She started her solo career in 1999 with a collaboration single along with Tin Tin Out for their single "What I Am", which peaked number 2 on the UK charts. Her debut solo album entitled "A Girl Like Me" was released in 2001, and spawned the UK number-one hit "What Took You So Long?", as well as the top five hits "What I Am" (a cover of a 1998's song earlier recorded by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) and "Take My Breath Away" (which was not a cover of Berlin's 1986's hit), and top twenty hit "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight". The album sold around 125,000 in the UK.
In spring of 2003, she returned as Emma (losing the Bunton), with the top five hit "Free Me" and later that year released "Maybe", which also went top ten and outsold the previous single. In spring of 2004, the single "I'll Be There" and the album "Free Me" were released. The album contained '60s-style pop gems and went on to outsell her first album, something other solo Spice Girls have yet to achieve. The album Free Me was released in the United States on January 25, 2005.
Emma released "Downtown" the official charity single for the BBC's 2006 Children in Need appeal, it reached number three. The album "Life in Mono" was released on (4 December).
Maybe
Emma Bunton Lyrics
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Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Love isn't funny
When it is burning inside
When all you think of
And when you want it
It's just a game that you play
And when you get it
They're gonna take it away
Maybe it's nothing
Maybe it's all just in my mind
Maybe I'm foolish
Maybe it's just a waste of time
But I don't think so
Maybe I definitely know
That maybe
Maybe I'm in love
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
So if you want it
You want to come out to play
Then you can have it
'Cause he's got plans for the day
And if I want it
There's no one out there for me
When you don't need it
There's plenty fish in the sea
Maybe it's nothing
Maybe it's all just in my mind
Maybe I'm foolish
Maybe it's just a waste of time
But I don't think so
Maybe I definitely know
Why do I keep fooling myself
Why can't I let go
This is not like me
But now I definitely see
That maybe (oh-oh-oh-oh maybe)
Maybe I'm in love
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
But I don't think so (but I don't think so)
Maybe I definitely know (oh-oh-oh)
Why do I keep fooling myself (why)
Why can't I let go (why can't I let go)
This is not like me (this is not like me)
But now I definitely see (definately)
That maybe (oh-oh-oh-oh maybe)
Maybe I'm in love
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, ba-da-da-da-da-da
Love isn't funny
When it is burning inside
When all you think of
Is how to get through the night
And when you want it
It's just a game that you play
And when you get it
They're gonna take it away
Maybe it's nothing
Maybe it's all just in my mind
Maybe I'm foolish
Maybe it's just a waste of time
But I don't think so
Maybe I definitely know
Why do I keep fooling myself
Why can't I let go
This is not like me
But now I definitely see
That maybe (oh-oh-oh-oh maybe)
Maybe I'm in love
Ba da da da da
Ba da da da da da
Ba da da da da
Ba da da da da da
Ba da da da da
Ba da da da da da
Ba da da da da
Ba da da da da da
The song "Maybe" by Emma Bunton talks about the complexity of love and how confusing it can be when you're not sure of your feelings. The repetition of the opening phrase "Ba-da-da-da-da" throughout the song gives a sense of the constant thoughts and uncertainty the singer is experiencing. The first verse acknowledges the intensity of love, how it can consume someone's thoughts, and how it can feel like a game, with love being taken away just as easily as it was given. The chorus repeats "Maybe it's nothing, maybe it's all just in my mind, maybe I'm foolish" highlighting the singer's doubts and the questioning of her own feelings. However, she goes on to say "But I don't think so / Maybe I definitely know," showing that despite her internal conflict, she may still be in love. The second verse talks about the possibility of pursuing a relationship but facing obstacles when the other person has other plans, and how there may still be other fish in the sea. The final verse repeats the chorus, emphasizing the internal struggle the singer is experiencing.
Overall, "Maybe" captures the confusion that can come with love and how difficult it can be to sort out one's own feelings. The repetition of phrases and the use of simple melodies give the impression of constant thoughts and struggles that the person is going through.
