Her first hit in the United States is "Thunder and Lightning," released in May 1972. By August it reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #12 on the U.S. Record World top 100 record chart and U.S. CashBox top 100, #18 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts, and #4 on the German hit list. It drove her first album, "Chi Coltrane", to stay on the charts for three months. The song "Go Like Elijah" also received considerable airplay, and held the #1 position on the Holland hit list for one month.
After her first album was released, she released the album Let It Ride early in 1974 (on the Columbia label), Greatest Hits and Best Of albums in 1975, and in 1977 another album, Road To Tomorrow as well as Silk & Steel in 1981 . She subsequently moved to Europe where she lived for a few years. She was voted Best Female Artist for two consecutive years). She released several albums on the Teldec label during the 1980s,[1] including Live! in 1982 (it reached #12 on the European charts),and Ready to Roll (1983), and The Message (1986). In the European “100 Best Musicians of the Century” list, she was listed in the top 50.[citation needed] Golden Classics was released in November 1996 (Collectibles label). She has done TV soundtrack work, and collaborated with Tangerine Dream in 1991. She returned to Los Angeles in 1993, where she built a recording studio and worked with underprivileged groups.
In 2009 Coltrane resumed her music career, releasing a new compilation "The Essential Chi Coltrane - Yesterday, Today & Forever". The collection featured material from her 1980s albums "Live!", "Ready to Roll", and "The Message". It also contained three new recordings, including the title track which featured a Paul Buckmaster string arrangement.
Coltrane's first comeback performance was a concert in Vienna at the Donounselfest in 2009, where she drew 100,000 people. She then did a tour in Holland in October of 2009. Her CD went to #55 on the charts within two weeks. She then signed with Sony and did another tour in Holland as well as a highly successful tour in Germany. She is now preparing for additional touring in Germany, and another tour in Holland as well as a tour in Switzerland. She has committed to working next on a studio album of new material, to be released in 2012.
Ooh Baby
Chi Coltrane Lyrics
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Oooh, I think love has found me
Feels so good when i'm with you
And the way I'm feelin sets my head to reelin'
No-one gets to me like you
Oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh
Oooh baby, oooh baby, on
With the love you bring me
Like a song you sing me
Oooh, you carry me away
When your magic takes me
Seems like words escape me
Only one thing I can say
Oooh baby, oooh baby, ooh
Oooh baby, oooh baby, ooh
You're so good, so good
Good for me
Oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh
You're so good, so good
Good for me
Oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh
You're so good, so good
Good for me
Oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh
The lyrics of Chi Coltrane's song "Ooh Baby" describe the feeling of being in love and how it affects the person's emotions. The singer of the song is filled with joy when she is with her lover, and she is grateful for the way he makes her feel. The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "ooh baby" several times, which conveys the idea that the singer is swept away by her emotions and cannot find adequate words to express her feelings. The song's verses focus on the specific ways in which the lover makes the singer feel, such as carrying her away with his magic and making her head reel with emotion.
The lyrics of "Ooh Baby" are simple yet effective in conveying the joy and passion of being in love. The repetition of the phrase "ooh baby" reinforces the idea that the singer's emotions are overpowering and difficult to articulate, while the specific images used in the verses create a vivid picture of the intensity of her feelings. The song's melody is upbeat and joyful, adding to the sense of happiness and excitement that the lyrics communicate.
Line by Line Meaning
Put your arms around me
I want you to hold me close and make me feel loved
Oooh, I think love has found me
I feel like I have finally found true love with you
Feels so good when I'm with you
Being around you makes me feel happy and content
And the way I'm feelin' sets my head to reelin'
My emotions are overwhelming and making me dizzy
No-one gets to me like you
No one else can make me feel the way you do
Oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh
Expressing my love and affection for you
With the love you bring me
Your love is the best thing that has ever happened to me
Like a song you sing me
Your love feels like beautiful music to my ears
Oooh, you carry me away
Your love takes me to a higher place and makes me feel weightless
When your magic takes me
Your love feels magical and enchanting
Seems like words escape me
I cannot find the right words to express how much I love you
Only one thing I can say
Even though I cannot express my feelings in words, I still want to express my love
You're so good, so good
You are amazing and perfect for me
Good for me
Being with you makes me feel happy and fulfilled
Oooh baby, oooh baby, oooh
Expressing my love and affection for you again
Contributed by Tristan M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@laustcawz2089
Incredibly, the full version
of this song actually runs
about a minute longer,
with the bridge & first verse repeated.
Not a subsequently
dubbed/extended version,
but the original full session!
Even the original album features
the shortened version.
I only happened on the full version
because it was included,
for some reason, on
the K-Tel compilation
"Superstars' Greatest Hits"--
https://youtu.be/qbmNFr8cUbo
I still have a vinyl copy
of this compilation.
