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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U've Got It
Beverley Knight Lyrics
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Oh yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
How should I have know all this before
When I cluelessly came walkin' through your door
How should I expect to meet someone like you
I think I must have stood there as if glued
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Makes me breathless
Ooh you got it, you got it
And I know
Ain't nobody
Who can do this
Nobody who can do this
Whatcha do, watcha do
To me, baby
Is mysterious
What you do for me baby
You're so good, you're so good
For me, baby
I'm delirious
Delirious
I would like to get to know you well
See I just can't escape your special spell
No I just can't stop thinkin' what it would be like
If you and I were together
I wish we would try
Yeah, I wish we would try
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Makes me breathless
Makin' be breathless
Ooh you got it, you got it
And I know
Ain't nobody
Who can do this
Nobody who can do this
Whatcha do, watcha do
To me, baby
Is mysterious
What you do, what you do for me baby
You're so good, you're so good
For me, baby
I'm delirious
I'm delirious oh yes
Oh, I just pray that you feel the same
That you don't just give me slap in the face
Cause I'm so hopelessly in love with you
Oh, I could not stand your turning away
Baby
I couldnt stand it
(turn away no no no no)
Ooh you got it
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Makes me breathless
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Oh baby
And I know
Ain't nobody
Who can do this
Nobody
Whatcha do, watcha do
To me, baby
Is mysterious
What you do for me baby
For me, baby
I'm delirious
I am delirious
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Makes me breathless
Everything about you
And I know
Ain't nobody
Who can do this
The song "U've Got It" by Beverley Knight is about falling in love with someone unexpectedly and being unable to resist their charms. The lyrics describe the singer's surprise at meeting this special person and her desire to be with them, despite not knowing what might happen between them. The chorus repeatedly emphasizes that this person has something special that makes the singer breathless and delirious, and that no one else can quite compare to them.
The first verse sets up the situation: the singer stumbled into this person's life and was instantly drawn to them. The second verse expands on this, describing the singer's growing feelings for this person and her hope that they will give her a chance. The bridge expresses the singer's fear of rejection, but also her determination to make a move and see what happens.
Overall, "U've Got It" is a catchy, upbeat love song that celebrates the excitement and uncertainty of falling in love. The lyrics capture the feeling of being swept off your feet by someone unexpected and the hope that things will work out between you.
Line by Line Meaning
How should I have know all this before
I'm wondering how I could have been more aware of your qualities before I met you
When I cluelessly came walkin' through your door
I had no idea of your amazing qualities when I first met you
How should I expect to meet someone like you
I wasn't prepared to meet someone with such incredible qualities as you have
I think I must have stood there as if glued
I was so taken by your amazing qualities that I couldn't move or speak
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Makes me breathless
Ooh you got it, you got it
And I know
Ain't nobody
Who can do this
Nobody who can do this
Whatcha do, watcha do
To me, baby
Is mysterious
You have everything that I need and want, and just thinking about you makes me breathless; I know no one else can do what you do to me, and it's mysterious
What you do for me baby
You're so good, you're so good
For me, baby
I'm delirious
The way you treat me is so amazing, you're so good to me, and it's driving me crazy with love and excitement
I would like to get to know you well
See I just can't escape your special spell
No I just can't stop thinkin' what it would be like
If you and I were together
I wish we would try
Yeah, I wish we would try
I want to get to know you better because I'm completely under your spell, I can't stop imagining what it would be like if we were together, and I wish we would give it a shot
Oh, I just pray that you feel the same
That you don't just give me slap in the face
Cause I'm so hopelessly in love with you
Oh, I could not stand your turning away
I'm hoping that you feel the same way about me and won't reject me, I'm so in love with you that I couldn't bear it if you turned me down
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Makes me breathless
All I need, all I want
Yes, you've got it
Oh baby
And I know
Ain't nobody
Who can do this
Nobody
You have everything that I need and want, and just thinking about you makes me breathless; I know no one else can do what you do to me
For me, baby
I'm delirious
I am delirious
With you in my life, I'm so deliriously happy and in love with you
Everything about you
You are perfect in every way, and I love everything about you
Contributed by Katherine V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.