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 β 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 Knightβs 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" β 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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Get Up!
Beverley Knight Lyrics
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(True to your self)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Go and do your thing, I make I hear you say...
Get up, get up and hold your ground
You don't care what goes around
Hold your ground
Them no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me
Them no bigger than us
No bigger than we
No bigger than you
No bigger than me (hey hey)
(Get up! Get up!)
Yeah
(You gotta gotta!)
(Stand up! Stand up)
Stand up on me
(Get up! Get up!)
Alright
(You gotta gotta!)
(Stand up! Stand up!)
Yeah yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
(Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah-ha)
(Ah-ha, ah-ha)
(Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah-ha)
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Feel it!
(Don't feel no shame)
Let them know you're not the same
(Don't feel no way)
You stand tall while people sway
(True to your self)
Leave them fakers on the shelf
(Heed your calling)
Oh, go and do your thing, I make I hear you s-a-a-a-y...
[Chorus (x2)]
The lyrics to Beverley Knight's song "Get Up!" talk about standing up for oneself, being true to oneself and not caring about what others think or say. The song urges the listener to hold their ground, be confident, and not let anyone push them down. The repeated lines "Get up and hold your ground" emphasize the importance of taking a stand and not backing down. The lyric "Leave them fakers on the shelf" encourages the listener to be authentic and not pretend to be someone they're not. The song also promotes unity among people and reinforces the idea that everyone is equal by repeating the line "no bigger than us, no bigger than we, no bigger than you, no bigger than me."
Overall, "Get Up!" is a motivational song that reminds people to believe in themselves and refuse to be beaten down by others. It is a call to action, urging listeners to stand up for what they believe in and hold their ground against any adversity that comes their way.
Line by Line Meaning
You stand tall while people sway
Be yourself and remain firm even when others are easily influenced
Leave them fakers on the shelf
Ignore those who are not authentic
Go and do your thing, I make I hear you say...
Pursue your own interests and express them confidently.
Get up, get up and hold your ground
Rise and assert yourself
You don't care what goes around
Don't be troubled by what others are about
Stand up, stand up and hold your ground (stand up)
Remain steadfast in what you believe in
Hold your ground
Stay firm in your conviction
Them no bigger than us
Others are no more important than you and me
No bigger than we
Everyone is equal
No bigger than you
You are just as important as anyone else
No bigger than me
I am just as valuable as anyone else
Let them know you're not the same
Proclaim your individuality
You stand tall while people sway
Be true to yourself despite the influence of others
Leave them fakers on the shelf
Ignore those who are not genuine
Go and do your thing, I make I hear you s-a-a-a-y...
Pursue your interests and express them assertively.
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Get up and
Stand up and
Hold it
Feel it!
Stand firm and be proud of yourself
Don't feel no shame
Never feel ashamed of being you
Don't feel no way
Don't be bothered by others' opinions
You stand tall while people sway
Be yourself and do not be influenced by others
Leave them fakers on the shelf
Ignore those who are false
Oh, go and do your thing, I make I hear you s-a-a-a-y...
Pursue your interests and express them assertively.
Chorus
Repeated lines from the song.
Lyrics Β© Universal Music Publishing Group, O/B/O DistroKid, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DOROTHY MARTIN, MARK JACKSON, IAN SCOTT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@tyronesmith4622
Absolutely love this song and album β€
@claddaghclare22
God put this on my heart today. He knows what he's doing!
@ahmetdjelilic8959
Amazing song.back in the days
@aminaourouba1819
Oooooh maaan I've been looking for this song for at least 10 years!!!
@emiraydin6186
Amina Ourouba so have I. So glad that now I've found it. So electric, energising.
There's one more song that I wanna find asap. Prob around 2001-2003. A blonde guy around his 40s with curly-ish hair. The song should go like this: so whhhyyyy I don't * just with me ***** ** forever (end of the verse)
I know it makes no sense but I'm writing here maybe it might sound familiar to someone
@carework7198
Same βΊ
@serdar.d
hahah same! but I was looking for it for more than 15 years. thanks to google found it
@N0va1111
Such an incredible and underrated song This song makes me feel so happy and good about myself and it tought me not to follow the crowd π
@PELENN
Δ°'d listen this 20 yrs ago..woooww
@ilkaycetindor1916
I was listening again and again when it came out.