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!
Nobody Loves Me Like You Do
Anne Murray Lyrics
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Love is growing in your eyes
A flame to light our way
That burns brighter every day
Now I have you
Nobody loves me like you do
Like a leaf upon the wind
I dreamed the hours away
Wondered every day
Do dreams come true?
Nobody loves me like you do
What if I never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow
You touched my heart in places
That I never even knew
Nobody loves me like you do
I was words without a tune
I was a song still unsung
A poem with no rhyme
Dancer out of time
But now there's you
Nobody loves me like you do
What if I never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow
You touched my heart in places
That I never even knew
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me like you do
Nobody loves me like you do
The lyrics of Anne Murray's song "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" describe the emotions of someone in love and how the presence of the other person has transformed their life. The first stanza compares the love growing in the eyes of the lover to a candle burning bright. This love is the guiding light for the singer and brings a sense of hope and warmth to their life. The second stanza talks about the feeling of being lost before finding the lover, but now the singer's dreams are coming true, and no one loves them like their lover does.
The chorus repeats the idea that the singer is grateful for meeting their lover and how their presence has changed their life. The use of the rhetorical question 'What if I never met you?' emphasizes the importance of the lover in the singer's life. In the third stanza, the singer describes themselves before meeting their lover as 'words without a tune', 'a poem with no rhyme' and 'a dancer out of time.' These lines indicate that the singer's life lacked rhythm, sense of direction and purpose before the lover entered.
The song, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do", is a duet, with Anne Murray and Dave Loggins contributing their vocal talents. The song was written by renowned songwriters James Dunne and Pamela Phillips, but it was Kenny Rogers who passed the song to Anne Murray, urging her to record the ballad. The song was extremely successful, entering the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reaching the top spot on the Adult Contemporary charts.
Line by Line Meaning
Like a candle burnin' bright
Love is alive and growing in your eyes like the flame of a candle that illuminates our way
Love is growing in your eyes
Your love is visible and palpable in your eyes, and it continues to grow stronger every day
A flame to light our way
Your love is a guiding light, illuminating our path and helping us navigate life's challenges
That burns brighter every day
Our love for each other is growing and becoming stronger each passing day
Now I have you
Now that I have your love, I feel complete and fulfilled
Nobody loves me like you do
No one else in this world can love me like you do with your unique and special love
Like a leaf upon the wind
I felt lost and aimless, like a leaf being carried away by the wind
I could find no place to land
I was wandering without a home, without a place to belong
I dreamed the hours away, wondered every day
I spent countless hours dreaming and wondering if true love really existed for me
Do dreams come true?
I questioned if my dreams of love and companionship would ever come true
What if I never met you? Where would I be right now?
If I hadn't met you, I would be lost and alone, wondering if I would ever find true love
Funny how life just falls in place somehow
It's strange how life works out, bringing us together and allowing us to find each other
You touched my heart in places that I never even knew
Your love has reached deep into my heart and soul, filling me with joy and happiness I never thought possible
I was words without a tune
I felt incomplete and unfinished, like words without a melody or a song without music
I was a song still unsung
I was waiting for someone like you to bring my song to life, to complete my heart's melody
A poem with no rhyme
I was like a poem with no structure or rhyme, waiting for you to bring rhythm and meaning to my life
Dancer out of time
I felt like a dancer without a beat, lost and out of sync with the world
But now there's you
Since I met you, my life is complete, and I have found the love and companionship I was searching for
Nobody loves me like you do
No one else can love me like you do, filling my life with light and love
Nobody loves me, nobody loves me, nobody loves me like you do
Your love is unique and special, and you are the only person in this world who can love me like you do
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: James Dunne, Pamela Oland
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Robert Thompson
on Me Too
Lyrics found here are completely wrong; completely different song.