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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Who's Gonna Save Your Soul
Beverley Knight Lyrics
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I have a photograph
Sometimes it makes me laugh
Till I cry
You with your auburne curves
Me with my smile
right by your side
You were just five years old
I recall
Feels like it's yesterday
Where does it go
When time slips away
What happened to
The boy I loved
The man I knew
When you hide in the dark
I cain't find you
Who's gonna save your soul
Tonight
Who's gonna show you things
Will be alright
Who will love the ones
You left behind
Don't leave me behind
Last time I saw your face
You were too far away
To see me
Those pretty eyes I've known
All of my life
Somehow had changed
Sometimes the winds do blow
It's cruel that we have to reap
What we sow
Wherever it takes you to
Know in you heart
I'm thinking of you
Don't ever fear
Trust in me
I'll be here
If that bound ever breaks
Let me catch you
Who's gonna save your soul
Tonight
Who's gonna show you things
Will be alright
Who will love the ones
You left behind
Don't leave me behind
The first verse of the song Who's Gonna Save Your Soul by Beverley Knight evokes a nostalgic tone, as the singer reflects on a photograph of a person she loved when they were children. The photograph seems to make the singer both laugh and cry, a bittersweet reaction that suggests that the person in question is no longer in her life. The second verse reveals that the person the singer loved is now a man who is hiding from her in the dark. She cannot find him, and she is concerned for his safety and well-being. The chorus of the song is a plea for this man to reach out to her, to allow her to save him, to show him that things will be okay, and to help him care for the people he has left behind.
The song is primarily about the power of love and the ways that it can transform people's lives. The singer is expressing her love for someone who seems to be struggling with their life, who is hiding from her and who has left loved ones behind. She is worried that this person is in trouble and she desperately wants to help him. The way that the lyrics are structured suggests that the singer is addressing this person directly, as if she is speaking to him and trying to convince him to let her help. The repeated refrain of "Who's gonna save your soul tonight?" emphasizes the urgency of the singer's plea and underlines the importance of love and connection in our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
I have a photograph
I possess a picture
Sometimes it makes me laugh
Occasionally, it brings me amusement
Till I cry
To the extent that it makes me weep
You with your auburne curves
You, who had curves of auburn shade.
Me with my smile right by your side
Me, with my smile, alongside you
That was so long ago
That occurred a long time past
You were just five years old
You were merely five years of age
I recall
I recollect that memory
Feels like it's yesterday
It feels as though it occurred just yesterday
Where does it go
Where does time disappear to
When time slips away
When time passes by
What happened to
What became of
The boy I loved
The boy whom I adored
The man I knew
The man I was familiar with
When you hide in the dark
When you conceal yourself in the shadows
I cain't find you
I am incapable of locating you
Who's gonna save your soul tonight
Who shall defend your soul this very night?
Who's gonna show you things will be alright
Who shall reveal to you that everything will be fine?
Who will love the ones you left behind
Who shall express affection towards those you have departed from?
Don't leave me behind
Don't abandon or disregard me
Last time I saw your face
The most recent occasion I perceived your countenance
You were too far away to see me
You were at such a distance that you could not see me
Those pretty eyes I've known all of my life
Those beautiful eyes that I have been familiar with my whole life
Somehow had changed
In some way or another, they had become different
Sometimes the winds do blow
Every now and then, the winds will blow
It's cruel that we have to reap what we sow
It is harsh that we have to face the consequences of our actions
Wherever it takes you to
No matter where you go to
Know in you heart
Be aware in your heart
I'm thinking of you
You are in my thoughts
Don't ever fear
Never be afraid
Trust in me
Believe in me
I'll be here
I will be present
If that bound ever breaks
In case that attachment is ever severed
Let me catch you
Allow me to catch you
Contributed by Maria F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Sean Bury
beautiful song... fabulous rendition. thanks
mrandmrdwicker
Great song
DJ Mix
It's one of her best songs, and it's not even on Spotify 😮
nicholas burse
$wagzilla 🦖