Music icon Anne Murray has sold more than 50 million albums in a distinguis… Read Full Bio ↴Music icon Anne Murray has sold more than 50 million albums in a distinguished career that spans four decades. On January 15th, Manhattan/EMI will release Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends, an exceptional 17-track collection of her top hits and favorites, newly recorded as duets with some of the world’s top female recording artists.

Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends showcases a wide variety of Anne's favorite female vocalists. Among the album’s tracks and collaborating artists are "Snowbird" with Sarah Brightman, "You Needed Me" with Shania Twain, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" with Anne’s daughter Dawn Langstroth, "Danny's Song" with Martina McBride, “Another Pot O’ Tea” with Emmylou Harris, “A Little Good News” with Indigo Girls, “Cotton Jenny" with Olivia Newton-John, “Could I Have This Dance” with Amy Grant, “Daydream Believer” with Nelly Furtado, “A Love Song” with k.d. lang, “Time Don’t Run Out On Me” with the song’s writer, Carole King, and more.

In 1979, Anne and Dusty Springfield each recorded the song "I Just Fall In Love Again." Anne's version became a hit single that garnered her Canada’s Juno Award for "Single of the Year" in 1980. Anne and Dusty remained friends until Dusty’s passing in 1999, and for Anne, releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete without Dusty's inclusion. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a new version pairing Dusty's original with Anne’s newly recorded vocals is featured on the album.

Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was produced by one of the most respected music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel), who counts 14 Grammy Awards and 32 Grammy nominations among his many honors. Together, Anne and Phil decided they would treat the songs on their own terms and not adhere rigidly to the arrangements of Anne’s classic versions. While Anne had designs on how she imagined the arrangements, she gave Phil free rein to rework the songs.
“We approached the sessions as if we were just handed these songs and told to make this record,” explains Ramone. “While arrangements were changed, there are also licks on some songs that I didn’t mess with. We stayed true to the song.”
Working with Anne for the first time, Ramone adds, was an easy task. “What I love about Anne is there are no words minced about whatever she feels,” he says. “This is not a person you have to think, ‘Will she tell me the truth?’ When we met for a few hours in Michigan before we started, we agreed we wanted to bring some daring ideas and some freshness to this album.”
“I said to Phil,” joked Anne, “The only reason I asked you was that I’m the only singer left that you haven’t worked with!”
“I’ve done duets throughout my career,” Anne says. “I did duets when I started out on (CBC Television’s) ‘Singalong Jubilee.’ I did a duets album in 1971 with Glen Campbell. Growing up I did lot of group singing at school and sang with my brothers. I’ve always loved singing harmony.”
Since releasing her debut album in 1967, Anne Murray has been honored with a spectacular number of awards. She is the proud recipient of four Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, three Canadian Country Music Association Awards and twenty-four Juno Awards. Anne has also been honored with the Legacy Award from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2006), the East Coast Music Association Directors' Special Achievement Award (2001), induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2002), and induction into the Juno Hall of Fame (1993).

Anne Murray will tour to several U.S. cities in February and March 2008 (confirmed tour dates listed below). For updates and additional information, visit Anne Murray’s official Website: www.annemurray.com
In 2011, Billboard ranked her 10th on their list of the 50 Biggest Adult Contemporary Artists Ever, and on July 1, 2017, in celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary, the Toronto Sun listed Anne at #1 in Canada’s Top 160 Influences that helped define Canadian culture!

Destiny
Anne Murray Lyrics

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I love you
You love her
There's nothing I can do
It was in my destiny to fall for you

You say you
Could never give
Me a love that's true

It was in my destiny to fall for you
And there ain't a thing I can do about it
You know I can't live without it
All I can say is hey hey hey
I love you

You say why
Don't I try
To find someone new
It was in my destiny to fall for you
To fall for you
Think I'm falling for you
Da da da da da da da
There ain't a thing I can do about it
You know I can't live without it

All I can say is hey hey hey
I love you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to "Destiny" by Anne Murray explain the struggle of being in love with someone who is in love with someone else. The song conveys the idea that sometimes love is not a choice, but rather something that is predetermined or inevitable. The singer expresses her feelings by saying, "I love you, you love her, there's nothing I can do, it was in my destiny to fall for you." She knows that her love interest could never give her the love she deserves, yet she cannot help but love him.

Despite the pain of unrequited love, the singer cannot help but hold onto her feelings. She knows that she should try to find someone new, yet she is unable to move on. The repetition of the phrase "there ain't a thing I can do about it, you know I can't live without it" emphasizes the singer's helplessness and the strength of her feelings. The chorus of "hey hey hey, I love you" shows that, even though she knows it is hopeless, the singer cannot help but love this person.

Overall, "Destiny" is a poignant song that conveys the struggles of unrequited love and the idea that sometimes, love is not a choice, but rather something that is destined to happen.

Line by Line Meaning

I love you
I have romantic feelings for you

You love her
You are in love with another person

There's nothing I can do
I am helpless to change my feelings or circumstances

It was in my destiny to fall for you
I believe that fate predetermined my love for you

You say you
You express to me that

Could never give
Are incapable of providing

Me a love that's true
Sincere and genuine feelings of affection for me

And there ain't a thing I can do about it
I am powerless to change your feelings

You know I can't live without it
I cannot bear the thought of living without your love

All I can say is hey hey hey
The only thing I can express is my love for you

You say why
You question why