu
* 1992: Nocturno
* 1993: Anggun C. Sasmi... Lah!!!
* 1994: Yang Hilang
* 2011: Echoes (May)
French-language albums
* 1997: Au nom de la lune
* 2000: Désirs Contraires
* 2005: Luminescence
* 2006: Luminescence Edition Speciale
* 2008: Elévation
* 2011: Echos (September)
English-language albums:
* 1998: Snow on the Sahara
* 1999: Anggun
* 2000: Chrysalis
* 2002: Open Hearts
* 2005: Luminescence
* 2006: Luminescence Special Edition
* 2007: Best Of
* 2008: Elevation
* 2011: Echoes
Only Love
Anggun Lyrics
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Searching for a missing piece
Time can always tell the truth
And mask the face of a lonely heart
Thinking eyes wonder what they really see
Dreams of gold or glory?
Something out there to believe
Reff:
All I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I need
What I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I seek
Nothing is worth fighting only love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Nothing is worth living only love
There is only love that makes me breath
Wondering and like everybody else
Visualizing a sign
Trials and errors still abide
Just hope that it won't hurt too bad
Wait and see feed this patience on my mind
Leave it there until he comes
Cause someone's out there I believe
Has a missing piece of my heart
Repeat reff
Makes me breath [2x]
It's only love
There's only love [2x]
Repeat reff
In these lyrics, Anggun talks about the daily roles we play in our lives and the search for a missing piece that completes us. Time reveals the truth and also masks the loneliness within us. People wonder about the reality of their dreams and the existence of something they can hold on to. The main theme of the song is revealed when Anggun sings, “All I’m looking for is only love, there’s only love that I need.” She asserts that nothing is worth fighting for or living for except love.
The words resonate with many people who have gone through phases of searching for that one true love. Through trials and errors, patience and hope, they wait for their missing piece of heart to arrive. The lyrics of the song reflect the emotions and thoughts of those who have ever felt incomplete without a significant other. The song is an anthem for love and acknowledges that even though a person may feel lonely and lost, love can complete them.
Line by Line Meaning
Everyone playing roles each day and night
People pretending to be someone else during the day and night
Searching for a missing piece
Looking for something to complete oneself
Time can always tell the truth
Truth prevails over time
And mask the face of a lonely heart
Hiding the face of a heart filled with loneliness
Thinking eyes wonder what they really see
Curiosity regarding the true meaning of things
Dreams of gold or glory?
Dreams of wealth or fame?
Something out there to believe
Something to have faith in
To tell the tale through the night
To narrate the story throughout the night
All I'm looking for is only love
Love is the only thing I seek
There is only love that I need
Love is all I need
What I'm looking for is only love
Love is the only thing I want
Nothing is worth fighting only love
Nothing worth fighting for except love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Love is the only thing that can hurt me
Nothing is worth living only love
Life is meaningless without love
There is only love that makes me breath
Love is the only thing that keeps me alive
Wondering and like everybody else
Similar to everyone else, full of wonder
Visualizing a sign
Imagining a clear signal
Trials and errors still abide
Mistakes and failures still persist
Just hope that it won't hurt too bad
Hoping that the pain won't be too much
Wait and see feed this patience on my mind
Waiting and hoping with patience
Leave it there until he comes
Keeping it safe until he arrives
Cause someone's out there I believe
I have faith that there is someone out there
Has a missing piece of my heart
Has the piece to complete my heart
It's only love
Love is the answer
There's only love
Only love exists
Makes me breath [2x]
Love is what keeps me alive
Contributed by Stella G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Miko Fernando
Anggun - Only Love
Everyone playing roles each day and night
Searching for a missing piece
Time can always tell the truth
And mask the face of a lonely heart
Thinking eyes wonder what they really see
Dreams of gold or glory?
Something out there to believe
To tell the tale through the night
All I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I need
What I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I seek
Nothing is worth fighting only love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Nothing is worth living only love
There is only love that makes me breath
Wait and see feed this patience on my mind
Leave it there until he comes
Cause someone's out there I believe
Has a missing piece of my heart
All I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I need
What I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I seek
Nothing is worth fighting only love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Nothing is worth living only love
There is only love that makes me breath
Makes me breath
It's only love
There's only love
Makes me breath
It's only love
There's only love
All I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I need
What I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I seek
Nothing is worth fighting only love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Nothing is worth living only love
There is only love that makes me breath
Sabtu, 14 Agustus 2020
00:07
Drexler Degana
When I first heard this song, I already knew that I love it. It feels great to be a fan of Anggun!
Miko Fernando
Anggun - Only Love
Everyone playing roles each day and night
Searching for a missing piece
Time can always tell the truth
And mask the face of a lonely heart
Thinking eyes wonder what they really see
Dreams of gold or glory?
Something out there to believe
To tell the tale through the night
All I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I need
What I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I seek
Nothing is worth fighting only love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Nothing is worth living only love
There is only love that makes me breath
Wait and see feed this patience on my mind
Leave it there until he comes
Cause someone's out there I believe
Has a missing piece of my heart
All I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I need
What I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I seek
Nothing is worth fighting only love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Nothing is worth living only love
There is only love that makes me breath
Makes me breath
It's only love
There's only love
Makes me breath
It's only love
There's only love
All I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I need
What I'm looking for is only love
There is only love that I seek
Nothing is worth fighting only love
There is only love that makes me bleed
Nothing is worth living only love
There is only love that makes me breath
Sabtu, 14 Agustus 2020
00:07
Nano Romansah
Thanks syair....
Puji Prayogo
Gasskeun
Miko Fernando
@Saiful Amri Official do you like it?
Let's sing that song together...
With me...
Saiful Amri Official
good
Gunawan Family Vlog
Wanita petarung penuh tantangan sangat vision...lagunya penuh makna kehidupan...hanyalah cinta salah satunya...Hallo indonesie you must proud of her..how is she doing🤩🤩🤩
Chanel Prince
Inilah lagu paling gw suka dr anggun memiliki arti yg bgt mendalam buat org org yg ada didunia skrng ini sdh ky bintanag ga ada cinta sesamanya bahkan lbh bemgis dr binatang
Arjuno Teguh
the only indonesian singer yang selalu aku tunggu kehadirannya, i always love you anggun, been to paris 2 times maybe we can meet someday?
SABRINA
What a song!!! Love her!! Love her style!!