Spagna (born Ivana Spagna, 16 December 1954, Verona, Italy) is an Italian s… Read Full Bio ↴Spagna (born Ivana Spagna, 16 December 1954, Verona, Italy) is an Italian singer and songwriter.

She started her career singing in English and in the early 1980s she provided vocals (with Angela Parisi) and wrote songs for an Italo Disco duo project called Fun Fun as well as writing songs for many other dance music projects until 1986, when she embarked on a solo career.

Her first dance song "Easy Lady" (1986) was a hit throughout Europe. In 1987 she released her third hit, "Call Me". The single made no.1 in the European Chart, and reached no. 2 in Italy and in the UK Singles Chart. It also made no. 13 in the U.S. Billboard Dance Chart.

Her first album, Dedicated To The Moon, was released the same year and sold over 500,000 copies.

After the minor UK hit "Every Girl And Boy" and a dance-rock album, You Are My Energy (1988), Spagna moved to Santa Monica, California, and created her new pop album No Way Out (1991). This album featured a song written by Diane Warren ("There's A Love"), the two singles "Love At First Sight" and "Only Words", peaked at #5 on the Italian chart, and was certified Platinum (over 100.000 copies sold).

In 1993, Spagna moved back to Europe, and recorded Matter Of Time, featuring the two successful eurodance singles "Why Me" (#10 in Italy) and "I Always Dream About You" (#5 in Italy).

In 1995, after the release of her last dance hit ("Lady Madonna", #4 in Italy), she started singing in her native Italian. After achieving a great success in Italy with the Italian version of Elton John's Circle of Life (Il cerchio della vita), featured in the Italian soundtrack of the Disney film The Lion King, she took part in the Sanremo Festival, the most important Italian song contest, ranking 3rd in 1995 with the song "Gente Come Noi". Her first album in Italian, Siamo in due, sold over 350.000 copies and became the best-selling album by a female singer in Italy that year.

From that year onwards, Spagna released many successful albums sung in Italian (including hit singles such as "Siamo in due", "E io penso a te", "Lupi solitari", "Indivisibili", "Dov'eri", "Il bello della vita-World Cup Song", "Con il tuo nome") until 2003, when she left Sony Music in order to sing in English again. She signed to an independent Swiss record label (B&G), and recorded Woman, a dance-pop album featuring eight new songs in English, two in Spanish and one in French. The album spawned the three singles Never Say You Love Me, Woman and Do It With Style. In 2004 a new remixed version of "Easy Lady" was released. In 2009 a new remix of "Easy Lady" again, produced with DJ Nicola Fasano.

Spagna's albums and singles have sold a total of over 10 millions copies worldwide, for which she has been awarded the "Disco d'oro alla carriera" (Gold certification for the career) by the Italian Federation of the Music Industry (FIMI) in 2006.

In February 2006 she took part in the Sanremo Festival again, with the song Noi Non Possiamo Cambiare, and in May 2006 ranked third in the Italian reality television program, Music Farm.

In February 2009 the new EP Lola & Angiolina Project, in collaboration with the Italian rockstar Loredana Berté, was released: the first single has been the rock ballad Comunque vada

You'll Be Mine
Ivana Spagna Lyrics

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(Cretu/Kemmler - Cretu/Hirschburger)
I've never been lyin'
You've never been tryin'
To my jealousy
You're leavin' me every night
If you would change your mind
Just for me
You'll be mine, you'll be mine, b't empty time

Seams to burn us up forever
We had that night an' day
Looks so fine in my mind, we will find
Just the calm where we can hide
I won't delay a promise i made
Hear the poundin' of my heart
Lyin' in the dark
You'll be mine, you'll be mine, take my time

I won't give up
I wanna be lonesome
I don't wanna rely on
Oh my jealousy
It's gonna be for my life
An' if we have no doubt
We can see
You'll be mine, you'll be mine, b't empty time
Seams to burn us up forever
We had that night an' day
Looks so fine in my mind, we will find
Just the calm where we can hide
I won't delay a promise i made
Hear the poundin' of my heart
Lyin' in the dark

You'll be mine, you'll be mine, take my time
I won't give up

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Ivana Spagna's song "You'll Be Mine" are about a person who has been struggling with jealousy and trying to keep their significant other from leaving them every night. The singer is pleading for their love interest to change their mind and choose them instead. The singer acknowledges that the relationship has been causing pain and burning them up forever, but still wishes for a calm place where they can hide with their love. The singer promises to not delay their love and hears the pounding of their heart while they lie in the dark, waiting for their love interest to be theirs.

The song is ultimately about the struggles of jealousy and wanting to be loved in return. The lyrics express a desire for a deep connection with another person and the emotional complexity that comes with it. The song's melody is upbeat and catchy, which forms a contrast to the emotional weight of the lyrics.

Line by Line Meaning

I've never been lyin'
I have always been truthful

You've never been tryin'
You have never made an effort

To my jealousy
In response to my feelings of jealousy

You're leavin' me every night
You leave me every night

If you would change your mind
If you changed your feelings and thoughts

Just for me
Only for my sake

You'll be mine, you'll be mine, b't empty time
You will belong to me and we will spend our time together

Seams to burn us up forever
Our love is intense and passionate

We had that night an' day
We experienced both the joys and difficulties of our relationship

Looks so fine in my mind, we will find
I have a mental image of us being happy together

Just the calm where we can hide
A peaceful place to escape from the world