As a teenager, she attended the Institute of Musical Arts; she soon began singing radio commercial jingles and took part in (and won many of) local TV and radio talent shows. In 1963, she moved to New York City and worked with many different singers including Quincy Jones, Pearl Bailey, and Bill Cosby. During that same year, her debut album (of jazz), After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!, was released on the Impulse! label. Three years later, she released her second album of jazz, How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore, for MGM Records.
In 1969, her old friends back home in Detroit, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr., persuaded her to sign with their newly-formed record label Invictus. During that same year, her first Invictus single, "Unhooked Generation" (a minor R&B hit), was released. Shortly thereafter, songwriters Edythe Wayne and Ron Dunbar offered her a song entitled "Band of Gold". Almost immediately, in early 1970, the song became an instant pop smash reaching #3 in the US and #1 in the UK; it also gave Payne her first gold record. An album of the same name proved to be fairly successful as well. Other Invictus singles included "Deeper and Deeper", "You Brought the Joy", and the Vietnam protest song "Bring the Boys Home" (#12, 1971; her second gold record). Her other Invictus albums were Contact (1971), The Best of Freda Payne (1972, a compilation which included four new, unissued songs), and her last Invictus album Reaching Out (1973).
In 1973, being dissatisfied with her royalties (which were very low to begin with), she left Invictus and recorded albums for ABC/Dunhill and Capitol, but she never found the commercial success she had with Invictus.
Out Of This World
Freda Payne Lyrics
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When I'm looking at you,
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew.
You're right out of a book,
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
No armoured knight out of a book
After waiting so long for the right time,
After reaching so long for a star,
All at once from the long and lonely night time,
And despite time, here you are!
I'd fly out of this world
If you said we were through,
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two with you;
I'll spend the next eternity or two with you.
The lyrics to Freda Payne's song "Out Of This World" are both romantic and otherworldly. The singer is clearly infatuated with someone, who, in their eyes, is beyond compare. The first verse describes how the person they are looking at is "clear out of this world" and they hear "music that no mortal ever knew". The second verse goes on to say that this person is like a character straight out of a fairy tale, more enchanting than any knight could ever find.
The chorus reveals just how strongly the singer feels about this person - they would "fly out of this world" if the person said they were through, and they want to spend "the next eternity or two" with them. The lyrics suggest that the singer feels like they have finally found the person they have been waiting for, after a long and lonely time.
Overall, the lyrics paint a picture of a love that is almost supernatural in its intensity. The person the singer is speaking to is not just another mortal, but someone who is almost too perfect for this world. The lyrics capture the awe and wonder that falling in love can bring, as well as the overwhelming desire to be with the one you love forever.
Line by Line Meaning
You're clear out of this world
You are incredibly special and unique.
When I'm looking at you,
When I gaze upon you,
I hear out of this world
I hear the most beautiful and transcendent music.
The music that no mortal ever knew.
Music that only deities could create or imagine.
You're right out of a book,
You are the embodiment of a magnificent, fantastical character from literature.
The fairy tale I read when I was so high;
The storybook I consumed during my adolescence.
No armoured knight out of a book
No romantic hero from a tale of chivalry
Could find a more enchanted Lorelei than I.
Could discover a more beguiling and magical figure such as yourself.
After waiting so long for the right time,
Enduring for such an extended period for this ideal moment
After reaching so long for a star,
Longing for an unreachable goal far in the distance.
All at once from the long and lonely night time,
Instantly, after being in prolonged darkness and solitude,
And despite time, here you are!
And even after an extended period, you have finally arrived!
I'd fly out of this world
I would leave this reality far behind me.
If you said we were through,
If you told me that our relationship was over
So let me fly out of this world
Allow me to leave this world behind,
And spend the next eternity or two with you;
So I may spend infinite time, an interminable span, with you.
I'll spend the next eternity or two with you.
I desire to spend all of eternity alongside you.
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Written by: COLE PORTER
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