Bobby Caldwell (August 15, 1951 – March 14, 2023) was an American singer, s… Read Full Bio ↴Bobby Caldwell (August 15, 1951 – March 14, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, despite a prolific musical output over his 30-year career, was still best known for his 1978 hit single "What You Won't Do for Love." While he has always maintained a devoted fan base in the United States, a more legendary status has been bestowed upon him in Japan.
Early life
Bobby Caldwell was born in Manhattan to Bob and Carolyn Franklin, the hosts of Suppertime, an early television variety show. Living in Memphis and, chiefly, Miami (which he has called an influential "dumping ground" for all kinds of music), he took up piano and guitar as a preteen. Forming his own band at 17, he took the group on the road, later recording an album entitled Kathmandu.
Caldwell's first performances were more rock-oriented than the bulk of his career would indicate; early dates had him playing Jimi Hendrix and Cream covers in small clubs.
[edit] Recording career
[edit] Bobby Caldwell (What You Won't Do for Love)
Bobby Caldwell was signed to legendary Miami label TK Records, home to many different kinds of musical acts: the pop-disco of KC & The Sunshine Band, the Latin-flavoured funk of Foxy, the down-home soul of George McCrae and his wife Gwen McCrae, and the futuristic, jazzy disco of Peter Brown and T-Connection.
For this very hot label, Bobby recorded his double platinum-attaining self-titled solo album, scoring hits with the singles "What You Won't Do for Love", "My Flame" and, in Britain, "Down for the Third Time." In order to ensure significant airplay on the African American-dominated R&B radio format of the time, Caldwell's management took certain steps — such as portraying the artist only in silhouette on the cover and in advertisements — to hide the fact that he was white. The secret was, for obvious reasons, shattered by his first live appearances.
After the tracks were first recorded and the record was considered "complete," TK owner Henry Stone said that he enjoyed the album but couldn't hear a hit. Attempting to address this issue, Caldwell and his band re-entered the studio, laying down the song's now-familiar rhythm tracks. After he quickly penned a set of lyrics, "What You Won't Do for Love" was born.
"What You Won't Do for Love" in its novelty vinyl incarnation
Reaching the top ten on both the pop (#9) and R&B (#6) charts, the song proved to be a success, though a bit of a surprise one due both to the haste with which it was written and the fact that Caldwell assumed "My Flame", the LP's second track ("What You Won't Do for Love" is the sixth), would wind up as the standout single. The album which contained it was later re-released under the song's title. The single was also marketed in the form of a distinctive red heart-shaped 45-RPM vinyl record (advertised as "the single that gets to the heart of the matter"), now a collector's item frequently seen on eBay. Although the record is heart-shaped, the grooves on the vinyl, of course, are round, even though the sleeve would lead one to think otherwise. (The What You Won't Do for Love album also received a novelty release on yellow vinyl.)
While the original song still receives frequent airplay today, it has been covered, re-made (once, in 1998, by Caldwell himself) and sampled many times since 1978. Phyllis Hyman for her Living All Alone album, Go West's version rose high in the adult contemporary charts, and Boyz II Men's version in 2004, Tupac Shakur's "Do for Love," which samples the lyric, also attained a good deal of popularity. Goldie covered it on his 1998 EP Ring of Saturn (the lyrics were sung by Diane Charlemagne), In 2007 it was given a funky house makeover by Central Avenue featuring Simon Green. In addition, "My Flame" was covered by actress/singer Vanessa Williams for her 1999 Greatest Hits CD and also sampled by Bad-Boy recording artist The Notorious B.I.G. and integrated into the song Sky's the Limit; which was also another major Rap/Hip-Hop hit.Another version is to notice from Ricky Peterson in the 90's.
The Cat in the Hat through August Moon
Caldwell's sophomore period involved the considerable task of following up such a staggering success as What You Won't Do for Love; during this time, his Japanese audience steadily eclipsed his American one. The Cat in the Hat (1980) and Carry On (1982), were artistic improvements upon the first album, but did not match its commercial success. They were, however, bestsellers in Japan -- The Cat went platinum and Carry On gold—and sealed Bobby's reputation as a superstar in that country.
1983 saw Bobby Caldwell put out August Moon, a project bearing a much more rock- than soul-oriented sound, in Japan only; it was released in the United States in the 1990s.
Heart of Mine through Where is Love
Though August Moon went gold, Caldwell subsequently took a hiatus from recording, instead directing his efforts toward composing songs for other performers (and make his own version of this song), most notably "Heart of Mine" for Boz Scaggs, "The Next Time I Fall" for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera, "Janet" for the Commodores, "Niagara Falls" for Chicago, "The Real Thing" for Kalapana and "All or Nothing at All" for Al Jarreau.
Caldwell sold albums at a steady pace throughout the 1990s, producing 1991's Stuck on You, recorded with a sixty-piece orchestra, and 1993's Where is Love, the latter having been recorded with musicians who had previously played with Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett along with a twenty-four piece orchestra.
