Dennis achieved her first success as a vocalist with Dancin' Danny D's dance project D Mob, when their single "C'mon and Get My Love" reached #15 in the UK Singles Chart and #10 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Originally, it had only reached #93 (UK). It is regarded as an underground classic in the dance music field, and a second collaboration with D Mob, "That's The Way Of The World," was also a major dance hit. It was followed by Dennis' debut album, Move to This.
She subsequently scored three solo Top 20 UK / Top 10 U.S. hits and had considerable success in Japan in the early 1990s with "Just Another Dream" (#13 UK, #9 U.S., #14 Australia), "Touch Me (All Night Long)" (#5 UK, #2 U.S., #16 Australia), which is probably her most remembered hit to date, and "Too Many Walls" (#17 UK, #8 U.S., #57 Australia).
Subsequent releases were only minor hits. Her final Top 40 hit in the U.S. was "You Lied to Me" in 1992, and her final Top 40 hit in the UK was "Waterloo Sunset", which made #11 during 1997. That same year her last solo single "When Your Dreams Turn To Dust", peaked in the UK at #43.
"Touch Me (All Night Long)" stayed at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, and was kept out of the #1 spot by Hi-Five's "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" the first week and Mariah Carey's "I Don't Wanna Cry" the second week. The song was a cover of a 1985 single by Wish featuring Fonda Rae, which had hit #70 on the U.S. R&B chart that year. "Touch Me" did reach #1 on the U.S. Dance chart, and its follow-up, "Too Many Walls," which Dennis co-wrote with Anne Dudley of Art of Noise, was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit. It was around this time Dennis agreed to join MTV Club's first tour, booked for six weeks. She dropped out on the third date, later publicly accussing one of Milli Vanilli's members (the tour's headline act) of sexual harassment.
Dennis released her second album, Into The Skyline, in December 1992 written with an aim toward the U.S. market. The album featured the singles "You Lied To Me", "Irresistible", "Falling" and "Why [D Mob with Cathy Dennis]". The album got to #8 in the UK, whilst in the U.S., "You Lied to Me" was a Top 40 hit and "Irresistible" made the Adult Contemporary Top Ten; however, the album descended the chart rapidly. Dennis experienced a brief peak of fame, making a cameo in Beverly Hills 90210 singing the song "Moments of Love" (a minor U.S. AC chart hit), "Why" and "Touch Me (All Night Long)". In Japan the album was called Into the Skyline +1, and featured three extra tracks, "Nothing Moves Me", a previous b-side, and two tracks that were both released as singles, "It's My Style" and "Love's a Cradle."
Dennis started to record her third album Inspiration. The title track was recorded with Todd Terry, along with another song "Is There Life After You", plus other songs as yet unknown. She decided to stop recording this album and only two songs have ever been released, "Find the Key to Your Life" with David Morales for the then-popular movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze and "SOS", which can be found on the Beverley Hills 90210, The College Years soundtrack.
Dennis made her first attempt at co-writing a song for Dannii Minogue called "Love's on Every Corner".
In 1996 Dennis changed musical track away from the dance-pop sound of previous releases, to a more traditional singer-songwriter approach. The resulting album Am I the Kind of Girl? was more in keeping with the Britpop sound of bands such as Blur and performers such as Stephen Duffy, and featured collaborations with Guy Chambers of The Lemon Trees and Andy Partridge of XTC. However, even though a couple of singles charted in the UK (including a Number 11 cover of Ray Davies' "Waterloo Sunset"), the album failed to make much inroads into the album charts.
Dennis' last release appeared on the OST Robin Hood Men in Tights singing "Marian (Duet Version) - Cathy Dennis & Lance Ellington".
In recent years, her greatest success has come as a songwriter: in 1996 she co-wrote "Bumper to Bumper", which was the B-Side to Spice Girls' first hit single "Wannabe". Five of her compositions have reached number one in Britain. "Never Had a Dream Come True" and "Have You Ever" (both recorded by S Club 7), "Anything Is Possible" (recorded by Will Young), and "Toxic" (recorded by Britney Spears) all reached number one, with "Toxic" and "Never Had a Dream Come True" also hitting the Top 10 in the United States. Her highest-selling composition, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (recorded by Kylie Minogue), spent four weeks at number one in Britain, rekindled interest in Minogue in America, where it hit #7 on the Hot 100, and sold over three million copies worldwide to become the world's second highest selling single in 2001. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" also won Dennis an Ivor Novello Award for the year's most performed composition. She also won this award two years later for "Anything Is Possible" (Cathy Dennis, Chris Braide).
