After a few years as an actress Douglas decided to concentrate on her music career and in the early 1970s she landed the role of lead singer for the reformed soul group The Chantels. She toured the U.S. with the group for a while before receiving a record contract with Midland International Records in 1974 as a solo act. The first single released under the label, "Doctor's Orders", became a hit, reaching #2 on Billboard magazine's Disco chart, #9 R&B and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow up single "A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite" became a minor hit, reaching #81 on Billboard's Hot 100. In 1976 she hit #1 on the disco chart with "Midnight Love Affair" / "Crime Don't Pay", both from her second album Midnight Love Affair. The single also reached the #96 spot on Cash Box magazine's top 100 chart. The following year she recorded the track "You Make Me Feel the Music" for the soundtrack to the 1977 motion picture The Haunted.
"So You Win Again" was arranged by Michael Zager whose presence on Douglas' 1978 album release Burnin' resulted in a critical (if not commercial) upswing. Burnin' also featured Douglas' version of the Bee Gees' "Night Fever" - not a Zager arrangement - which became Douglas' only entry in the UK Singles Chart at #66.
Douglas' 1979 album Come Into My Life was an obvious bid to re-charge her club popularity: only six tracks long with production by Greg Carmichael who had enjoyed several disco hits with studio groups, but the single "I Got The Answer" was only a mild club success. Although she did not appear in the disco themed movie Saturday Night Fever, Douglas was enough of a disco star that her name appears on the marquee of the disco featured in the movie. Even though Douglas would go on to chart over a half-dozen other hits on the U.S. disco chart, none of them would reach the success on the mainstream pop charts like "Doctor's Orders".In 1981, Douglas' cover of the Three Degrees' "My Simple Heart" was released on 20th Century Records as by then the Midland International (aka Midsong) was defunct. "My Simple Heart" was also Douglas' debut on Carrere Records based in Paris where Douglas lived for a time: in the early 1980s Carrère handled Douglas' European releases while in the US Douglas was signed to O'Loughlin's Next Plateau label. Her last album to date 'I Got Your Body', renamed 'Love Zone' in the US and Canada, was released in 1983 including her latest four 12" singles from 1981 to 1983: "My Simple Heart", "You're Not So Hot", "I Got Your Body" and "Got Ya Where I Want Ya". The cut "You're Not So Hot" reached #71 in France (1982).
The retro-boom of the 1990s put Douglas back on the road touring and making personal appearances at a number of special events including the Martin Luther King Concert Series, Beatstock '97, Saturday Night Fever 20th Anniversary Reunion and the Dance Music Hall of Fame ceremony. In 2003, she returned to the recording studio when she was invited to sing backing vocals on Wanda Dee's Goddess Is Here! CD. During this period, she also re-recorded a number of her hits, which were also released.
Midnight Love Affair
Carol Douglas Lyrics
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Or you gonna leave with the moonlight
Morning comes I'll need you most
To hold you more than close through the night
Midnight love affair
How can I make you to stay
Midnight love affair
I really should be going
Tonight we'll share a sweet thing
You better get my loving while you can
Don't let me wake up lonely
I need you arms to hold me
Without you I'd be only half a man
Feels so good it can't be wrong
To love you all night long
Please stay here with me
I ain't gonna fall asleep
I'll do anything to keep you near to me
Midnight love affair
How can I make you to stay
Midnight love affair
Please don't run away
It's been a lovely evening
But soon I must be leaving
I've heard those tender words I loved before
We'll spent the night together
We'll make love last forever
I only want to love you more and more
Midnight love affair
How can I make you to stay
Midnight love affair
Please don't run away
Midnight love affair
I need you around
The lyrics of Carol Douglas's song "Midnight Love Affair" tell the story of a couple's intense and passionate love for each other. The singer questions if their partner will leave them once the moonlight has faded away. She expresses that come morning, she will need her lover's presence the most, wanting to hold him close through the night. She pleads with him not to run away from their "midnight love affair" and to stay with her.