During this period, the airplay of his music shifted from the declining R&B radio format to the then-nascent smooth jazz stations. Caldwell is frequently cited as a staple of the genre, with "What You Won't Do for Love" as well as lesser-known singles such as "Real Thing", "All or Nothing at All" (both from Heart of Mine) still featuring prominently on programmers' playlists.
[edit] Soul Survivor through Come Rain or Come Shine
1995 saw the release of Soul Survivor, marking a turn toward coverage of others' songs. Though a handful of originals were present, the album was for the most part focused on, appropriately, soul standards such as "Walk on By" and "Your Precious Love".
He later turned to singing nothing but big band standards and original, yet big band standard-like songs (such as the much-promoted "Tomorrow") on 1996's Blue Condition and 1999's Come Rain or Come Shine. Blue Condition was recorded in real-time, live with a sixty-piece string section and twenty-piece jazz band in the same Capitol Records studios used by such icons as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Bobby Darin.
[edit] Perfect Island Nights
In 2005, Caldwell released Perfect Island Nights, his first album of mostly original studio material since 1993. The record features a new version "Rain", a track which made its debut on his second anthology release, Time and Again, as well as versions of Phil Perry's "Perfect Island Night", "Where is the Love" (rendered as a duet with Deniece Williams) and "Our Day Will Come". Guest players include saxophonist George Shelby and percussionist Russ Miller.
Film soundtracks
Caldwell has contributed music to a number of movies. He has both written and performed original songs for 1986's Back to School ("Educated Girl"), 1988's Mac & Me ("Take Me, I'll Follow You"), 1988's Salsa ("Puerto Rico") and its sequel ("Every Teardrop").
Songs penned by Caldwell but performed by others have appeared in films such as 1989's Ghostbusters 2 ("The Promised Land," performed by James "J.T." Taylor, the lead singer of Kool & the Gang) and 1987's Princess from the Moon ("Stay With Me," performed by Peter Cetera).
Due to what Caldwell has cited in interviews a lower cost of use than the original recordings, his versions of big band standards have appeared in several films. Examples include 2002's LakeBoat and 2001's Simone.
Caldwell also composed and performed "Don't Quit," the theme song for Body by Jake's workout video of the same name. He also appears in the associated music video, musically urging an actor portraying a weak young man to engage in weight training in order to defeat the bully of a local beach.
[edit] Sampling
Caldwell's music has been a popular source material for other artists, sometimes of differing genres, to sample. Of the many releases that make use of pieces of Caldwell's work, the following are some of the most prominent:
* Aaliyah's "Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number" (samples "What You Won't Do for Love")
* Da Brat and Mariah Carey's "Gotta Thing 4 You" (samples the chorus of "What You Won't Do for Love")
* 2Pac's "Can I Get Your Number", "What I Won't Do For Love (Unreleased)" "Do for Love"(Posthumous) and "Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find" (sample "What You Won't Do for Love")
* Tatyana Ali's "Boy You Knock Me Out" (samples "What You Won't Do for Love") On Kiss The Sky (1998)
* Common's "The Light" (samples "Open Your Eyes")
* Notorious B.I.G.'s "Sky the Limit" (samples "My Flame")
* Portrait's "heartstrings" (samples "My Flame")
* The Luniz's "Playa Hata" (samples "What You Wont' Do for Love")
* Guru (rapper)'s "Something in the Past" (samples "What You Wont' Do for Love")
* Esham's "24/7" (samples "What You Wont' Do for Love")
* Raheem DeVaughn and DJ Jazzy Jeff's "My Soul Ain't for Sale" (samples "What You Won't Do for Love")
* Goldie's "What You Won't Do for Love" is a drum & bass re-working of "What you Won't Do for Love"
* Mona Lisa's "Jus Wanna Please U" (samples "What You Won't Do For Love")
* Medaphoar's "Can't Hold On" (samples "Carry On")
* Gym Class Heroes "Viva La White Girl" (references "What You Won't Do For Love")
* Kool G Rap "Blowin' Up in the World" (samples "What You Won't Do For Love")
* Master P featuring Steady Mobb'n's "If I Could Change" (samples "what you won't do for love") in 1997.
* On The New York Undercover episode Singer Montell Jordan cover the song.
[edit] Acting
Aside from a minor role in 1988's Salsa, Caldwell portrayed Frank Sinatra from October 1999 to January 2000 in the Las Vegas stage musical The Rat Pack is Back, garnering positive reviews.
[edit] Personal life
Caldwell resides on a horse farm in NJ with his wife, Mary, and their children.
[edit] Current activity
Bobby Caldwell is presently devoting his time to live performances.
[edit] Japanese audience
Like several other singers (such as Boz Scaggs, Peter Cetera, and Daryl Hall), Caldwell has attained a great deal of popularity in Japan. In 1992, he received the nation's equivalent of a Grammy as the "best international artist."
His current career reflects his fame in that country. His albums tend to be released in that country before his own, his tours typically include many prestigious well-attended dates at such venues as the Nagoya Blue Note and, in the early 1990s, he married (and fathered twin daughters with) a woman from Japan.
