Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950, Fyzabad, Trini… Read Full Bio ↴Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950, Fyzabad, Trinidad) is a Grammy Award-winning British popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues-tinged international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the main British R&B singer / songwriter of the 1980s. He waited seven years after scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, before accumulating a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones.

He was born in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago to Grenadian parents, and moved to England with his family at the age of eight. Oceans' musical influence came at an early age of his life, as his father was a musician, and realised he was inline to follow those ambitions as he was growing up. During his teenage years, he sang regularly in London clubs while also working as a tailor in London's Savile Row. He released his first single in 1972 on Spark Records as Les Charles.

When in Trinidad as a boy he adopted the name Billy Ocean, taking the surname from the local football team 'Ocean's Eleven', who had gotten the name from the famous film of the same name. The next year, 1976, was when he recorded his first album, Billy Ocean, with its first single release, "Love Really Hurts Without You," charting at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and number 22 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. More successes ensued, including "L.O.D. (Love On Delivery)". He also wrote songs for other artists, such as La Toya Jackson. In 1981, he scored the U.S. R&B chart with "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)".

Ocean's period of greatest success began with Suddenly during 1984, and its main single, "Caribbean Queen". The song's title and lyrics were changed for different regions, such that the song is also known as "African Queen" or "European Queen". The song won Ocean the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 1985 Grammy Awards. The album's title track also became a success, its score maximizing at #4 in both the US and the UK; and the song "Loverboy", while also being a #2 US success during 1985, from the album, was also the background music for the first scene of the popular UK BBC One TV series, Casualty, during 1986.

Ocean appeared at Live Aid in 1985, singing "Caribbean Queen" and "Loverboy", from the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

His 1986 album Love Zone also sold well. It included the successful singles "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" (the theme from the film The Jewel of the Nile); this was a number one success in the UK and a number two in the U.S.; and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" (a U.S. number one, and also a major UK success). Also included were the title track and "Love Is Forever", which were #10 and #16 U.S. successes for Ocean, respectively.

In February 1986, Ocean's video of "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" was banned by the BBC, owing to non-union members (including Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito) miming to backing vocals.

Ocean's next album, Tear Down These Walls (1988) featured another number one single, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car", while the album was certified platinum.

His 1993 album Time to Move On failed to produce any major successes, but his 1989 Greatest Hits collection has been a steady seller over the years, and his 1997 compilation Love Is For Ever made #7 on the UK album chart. Ocean's last studio album for Jive Records was Time to Move On, which he recorded in Chicago with R&B star R. Kelly. It turned out that R. Kelly had been a long-time admirer of the way Ocean was able to mix the more emotive soul style with a crossover popular style.

In 2002, the University of Westminster awarded Ocean an honorary doctorate of music. The awards ceremony took place in the Barbican Centre, in London. He continues to tour and record in Europe. He lives in Sunningdale, Berkshire with his wife of 27 years, Judy; and their three children Cherie, Antony and Rachel. Ocean is now a patron for Tech Music Schools in London, made up of Drumtech, Vocaltech, Guitar-X and Keyboardtech. He regularly visits to hold clinics and seminars for the students.

In October 2007, Ocean commenced his first British tour in over 15 years. In February and March 2008 he toured Australia and the Far East. His new album, Because I Love You was released on 2 February 2009. To coincide with this new tour and album launch, Ocean has been working with Adoseof Design on a website revision which is due March 2009.

For more information got to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ocean

If I Should Lose You
Billy Ocean Lyrics

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It'll hurt to see you walk away

If I should lose you
There'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all

I hold my pillow tight each night
I can't control the doubts in my mind
There's so many roads
That can lead us to the end of the line

Tossing and turning
Running out of ways to pass the time
So when the night comes in, baby
I wanna feel your body close to mine

If I should lose you
There'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all

Ooh If I should lose you
There'll be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'll be nothing at all

Tossing and turning to pass the time
So when the night comes in, baby
I wanna feel your body close to mine

If I should lose you
There'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all

If I should lose you
If I should lose you

If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Billy Ocean’s song “If I Should Lose You” paints the picture of a man who understands the risk of letting his guard down and falling deeply in love with someone. The writer expresses his innermost emotions by conveying his insecurities and his desire to keep the love strong between him and his partner. Although, he doesn’t want to stand in the way of his lover's dreams and aspirations, he begs that they come closer and become more attentive to his need for genuine, consistent love. The writer emphasizes the fact that the love he craves is not a game, but a lifelong connection that needs to be nurtured in every possible way.

The chorus of the song, “If I should lose you, there'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness,” emphasizes the weight of the writer’s love; that losing this person would render him empty and broken. The verses that follow show the writer’s mental struggle, where he spends sleepless nights wondering if their love is strong enough to withstand the test of time, knowing too well that there are so many roads that could lead to the end of the line. The writer, therefore, hopes that his lover would stay with him, toss the doubts aside, and help him keep the flame of love burning. All in all, the song “If I Should Lose You” illustrates how essential communication and affections are to build and maintain a thriving relationship.

Line by Line Meaning

Baby, it's your life
I understand that you have your own life to live.

I don't really wanna stand in your way
I don't want to hold you back from doing what you want.

But I need consistent love
I need more than just occasional love from you.

With me love is not a game that you play
I take love seriously and I don't treat it like a game.

We need to be closer baby, yeah
I want us to be closer so we can share our feelings and experiences.

There's so many things that I wanna say
There are many things I want to express to you.

I'm loving you over and over and over
I continue to love you deeply and consistently.

It'll hurt to see you walk away
It would be painful to lose you.

If I should lose you
If I were to lose you and our relationship.

There'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness
Losing you would make me feel empty and incomplete.

If I should lose your love
If you stopped loving me.

I'd be nothing at all
My identity and sense of self-worth would be shattered.

I hold my pillow tight each night
I feel lonely at night and miss your presence.

I can't control the doubts in my mind
I struggle with doubts about our relationship and my worthiness of your love.

There's so many roads
There are many paths and choices in life that could lead us in different directions.

That can lead us to the end of the line
Some choices could potentially end our relationship and lead us to a point of no return.

Tossing and turning
I can't sleep well due to my worries and anxiety.

Running out of ways to pass the time
I am bored and unfulfilled without your company and love.

So when the night comes in, baby
At night, when I feel lonely and vulnerable.

I wanna feel your body close to mine
I crave your physical and emotional intimacy to feel safe and loved.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: RALPH E GRAHAM

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Baby, it's your life
I don't really wanna stand in your way
But I need consistent love
With me love is not a game that you play
We need to be closer baby, yeah
There's so many things that I wanna say
I'm loving you over and over and over
It'll hurt to see you walk away
If I should lose you
There'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all
I hold my pillow tight each night
I can't control the doubts in my mind
There's so many roads
That can lead us to the end of the line
Tossing and turning
Running out of ways to pass the time
So when the night comes in, baby
I wanna feel your body close to mine
If I should lose you
There'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all
Ooh If I should lose you
There'll be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'll be nothing at all
Tossing and turning to pass the time
So when the night comes in, baby
I wanna feel your body close to mine
If I should lose you
There'd be nothing left in my world but emptiness
If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all
If I should lose you
If I should lose you
If I should lose your love
I'd be nothing at all