The audition was a success and Patsy joined what was initially a line up consisting of Jamie Kensit; guitar, Geoff Beauchamp; guitar, Lawrence Lewis on bass, Jake Walters on drums and a friend called Nigel on percussion. Musically it initially reflected the members interest in the white funk which was so popular in London clubs and venues at the time. Jamie and some of the band had been regulars at London's famous Le Beat Route and Wag clubs and were influenced by Haircut 100 and Stimulin.
During the summer they rehearsed and made their live debut in a club in a West London Suburb in early Autumn 1983. Through the rest of 1983 and the beginning of 1984 the band did more gigs in pubs and clubs all over the country and started to build up a following and attract some press attention.
During the late part of 1984 changes started to take place. Firstly, the band line-up changed, Nigel left and Alex Godson, a keyboard player, joined the band. Secondly Patsy started to take a major role in the group's songwriting with the other band members. Thirdly, the band's name was changed, after much deliberation, to Eigth Wonder (a song by the Sugar Hill Gang).
The first gig of Eighth Wonder with the new line-up was in november 1984, at Tiffany's in Wimbledon. Further London gigs followed over the Christmas period and considerable public, record company and media interest on the group built up.
One pre-xmas gig was attended by Steve Woolley, co-owner of Palace films, who was then casting for his second feature as producer, a musical version of Colin McInnes famous novel about London Youth culture in the late 50's, "Absolute Beginners". He was looking for someone to play the main female role of Crepe Suzette and had auditioned every young actress in London unsuccessfully. Patsy had been acting professionally since she was four, having made her young debut in 'The Great Gatsby' as screen daughter of Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. She had subsequently filled many roles in film, stage and television including stints with the Royal Shakespeare Company and film parts with Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner. This record combined with what he had seen at the gig made him return with director Julian Temple to another gig and offer the part there and then, joining a cast of David Bowie, James Fox, Ray Davies, Sade and many other big names. He also asked the band to join some of these stars in contributing a song for the soundtrack.
By March 1985 nearly every major record label wanted to sign the band, and in April they signed to CBS Records and during the summer began recording in London,alternating sessions with Patsy's filming on "Absolute Beginners".
In October 1985, with the film completed, Eighth Wonder's first single 'Stay With Me', which was written by Patsy with Geoff Beauchamp and Alex Godson, was released. In Italy, after promotional visits to Milan and Rome, the record topped the charts in January 1986.
On April 4th "Absolute Beginners" opened in London, Patsy's appearance at the Royal Charity Premiere attended by Princess Anne, generated a huge amount of press, TV and media interest. The film went to No.1 on the Screen International box office charts for 3 weeks and achieved particular critical acclaim in the home of the musical film, Hollywood.
Later on that month Eighth Wonder Visted Japan for a highly successful promotional trip after which 'Stay With Me' hit the No.1 position in the Japanese charts and stayed there for several weeks.
In May the band appeared successfully at the Montreaux Festival in Switzerland. This was to be the band's last appearance as a six-piece. Shortly afterwards the band parted company with Lawrence Lewis and Jake Walters so becoming a four-piece.
In August 1986, they went to Los Angeles to record two tracks for an Album, with Mike Chapman producing, who was best known for his work with Blondie and as an ex-member of the highly successful Chinn and Chapman production team of the early 70's. Also while in L.A. many respected song-writers expressed an interest in working with the band and started to submit songs for the Album. Amoungst them was Dave Steart of the Eurythmics (although the song was eventually not used) and two songs from Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, writers of 'Like a Virgin' and 'True colours'.
In Autumn "Absoute Beginners" opened in other parts of Europe with Patsy making successful appearances at the San Sebastian Film Festival and at the Rome premiere.
In January 1987, one of teh Chapman-produced tracks 'Will You Remember' was released in the U.K. and Italy where it achieved No.7 in the charts after a show-stealing appearance in the world's most famous song festival, San Remo.