The Japanese soul/jazz group Skoop on Somebody covered What You Won't Do for Love in their album,「undressed～club SOS～」.
TV
* In one episode of "New York Undercover" Montell Jordan performs "What You Won't Do for Love".
Discography
LPs
* What You Won't Do for Love (1978) Initially released as Bobby Caldwell. Reached double platinum status in the United States and gold status in Japan.
* Cat in the Hat (1980) Reached gold status in the United States and platinum in Japan.
* Carry On (1982) Reached gold status in Japan.
* August Moon (1984) Initially a Japan-only release, where it reached gold status.
* Heart of Mine (1988) Reached double platinum status in Japan and received Ad Lib magazine's Best Record of the Year 1989 award.
* Stuck on You (1991) Released in Japan as Solid Ground
* Where is Love (1993)
* Soul Survivor (1995)
* Blue Condition (1996)
* Timeline: The Anthology (1998)
* Come Rain or Come Shine (1999)
* Time and Again: The Anthology Part 2 (2001)
* Perfect Island Nights (2005)
Singles
* "What You Won't Do for Love" (1978)
* "Coming Down from Love" (1980)
* "Jamaica" (1982)
* "All of My Love" (1982)
Quotes
* "It got to where I could just send the hat to the show and stay home!" - on why he no longer wears his former trademark fedora during live performances
* "The record label went to great lengths to hide the fact that I was white, and I just deferred to what I didn't understand." - on his career immediately post-"What You Won't Do for Love"
"Bobby Caldwell Lounges Hard" - Louis Boston
Early life
Bobby Caldwell was born in Manhattan to Bob and Carolyn Franklin, the hosts of Suppertime, an early television variety show. Living in Memphis and, chiefly, Miami (which he has called an influential "dumping ground" for all kinds of music), he took up piano and guitar as a preteen. Forming his own band at 17, he took the group on the road, later recording an album entitled Kathmandu.
Caldwell's first performances were more rock-oriented than the bulk of his career would indicate; early dates had him playing Jimi Hendrix and Cream covers in small clubs.
[edit] Recording career
[edit] Bobby Caldwell (What You Won't Do for Love)
Bobby Caldwell was signed to legendary Miami label TK Records, home to many different kinds of musical acts: the pop-disco of KC & The Sunshine Band, the Latin-flavoured funk of Foxy, the down-home soul of George McCrae and his wife Gwen McCrae, and the futuristic, jazzy disco of Peter Brown and T-Connection.
For this very hot label, Bobby recorded his double platinum-attaining self-titled solo album, scoring hits with the singles "What You Won't Do for Love", "My Flame" and, in Britain, "Down for the Third Time." In order to ensure significant airplay on the African American-dominated R&B radio format of the time, Caldwell's management took certain steps — such as portraying the artist only in silhouette on the cover and in advertisements — to hide the fact that he was white. The secret was, for obvious reasons, shattered by his first live appearances.
After the tracks were first recorded and the record was considered "complete," TK owner Henry Stone said that he enjoyed the album but couldn't hear a hit. Attempting to address this issue, Caldwell and his band re-entered the studio, laying down the song's now-familiar rhythm tracks. After he quickly penned a set of lyrics, "What You Won't Do for Love" was born.
"What You Won't Do for Love" in its novelty vinyl incarnation
Reaching the top ten on both the pop (#9) and R&B (#6) charts, the song proved to be a success, though a bit of a surprise one due both to the haste with which it was written and the fact that Caldwell assumed "My Flame", the LP's second track ("What You Won't Do for Love" is the sixth), would wind up as the standout single. The album which contained it was later re-released under the song's title. The single was also marketed in the form of a distinctive red heart-shaped 45-RPM vinyl record (advertised as "the single that gets to the heart of the matter"), now a collector's item frequently seen on eBay. Although the record is heart-shaped, the grooves on the vinyl, of course, are round, even though the sleeve would lead one to think otherwise. (The What You Won't Do for Love album also received a novelty release on yellow vinyl.)
While the original song still receives frequent airplay today, it has been covered, re-made (once, in 1998, by Caldwell himself) and sampled many times since 1978. Phyllis Hyman for her Living All Alone album, Go West's version rose high in the adult contemporary charts, and Boyz II Men's version in 2004, Tupac Shakur's "Do for Love," which samples the lyric, also attained a good deal of popularity. Goldie covered it on his 1998 EP Ring of Saturn (the lyrics were sung by Diane Charlemagne), In 2007 it was given a funky house makeover by Central Avenue featuring Simon Green. In addition, "My Flame" was covered by actress/singer Vanessa Williams for her 1999 Greatest Hits CD and also sampled by Bad-Boy recording artist The Notorious B.I.G. and integrated into the song Sky's the Limit; which was also another major Rap/Hip-Hop hit.Another version is to notice from Ricky Peterson in the 90's.
The Cat in the Hat through August Moon
Caldwell's sophomore period involved the considerable task of following up such a staggering success as What You Won't Do for Love; during this time, his Japanese audience steadily eclipsed his American one. The Cat in the Hat (1980) and Carry On (1982), were artistic improvements upon the first album, but did not match its commercial success. They were, however, bestsellers in Japan -- The Cat went platinum and Carry On gold—and sealed Bobby's reputation as a superstar in that country.
