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 You Parts 1 & 2
Joss Stone Lyrics
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Feels good to me
Feels good
Feels good to me
Drifting on a memory
Ain't no place I'd rather be, no,
Than with you
Day will make a way for night
All we need is candlelight
And a D'Angelo song
Ooh, so soft and so long
Glad to be here alone with a lover like no other
Sad to see a new horizon slowly coming into view
I wanna be living for the love of you
All that I'm giving is for the, for the love of you
Lovely as a ray of sun that touches me when the morning comes
Feels good to me
My love and me, ooh
Smoother than a gentle breeze
Blowing through my mind, weary
Soft as can be when you're loving me
When you're loving me
Love to be riding on the waves of your love
Enchanted with your touch
It seems to me we can sail together in and out of misery
I wanna be living for the love of you
All that I'm giving is for the love of you
I wanna be living for the love of you
All that I'm giving, giving, ooh, is for the love of you
Paradise I held within
Can't feel insecure again
You're the key
Oh, this I see, this I see, ooh
Now I'm there and I lose my way
Using words to try to say what I feel
I feel that love is free
I know that love is free
I might as well sign my name on a card which can say it a whole lot better
Ooh, only time will tell
Cause it seems that I've done just about all that I can do
I wanna be, ooh, I wanna be living
I wanna be living, living for the love of you
I wanna be giving, giving, ooh
All that I'm giving is for the love of you
Oh, it's for the love of you
I just wanna be giving all my love to you
Each and every day
That's when I'll be giving all my love to you
That's all I wanna do
I'm giving all my love to you
You know that I'm living for you
Ooh, to love you
"For The Love Of You Parts 1 & 2" by Joss Stone is a cover of the original song by The Isley Brothers. The song is about the deep love and connection between two people, and the joy and contentment that it brings. The lyrics are full of metaphors that describe the feeling of being in love, such as "drifting on a memory" and "smoother than a gentle breeze". The song also highlights the importance of being with someone who makes you feel secure and loved, as the lyrics say "paradise I held within, can't feel insecure again, you're the key".
Throughout the song, Joss Stone's soulful and powerful vocals add an emotional depth to the lyrics. The use of candlelight and soft music in the lyrics create a romantic atmosphere, while the reference to a D'Angelo song adds to the sensual tone of the song. The repetitive use of "feels good to me" further emphasizes the joy and comfort of being in love.
Line by Line Meaning
Feels good
The feeling is pleasurable
Feels good to me
The pleasure is personal to the singer
Drifting on a memory
Recollecting past events from a distance
Ain't no place I'd rather be, no,
There is nowhere else the artist would rather be
Than with you
Having company is preferred with the addressed person
Loving you
Love and affection for the addressed person
Day will make a way for night
During the day, arrangements for the night will be made
All we need is candlelight
The required ambiance is provided by candlelight
And a D'Angelo song
A song by D'Angelo will also be played
Ooh, so soft and so long
The D'Angelo song is soothing and plays for an extended period
Glad to be here alone with a lover like no other
The addressed person is unique, and the singer is happy to be alone with them
Sad to see a new horizon slowly coming into view
The future feels uncertain and gloomy
I wanna be living for the love of you
The person wants to live for the sake of the love they share with the addressed person
All that I'm giving is for the, for the love of you
All the singer is offering is because of their love for the addressed person
Lovely as a ray of sun that touches me when the morning comes
The addressed person is a beautiful presence that brings joy
Feels good to me
The feeling of joy is personal
My love and me, ooh
The addressed person is the artist's lover
Smoother than a gentle breeze
The addressed person's actions are gentle and seamless
Blowing through my mind, weary
The addressed person's actions are relaxing the singer's exhausted mind
Soft as can be when you're loving me
The love provided by the addressed person is gentle and soft
Love to be riding on the waves of your love
The artist wants to be a part of the addressed person's love
Enchanted with your touch
The artist is captivated by the addressed person's touch
It seems to me we can sail together in and out of misery
It seems like the addressed person and the singer can face good and bad times together
I wanna be giving, giving, ooh
The artist wants to give all they can
Paradise I held within
The singer had their idea of paradise
Can't feel insecure again
The singer does not want to feel insecure again
You're the key
The addressed person is the solution
Now I'm there and I lose my way
The artist is with the addressed person but is still uncertain
Using words to try to say what I feel
The artist is using words to express themselves to the addressed person
I feel that love is free
The singer feels that love has no restrictions and is free
I know that love is free
The singer has the certainty that love is free
I might as well sign my name on a card which can say it a whole lot better
The artist thinks a written card can express their feelings better
Ooh, only time will tell
The future will show the truth of the situation
Cause it seems that I've done just about all that I can do
The artist has done everything they could do
I wanna be, ooh, I wanna be living
The singer desires to live their life a certain way
Living for the love of you
The artist desires to live for the addressed person's love
Oh, it's for the love of you
The singer's actions have been done for the addressed person's love
I just wanna be giving all my love to you
The singer desires to show all their love to the addressed person
Each and every day
The singer wants to show their love every day
That's when I'll be giving all my love to you
The artist will give all their love to the addressed person every day
That's all I wanna do
Showing love to the addressed person is the artist's only desire
You know that I'm living for you
The addressed person knows that the singer is living for them
Ooh, to love you
The addressed person is loved by the singer
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CHRISTOPHER JASPER, CHRISTOPHER H JASPER, ERNIE ISLEY, JOE TEX, MARVIN ISLEY, O'KELLY ISLEY, RONALD ISLEY, RUDOLPH ISLEY
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