Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker in Dover, United Kingdom on April 11, … Read Full Bio ↴Joss Stone (born Joscelyn Eve Stoker in Dover, United Kingdom on April 11, 1987) is an English soul singer whose throaty style of singing was influenced by early Motown singers.

Her debut album, The Soul Sessions, consists of classic soul tracks by Betty Wright, Aretha Franklin, Laura Lee and Bettye Swann and was released in late 2003. It reached the top 5 in the UK albums chart, and also made the top forty of the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart.

Joss Stone was nominated for "British Breakthrough Act", and won "British Female Solo Artist" and "British Urban Act", entering the Guinness World Records for being the youngest BRIT Award solo winner at age seventeen.

After achieving critical acclaim for The Soul Sessions, Stone recorded an album full of original songs in 2004 titled Mind, Body & Soul.
It proved to be an even bigger success than her first album, as it debuted at #1 in the UK (breaking the record for the youngest female ever to top the albums charts there, a record previously held by Avril Lavigne).

Stone began working on her third studio album, Introducing Joss Stone, at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, in May 2006.
It was released on 12 March 2007 in the UK on Virgin Records, involving production by Raphael Saadiq and collaborations with Lauryn Hill, Common and Joi.
Stone describes it as "truly me. That's why I'm calling it Introducing Joss Stone. These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist".
The album debuted and peaked at number twelve on the UK Albums Chart. It also debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 selling 118,000 copies in its first week, becoming the highest debut for a British solo female artist on the U.S. chart, surpassing the record previously held by Amy Winehouse with Back to Black. It has sold 60,000 copies in the UK since its release.
Joss Stone was nominated for the MOBO Award for "Best UK Female" in September 2007, but lost out to Amy Winehouse.

Tell Me 'Bout It, the album's lead single, debuted and peaked at number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart—where it stayed for three weeks only, and peaked at number eighty-three on the U.S Billboard Hot 100.
The second single, Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now, a collaboration with rapper Common, made the top sixty-five of the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Joss Stone turned its music video to a Product Red — this means that the video is available online over iTunes Store and that the gains from these sales revert to Product Red, an organisation which helps women and children in Africa affected by HIV and/or AIDS.
Joss Stone is the first artist to do this, entering the Guinness World Records once again.
On 4 October 2007, Stone's official website confirmed Baby Baby Baby as the album's third single.
Stone's fifth album, LP1 was released on 26 July 2011. The Somehow Songfacts says that the long player was the first release through Stone's own Stone'd Records and was recorded in just a week at Blackbird Studios in Nashville. Stone fought a legal battle with her record company EMI to release her from her contract and The LP1 album title signifies the fresh start the singer felt she was making.

Trivia:
Worryingly for fans of Stone, she recently confessed that singing is not a career she plans to stick to: she told a journalist recently that she would like to give it up in a few years to become a normal housewife with a husband and children.

Singles:
* 2004 - Fell In Love With A Boy
* 2004 - Super Duper Love
* 2004 - You Had Me
* 2004 - Right To Be Wrong
* 2005 - Spoiled
* 2005 - The Right Time (Cover of Extra for the GAP-Ad)
* 2005 - Don't Cha Wanna Ride?
* 2007 - Tell Me 'Bout It
* 2007 - Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now

For The Love Of Love
Joss Stone Lyrics

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Love me from your heart
Love me from your soul
Take me as the one you chose
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss
Please love me from your heart
Love me from your soul
Take me as the one you chose
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss, please

I just can't take one more lover
Putting me under his other
I felt the pain, no more again
I give you all I can cover
Just promise you'll be my protector
Look over my fears and keep them clear
There'll be more problems here
I'm asking you to

Love me from your heart
Love me from your soul
Take me as the one you chose
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss
Please love me from your heart
Love me from your soul
Take me as the one you chose
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss, please

Well I guess I'm 'bout to find out
If there's truth in your soul
Your smile, your eyes are not enough alone
Is this a girl's intuition? (Yes)
This impossible love's our position
Bring me some light o face our life
I built a wall strong, I'll tell 'em why

Love me from your heart
Love me from your soul
Take me as the one you chose
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss
Please love me from your heart
Love me from your soul
Take me as the one you chose
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss, please

Now don't give me those eyes
It's meaning less, please hide it
Cause I am one to fall so far, so fast
That's why I'm asking you to love me

Love me from your heart
(That's why I'm asking you to love me right now)
Love me from your soul
(That's why I'm needing you to love me baby)
Take me as the one you chose
(Just the way that I am babe)
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss
Please love me from your heart
(Ooh love me right)
Love me from your soul
(Ooh love me freely)
Take me as the one you chose
(Just the way that you want to take me baby, take me)
Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss, please

That's all I'm asking you to do
Please
Love me like you're supposed to
Please
Please
It's all I've been asking, all my life
Just a little love, just a little love

That's all that I want, that's all that I need
Just a little love

Overall Meaning

Joss Stone's song 'For the Love of Love' is a soulful representation of the struggles of love and trust in a relationship. The song begins with the artist asking her lover to love her from the heart and soul, promising herself to him and asking for the same in return. She talks about the past, where she has been hurt by men who did not have genuine feelings for her and treated her poorly. She offers herself to her current lover, hoping he will protect her from future problems and fears.

The chorus repeats the same lines, asking her lover to love her completely and wholly, accepting her for who she is. The artist's unease with her partner's intentions is evident in the line, "Well I guess I'm 'bout to find out, If there's truth in your soul, Your smile, your eyes are not enough alone." She makes it clear that her lover needs to show her that he does indeed love her for herself, beyond the physical factors. The song ends with Stone pleading with her lover to love her as she deserves, with a little love that she has been asking for all her life.

Overall, the song is a beautiful plea for a true and genuine love that goes beyond the physical and fleeting aspects of relationships.

Line by Line Meaning

Love me from your heart
Love me with your truest and deepest emotion

Love me from your soul
Love me with your innermost being

Take me as the one you chose
Choose me as your partner and cherish me

Promise you my eyes, put your lips on my kiss
Offer your physical affection by looking into my eyes and kissing me

Please love me from your heart
I beg of you to love me with all your heart

Well I guess I'm 'bout to find out, If there's truth in your soul
I am about to know whether you truly love me or not

Your smile, your eyes are not enough alone
Your physical gestures are not enough, I need your love

Is this a girl's intuition? (Yes)
This is my feminine instinct telling me something

This impossible love's our position, Bring me some light o face our life
We need to overcome the difficulties for our love to work

I built a wall strong, I'll tell 'em why
I have protected myself from getting hurt before and I will explain why

Now don't give me those eyes, It's meaning less, please hide it
Do not make meaningless expressions with your eyes, as they won't change how I feel

That's why I'm asking you to love me
This is why I am asking for your love

Please love me like you're supposed to, Please Please
Love me in a way that is expected in a relationship, please

It's all I've been asking, all my life
I have been asking for this my whole life

Just a little love, just a little love
I only need a little bit of love from you

That's all that I want, that's all that I need
All I want and need from you is your love

Lyrics © DistroKid, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: DAMIAN ROBERT NESTA MARLEY, JOSS STONE

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