1983 saw Bobby Caldwell put out August Moon, a project bearing a much more rock- than soul-oriented sound, in Japan only; it was released in the United States in the 1990s.
Heart of Mine through Where is Love
Though August Moon went gold, Caldwell subsequently took a hiatus from recording, instead directing his efforts toward composing songs for other performers (and make his own version of this song), most notably "Heart of Mine" for Boz Scaggs, "The Next Time I Fall" for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera, "Janet" for the Commodores, "Niagara Falls" for Chicago, "The Real Thing" for Kalapana and "All or Nothing at All" for Al Jarreau.
Caldwell sold albums at a steady pace throughout the 1990s, producing 1991's Stuck on You, recorded with a sixty-piece orchestra, and 1993's Where is Love, the latter having been recorded with musicians who had previously played with Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett along with a twenty-four piece orchestra.
During this period, the airplay of his music shifted from the declining R&B radio format to the then-nascent smooth jazz stations. Caldwell is frequently cited as a staple of the genre, with "What You Won't Do for Love" as well as lesser-known singles such as "Real Thing", "All or Nothing at All" (both from Heart of Mine) still featuring prominently on programmers' playlists.
[edit] Soul Survivor through Come Rain or Come Shine
1995 saw the release of Soul Survivor, marking a turn toward coverage of others' songs. Though a handful of originals were present, the album was for the most part focused on, appropriately, soul standards such as "Walk on By" and "Your Precious Love".
He later turned to singing nothing but big band standards and original, yet big band standard-like songs (such as the much-promoted "Tomorrow") on 1996's Blue Condition and 1999's Come Rain or Come Shine. Blue Condition was recorded in real-time, live with a sixty-piece string section and twenty-piece jazz band in the same Capitol Records studios used by such icons as Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Bobby Darin.
[edit] Perfect Island Nights
In 2005, Caldwell released Perfect Island Nights, his first album of mostly original studio material since 1993. The record features a new version "Rain", a track which made its debut on his second anthology release, Time and Again, as well as versions of Phil Perry's "Perfect Island Night", "Where is the Love" (rendered as a duet with Deniece Williams) and "Our Day Will Come". Guest players include saxophonist George Shelby and percussionist Russ Miller.
Film soundtracks
Caldwell has contributed music to a number of movies. He has both written and performed original songs for 1986's Back to School ("Educated Girl"), 1988's Mac & Me ("Take Me, I'll Follow You"), 1988's Salsa ("Puerto Rico") and its sequel ("Every Teardrop").
Songs penned by Caldwell but performed by others have appeared in films such as 1989's Ghostbusters 2 ("The Promised Land," performed by James "J.T." Taylor, the lead singer of Kool & the Gang) and 1987's Princess from the Moon ("Stay With Me," performed by Peter Cetera).
Due to what Caldwell has cited in interviews a lower cost of use than the original recordings, his versions of big band standards have appeared in several films. Examples include 2002's LakeBoat and 2001's Simone.
Caldwell also composed and performed "Don't Quit," the theme song for Body by Jake's workout video of the same name. He also appears in the associated music video, musically urging an actor portraying a weak young man to engage in weight training in order to defeat the bully of a local beach.
[edit] Sampling
Caldwell's music has been a popular source material for other artists, sometimes of differing genres, to sample. Of the many releases that make use of pieces of Caldwell's work, the following are some of the most prominent:
* Aaliyah's "Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number" (samples "What You Won't Do for Love")
* Da Brat and Mariah Carey's "Gotta Thing 4 You" (samples the chorus of "What You Won't Do for Love")
* 2Pac's "Can I Get Your Number", "What I Won't Do For Love (Unreleased)" "Do for Love"(Posthumous) and "Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find" (sample "What You Won't Do for Love")
* Tatyana Ali's "Boy You Knock Me Out" (samples "What You Won't Do for Love") On Kiss The Sky (1998)
* Common's "The Light" (samples "Open Your Eyes")
* Notorious B.I.G.'s "Sky the Limit" (samples "My Flame")
* Portrait's "heartstrings" (samples "My Flame")
* The Luniz's "Playa Hata" (samples "What You Wont' Do for Love")
* Guru (rapper)'s "Something in the Past" (samples "What You Wont' Do for Love")
* Esham's "24/7" (samples "What You Wont' Do for Love")
* Raheem DeVaughn and DJ Jazzy Jeff's "My Soul Ain't for Sale" (samples "What You Won't Do for Love")
* Goldie's "What You Won't Do for Love" is a drum & bass re-working of "What you Won't Do for Love"
* Mona Lisa's "Jus Wanna Please U" (samples "What You Won't Do For Love")
* Medaphoar's "Can't Hold On" (samples "Carry On")
* Gym Class Heroes "Viva La White Girl" (references "What You Won't Do For Love")
* Kool G Rap "Blowin' Up in the World" (samples "What You Won't Do For Love")
* Master P featuring Steady Mobb'n's "If I Could Change" (samples "what you won't do for love") in 1997.
