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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Below My Radar
Beverley Knight Lyrics
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It's four in the morning
Sometimes I know you're telling me the truth
Just like I know you're lying now
I'm still coming
I'm still standing and staying
I'm not swaying
You can only tune in so far
Before life freezes you just as you are
You can only get so deep in
Before someone wipes away that grin
You can only push me so much
'Til I'm too tender to touch
And you can only take you so far
Before you fall below my radar
The 'yes' you're waiting on will not come
It must come from you
Sometimes I know you're lying to everyone
It's all too easy to see through
I'm still coming
I'm still standing and staying
I'm not swaying
I'll taste your tears when I hold you near
You can only tune in so far
Before life freezes you just as you are
You can only get so deep in
Before someone wipes away that grin
You can only push me so much
'Til I'm too tender to touch
And you can only take you so far
Before you fall below my radar
Below my radar
So you run and I run, but you stick close to me
You're in front and you're faster, but just by degrees
You don't give it easy, not even an inch
Why do I find you so hard to convince?
Oh lord
You can only tune in so far
Before life freezes you just as you are
You can only get so deep in
Before someone wipes away that grin
You can only push me so much
'Til I'm too tender to touch
And you can only take you so far
Before you fall below my radar
Below, below my radar
"Beneath My Radar" is a song by Beverley Knight about a relationship that is crumbling as a result of one partner's deceit. The singer is dealing with a breakup or a failing relationship and feels perplexed, angry, and unhappy. The cab she did not call didn't come, she sings. It's now four in the morning, and even though she knows her partner is both telling the truth and lying to her at the same time, she is still coming and standing strong. She, though, is becoming exhausted of her partner's dishonesty, as the lyrics indicate.
She sings about the emotional separation she has had after numerous deceptions by specifying the following verse, "You can only take you too far, before you fall below my radar." She portrays the message that the individual who has been lying and indistinguishable was given too many chances to make things right and will no longer be able to hide. The lyrics are both strong and self-assured, highlighting the fact that she is not afraid to go her way if her partner continues to deceive her.
Line by Line Meaning
The cab I didn't call, didn't come
The supposed support that I expected didn't arrive
It's four in the morning
It's still early and I'm in this situation alone
Sometimes I know you're telling me the truth
Occasionally, you're honest with me
Just like I know you're lying now
Similar to how I know you're not truthful in this moment
I'm still coming
I'm not giving up
I'm still standing and staying
I'm persevering and not moving from my stance
I'm not swaying
I'm not changing my mind
I'll taste your tears when I hold you near
I'll be there to comfort you in your vulnerable moments
You can only tune in so far
There's a limit to how much you can pay attention to me or others before you become disconnected
Before life freezes you just as you are
Before you become stuck in your ways and unable to change
You can only get so deep in
There's only so much you can uncover about me or others
Before someone wipes away that grin
Before someone takes away your 'smile' or facade
You can only push me so much
There's a threshold to how much I can take from you
'Til I'm too tender to touch
Until I become too sensitive to handle any more of the pain or hurt
And you can only take you so far
You can only go so far with your behavior
Before you fall below my radar
Before I can no longer detect or tolerate your actions
The 'yes' you're waiting on will not come
The confirmation or approval you're seeking will only come from within
It must come from you
You must find it within yourself
Sometimes I know you're lying to everyone
Sometimes, you're not truthful with others
It's all too easy to see through
It's obvious and transparent to me
So you run and I run, but you stick close to me
Even though we're both moving, you're still by my side
You're in front and you're faster, but just by degrees
You're ahead of me, but not by much
You don't give it easy, not even an inch
You're not making it easy for me, you're not even budging
Why do I find you so hard to convince?
Why is it so difficult to persuade you?
Below, below my radar
Completely undetected and out of my view
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: FELIX HOWARD, BEVERLY KNIGHT, PETER VETTESE
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