Line by Line Meaning
Love isn't funny
Love is not a laughing matter
When it is burning inside
When you feel it intensely
When all you think of
When it consumes your thoughts
Is how to get through the night
All you can think of is how to make it to the next day
And when you want it
When you desire it
It's just a game that you play
Love can feel like a game that you are playing
And when you get it
When you finally have it
They're gonna take it away
Someone will take it away from you
Maybe it's nothing
Maybe there's no real reason for it
Maybe it's all just in my mind
Perhaps it's just my imagination
Maybe I'm foolish
Maybe I'm acting stupidly
Maybe it's just a waste of time
Perhaps it's not worth pursuing
But I don't think so
But I believe otherwise
Maybe I definitely know
Perhaps I am certain
Why do I keep fooling myself
Why am I deceiving myself?
Why can't I let go
Why can't I move on?
This is not like me
This is not my usual behavior
But now I definitely see
But now I am certain
That maybe
Perhaps
Maybe I'm in love
Maybe I'm in love
So if you want it
If you want love
You want to come out to play
You want to have some fun with it
Then you can have it
Then you can have love
'Cause he's got plans for the day
But he may not be available
And if I want it
If I want love
There's no one out there for me
There may not be anyone available for me
When you don't need it
When you're not looking for love
There's plenty fish in the sea
There are many other potential partners out there
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: KARA N DIOGUARDI, AARON CALEB N FISHBEIN, ENRIQUE M N IGLESIAS, STEVE MORALES, DAVID N SIEGEL
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@divinekeza9885
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (also known as Dirty Dancing 2 or Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights) is a 2004 American dance musical romantic drama film directed by Guy Ferland and starring Diego Luna, Romola Garai, Sela Ward, John Slattery, Jonathan Jackson, January Jones, and Mika Boorem. The film is an unrelated prequel/"re-imagining" of the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, reusing the same basic plot, but transplanting it from upstate New York to Cuba on the cusp of the Cuban Revolution. Patrick Swayze, star of the original Dirty Dancing, makes a cameo appearance as a dance instructor. It was mostly filmed in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Plot
In 1958, Katey Miller (Romola Garai), her parents (Sela Ward and John Slattery), and her younger sister Susie (Mika Boorem) arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution. A self-described bookworm, Katey is not very happy about having to move to a different country during her senior year of high school, as she had been planning to attend Radcliffe College, although the rest of her family seem extremely pleased to be in Cuba.
Meeting several other rich American teenagers down by the pool - including James Phelps (Jonathan Jackson), the son of her father's boss - Katey becomes disgusted when one of the teenagers insults a local waiter when he drops their drinks because Katey accidentally bumped into him. Katey attempts to talk to the waiter—Javier (Diego Luna), who works at the hotel to support his family—because she feels awful about what had occurred, but he is not interested.
Katey watches a film of her mother and father dancing and wishes she could dance as well as they did. She and her father dance a bit. The next day in class, Katey is asked to read aloud from the Odyssey - a passage about love and passion. After class, James invites her to a party at the country club the next day and she accepts.
While walking home from school, she sees Javier dancing to street music, and he offers to walk her home. They stop to listen to a street band and police show up, stopping Javier while Katey runs away.
The next day, Katey tries some of the dance moves she saw. Javier sees her and asks her to come see the real dancers Saturday night, but she says she is already going to the country club. Javier gets upset and leaves. Katey wears one of her maid's dresses to the country club party and impresses James. Katey convinces him to take her to the Cuban nightclub La Rosa Negra (The Black Rose) where Javier is dancing with the ladies.
Javier dances with Katey while James sits at the bar. Soon he is accosted by Javier's brother, Carlos, who tells him that they will eventually kick the Americans out of Cuba. Javier comes over and argues with his brother. James takes Katey back to the car and assaults her after she refuses to kiss him. She slaps him and runs into the club, and Javier agrees to walk her home.