* On The New York Undercover episode Singer Montell Jordan cover the song.
[edit] Acting
Aside from a minor role in 1988's Salsa, Caldwell portrayed Frank Sinatra from October 1999 to January 2000 in the Las Vegas stage musical The Rat Pack is Back, garnering positive reviews.
[edit] Personal life
Caldwell resides on a horse farm in NJ with his wife, Mary, and their children.
[edit] Current activity
Bobby Caldwell is presently devoting his time to live performances.
[edit] Japanese audience
Like several other singers (such as Boz Scaggs, Peter Cetera, and Daryl Hall), Caldwell has attained a great deal of popularity in Japan. In 1992, he received the nation's equivalent of a Grammy as the "best international artist."
His current career reflects his fame in that country. His albums tend to be released in that country before his own, his tours typically include many prestigious well-attended dates at such venues as the Nagoya Blue Note and, in the early 1990s, he married (and fathered twin daughters with) a woman from Japan.
The Japanese soul/jazz group Skoop on Somebody covered What You Won't Do for Love in their album,「undressed～club SOS～」.
TV
* In one episode of "New York Undercover" Montell Jordan performs "What You Won't Do for Love".
Discography
LPs
* What You Won't Do for Love (1978) Initially released as Bobby Caldwell. Reached double platinum status in the United States and gold status in Japan.
* Cat in the Hat (1980) Reached gold status in the United States and platinum in Japan.
* Carry On (1982) Reached gold status in Japan.
* August Moon (1984) Initially a Japan-only release, where it reached gold status.
* Heart of Mine (1988) Reached double platinum status in Japan and received Ad Lib magazine's Best Record of the Year 1989 award.
* Stuck on You (1991) Released in Japan as Solid Ground
* Where is Love (1993)
* Soul Survivor (1995)
* Blue Condition (1996)
* Timeline: The Anthology (1998)
* Come Rain or Come Shine (1999)
* Time and Again: The Anthology Part 2 (2001)
* Perfect Island Nights (2005)
Singles
* "What You Won't Do for Love" (1978)
* "Coming Down from Love" (1980)
* "Jamaica" (1982)
* "All of My Love" (1982)
Quotes
* "It got to where I could just send the hat to the show and stay home!" - on why he no longer wears his former trademark fedora during live performances
* "The record label went to great lengths to hide the fact that I was white, and I just deferred to what I didn't understand." - on his career immediately post-"What You Won't Do for Love"
"Bobby Caldwell Lounges Hard" - Louis Boston
Break Away
Bobby Caldwell Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Break Away' by these artists:
8percent Tell me baby can we get away, for today I wanna…
Alicia Bridges The stars were dancing when I pulled into town I picked…
Andromedik RIENK Do you remember, when the sun set low How the water…
Aranda You got me wrapped around your finger Who I am, I…
Art Garfunkel I watch the distant lights on the runway Disappear into the…
B 9 I've got other plans today Don't need permission anyway 'Cau…
Baha Men It doesn't matter where we go as long as I´m…
Beach Boys Break break shake away, break breakaway Now I'm free to do…
Benny Sings Why do I feel like something's wrong? Why do I feel…
Big Pig All my life I wanted to fly Like the birds that…
Bill and Ted He starts the car but doesn't drive Just lets the engine…
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure I can't break away (baby) Away from your love (away) I can't…
Bio Killaz (Gunshots) Take that mutha f**ka! Gotta Break Away Got…
Blind Times that I had once are done It's strange to be…
Bobby Caldwell & Jack Splash Are Cool Uncle Stay away, stay away If you care for yourself Stay away I ha…
CANNATA Let the camera look at you Making movies can really free…
Cansis I used to break away Today, we'll make it right Leave ever…
Cee feat. Emilio Rojas [Intro: Cee] Yeah, it’s Big Cee son, uh uh Emilio what It’s…
Charming Liars WOAH I'm a kamikaze pilot in an aeroplane Looking to collid…
Chris Norman Do you recall when we were back in school Me and…
Complex Of God Falling, falling To the abyss of the dubiety, lonely In the …
Court Jester I walk down the street another mans dream lies broken…
Dead Best Friend Break away from your temper The earth begins to shake…
Echoes The Fall Making Your Way Through Empty Places Struck Dead Inside Agai…
Enemy You Waiting for the flood, we know it coming I'grease on…
Firewind Tired soldier going home Where's the hope and where's the sh…
Fit For A King Burn me alive and take my life back, I don't…
Flamboyant Bella I don't love you but I love when you call…
Flaws Time goes by, and I want To break away from you And…
Fullmåne Im a rat Im a rat I crawl in the filth Dirty…
G. Love & Special Sauce This a don mission From the bottom, always felt there was…
Garfunkel Art I watch the distant lights on the runway Disappear into the…
George Ezra He won't tell her what is going on He won't tell…
Ghostnaut Verse 1 : Break away from the greys and my cold…
Glasseater you've disappeared but the thoughts remain so thick that i c…
Glis The day I left my world turned black I promised never…
Gotthard How many times have I lied just to settle my…
Grant Miller I′ve got other plans today Don't need permission anyway ′Cau…
Irma Thomas I made my reservation, I'm leaving town tomorrow I'll find s…
It Prevails Living in a world of tradition, I'll break myself away. We…
Ivy Quainoo From the fire in your words To the dagger in your…
Jahmiel 1) Sufferation nuh make no sense to we Bigger heads nuh make…