She co-wrote the Pop Idol theme for the television series, and in Britain and the United States contestants Will Young, Gareth Gates, Kelly Clarkson, and Clay Aiken have recorded her songs as their first singles. Other artists who have recorded her songs include Dannii Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Céline Dion, Spice Girls, Emma Bunton, Ronan Keating, Rachel Stevens, Hear'Say, S Club Juniors, P!nk, Janet Jackson, Brooke Hogan, Michelle McManus, Hooverphonic, Jentina, Thalia, Katy Perry, Rosin Murphy, Heidi Montag, David Cook, Le Toya Lucket.
She has recently collaborated with the British singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and song-writer Greg Kurstin, on a track called "Catch You". Ellis-Bextor's album entitled Trip the Light Fantastic is set to be released in early 2007 through Fascination Records.
According to news reports, Dennis was working on a new album under the name Sexcassettes which she planned for a 2008 release. The albums' first single, "Killer Love" was also to be released before the end of 2008. There is currently no news information avaliable about this project.
For Your Love
Cathy Dennis Lyrics
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I feel completeness baby
I'm up in the clouds
Just dreaming about you baby
I'd give a lifetime
For your love
I'd make the stars shine
I'd look to heaven
For your love
I'd wait forever
For your love I'd be an angel
I'd move the sky for you
For your love
I'd live in danger
I'd hide them from the truth
You turn me around
You're all I need my baby
Heaven is found
Just thinking about you baby
I'd give a lifetime
For your love
I'd make the stars shine
For your love
I'd look to heaven
For your love
I'd wait forever
For your love
I'd be an angel
I'd move the sky for you
For your love
I'd live in danger
I'd hide them from the truth
I would do anything for you
I would do anything for you
For your love
I would do anything for you
I would do anything for you
For your love
Baby don't you know
For your love
Baby don't you know
I'd give a lifetime
For your love
I'd make the stars shine
For your love
I'd look to heaven
For your love
I'd wait forever
For your love
I'd be an angel
I'd move the sky for you
For your love
I'd live in danger
I'd hide them from the truth
For your love
Yeah yeah yeah
Baby for your love
Yeah yeah yeah
For your love
Yeah yeah yeah
The lyrics to Cathy Dennis's song For Your Love express a deep and all-consuming love for someone. When this person is present, the singer feels complete and as though they are living in a dream. They would go to great lengths, even risking their own safety, to express their love and devotion. They acknowledge that this love is all they need to find happiness and heaven on earth. The use of the phrase "For your love" repeats throughout the song, emphasizing just how much the singer would do to express their love for this person.
The lyrics of this song paint a picture of someone who is completely devoted to another person. They idealize this person and are willing to go to great lengths to show their love. The all-consuming nature of this love is further emphasized by the repetition of "For your love" throughout the song. This phrase serves as a powerful reminder of the lengths that the singer is willing to go to express their love.
Line by Line Meaning
When you're around
I feel completeness baby
I'm up in the clouds
Just dreaming about you baby
The presence of the person makes the singer feel whole, and they're so happy that they feel like they're flying when thinking about them.
I'd give a lifetime
For your love
I'd make the stars shine
For your love
I'd look to heaven
For your love
I'd wait forever
The individual is willing to do absolutely anything to be with this person: their love is worth more than anything else to them.
For your love I'd be an angel
I'd move the sky for you
For your love
I'd live in danger
I'd hide them from the truth
The person desires to be everything and anything for their beloved, including an angel or living in risky situations, in order to provide protection or hide things from others.
You turn me around
You're all I need my baby
Heaven is found
Just thinking about you baby
Being with this person changes the artist's life in such a positive way that they cannot imagine being without them. The person is heaven on earth to them.
Baby don't you know
For your love
Baby don't you know
The individual is trying to convey how deep their love runs to their beloved, and hoping that they can understand just how much they mean.
For your love
Yeah yeah yeah
Baby for your love
Yeah yeah yeah
For your love
Yeah yeah yeah
The singer is using repetition to emphasize just how the feelings of love have consumed them completely.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: SHEP PETTIBONE, ANTHONY SHIMKIN, CATHY DENNIS
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