The next day, Katey walks by a dance class. The teacher (Patrick Swayze) asks if anyone wants to enter the big dance contest and then dances with Katey for a bit. She grabs a flyer for the competition.
While walking to the pool, James apologizes to Katey and then tells her that Susie saw Javier with her and got him fired. Katey argues with Susie and goes to find Javier. He is now working at a chop shop with Carlos. She asks him to enter the dance contest with her, but he refuses. Meanwhile, it is becoming apparent that Carlos is helping the revolutionaries.
The next day, Javier shows up at Katey's school and agrees to enter the dance contest with her. They start teaching each other dance moves and Javier convinces her to "feel the music." They practice all the time, and Katey dances some more with the dance teacher, until it is the night of the dance. Katey and Javier dance with the other couples on the floor and are chosen to go on to the next round.
Katey's parents disapprove of her relationship with Javier, but Katey reconciles with them. On the night of the contest's final round, while Katey and Javier are on the dance floor, Javier sees his brother and some revolutionaries disguised as waiters, and the police soon try to arrest them. The contest stops as everyone flees the club, and Javier has to save Carlos from the police. Javier and Carlos talk about how they miss their dad, then they hear that Batista has fled the country and join the celebration.
Later, Javier comes to the hotel and finds Katey. He takes her to the beach and they have sex. The next day, Katey's parents tell her they are leaving Cuba and she has one last night with Javier. They go to the Cuban club where they first danced, and the floor is theirs as they are dubbed King and Queen. Katey's family is there to see her, and Katey narrates that she doesn't know when she will see Javier again, but this will not be their last time to dance together.
Cast
Romola Garai as Katey Miller
Diego Luna as Javier Suarez
Sela Ward as Jeannie Miller
John Slattery as Bert Miller
Mika Boorem as Susie Miller
Jonathan Jackson as James Phelps
Rene Lavan as Carlos Suarez
Patrick Swayze as Dance Class Instructor
January Jones as Eve
Mýa Harrison as Lola Martinez
Angélica Aragón as Mrs. Suarez
Natalie Portman was offered for the role of Katey Miller but she turned it down.[2]
Ricky Martin was considered for the role of Javier Suarez.[3]
Production
Havana Nights is based on an original screenplay by playwright and NPR host Peter Sagal, based on the real life experience of producer JoAnn Jansen, who lived in Cuba as a 15-year-old in 1958–59. Sagal wrote the screenplay, which he titled Cuba Mine, about a young American woman who witnessed the Cuban revolution and had a romance with a young Cuban revolutionary. The screenplay was to be a serious political romance story, documenting, among other stories, how the Cuban revolution transformed from idealism to terror. It was commissioned in 1992 by Lawrence Bender, who was rising to fame with his production of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. The screenplay was bought by a film studio, which requested several rewrites before deciding not to produce the film. A decade later, Bender decided to make a Dirty Dancing sequel, and the film was very loosely adapted from Sagal's script. Not a single line from Sagal's original screenplay appears in the final film and Sagal says that the only remnants of the political theme that existed in his script is a scene wherein some people are executed.[4]
The film was British actress Romola Garai's first Hollywood film and she repeatedly has cited the filming of the movie as being an extremely negative experience which caused her to re-evaluate working in Hollywood. In a 2004 interview with The Telegraph she explained that the filmmakers "were obsessed with having someone skinny. I just thought, why didn't they get someone like Kate Bosworth, if that's what they wanted?"[5]
In October 2017, in the midst of producer Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse allegations in Hollywood, Garai later revealed that Weinstein, whose company Miramax was co-producing the film, had required her to meet him alone in a hotel room while he was wearing only a bathrobe to obtain the part: "I had to go to his hotel room in the Savoy, and he answered the door in his bathrobe. I was only 18. I felt violated by it, it has stayed very clearly in my memory."[6]
Reception