James Porter Why do we shadow angry ideas created for fear How can…
John Tabacco BREAK AWAY I see some shadows besides me Moving to and fro …
Jonth Maybe you should stay Just stay away Because maybe we are fa…
Joseph Edmonds Memories start to fade away There like a whisper in the…
Kelly Clarkson Grew up in a small town And when the rain would…
King & Prince You gotta keep on moving on We've got growing up (one…
Klyne They won't let me find a way to get out…
Livid Halcyon Livid Halcyon - Break Away Could I break away, could I…
Lumidee I had to break away from you (From you) And try…
M.P.A. I've been searching for my soul Found a place to call…
Matt Andersen I'm starting to feel like I know this town too…
Maywood Verse One thing I know, I will survive. And you′re not passi…
Memory of a Melody Do you remember the innocence around us? The memories formed…
Midnight Kids So long We've been trying to forget the past So far We've be…
Midnight Metro Look at her eyes See the beauty that unfolds This race I…
Monday Morning there's no description stated for what I'm feeling lately Y…
Muzzy Impatience is growing and growing And our frustration is sho…
Nick Ray Take a walk down that river tonight With a lot that's…
Nines Sorry mom for all them times I got suspended in…
Nocturnal Rites Don't ever run, and live a lie Rise above it all Spread…
Paul Spring I need variety There's a dream I can't unsee No way around…
Random Ninjas And the ice would slowly melt Pushing all his plans to…
Rascal Flatts Opened my eyes this morning with a smile on my…
Riff Raff I break away I've seen torture through these eyes I want foc…
Scooter Lee I made my reservation, I'm leaving town tomorrow I'll find …
Simon & Garfunkel I watch the distant lights on the runway Disappear into the…
Staind Misery And company it keeps Is for me All these things We ke…
Straight Ahead When things turn on me. Can't take no more.Find away…
Sturm und Drang I am the one, no longer petrified Who's seen the…
Subdigitals They told me that I Was no good at all, Such a…
The Beach Boys (Break, break, shake away) (Break, break away) (I did what, …
The Electric Sons We were setting fires in the dark To count the constellation…
The Kids So long We've been trying to forget the past So far We've be…
The Neville Brothers Here we go Need a heavy tracker on my mind now Break…
The Newbeats Break away, break away Break away from that boy, he's not…
The Queenstons And i'll fall Could you grab my hand and hold me Above…
The Rabble GO! I've been up, I've been down, I've been all around I…
The Unseen (Break Away) IT consumes your life Everything you do revol…
Tokio Hotel I've got other plans today Don't need permission anyway 'Cau…
Tokio Hotel琀 I've got other plans today Don't need permission anyway 'C…
Trevor Dongo Iwe neni ngatidananei eh eh (You and me let's love each…
Viasava Bring the walls down Draw back the curtain look inside There…
Victory Walking out the door I fell the urge to run Leave…
We Outspoken I don't know where I'm going. Can you say when I…
Weekend Excursion Your scent remains beneath my sheets Why did you leave? You …
Western Waste I say you're lazy you say you haven't found your…
Witchseeker THERE MUST BE SOMETHING MORE TO LIFE THERE MUST BE SOMETHING…
ZZ Top It's a chemical attraction I just can't slide by Every time…
♫ Kelly Clarkson Grew up in a small town And when the rain would…
♫ Staind Misery And company it keeps Is for me All these things We ke…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Bobby Caldwell:
02) Under My Skin I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
04) All Or Nothing At All Every day we go through I do something that'll please you…
04) Your Precious Love Everyday, there's something new honey, to keep me loving you…
06) The Best Is Yet To Come Out of the tree of life I just picked me…
08) First Time Wise men wait, They'll always put their trust in fate. Fool…
11) World On A String I've got the world on a string I'm sitting on a…
12) Come To Me Though you don't call anymore I sit and wait in vain I…
23. Open Your Eyes I see you, in a lonely place How can you be…
All Of Me All of me, why not take all of me? Can't you…
All of My Love Fall in love Why can't you fall in love You need someone…
All Or Nothing At All Every day we go through I do something that'll please you…
All The Way When somebody loves you It's no good unless he loves you,…
Angel Eyes Try to think that love's not around Still it's uncomfortabl…
April Moon This is a story I've wanted to tell I was left…
At Last At last, my love has come along my lonely days are…
Baby It's Cold Outside I really can´t stay, (Baby, it's cold outside) I've go…
Back to You Though you don't call anymore I sit and wait in vain I…
Back To You-slow I, Was a fool to be Thinking just of me And I told…
Beyond the Sea Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere waiting for me My lover…
Can Ever since the day we met I knew that I would…
Can't Say Goodbye Ever since the day we met I knew that I would…
Carry On How many times have I told you You can't hang on…
Catwalk Standing on a catwalk, baby I'm about to come undone And t…
China I've traveled far Over the oceans Seen other worlds Only …
Come Rain Or Come Shine I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you Come rain or…
Come To Me Though you don't call anymore I sit and wait in vain I…
Coming Down From Love From the beginning You were my life And through the seasons …
Cover Girl Saw your picture on the cover of Vogue It was hard…
