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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PRIDE
Cher Lyrics
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We're livin' it up
While the world is catching fire
Dancing in the flames
Feelin' the love, feelin' the love
We're feelin' the love
And we're burning with desire
And if it was the last chance to shine
I know that we could make it alright
We're gonna put it all on the line
Every time
We got pride
We own, we own the night
We are, we are the light
This is within your life
And we won't stop now
Give us a sign
Yeah we won't stop now
This is our time
Pride
We own, we own the night
We got pride
Giving it up, giving it up
Giving it up
In the hail of broken chains
Raining down for days
Never enough, never enough
'Cause never enough
When you're always chasing dreams
We can still believe
And if it was the last chance to shine
I know that we could make it this time
We're gonna put it all on the line
Oh, every time
We got pride
We own, we own the night
We are, we are the light
This is within your life
And we won't stop now
Give us a sign
Yeah we won't stop now
This is our time
Pride
We own, we own the night
We got pride
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
We got pride
We own, we own the night
We are, we are the light
This is within your life
And we won't stop now
Give us a sign
And we won't stop now
This is our time
Pride
We own, we own the night
We got pride
We own, we own the night
We are, we are the light
This is within your life
And we won't stop now
Give us a sign
Yeah we won't stop now
This is our time
Pride
We own, we own the night
We got pride
In Cher's song "Pride," the singer and their community are living life to the fullest despite the world around them catching fire. They are feeling the love and the burning desire, waiting for something to happen. The lyrics suggest that even if it were their last chance to shine, they know they could make it alright by putting it all on the line. The chorus focuses on the idea of pride in oneself and one's community. They claim that they own the night and they are the light within life. The lyrics also suggest that their community won't stop no matter what and this is their time to shine.
The lyrics for "Pride" emphasize the importance of feeling proud of oneself and one's community. They are living in a chaotic world, but they refuse to let it bring them down. Instead, they choose to focus on the positives, feeling the love and the burning desire that keeps them going. The message is particularly relevant to those who belong to marginalized communities who may often face discrimination and hardships but choose to celebrate their identity with pride.
Line by Line Meaning
Livin' it up, livin' it up
We're livin' it up
While the world is catching fire
Dancing in the flames
We're enjoying life and having fun, even as chaos and destruction rage around us, we're still dancing and having a good time
Feelin' the love, feelin' the love
We're feelin' the love
And we're burning with desire
And waiting out of space
We're feeling love and passion, and we're eagerly anticipating something great that's yet to come
And if it was the last chance to shine
I know that we could make it alright
We're gonna put it all on the line
Every time
Even if it's our last chance to succeed, we believe in ourselves and know that we can make things right by putting in our best effort every time
We got pride
We own, we own the night
We are, we are the light
This is within your life
We're proud of who we are and we're taking ownership of our lives. We're a shining example for others to follow and be inspired by
And we won't stop now
Give us a sign
Yeah we won't stop now
This is our time
Pride
We own, we own the night
We got pride
We're not going to give up, we're waiting for a sign to show us the way forward. This is our time to shine, and we're doing it with pride and confidence
Giving it up, giving it up
Giving it up
In the hail of broken chains
Raining down for days
We're giving up our old ways and breaking free from chains that have held us back for too long, even as we face obstacles and challenges
Never enough, never enough
'Cause never enough
When you're always chasing dreams
We can still believe
We always want more and there's never enough, especially when we're chasing after our dreams, but we still have hope and believe in ourselves
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, O/B/O DistroKid, Peermusic Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: JOSHUA DEVON WALKER, RICO NELKIN MARC, LAURA PERGOLIZZI, CARL MARTIN EMANUEL RYDEN
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