Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher after their song "I Got You Babe" peaked at number one on the US and UK charts. Together they sold 40 million records worldwide. Her solo career was established during the same time, with the top-ten singles "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and "You Better Sit Down Kids". She became a television personality in the 1970s with her CBS shows; first The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run, and then the namesake Cher. She emerged as a fashion trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows.
While working on television, Cher released the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady", becoming the female artist with the most number-one singles in United States history at the time. After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, she released the disco album Take Me Home (1979) and earned $300,000 a week for her 1979–1982 concert residency in Las Vegas.
In 1982, Cher made her Broadway debut in the play Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and starred in its film adaptation. She subsequently garnered critical acclaim for her performances in films such as Silkwood (1983), Mask (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), and Moonstruck (1987), the last of which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She then revived her music career by recording the rock-inflected albums Cher (1987), Heart of Stone (1989), and Love Hurts (1991), all of which yielded successful singles such as "I Found Someone", "If I Could Turn Back Time", and "Love and Understanding". Cher contributed to the soundtrack for her next film, Mermaids (1990), which spawned the UK number-one single "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)". She made her directorial debut with a segment in the abortion-themed anthology If These Walls Could Talk (1996).
Cher reached a new commercial peak in 1998 with the dance-pop album Believe, whose title track topped the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1999 and became the biggest-selling single of all time by a female artist in the UK. It features pioneering use of Auto-Tune to distort her vocals, known as the "Cher effect". Her 2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time, earning $250 million. In 2008, she signed a $60 million deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years. During the 2010s, she landed starring roles in the films Burlesque (2010) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) and released studio albums Closer to the Truth (2013) and Dancing Queen (2018), both of which debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.
Having sold 100 million records, Cher is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Her achievements include a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, the Billboard Icon Award, and awards from the Kennedy Center Honors and the Council of Fashion Designers of America. She is the only artist to date to have a number-one single on a Billboard chart in six consecutive decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s. Aside from music and acting, she is noted for her political views, social media presence, philanthropic endeavors, and social activism, including LGBT rights and HIV/AIDS prevention.
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I Got It Bad
Cher Lyrics
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The way that he should
I got it bad and that ain't good
My poor heart it's sentimental
You know it ain't made out of wood
I got it bad and that ain't good
And Monday rolls round
I am the way that I started out
You know I'm crying, crying my heart out
He don't love me like I love him
Ah nobody could
I got it bad, bad,
I got it bad, bad, bad, bad, bad
I got it bad, ah bad
And I got it bad and it ain't good
In the song "I Got It Bad" by Cher, the artist describes the pain of being in love with someone who does not feel the same way. The first verse talks about how her lover treats her sweetly and gently, but this only intensifies the ache in her heart because she knows he doesn't feel the same level of affection towards her. She says "I got it bad and that ain't good" which means that she is in a state of longing for someone who won't reciprocate her love. In the second verse, she says that she is sentimental and has a soft heart which means she feels things very deeply and cannot easily forget or move on from her feelings. The line "you know it ain't made out of wood" emphasizes the point that her heart is vulnerable and prone to breaking.
The chorus repeats the phrase "I got it bad" several times to suggest the intensity of her feelings. She says that when the weekend is over and Monday rolls around, she is still just as heartbroken as she was before. The last two lines of the chorus "you know I'm crying, crying my heart out, he don't love me like I love him" emphasize the pain that comes with loving someone who doesn't love you back. The repetition of the phrase "I got it bad" towards the end of the song emphasizes just how deeply Cher is affected by this unrequited love.
Overall, "I Got It Bad" is a powerful ballad that captures the pain of loving someone who does not feel the same way. Cher's emotive performance makes the song even more powerful and relatable to those who have experienced heartbreak.
Line by Line Meaning
My baby treats me sweet and gentle
My significant other treats me with kindness and tenderness
The way that he should
As he should treat me, with respect and love
I got it bad and that ain't good
My love for him is deep and intense, but it isn't necessarily healthy or reciprocal
My poor heart it's sentimental
My heart is tender and easily moved
You know it ain't made out of wood
My heart is not unfeeling or unresponsive
When the weekend is over
When the carefree and joyful times have passed
And Monday rolls round
The start of a new week, often associated with routine and dullness
I am the way that I started out
My feelings remain constant and unwavering despite time passing
You know I'm crying, crying my heart out
I am emotional and upset, expressing my feelings intensely
He don't love me like I love him
My significant other doesn't reciprocate my intense love and passion
Ah nobody could
My love for him is unmatched and unable to be replicated by anyone else
I got it bad, bad,
My love for him is consuming and overwhelming
I got it bad, bad, bad, bad, bad
I am deeply, irrationally, and overwhelmingly in love
I got it bad, ah bad
My love for him is all-encompassing and intense
And I got it bad and it ain't good
Although my love is intense, it is not necessarily healthy or good for me
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, GUY WEBSTER/WEBSTER MUSIC
Written by: DUKE ELLINGTON, PAUL WEBSTER
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