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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Too Much Heaven
Beverley Knight Lyrics
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It's much harder to come by
I'm waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as high as a mountain
And harder to climb
Oh you and me girl
And it flows through you
And it flows through me
And I love you so much more
Then my life..I can see beyond forever
Ev'rything we are will never die
Loving's such a beautiful thing
Oh you make my world.. a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It's much harder to come by
I'm waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as high as a mountain
And harder to climb
You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..
I can see a new tomorrow
Ev'rything we are will never die
Loving's such a beautiful thing
When you are to me, the light above
Made for all to see our presious love
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It's much harder to come by
I'm waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as high as a mountain
And harder to climb
Love is such a beautiful thing
You make my world a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It's much harder to come by
I'm waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as high as a mountain
And harder to climb
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as wide as a river and harder to cross
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It's much harder to come by
I'm waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as high as a mountain
And harder to climb [repeat and fade]
The lyrics of Beverley Knight's song "Too Much Heaven" speaks about how love and happiness are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve in this world. The first verse declares that nobody gets too much heaven or love anymore, and that it is challenging to attain. The lines "It's as high as a mountain and harder to climb" can be interpreted as referring to the difficulty of achieving true love and happiness—the metaphorical "mountain" that must be conquered. The singer then addresses her lover, stating that they have a lot of love to give and that it flows through both of them. She loves her partner more than her own life and can see beyond forever. Their love is eternal and will never die, making everything they are everlasting.
In the second verse, the singer refers to how they have a "highway to the sky" and that they can leave behind the tears and sorrows of the past. The line "You're my life..." is an affirmation of devotion and the fact that the singer's life revolves around her lover. The couple can see a new tomorrow, and their love is so beautiful that the world should see it. However, despite everything, nobody can get too much love or heaven anymore.
In conclusion, the song "Too Much Heaven" is an ode to love, and how it's becoming increasingly difficult to find true love and happiness in the world. Despite the challenges, the singer remains steadfast in her love and devotion to her partner.
Line by Line Meaning
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
Heaven and happiness are hard to come by these days
It's much harder to come by
Due to certain events, things that we once had easily are no longer easy to obtain.
I'm waiting in line
I'm eager to get what's mine
Nobody gets too much love anymore
People do not receive the love that they deserve or require
It's as high as a mountain
The level of love has been set to an extreme state, which is hard to accomplish
And harder to climb
Reaching the highest level of love is now increasingly difficult
You and me girl
We possess a significant amount of love that is unshakable
Got a lot of love in store
We have a great amount of love saved in our hearts for each other
And it flows through you
You feel the same amount of affection that I experience, and it reveals itself in your actions and behaviors
And it flows through me
I'm feeling the same affection as you, and this reflects on how I act towards you
And I love you so much more
My love and attraction for you keeps growing day by day
Then my life..I can see beyond forever
My love for you is infinite, and I believe that we will be together for eternity
Ev'rything we are will never die
Our love will always thrive
Loving's such a beautiful thing
Being in love is an amazing feeling
Oh you make my world.. a summer day
You make me feel happy and alive all the time
Are you just a dream to fade away
I'm afraid that one day this love may cease to exist and seem like a mirage
You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We have the potential to be wherever we want to be.
We can turn away from the night and day
Our love is capable of overcoming even the darkest of situations.
And the tears you had to cry
Even though you may have had to deal with some problems, we will overcome and move forward
You're my life..
I can't imagine my life without you in it
I can see a new tomorrow
I can see a brighter future for us together
When you are to me, the light above
You're an angel that provides me with guidance and hope
Made for all to see our presious love
Our love is meant to be seen and cherished
It's as wide as a river and harder to cross
Love is now at an intense level, and it may be challenging to overcome certain problems.
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