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 23% rating based on 108 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The website provides a brief critical consensus: "Cheesy, unnecessary remake."[7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 39 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[8]
Robert Denerstein of the Rocky Mountain News gave it a D+, saying: "Tries to add Cuban flavor to a familiar plot but comes up with nothing more than a bubbling stew of cliches." Peter Howell of the Toronto Star thought it to be "Charmless, clumsy and culturally offensive all at the same time" and merited it 1 out of 5 stars. Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe awarded it 2 out of 4 stars, saying: "As you might expect, the movie is as square as a sock hop." Philip Martin of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, who rated it B−, because "aside from the triteness of the dialogue, the mathematical predictability of the script and the muddling of numbskulled politics, DD: HN is a fairly enjoyable experience." According to Louis Hobson of Jam! Magazine, who thought the movie was worth 3.5 out of 5 stars, the main redeeming factor was the choreography: "You may have problems with the obvious, clichéd story, but the dancing is incredible." Philip Wuntch of The Dallas Morning News gave the film a C, stating that "both the dance numbers and the personal drama are largely listless."[9]
Soundtrack
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released February 17, 2004
Genre Pop / R&B
Label J Records
"Dance Like This" – Wyclef Jean featuring Claudette Ortiz
"Dirty Dancing" – The Black Eyed Peas
"Guajira (I Love U 2 Much)" – Yerba Buena
"Can I Walk By" – Phalon Alexander featuring Monica Arnold
"Satellite (From "Havana Nights")" – Santana featuring Jorge Moreno
"El Beso Del Final" – Christina Aguilera
"Represent, Cuba" – Orishas featuring Heather Headley
"Do You Only Wanna Dance" – Mýa Harrison
"You Send Me" – Shawn Kane
"El Estuche" – Aterciopelados
"Do You Only Wanna Dance" – Julio Daivel Big Band (conducted by Cucco Peña)
"Satellite (Spanish Version) Nave Espacial (From "Havana Nights")" – Santana featuring Jorge Moreno
@divinekeza9885
Shall We Dance? is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon. It is a remake of the 1996 Japanese film of the same name.[1]
Plot
John Clark is a lawyer with a charming wife, Beverly, and a loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the city. Each evening on his commute home through Chicago, John sees a beautiful woman staring with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio. Haunted by her gaze, John impulsively jumps off the train one night, and signs up for ballroom dancing lessons, hoping to meet her.
At first, it seems like a mistake. His teacher turns out not to be the woman in the window, Paulina, but the studio's older namesake, Miss Mitzi, and John proves to be just as clumsy as his equally clueless classmates Chic and Vern on the dance-floor. Even worse, when he does meet Paulina, she icily tells John she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously study dance and not to look for a date. But, as his lessons continue, John falls in love with dancing. Keeping his new obsession from his family and co-workers, John feverishly trains for Chicago's biggest dance competition. His friendship with Paulina blossoms, as his enthusiasm rekindles her own lost passion for dance. But the more time John spends away from home, the more his wife Beverly becomes suspicious. She hires a private investigator to find out what John is doing, but when she finds out the truth, she chooses to discontinue the investigation and not invade her husband's privacy.
John is partnered with Bobbie for the competition, although his friend Link steps in to do the Latin dances. Link and Bobbie do well in the Latin dances, and while John and Bobbie's waltz goes well, John sees his wife and daughter in the crowd during the quickstep, and is distracted by trying to find them. He and Bobbie fall and are disqualified, and John and Beverly argue in the parking garage. John quits dancing, to everyone's dismay.
Paulina, having been inspired by John to take up competing again, is leaving to go to Europe, and is having a going-away party at the dance studio. She sends John an invitation, but he is not convinced to go until his wife leaves out a pair of dancing shoes that she bought him. He goes and meets Beverly at work, convinces her that while he loves dancing, he still loves her just as much, and he teaches her to dance. They go to the party, and John and Paulina have one last dance before she leaves.