Crazy For You I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to find…
Cry If you should see me Don't ask how I've been Don't concern…
Day In Day Out Day in, day out That same old voodoo follows me about That…
Don Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just …
Don't Ask My Neighbor You're wondering if I care about ya Or if there's some…
Don't Give Me Bad News Hello baby It's been one of those days And I've worked my…
Don't Lead Me On Don't make advances If you can't follow through Don't whis…
Don't Worry 'Bout Me Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be …
Down For The Third Time Left your mark In a distant past But somehow it's all gone…
Even Now Sometimes when I'm in a crowd I'll start reminiscing And …
Every Man Whatever happened to the lives we had It was easy keeping…
Every Time You Say My Name Say my name I got hurt by a love that did…
First Time Wise men wait, They'll always put their trust in fate. Fool…
Follow Me Tired of feeling all by myself Being so different From every…
Game Over It's over, game over Love has taken me over Game over, game…
Good To Me Tell me why Every time I try to get ahead I only…
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry The torch I carry is handsome It's worth its heartache in…
Heart Of Mine One day, I may Find true love that will last forever,…
I Concentrate On You Whenever skies look gray to me And trouble begins to brew, W…
I Don't Want to Lose Your Love I think of your face And my mind slips into outer…
I Get A Kick Out Of You My story is much too sad to be told But practically…
I Give In I once had a love that I don't talk about She…
I Need Your Love I think of your face And my mind slips into outer…
I'll Be Around I'll be around No matter how You treat me now I'll be aro…
I've Got The World On A String I've got the world on a string I'm sitting on a…
I've got you Under My skin I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
Ill Wind Blow ill wind, blow away Let me rest today You're blowing …
In The Name Of Love How many times do we have to Jump back in the…
Indian Summer Summer, you old Indian Summer You're the tear that comes…
It I bless the day I found you I want to stay…
It's Over When love has blown your mind And your illusions Peace get…
Jamaica When the world gets too much to carryAnd when life…
Janet Tearin' me apart Somehow I just don't care She's playin'…
Kalimba Song One day I may find true love that will last…
Let It Be Me I bless the day I found you I want to stay…
Loaded Gun All of her life She's been running around One by one She …
Love Lite All of my life I've been searching for someone Whose love …
Love Won I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to find…
Love Won't Wait When the lights are low How can you resist When I kiss…
Loving You Baby, maybe you're an angel Love made its incision Maybe I…
Luck Be A Lady They call you lady luck But there is room for doubt At…
Mother of Creation I think I've got the right To decide my destiny What's all…
My Flame Mmh, how long? How long have you been away? Oh, how long? I…
Never Loved Before I used to think love was a game Only meant for…
Never Take A Chance Never take a chance I grew up believing If you take a…
Old Devil Moon I look at you and suddenly Something in your eyes I…
Once Upon A Time It wasn't long ago We had the kind of love…
Once You Give In Once you give in You'll realize You need my love to guide…
One Love Girl if you're asking What it would take I can shed some…
Only The Lonely Each place I go only the lonely go Some little small…
Open Your Eyes I see you, in a lonely place How can you be…
Perfect Island Night Enchanted by the summer sky And the moonlight Does a matin…
Perfect Island Nights Enchanted by the summer sky And the moonlight Does a mating …
Promised Land We've been searchin' up and down this weary country Worn ou…
Rain I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you Come rain or…
Real Thing Here comes the night Once again I'll be feeling lonely Oh…
Rina I must have done something right It wasn't in this life Bu…
Saying It's Over I walk along The streets we used to walk On a moonlit…
Shape I'm In Everyday I'm haunted by memories Can't erase them from my mi…
Shape Im In Everyday I'm haunted by memories Can't erase them from my m…
She Does It Better We don't communicate No girl not like before I tried but y…
She Loves My Car Drive all night up and down the highway May be a…
Sherry Sherry, I know there are things I lack If making some…
Show Me Here we are all our hearts on the table Now it…
Smile Smile, though your heart is breaking Smile, even though it'…
Solid Ground Here in the depths of my heart I just can't imagine If…
Special To Me You are so special to me Loving you was surely meant…
Stay With Me How can you say it's over What can there be that…
Street Of Dreams Midnight, you heavy laden, it's midnight Come on and trade i…
Stuck On You Lately I've noticed my world's upside down And everything's…
Sunny Hills The family's agreed We know what you need Is a quiet place…
Take Me When I was young I used to play On the sand by…
Take Me (I’ll Follow You) Tired of feeling all by myself Being so different From every…
Take Me Back To Then When I was young I used to play On the sand by…
Take Me I'll Follow Tired of feeling all by myself Being so different From every…
Tell It Like It Is If you want something to play with Go and find yourself…
The Best Is Yet To Come Out of the tree of life I just picked me…
The Girl I Dream About The girl I dream about Someday she will appear The girl…
