In November 2003, at the age of 19, Melua released her first album, Call off the Search, which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8 million copies in its first five months of release. Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005 and to date has gone platinum four times. Melua released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007, which has been announced to be the last of her albums in collaboration with Mike Batt. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua has a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh richest British musician under thirty.
In the summer of 2003, aged just 18 and still studying at the Brit School of Performing Arts in leafy Surrey, no-one, least of all Katie, would have predicted what the next few years would hold for the teenager. Four years later, Katie has sold more than 7.5 million albums becoming, in 2006, the year’s best selling British female in the world along the way.
Georgian born Katie relocated from Tbilisi to Belfast at the age of 8 due to her father’s profession as a heart surgeon and 5 years later moved to South East London. After her GCSEs Katie joined the Brit School for Performing Arts where she undertook a BTEC and Music A-level and discovered different styles of music including Queen, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Irish folk music and Indian music. On hearing an Eva Cassidy song Katie was blown away and when she discovered that Eva was no longer alive wrote the song ‘Faraway Voice’ as a tribute to her. It was this song that attracted the attention of the composer and producer Mike Batt. Katie signed to Batt’s record label Dramatico but stayed at the Brit School to complete her studies – she graduated with distinction in July 2003.
During the summer of 2003 her debut single, ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’, attracted the attention of British station BBC Radio 2 and upon its release entered the charts at number 10. Released in November, Katie’s debut album ‘Call Off The Search’ hit the UK number 1 spot in January 2004 and has subsequently scored top 10 positions throughout Europe. The album has since been certified gold in Holland, Hong Kong and Switzerland, platinum in Denmark, New Zealand and Australia, 2 x platinum in Germany, Ireland, Norway and South Africa and received the IFPI Double Platinum Award for 2 million European Sales. In March 2005 ‘Call Off The Search’ hit the number 1 spot in Denmark, a year after its initial release and became a top five album in Japan. Katie was awarded Best International Newcomer at Germany’s ECHO Awards in April 2005. In Britain, Katie was the highest selling female artist in 2004 – ‘Call Off The Search’ has now sold 1.8 million copies and is 6 x platinum (in Britain alone) and worldwide sales exceed 3.5 million.
Katie joined the line up for the Band Aid 20 single to record a new version of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’. As an ambassador for Save The Children this was particularly poignant for Katie. In March 2005 Katie was invited by Nelson Mandela to perform at his 46664 concert in aid of Mandela’s AIDS foundation. In addition to performing a full live set, Katie joined Queen on stage to perform a moving version of ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’. Katie flew from South Africa to Sri Lanka where she experienced the work that is being done by Save The Children, particularly with child soldiers.
In August 2005 Katie and her family swore allegiance to The Queen and became British Citizens following a ceremony in Surrey, England. Katie was asked to perform at the Royal Wedding of Prince Pieter-Christiaan in Holland and at the Norwegian Royal Gala Concert in the presence of the Crown Prince Of Norway. Continuing the royal theme, the American TV show ‘Good Morning America’ broadcast live from Buckingham Palace and Katie was invited by the show to perform ‘Nine Million Bicycles’ and ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’. Katie performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Norway.
In between her overseas travel Katie recorded her new album, ‘Piece By Piece’, which was released in Europe on September 26th 2005. The album comprises more self-penned songs including the title track as well as a cover of the 1987 Cure hit ‘Just Like Heaven’ that Katie recorded for a new DreamWorks film starring Reese Witherspoon. The first single, ‘Nine Million Bicycles’, preceded the album release and gave Katie her highest UK single chart entry at number 5. One week later and Katie entered the UK album charts at number 1 and Europe swiftly followed with the album reaching #1 in Norway, Denmark and Holland, #2 in Ireland, #2 in Iceland, #3 in South Africa, #4 in Poland and #2 in Germany giving an overall chart position of #2 on the Billboard European Top 100 Chart.
Katie was nominated for two Brit Awards in the “Best Female” and “Pop” categories, for the “Best International Female” at the Edison Awards in Holland and was awarded “Best International Female (Rock & Pop)” at the Echo Awards in Germany. Once again Katie was pronounced the highest selling female artist in Britain in 2005 selling more than 1 million albums.
It is fair to say that 2006 was yet another extraordinary year for 22 year old Katie. In addition to the awards nominations, Katie had a Dutch tulip named in her honour, toured America coast to coast, raced at 160mph round Grand Prix circuit Silverstone, flew a plane, launched Save The Children’s ‘Rewrite The Future’ campaign, made the headlines with a Guinness World Record for the deepest concert when she performed 303 meters beneath the North Sea in the leg of a gas rig and was awarded the World Music Award for Britain’s Biggest Selling Female. Whilst in 2004 and 2005, Katie was the greatest selling female artist in Britain, in 2006 Katie was the highest selling European female artist in the world selling more than 3 million copies of her second album ‘Piece By Piece’.
Awarded the Golden Camera Award for International Pop Artist at the start of 2007, Katie was presented with the Echo Award for International Female Artist in March 2007.
