Davoli, Semplici, and Limoni had previously formed a group called Groove Groove Melody, producing dance music under names such as Starlight (who had a UK Top 10 hit in August 1989 with "Numero Uno") and Wood Allen. They went on to record music under many other aliases, most notably Mixmaster, which scored a UK #9 hit in November 1989 with the song "Grand Piano".
In 1989, the trio teamed up with French Caribbean model Katrin Quinol (b. Catherine Quinol) and formed the group Black Box. Quinol did not contribute musically to any of the tracks on the album, was considered the group's "image", lip-syncing the songs in TV performances and music videos.
The first single "Ride On Time" was an international hit, making Top 10 in many countries and No. 1 in the UK, soon becoming the UK's best-selling single of 1989. The song heavily sampled "Love Sensation" by Loleatta Holloway, a 1980 disco hit. The Black Box title is derived from the lyrics "Cause you're right on time".
Dan Hartman, writer and producer of "Love Sensation", was not sought for permission to sample his song, and soon after the international success of "Ride On Time," questions arose as to the true vocalist on the song. Legal proceedings ruled that Loleatta Holloway was the actual singer on "Ride On Time" (albeit by means of the "Love Sensation" vocal samples) and Black Box surrendered a large percentage of the royalties from the song to Hartman and Holloway. A new version of the track with uncredited vocals by Heather Small appeared solely as a single.
The group enlisted Martha Wash to perform vocals on a number of tracks which, Wash was apparently told, were for club consumption and were not for mass-release. The album Dreamland was released in May 1990, and featured six songs sung by Wash, including the singles "Everybody Everybody", "I Don't Know Anybody Else", and "Strike It Up", which became major hits worldwide. Dreamland earned a gold disc in both the UK and the US and achieved double-platinum status in Canada. In Australia it spent three weeks at #1, achieved platinum accreditation and was ranked the country's 16th highest selling album of 1991. Along the way, it also spawned six hit singles, both on the mainstream charts and in the clubs.
Martha Wash was uncredited on the album and singles, with Katrin Quinol lip-synching to the songs in public appearances. Wash sued Black Box, RCA Records and then C+C Music Factory for not receiving due credit. RCA and Wash settled out of court in 1990, with Wash receiving financial compensation and a record deal with RCA.[7] Wash received full vocal credit upon the single release of "Strike It Up", but the music video still featured Katrin Quinol lip-synching the lyrics.
In 1993, the group returned with the single "Rockin' To The Music", dismissing Quinol as the group's image and using American singer Charvoni Woodson as lead vocalist and image, but failed to emulate their previous success. The group recorded their second album Positive Vibration, with Woodson. The album was released around Europe and Asia in different independent labels from 1995 to 1997. The album spawned four singles, including a cover of Odyssey's disco hit "Native New Yorker" which became minor hits in Europe.
In America, they are best remembered for their early '90s singles, "Everybody Everybody", "I Don't Know Anybody Else", and "Strike It Up", their biggest hit in the United States, where all three of their hits are still heard on rhythmic radio and in clubs on a fairly regular basis to this day. Black Box remain one of the few piano-house groups to achieve mainstream success in the USA.
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Fall into My Love
Black Box Lyrics
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I just might have tried to get around
Well i feel so clever
When we are together
Now you stole my words, you stole my love
Like a shining moon up in the sky
Everybody's got a place to hide
Now that you're with me
Oh, it will be fine together,
Fall into my love
Fall into my love, baby...
I'm just gonna give you a dressing down
If you take my love and let it die
'cause i feel so clever
When we're together
Now you stole my words, you stole my love
Now you've got to tell me you know it's love
And by what they say there must be more
When i see your face all i see
Is just the scar that love has left
We'll be feeling so much better,
Fall into my love
Fall into my love, baby...
Don't you know
I never found myself
Let me tell you i've been waiting
Something i, will find
Just to please you, something special
Fall into my love, baby...
In Black Box's song Fall into My Love, the singer is expressing their feelings towards someone they are interested in. They feel they are not losing ground, but they have tried to find a way to connect with this person, and they feel clever when they are together. However, the person they are interested in has stolen their words and love. The singer wants the person to fall into their love and not let it die. They want to feel better together.
The lyrics paint the picture of the singer needing this person to reciprocate their feelings, and they feel as though they are waiting for something special. The singer talks about the scar that love has left, indicating that they may have been hurt before and are scared to get hurt again. They want this person to tell them that they know it's love and that they'll be feeling so much better together if they are together.
Overall, the song Fall into My Love is a love song about someone who is interested in someone else and wants them to fall into their love. The singer expresses their fear of getting hurt but makes it clear that if the person they are interested in reciprocates their feelings, they will feel so much better together.
Line by Line Meaning
Well, it's not that i'm just losin' ground
I'm not exactly failing in love, but I may have tried to find love in other places.
I just might have tried to get around
I may have looked for love in all the wrong ways.
Well i feel so clever
I feel smart and confident when I'm with you.
When we are together
Being with you makes me feel happy and content.
Now you stole my words, you stole my love
You took my words and my heart away from me.
Like a shining moon up in the sky
Just like the moon is visible to everyone, everyone has a secret hiding place in life.
Everybody's got a place to hide
Everyone has their own secrets and something that they keep to themselves.
Well, I'm feelin' better
I feel better since you became a part of my life.
Now that you're with me
Being with you makes life better.
Oh, it will be fine together,
Being together will make everything better.
Fall into my love
Let's fall in love with each other.
I'm just gonna give you a dressing down
I'm warning you that there will be trouble if you hurt my heart.
If you take my love and let it die
If you hurt my heart and my love for you withers away, then there will be consequences.
Now you've got to tell me you know it's love
You have to confess your love for me and make it clear that you feel the same way.
And by what they say there must be more
People say that love is much more than what meets the eye.
When i see your face all i see
When I look at you, all I see are the scars and pain that love has caused me in the past.
Is just the scar that love has left
All that remains of love are the scars that it has left behind.
We'll be feeling so much better,
We'll feel much better once we fall in love with each other.
Don't you know
Don't you understand?
I never found myself
I was lost before I met you.
Let me tell you i've been waiting
I've been waiting for someone like you to come into my life.
Something i, will find
Something special that I will find with you.
Just to please you, something special
I'll do whatever it takes to make you happy.
Fall into my love, baby...
Let's fall in love together, baby.
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