The Shape I Everyday I'm haunted by memories Can't erase them from my mi…
The Tender Trap You see a pair of laughing eyes And suddenly your sighing…
To Know What You I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to find…
To Know What You've Got When you go through a day And your mind's a million…
Tomorrow Tomorrow Please go away How I'm dreading you Can't you se…
Trying Times Ordinary people living ordinary lives Each with their own p…
Under my Skin I've got you under my skin. I've got you deep in…
Until You Come Back to Me Though you don't call anymore I sit and wait in vain I…
What we won't do for love I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to find…
What You Won I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to…
What You Won't Do I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to find…
What You Won't Do For Me I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to…
What You Wont Do For Love I guess you wonder where I've been I searched to find…
Where Is Love Once I believed in Cassandra A psychic whose words were pro…
Without Your Love Love, if you don't know by now What's in my…
Words Love, it was meant to be played by the rules Guess…
Wrong or Right Now, now is the time I make a stand for love I…
You Belong To me Don't look now But this good thing could go astray And I…
You Go To My Head You go to my head And you linger like a haunting…
You Promised Me Why should I worry What happens to me in this life There…
Young At Heart Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you If…
Your Precious Love Everyday, there's something new honey, to keep me loving you…
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Jovana Miljković
lyrics:
[Verse 1: Bobby Caldwell]
Stay away, stay away
If you care for yourself, stay away
I have bad luck each and every day
Stay away
Turn around, turn away
If you see me on the street, turn away
I could break your heart again one day
Turn away
[Pre-Chorus: Bobby Caldwell]
Stay on the side of the street where the sun shines
I will not disturb your space
You don't have to live like I live on a phone line
You won't have to see my face
[Chorus: Bobby Caldwell]
Break, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
Break, baby break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
[Verse 2: Jessie Ware & Both]
Break away, break away
That's the name of the game, break away
Cause for you, there are better games to play
Break away
Turn around, turn away
If you see me on the street, turn away
I could break your heart again one day
Turn away
[Pre-Chorus: Bobby Caldwell & Both]
Stay on the side of the street where the sun shines
I will not disturb your space
You don't have to live like Ilive on a phone line
You won't have to see my face
[Chorus: Bobby Caldwell, (Jessie Ware) & Both]
Break, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
(Gotta break away)
Break, baby break away
You don't have to stay
(Stay, stay, stay, stay)
Baby, break away
Gotta break away
Break away, break away
Break away, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
Break away, baby, break away
(Break away)
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
(You don't have to stay)
Break away, baby, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
Gotta break away
Carl Taylor
RIP to the Maestro of Music. Gone but never forgotten. Forever my cool Uncle. Forever an original. Forever a legend.
MS. G
I love the smoothness of this song. Bobby Caldwell is truly talented.
Slashley gibbins
God I love this. Velvet cool tunes. Jessie's voice complements this perfectly.
misanthrope8
complements it too.
Slashley gibbins
misanthrope8 There, done 😁
lou Brown
I love this song...I was driving to the gym and it came on the radio. It is so unique and catchy!
Jovana Miljković
lyrics:
[Verse 1: Bobby Caldwell]
Stay away, stay away
If you care for yourself, stay away
I have bad luck each and every day
Stay away
Turn around, turn away
If you see me on the street, turn away
I could break your heart again one day
Turn away
[Pre-Chorus: Bobby Caldwell]
Stay on the side of the street where the sun shines
I will not disturb your space
You don't have to live like I live on a phone line
You won't have to see my face
[Chorus: Bobby Caldwell]
Break, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
Break, baby break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
[Verse 2: Jessie Ware & Both]
Break away, break away
That's the name of the game, break away
Cause for you, there are better games to play
Break away
Turn around, turn away
If you see me on the street, turn away
I could break your heart again one day
Turn away
[Pre-Chorus: Bobby Caldwell & Both]
Stay on the side of the street where the sun shines
I will not disturb your space
You don't have to live like Ilive on a phone line
You won't have to see my face
[Chorus: Bobby Caldwell, (Jessie Ware) & Both]
Break, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
(Gotta break away)
Break, baby break away
You don't have to stay
(Stay, stay, stay, stay)
Baby, break away
Gotta break away
Break away, break away
Break away, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
Break away, baby, break away
(Break away)
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
(You don't have to stay)
Break away, baby, break away
You don't have to stay
Baby, break away
Gotta break away
Zena Jisr
I love it!!😍
Berenice Lorenzo
Todas sus canciones son fantásticas. Suscrita! :)
Gamzee Makara
Everytime I hear that sound between the second and first chorus lines I feel so unbelievably slick