The cassette & CD reissues
were repackaged &, again, changed
to the shortened version.
I had my vinyl copy of the song
transferred to disc, but haven't
found a way to get it uploaded here
(not a computer whiz & have
s relatively low-tech phone). The song really loses something
for me when it's the shortened
version. I asked someone
at a record store once
if the full version ever existed
as a single. He said it was
released that way in Europe.
@ty7504
Beautiful baby-girl Chi-who-aint-shy who like of a lot of musicians of her time ("THE NUMBER ONES of THE SUPER 70s") was part of the "ROAD TO TOMORROW" ... which of course continues on from "YESTERDAY (through to) TODAY (and on to) FOREVER" ... just two things to say unto thee ... a) Lose not thy passionate talent and b) Lose not thy drummer-who-understands!! Dear drummer, as thou art doing on the cymbal with a bit of reverb at various points, indeed "LET IT RIDE" !!! It soundeth like "SILK AND STEEL", man !!!
Ooops, here cometh a few more things to say ... "pardon me" as per Bubba Hayes ... forgiveth the Uncle ...
Whether or not one doth "KNOCK ON WOOD" (Eddie Floyd, Michael Bolton, Amii Stewart) this song is "THUNDER AND LIGHTNING" and it alone could be "THE COME BACK CONCERT" and definitely belongeth amongst "ROCK ARTIFACTS"!!
There have been times when thy record is "GOIN' ROUND" (or "Going In Circles - I. Hayes) and to practise restraint, sayeth Uncle unto himself "I WILL NOT DANCE"; "WHO EVER TOLDETH THEE THAT THOU KNOWETH HOW TO DANCE?!?!" But dear baby-girl CC ... "T'IS NOT EASY" (which rhymes and is exactly what Lucky Dube also said!!!) ... because after a while, Uncle findeth his own limbs, without his instruction, begin to "GO LIKE ELIJAH" !!! You know?!?!?!
He then asketh himself "WHAT HAPPENNETH UNTO ME"? He then concludeth "T'IS A SPELL" !!! Whereupon he glanceth at thy record with accusatory eyes as he then sayeth "OOH BABY" !!! Uncle then girdeth his loins and attempteth to fight the feeling some more as he remebereth he "DIDN'T WANT TO FALL IN LOVE" ("I never asked to fall in love witchoo" as per Bubba!!!) but thou dost insist !!! One feeleth thee sublimating "I'M GONNA MAKE THEE LOVE ME" !!! Uncle retaliates with "I JUST WANT TO RULE MINE OWN LIFE WITHOUT THEE" ... but what doth baby-girl CC continue to do? "OH HOLY NIGHT" (pardon Uncle's French!!!) she continueth to cause him to be "BLINDED BY LOVE" even though trying to "FORGET LOVE" !!! What causeth thy music to be so "LIVE", dear "CHI COLTRANE"...? GODDAMNIT!!!
Well, this where Uncle must breathlessly pause ... Didst he just hear thee say "HALLELUJAH" ?!? He'll ignore that but admit he has to "untether from his bed" as opposed to "FEATHER MY BED" and get "READY TO ROLL" !!!
Baby CC ... This hath been "THE MESSAGE" !!! Can I now get a "HALLELUJAH" IF NOT AN AMEN BEFORE I "GO LIKE ELIJAH" if not a "FLY AWAY BLUEBIRD" !!!
@usmc-veteran7316
All us 60 yr old somethings.....I would love to return to 1972, and 17 yrs old again. To be honest I would stay and never return to this mess.
@diligenceintegrity2308
Amen brother. I'd leave tomorrow on the 1st train or bus out and never look back.
@Claytone-Records
Me too, man.
@fantaz963
I was in my 20s in 1972, but a teen at heart. Save me a seat on the bus
@diligenceintegrity2308
@@fantaz963 you got it. I'll be on the left half way down the aisle.
@alycatpublishing1164
ditto
@EmmyPierz-ek7hi
1971-1972 Top 40 songs were the best EVER!
even to this day 06/25/23
The good ol’ days for sure!
Ignoraimuses knock the 70’s
Fools!
If you were there
It was wonderful
Where were you in ‘72?? CB
@patrickmichaeldempsey6801
WHAT? I remember this song! I was just 7 years old. The last time I heard it was before FM radio. Why is this song not played? She was unreal! I had forgotten. It sounds better at 56 than at 7! And it was awesome then! Listening to a modern song about thunder and lightning brought me to rediscover this song!
@CARMENCLUCK
In 72 I was in the 12th grade and I love the song and I love this lady's voice I can't believe like the others have said she was a one hit wonder but knowing things that we know now... Maybe she did not want to play that game...
@SampsonSaintBunrd
What a great song