Anna Hoxha (born 28 April 1961 in Bari, Italy), known professionally as Ann… Read Full Bio ↴Anna Hoxha (born 28 April 1961 in Bari, Italy), known professionally as Anna Oxa, is an Italian singer, actress, and television presenter. Affectionately referred to as La Voce e il Cuore (English: "the Voice and the Heart"), Oxa has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her numerous participations in the Sanremo Music Festival.

Beginning her career as a teenager, Oxa debuted with 16 years in the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song "Un'emozione da poco", placing second in the competition. Following her success in Sanremo, she released her debut studio album Oxanna (1978) that year, which became her first chart-topping album in Italy. After numerous participations in Sanremo during the 1980s, Oxa competed again in the Sanremo Music Festival 1989, performing "Ti lascerò" as a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the competition, and thus were chosen as the Italian representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne, competing with the song "Avrei voluto"; they placed ninth in the finals. Oxa went on to win Sanremo once more, winning the Sanremo Music Festival 1999 as a soloist with the song "Senza pietà". In total, Oxa has competed in Sanremo fourteen times across five decades, and additionally has hosted the competition in 1994.

In her 40-year long career, Oxa has released seventeen studio albums, of which two of them have charted at number-one on the FIMI Albums Chart. Outside of singing, Oxa cohosted Fantastico for two years, was a judge on Amici di Maria De Filippi, and competed in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars. As an actress, she has appeared in Stryx (1978) and the film Maschio, femmina, fiore, frutto (1979).

Take A Little Trip
Anna Oxa Lyrics

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(you. Morasca - J. Kumada)
Please just come around
Take a little trip
All I need is tender love
Come to me tonight
Take a little trip
All I need is tender love
Whi I feel so down

No I won't cry anymore
Everytime you lose control
I fell I've lost a piece of soul
Don't you think I'll be the one
Who'll wait for you all my life
Cause this time I had enough
Give me love right now
Please just come around
Take a little trip
All I need is tender love
Come to me tonight
Take a little trip
All I need is tender love
Your friends are there for you
They never know the things you do
In my heart there's no more space
For silly lies and lack of grace
Don't you think I will be the one
Come to me tonight
Take a little trip
All I need is tender love
Please just come around
Take a little trip
All I need is tender love
Come to me tonight

Take a little trip
All I need is tender love

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Anna Oxa's "Take A Little Trip" depict the plea of the persona to the one they love to come to them and give them the tender love they need. The persona seems to have been abandoned and left feeling down by the actions of their lover. They don't want to cry anymore and feel that they have lost a piece of their soul every time their lover loses control. They are tired of waiting for their lover and want them to come around and give them love right now. They don't want to make space in their heart for any more silly lies and lack of grace.

The persona implies in the lyrics that they are aware of the things their lover is doing behind their back, and their friends are unaware of the things that they do. The persona seems to be the one waiting around for their lover while their lover goes about their business behind their back. The persona is tired of waiting around and wants their lover to come to them tonight and take a little trip with them to show them the love they need.

Overall, the lyrics of the song carry a message of longing for someone's love and the frustration and hurt that come with constantly waiting for someone. The persona is ready for their lover to come around and give them the love they deserve.

Line by Line Meaning

Please just come around
I want you to visit me

Take a little trip
Just spend some time with me

All I need is tender love
I am longing for a gentle and caring touch

Come to me tonight
I want you to come over tonight

Why I feel so down
I am wondering why I am feeling sad

No I won't cry anymore
I don't want to cry anymore

Everytime you lose control
Whenever you act irrational

I fell I've lost a piece of soul
I feel like a part of me is missing

Don't you think I'll be the one
I'm not going to be the one waiting for you forever

Who'll wait for you all my life
I won't wait for you forever

Cause this time I had enough
I have reached my limit