Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". The same year, she performed "Love Song for a Vampire" for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Her 1995 studio album, Medusa, includes cover versions of songs such as "No More "I Love You's"'" and "A Whiter Shade of Pale". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). With eight Brit Awards, which includes being named Best British Female Artist a record six times, Lennox has been named the "Brits Champion of Champions". She has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard. In 2004, she received the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Lennox's vocal range is contralto. She has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone. In 2012, she was rated No. 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music. In June 2013 the Official Charts Company called her "the most successful female British artist in UK music history". As of June 2008, including her work with Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide. As part of a one-hour symphony of British Music, Lennox performed "Little Bird" during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London. At the 2015 Ivor Novello Awards, Lennox was made a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (The Ivors Academy), the first woman to receive the honour. Lennox and her Eurythmics partner Dave Stewart were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020, and the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, raising money and awareness for HIV/AIDS as it affects women and children in Africa. She founded the Sing campaign in 2007 and founded a women's empowerment charity called The Circle in 2008. In 2011, Lennox was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes". On 4 June 2012, she performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace. In 2017, Lennox was appointed Glasgow Caledonian University's first female chancellor.
Studio albums
Diva (1992)
Medusa (1995)
Bare (2003)
Songs of Mass Destruction (2007)
A Christmas Cornucopia (2010)
Nostalgia (2014)
You Belong to Me
Annie Lennox Lyrics
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Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember darling all the while
You belong to me
See the market place in old Algier
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too, and blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'till you're home again
You belong to me
I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too and blue
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'till you're home again
You belong to me
The song "You Belong to Me" is a tender ballad performed by Annie Lennox. The song is about the strength of the bonds of love, even when distance separates the two people in love. The opening verse invokes images of exotic locations and adventures, but the theme is consistently focused on the fact that no matter how far apart the lovers may be or how tempting other people, places or things may be, they belong to each other. The lyrics express the need for the lover to constantly remember the bond and connect with the other person, even when they are not physically together. Lennox's voice is haunting and almost mournful, as if the singer is very aware of the pains of separation and long distance relationships. The song conveys a sense of longing and the fear of losing the other person while they are away.
The song was written in 1952 by Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price, and was first recorded by Sue Thompson. The song has been covered by numerous artists over the years, including Patsy Cline and Michael Bublé. Interestingly, the song has also been used in a creepy way in the popular horror film, "American Horror Story," to convey the obsessive and possessive nature of a stalker.
Line by Line Meaning
See the pyramids along the Nile
I want you to travel the world and discover its wonders
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
I want you to experience the beauty of nature
Just remember darling all the while
Even though you are far away, you are mine and I am yours
You belong to me
You are mine and no matter where you go or what you do, you will always belong to me
See the market place in old Algier
I want you to see different cultures and meet new people
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Bring back memories of your travels and share them with me
Just remember when a dream appears
If you have a dream, don't forget about me
I'll be so alone without you
I will miss you terribly when you are gone
Maybe you'll be lonesome too, and blue
I hope you will also miss me and think of me when you are away
Fly the ocean in a silver plane
Travel far and wide, even if it means flying over the ocean
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Embrace the beauty of the natural world, even in the rain
Just remember 'till you're home again
Until you return home, don't forget that you belong to me
You belong to me
You are mine and no matter where you go or what you do, you will always belong to me
Lyrics © O/B/O CAPASSO, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart
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