During the Spring the band achieved another International No.1 in Japan with the Chapman- produced track 'When the Phone stops Ringing'; written by Holly Knight and Bernie Taupin, Elton John's lyrcist. 'Will You Remember' was released as a follow-up achieving No.4 status.
To capitalise on this success the Japanese record company released a mini-album containing the singles and the B-sides with they called 'Brilliant Dreams', which sold 100,000 copies.
In April, the band resumed work on their album in London completing four tracks with Richard James Burgess, producing.
In September Patsy was a frequent visitor to Italy, taking part in two solo projects. One was the main female role in an Italian feature film starring Ben Gazzara about the life of Italian priest Don Boscoe, shot on location in Turin and in studios in Rome. The other was the recording in Milan of a duet with Eros Ramazzoti, the Italian singer songwriter, who is popular all over Europe. Patsy co-wrote the words to the song 'La Luce Buona Della Stelle', and it appeared on his multi-million selling album 'In Certi Momenti'. Patsy also appeared in a promotional video for the song with Eros and on several top European TV shows with him.
The rest of the year was spent with the band finishing their album in London with top Engineer and Mixer Pete Hammond taking over producion with the exception of one track 'I'm not Scared'; which was co-produced by the Pet Shop Boys and Phil Harding and written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
'I'm not Scared' was chosen as the next single and released all over Europe and was greeted with huge media and public enthusiasm everywhere, and at this time came the band's final change of line-up with Alex Godson departing and drummer Steve Grantley joining.
The record became a top 10 hit in almost every country in Europe, achieving No.1 in Italy, 3 in Spain, 2 in Switzerland and Portugal, 4 in Greece and 5 in Germany, with the band appearing on TV in many countries, including a return to San Remo to close the show.
In April 1988 Patsy took a break from record promotion to play the part of Linda Washbrrok in the film version of Alan Ayckbourn's highly successful comedy play 'A Chorus of Disapproval', directed by Michael Winner. The film was shot on location in Scarborough. The cast included Jeremy Irons, Anthony Hopkins, Alexandra Pigg, Prunella Scales, Richard Briers, Lionel Jeffries and Jenny Seagrove.
In May record promotion re-started with trips to Madrid, Bari, Munich and Juan-Les-Pains with the release of another single 'Cross My Heart' which proved to be successful chartwise internationally as 'I'm not Scared'.
Eighth Wonder's debut LP "Fearless" was released in July and by October and at the time of release of the next single 'Baby Baby' had achieved almost 500,000 sales internationally.
In November the band began their first World tour in Italy, augmented by additional musicians, Jingles on Bass Guitar, Michael Graves on Keyboards, Dashielle Rae and Rebecca Leigh-White as back vocalists.
After this the band's history slips into the dim and misty paths of the forgotten. Patsy has long since left the band and concentrated on acting and really wishes that none of it had ever happened.
Stay With Me
Eighth Wonder Lyrics
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In the pouring rain
I can call your name
I know you won't hear cause you're far away
Try not to miss a heartbeat in the setting sun
I can dream of you
There's no more to do
Try not to think of you
You know its now or never
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
Ken Tucker are you busy?
Are you on your own?
Or with company
With somebody new
Does she know of me?
Have you found another lover?
Is there someone else lying next to you?
She's older than me
Much better company
I won't be here forever
You know it's now or never
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
I know, ohh
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more and more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay!
The song Stay With Me by Eighth Wonder is a plea from a person to their former lover to return to them. The song seems to be written from the perspective of someone who is alone and imagining their former lover with someone new. The lyrics suggest that the singer is trying to move on, but they are haunted by thoughts of their former partner. The use of weather as a metaphor in the song is noteworthy. The singer mentions both pouring rain and a setting sun, which could indicate a sense of sadness and longing.