The singer seems to be aware that their time together is limited, stating that the pair will share a "sweet thing" that night. She declares that she needs her lover's arms to hold her, fearing that without him, she will be "only half a man." The singer continues to express that their love feels so good that it can't be wrong to love all night long. She promises to do anything to keep her partner near to her.
Overall, "Midnight Love Affair" portrays a relationship that is intense and passionate, but also with an understanding that it may be fleeting. The singer knows that they only have the night together and begs their partner not to run away, promising to love him "more and more."
Line by Line Meaning
Will you still be here with me
Are you committed to being with me tonight?
Or you gonna leave with the moonlight
Are you planning to sneak away under the cover of night?
Morning comes I'll need you most
I will crave your company the most when the sun rises.
To hold you more than close through the night
I want to be so close to you that there is no space between us.
Midnight love affair
This is a passionate rendezvous under the moonlight.
How can I make you to stay
I want to convince you to stay the night with me.
Please don't run away
I am asking you not to leave me alone.
I really should be going
I acknowledge that it might be time for me to leave.
Tonight we'll share a sweet thing
We will engage in a special, intimate experience.
You better get my loving while you can
I am warning you that your opportunity to show me affection is limited.
Don't let me wake up lonely
I fear being alone when I come to in the morning.
I need you arms to hold me
I require your embrace to make me feel safe.
Without you I'd be only half a man
I feel that without your presence, a significant part of me would be missing.
Feels so good it can't be wrong
Our physical and emotional connection feels so right that it must not be a mistake.
To love you all night long
I want to show you my love for the duration of the night.
Please stay here with me
I am hoping that you will choose to remain in my company for the time being.
I ain't gonna fall asleep
I am resolved not to let myself fall asleep and miss any time with you.
I'll do anything to keep you near to me
I am willing to make any effort necessary to convince you to stay close.
It's been a lovely evening
I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with you tonight.
But soon I must be leaving
Unfortunately, I will need to depart soon.
I've heard those tender words I loved before
You have spoken words to me that I have cherished in the past.
We'll spent the night together
We will stay together for the entire night.
We'll make love last forever
Our connection tonight will endure in our memories as a beautiful experience.
I only want to love you more and more
My love for you continues to grow stronger with each moment we spend together.
I need you around
I require your presence in order to feel content and complete.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DAVID WOLINSKI, DAVID J WOLINSKI
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Thea M
Carol Douglas talent at its best. I remember dancing to this in the clubs in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York.
Cinzia Dalla Francesca
Fantastic!🎉🎉👏
David Chester-Smith
I would have loved to have been a part of the disco scene in New York in that era ❤
Luis Alberto Rodríguez Amau
I enjoy listening to this song.It brings me back great memories.Carol is such a great singer.I wish we had similar music today.
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"Midnight Love Affair" is a 1976 song by Carol Douglas from the album of the same name. Along with the track "Crime Don't Pay", the song went to number one for one week on the Billboard disco/dance chart.[1] The single failed to chart on either the Billboard Hot 100 or the R&B chart.
"Midnight Love Affair" was written in French by Pierre Groscolas and Michel Jourdan ("Ma jeunesse au fond de l'eau"), adapted in English by Estelle Levitt and produced by Eddie O'Loughlin.
Jean-Luc Fréret
It is the first time I listen or hear this song in 40 years.such memories and chills. Great artist
Jean-Luc Fréret
Bordel, quelle émotion! C'est la première fois que j'entends ça depuis 40 ans point plein de frissons, chair de poule point un super artiste
milanello
C la magie des années disco 70's❤❤❤ coup de coeur
Anselmo Garcia R
Bella música,
años gloriosos de la música disco, inolvidable
Marc Antoni
In 1977 we were dancing " midnight love affair" on a Disco in Brazil...Amazing Disco Era! Amazing track...