Since her early childhood She demonstrated her talent for music, winning one of the first prizes of the Zecchino d'Oro Festival, a version for children of the famous Sanremo Festival, when she was only 2 years old. In her childhood, she moved to Southern Brazil with her parents and kept in touch with music, singing in local choruses and covering famous Italian singers from the 1970s. At just eleven, she recorded her first album, Giovanna – Alegria da Gente, with Italian songs. In her teens, Deborah joined the Brazilian theater company Os Menestréis, which has revealed many promising singers in Brazil, and started touring the country acting and singing in their musicals.
In 1989 she met producer David Wolff who, impressed by her musical talent, invited her to record an album in English. In 1991, A Different Story was released. Its first single, "Boy (Why do you wanna make me blue?)" hit American dance charts and was featured in a worldwide TV ad for Diet Coke. The English version of the ballad "Innocence", written by Deborah herself when she was 18, conquered hearts throughout the world, especially in Brazil, where it stayed for 13 weeks on top of the charts and received a Special Edition in 1993, and in Europe.
In 1995, Deborah Blando was featured in B-Tribe's album Suave Suave, singing the B-Tribe hits "Nanita" and "Que mala vida", among others. Her second solo album, Unicamente, was released by Virgin Records in 1996 and went gold. In addition to David Wolff and Deborah herself, it was produced by Patrick Leonard and David Foster. The track title "Unicamente" was a major hit in Brazil, as well as "Gata". According to various critics, it's Deborah's best album to date.
Her next album, Deborah Blando, was released in 1998, prompted by the success of "Somente o Sol", a Portuguese version of "I'm not in Love" which was sung by Blando for the opening credits and the soundtrack of Brazilian soap opera Corpo Dourado. Throughout her career, most of her hits were featured in Brazilian soap operas.
In early 2001, she released Salvatrice, covering contemporary Italian hits, as though revisiting the beginning of her career. In that same year she recorded the Brazilian version of “Where the dreams take you” ("Junto com teu Sonho") for Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire soundtrack.
In 2002, Blando released A Luz que Acende o Olhar, her greatest hits album. The title track received important critical and popular awards and the album sold around 100,000 copies. She also sang a “Portuglish” version of When you say nothing at all (O Amor fala por nós) in duet with Ronan Keating.
Other People's Houses
Deborah Blando Lyrics
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I like to see inside
I get a thrill from other people's houses
I get no thrill from mine
My house is lonely
It's full of memories
And things that I regret, eh, eh
I'd rather just keep walking through the night
I like to see inside other people's houses
I lose control
I can't help myself
I like to look into other people's houses
Pretend I'm in there
Although I'm out here and cannot touch
At least I can want
I need to look when everybody doesn't
I like to see inside
There's such a mystery in other people's houses
No mistery left in mine
My house is crowded, filled up with loneliness
There's no more room at all
I'd rather just keep walking through the night
And see right through the walls
I like to see inside other people's houses
It turns me on
I can't help myself
I like to look into other people's houses
Pretend I'm in there
Although I'm out here and can not touch
At least I can want
So many houses
So many stories
I like to watch them all
I see the fighting
I see the loving
I see right through the walls
I like to see inside other people's houses
I lose control
I can't help myself
I need to look into other people's houses
Pretend I'm in there
Although I'm out here and cannot touch
At least I can want
In Deborah Blando's song "Other People's Houses", the singer expresses a fascination with looking into other people's homes. She finds a thrill in seeing what goes on inside and feels a sense of mystery that is lacking in her own home, which is filled with loneliness and regretful memories. The singer even admits to losing control and feeling turned on by peering into these other homes. She sees the love and the fights that happen behind closed doors and seems to find a sense of solace in being able to see right through the walls.
The lyrics of this song speak to how we can sometimes find ourselves drawn to things that are not our own. We may feel a sense of boredom or dissatisfaction with our own lives and seek out glimpses of other people's experiences to fill that void. However, the singer's desire to look into other people's houses is also tinged with a sense of sadness and longing, suggesting that this behavior may be driven by a deeper emotional need.
Interestingly, the music video for "Other People's Houses" features footage of the singer walking through various neighborhoods and looking into the windows of different homes. The video creates a voyeuristic feel that goes along with the song's theme, inviting the viewer to peek into the private lives of others along with the singer.
Line by Line Meaning
I like to look into other people's houses
I enjoy peering into homes that aren't mine
I like to see inside
I'm curious to know what's in there
I get a thrill from other people's houses
I find it exciting to see how others live
I get no thrill from mine
My own home doesn't excite me anymore
My house is lonely
My home is empty and sad
It's full of memories
It's filled with memories that make me sad
And things that I regret, eh, eh
My home is filled with things I wish I could forget
I'd rather just keep walking through the night
I prefer to wander outside at night
It helps me to forget
Wandering outside makes me forget about my problems
I lose control
I can't resist peeking inside their homes
I can't help myself
I'm addicted to looking inside other people's homes
Pretend I'm in there
I imagine myself living inside their homes
Although I'm out here and cannot touch
Even though I'm outside and can't go inside
At least I can want
I can at least fantasize about having what they have
I need to look when everybody doesn't
I feel compelled to look even when nobody else is
There's such a mystery in other people's houses
I find other people's homes mysterious and fascinating
No mystery left in mine
My own home has lost its charm
My house is crowded, filled up with loneliness
My home is full of emptiness and loneliness
There's no more room at all
My home has no more space for happiness
And see right through the walls
I can see through the walls of their homes
So many houses
There are so many homes to look into
So many stories
There are so many lives and experiences to observe
I like to watch them all
I enjoy watching all the different lives and homes
I see the fighting
I see arguments and conflict inside the homes
I see the loving
I see love and warmth inside the homes
Contributed by Gabriel M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Douglas Bragança
Excelentes interpretações... com diferentes nuances... como todas as faixas do álbum.
Raphael Rocha
Gente! eu amava esse cd todo! Sabia de cor e ouvindo agora, voltei no tempo! Não tem no spotify!!!! :(
danpsicologo
ja esta no spotify
Isabela Bela
Amo essa música! Aliás, o cd A different story é perfeito❤🎶🎵
manunajjar
E eu achando que era a única que conhecia essa música! S2
Reginaldo Monteiro
Acho que era a quarta faixa do álbum. Depois de Merry go round.... Época da adolescência
Guilherme Alves
Eu quero esses singles
Fabio Grossi
me lembra bons tempos !
Radu Shirokov
I Love this one..... Love Deborah Blando
Sepulcra JC Linhagem Sagrada
Amoooooo.....