The end scene shows everyone afterwards: Link and Bobbie are now together; Chic, who was actually gay, dances at a club with his partner; Miss Mitzi finds a new partner, and they are happy together; John and Beverly are happier than before and dance in the kitchen; Vern, newly married to his fiancée, dances with her at their wedding; the private investigator that Beverly hired, Devine, starts up dance lessons; and Paulina, with a new partner, competes at the Blackpool Dance Festival, the competition that she had lost the year before.
Cast
Richard Gere as John Clark
Jennifer Lopez as Paulina
Susan Sarandon as Beverly Clark
Lisa Ann Walter as Bobbie
Stanley Tucci as Link Peterson
Anita Gillette as Miss Mitzi
Bobby Cannavale as Chic
Omar Miller as Vern
Tamara Hope as Jenna Clark
Stark Sands as Evan Clark
Richard Jenkins as Devine
Nick Cannon as Scott
Karina Smirnoff as Link's Pouty Dance Partner
Mýa Harrison as Vern's Fiancée
Ja Rule as Hip-Hop Bar Performer
Tony Dovolani as Slick Willy
Cesar Corrales as Dancer
Slavik Kryklyvyy as Paulina's Pro Ballroom (finale)
Soundtrack
"Sway" - The Pussycat Dolls
"Santa Maria" (Del Buen Ayre) - Gotan Project
"Happy Feet" - John Altman
"España cañí" - John Altman
"I Wanna (Shall We Dance)" - Gizelle D'Cole
"Perfidia" - John Altman
"Under The Bridges Of Paris" - John Altman
"Moon River" - John Altman
"Andalucia" - John Altman
"The Book Of Love" - Peter Gabriel
"The L Train" - Gabriel Yared
"I Could Have Danced All Night" - Jamie Cullum
"Wonderland" - Rachel Fuller
"Shall We Dance?" - Gotan Project
"Let's Dance" - Mýa
Release
Box office
The film debuted on October 15, 2004, grossing $11,783,467 in the opening weekend, placing fourth at the North American box office. Despite its 27% decline in gross earnings, rose to the third spot the following week. The film ran for 133 days, grossing $57,890,460 in the United States and $112,238,000 in internationally, for a worldwide total of $170,128,460.[2]
Reception
Shall We Dance? received a 47% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 158 critics. The consensus states: "The cast is warmly appealing, but with the loss of cultural context and addition of big-name celebrities, this American version loses the nuances of the original."[3] Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, stating "I enjoyed the Japanese version so much I invited it to my Overlooked Film Festival a few years ago, but this remake offers pleasures of its own."[4]
Title
The original Japanese film had a question mark in its title, and the publicity poster for this film also includes it. However, the actual film titles on the US film appear as simply "Shall We Dance", leading to some online sources, including IMDb, referring to it without showing the question mark. The inclusion of the question mark serves to distinguish these two films from the 1937 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film Shall We Dance.
@newtonduck1
IMO...best solo Spice moment!
@JiaPia3
Agreed 100%. This is truly timeless somehow, even though it’s got a 60s kick to it. I adore this song, and I don’t understand why it wasn’t one of the biggest hits. This pretty much slapped me directly in the face. Well sung, well arranged, just awesome! ❤
@christianotobar2745
Indeed
@mq827
Yes
@izmadi22
not only the song is great, but the video is perfect!
@todayyesterday
this is crazy clear quality I love this Emma era . Thanks again
@gilpfdasilva7144
Emma.
Linda e talentosa.
@pinavinada
why this isn't in the Spotify? 😮💨
@alexcosta1880
I was struggling to find it there too, for months. But you can find it as “Maybe (originally performed by Emma Bunton)” by Paris Music.
@DavidKen878
@@alexcosta1880i hate when that happens. The day I found out Apple Music lets users add their own music to their libraries, I went to heaven. It's great for songs that were never on streaming services to begin with.