The refrain of "Stay with me" is an emotional plea for the person to come back, and the repetition emphasizes the singer's desperation. The line "I can't cry for your loving any more" suggests that the person has already shed tears over the situation, but they are still unable to move on. The line "I won't be here forever, you know it's now or never" is a reminder that time is running out and the singer needs the person to make a decision. The song ends on a final exclamation of "Stay!" which is a last-ditch effort to convince the person to return.
Overall, Stay With Me is a powerful song about the pain of lost love and the desperation to get it back. The lyrics are simple yet effective, and the use of metaphors and repetition helps to convey the singer's emotions.
Line by Line Meaning
Try not to think about you
I'm trying not to think about you
In the pouring rain
Even when it's raining hard
I can call your name
I can still say your name out loud
I know you won't hear cause you're far away
But I know you won't hear me because you're far away
Try not to miss a heartbeat in the setting sun
I'm trying not to get too emotional
I can dream of you
But I can still dream of you
There's no more to do
There's nothing more to be done about our situation
I won't be here forever
I know I won't be here forever
You know its now or never
And you know we have to act now or never
Stay with me
Please stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I'm begging you to stay with me
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I can't keep crying over you and wanting your love
I wanna come back for more
But I still want to come back to you for more
Ken Tucker are you busy?
Hey Ken Tucker, are you busy?
Are you on your own?
Or are you alone?
Or with company
Or are you with someone else?
With somebody new
Are you with someone new?
Does she know of me?
Does she even know about me?
Have you found another lover?
Have you found someone else to love?
Is there someone else lying next to you?
Is there someone else in your bed?
She's older than me
I know she might be older than me
Much better company
Maybe she's even better company than I was
I know, ohh
I know, ohh
I wanna come back for more and more
I still want to come back to you again and again
Stay!
So please, just stay with me!
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: GEOFFREY JOHN BEAUCHAMP, PATRICIA KENSIT
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@justmeonthebeach
Try not to think about you
In the pouring rain
I can call your name
I know you won't hear cause you're far away
Try not to miss a heartbeat in the setting sun
I can dream of you
There's no more to do
Try not to think of you
I won't be here forever
You know its now or never
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
Ken Tucker are you busy?
Are you on your own?
Or with company
With somebody new
Does she know of me?
Have you found another lover?
Is there someone else lying next to you?
She's older than me
Much better company
I won't be here forever
You know it's now or never
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
I know, ohh
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more and more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
@Gil_Christiano_Guedes
Enchanted princess !!!!! Oooohhhh my heart melted!
Princesa encantada !!!!! Oooohhhh meu coração derreteu!
@ThisSoundsGood100
So iconic of the eighties.
I've seen them in concert, in Milan.
They did an acoustic version of this really great.
Do anyone know if there is available such version?
@user-yt8ox6ec5j
羨ましいです♪
当時のパッツィは可愛いかったのだろうなぁ
@ThisSoundsGood100
@@user-yt8ox6ec5j Everybody fell in love with her at that time!
@justmeonthebeach
Try not to think about you
In the pouring rain
I can call your name
I know you won't hear cause you're far away
Try not to miss a heartbeat in the setting sun
I can dream of you
There's no more to do
Try not to think of you
I won't be here forever
You know its now or never
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
Ken Tucker are you busy?
Are you on your own?
Or with company
With somebody new
Does she know of me?
Have you found another lover?
Is there someone else lying next to you?
She's older than me
Much better company
I won't be here forever
You know it's now or never
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
I know, ohh
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving anymore
I wanna come back for more and more
Stay with me
I'm asking on a bended knee
I can't cry for your loving any more
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
@jhonnydoorway1045
Tenía sobre los 23 años. Cuando la vi por la tele. Muy fotogenica y con gran talento para el cine. Una nueva diva de los 80. Le gusta a todo el mundo. Glamour británico...
@benedettobruno1669
Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique bands such as the Eighth Wonder and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British bands? Thank you from Sicily.
@christophedel2642
Absolutly agree greetings from Normandy
@fooman65
Thank you.
@sumitdaniel6630
Agreed! Love from India too💙💐