In 2006 Knight starred in BBC1 music TV show, Just The Two Of Us, and is the host of the Radio 2 show Beverley's Gospel Nights, which explores the origins and impact of gospel music. Now in its second season, the show has featured interviews with stars such as Destiny's Child and Shirley Caesar.
Knight is an ambassador for many charities such Christian Aid and has travelled to areas affected by disease and poverty to help raise awareness. She is an active campaigner for anti-Aids organisations such as the Stop AIDS Campaign and The Terrence Higgins Trust and is also a vocal campaigner against homophobic lyrics in urban music. She became an MBE in 2006, the only musician to be granted such an honour in the Queen's eightieth birthday honours list.
In February 2006 Knight consolidated her move into the mainstream audience by appearing on BBC1 music show, Just The Two of Us. The show, featuring celebrities who duet with established singers, ran for two weeks and proved to be a relative disappointment in terms of audience figures – averaging between fifteen and twenty-five percent audience shares.[17] Nevertheless it provided a platform for Knight to reach out to a bigger audience and demonstrate her talent by performing a different array of songs than she would otherwise be known for. Reaching out to new audiences was also a driving force behind Knight’s decision to join Take That on their reunion arena tour. Take That - The Ultimate Tour 06, which ran from April to July 2006, sold 270,000 tickets in less than four hours on sale at the box office and featured Knight as a support act.
In March 2006 Beverley released her fifth album, a compilation set featuring the majority of her top forty UK singles entitled Voice - The Best Of Beverley Knight. The album, which was certified Gold less than a month after its release,[19] became her second highest charting of her career when it entered the UK albums chart at number ten and rose to number nine a month later. It was preceded by the single "Piece of my Heart" – a cover of the Erma Franklin classic made famous by Janis Joplin and entered the singles chart at number sixteen, spending eleven weeks inside the UK top 75 singles chart and becoming her longest-running chart single to date.
In October 2006, Knight recorded her fifth studio album, Music City Soul, in Nashville. Completed in less than five days, the album was released on 7 May 2007 and features collaborations with musicians such as Ronnie Wood and Scotty Moore. It has spawned three singles thus far, "No Man's Land", released on 16 April 2007, "After You", released on 2 July 2007 and "The Queen of Starting Over", released on 15 October 2007.
Beverley will be releasing her next album in spring 2009.
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Beautiful Contradiction
Beverley Knight Lyrics
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Guess my mama knew exactly what she meant the day she said
"be careful what you wish for it will come to you."
Little did I know the day I met you, you would demonstrate
How everything in mama's words would ring so true
Independent people with a different take on living
Now how did we become more than just good friends?
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
Together we are in no two ways the same.
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
And it's the very thing that sparks the flame.
[musiq soulchild]
You and I should be like oil and water
But somehow we mix together and we make a very special blend
Every day we clash on politics, religion,
But we learned the art of how to kiss and make up in the end yeah.
Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul
[chorus]
[beverley knight]
I realise it, you learn, you gotta cry, you gotta respect and
Feel somebody you gotta fall, you gotta rise
To really understand the things that make this little world go round.
That's what really makes us, that's how we learn.
Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul.
[chorus]
The song "Beautiful Contradiction" by Beverley Knight is about the relationship between two people who are completely different but manage to make it work nonetheless. The first verse describes how the singer's mother warned her about the consequences of wishing for something and how meeting the other person made her realize that her mother's words were true. The second verse is performed by Musiq Soulchild and describes how despite their differences, the two people manage to blend together like oil and water.
The chorus repeats the phrase "Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction" and emphasizes how their differences are what keeps their relationship interesting and exciting. The song acknowledges that the two people may have different opinions on important issues such as politics and religion, but they ultimately learn to respect and learn from each other. The line "Alien invasion of my heart and soul" reinforces the idea that the differences between the two people are substantial, but they are nevertheless able to make it work.
Overall, "Beautiful Contradiction" is a song about celebrating differences and acknowledging that what makes us unique is also what brings us together.
Line by Line Meaning
Guess my mama knew exactly what she meant the day she said
"be careful what you wish for it will come to you."
My mother warned me to be careful what I desire, as it could come true, and I now understand how true her words were when I met you.
Little did I know the day I met you, you would demonstrate
How everything in mama's words would ring so true
On the day we met, I had no idea that you would prove my mother's words to be so accurate.
Independent people with a different take on living
Now how did we become more than just good friends?
We are both individuals with unique perspectives on life, so how did we develop a relationship beyond just friendship?
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
Together we are in no two ways the same.
Our relationship is a paradox, but it is a beautiful one since we are so different yet so compatible.
And it's the very thing that sparks the flame.
Our differences ignite the passion between us, making us more interested in each other.
You and I should be like oil and water
But somehow we mix together and we make a very special blend
We are so dissimilar that we should not get along, but we do, and create a unique connection.
Every day we clash on politics, religion,
But we learned the art of how to kiss and make up in the end yeah.
Although we disagree on political and religious issues daily, we have learned how to apologize and make amends with each other.
Sometimes I believe that we were born on different planets
Alien invasion of my heart and soul
Our differences are so significant that it appears we come from different worlds and that you have an inexplicable impact on my life.
I realise it, you learn, you gotta cry, you gotta respect and
Feel somebody you gotta fall, you gotta rise
To really understand the things that make this little world go round.
That's what really makes us, that's how we learn.
To comprehend what makes the world go round, you must respect and feel for others, experiencing both ups and downs in the process. This is how we will truly understand ourselves and each other.
Baby we make such a beautiful contradiction
And it's the very thing that sparks the flame.
Our paradoxical relationship is a source of beauty for us, as it inspires and fuels our passion for one another.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BEVERLEY KNIGHT
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