October 2007 saw the release of Katie’s third album ‘Pictures’ – a record which has delighted her legions of fans, confirmed Katie’s status as a unique and remarkable vocalist, and revealed the third chapter in what is destined to be a long musical career.
Katie’s fourth album, “The Katie Melua Collection”, is a musical summary of the 24 year old’s journey so far and is being released to coincide with Katie’s arena tour in October and November 2008.
www.katiemelua.com/
Blame It on the Moon
Katie Melua Lyrics
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Didn't want to fall in love again, so soon
I was fine, feelin' strong
Didn't want to fall in love with anyone
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon
'Cause it's not my fault
So I'll blame it on the moon
I was happy to be free
Didn't think I'd give myself so easily
Guilty feelings in the night
As I wonder, is it wrong to feel so right?
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon
'Cause it's not my fault
I didn't think that this would happen so soon
So I'll blame it on the moon
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon
'Cause it's not my fault
I didn't think that this would happen so soon
So I'll blame it on the moon
So I'll blame it on the moon
In Katie Melua's Blame It on the Moon, the singer is putting the blame on the moon for falling in love again. The moon represents the unpredictable and uncontrollable force that led her to fall in love even when she didn't want to. At the beginning of the song, she explains that she didn't want to fall in love again so soon after a previous relationship. She was feeling strong and free and had no intentions of giving herself easily to anyone. However, the moon took over, and she found herself falling in love despite her intentions.
As the relationship progresses, she questions whether what she is feeling is right or wrong, and the guilt starts to creep in. She wonders if she gave herself away too quickly and whether she should have waited longer before falling in love again. However, at this point, it's gone too far to call for a halt, and she decides to blame it on the moon. She knows she can't control her feelings, and the moon is the perfect scapegoat.
The song captures the way that sometimes we can't control who we fall in love with or when it happens. We may have our guard up, and our intentions set, but sometimes a force outside of ourselves takes over. In this case, the force is the moon, and the singer uses it as a metaphorical representation of the power of love.
Line by Line Meaning
Gonna blame it on the moon
I will put the responsibility on something else instead of owning up to my actions and feelings.
Didn't want to fall in love again, so soon
I did not expect to catch feelings and get attached so quickly, but here we are.
I was fine, feelin' strong
I thought I was emotionally stable and capable of not getting caught up in love.
Didn't want to fall in love with anyone
I believed that being single and free was the best way to be and did not want to deal with the complications of a relationship.
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
Things have progressed beyond what I anticipated, and I cannot easily back out of the situation.
I'll blame it on the moon
I will attribute my changed feelings and actions to something beyond my control - like the moon - instead of taking accountability.
'Cause it's not my fault
I want to shift the blame in order to avoid taking any responsibility for my actions.
I didn't think that this would happen so soon
I had no intention of things getting this serious this quickly.
I was happy to be free
I was content with being single and not being tied down.
Didn't think I'd give myself so easily
I did not expect to become so emotionally open and involved so quickly.
Guilty feelings in the night
I have feelings that I am ashamed of and cannot reconcile.
As I wonder, is it wrong to feel so right?
I question whether these intense feelings are potentially dangerous or problematic in some way.
So I'll blame it on the moon
I will continue to deflect the responsibility for what is happening to me onto something outside of my control.
So I'll blame it on the moon
I will continue to deflect the responsibility for what is happening to me onto something outside of my control.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Mike Batt
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ruckizucki13
Lyrics :
Gonna blame it on the moon
Didn't want to fall in love again so soon
I was fine, feeling strong
Didn't want to fall in love with anyone
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon
'Cause it's not my fault
I didn't think I'd this would happen so soon
So I'll blame it on the moon
I was happy to be free
Didn't think I'd give myself so easily
Guilty feelings in the night
As I wonder is it wrong to feel so right
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon
'Cause it's not my fault
I didn't think that this would happen so soon
So I'll blame it on the moon
Gonna blame it on the moon
Didn't want to fall in love again so soon
I was fine, feeling strong
Didn't want to fall in love with anyone
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon
'Cause it's not my fault
I didn't think that this would happen so soon
So I'll blame it on the moon
@ghadycaracalla
Gonna blame it on the moon
Didn't want to fall in love again, so soon.
I was fine, feelin' strong
Didn't want to fall in love with anyone.
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon,
'cause it's not my fault.
I didn't think that this would happen so soon,
So I'll blame it on the moon.
I was happy to be free
Didn't think I'd give myself so easily.
Guilty feelings in the night,
As I wonder, is it wrong to feel so right?
Now that it's gone too far to call for a halt
I'll blame it on the moon,
'cause it's not my fault.
I didn't think that this would happen so soon,
So I'll blame it on the moon.
@morvaitube
Die Lieblingssängerin meiner Herzensdame. Ihr widme ich meine Übersetzung auf deutsch. Я тебе́ коха́ю Мила!
Ich schwör´s, ich wollte mich nicht so schnell wieder verlieben,
Der Mond hat´s mir angetan! Woran sonst könnte es doch liegen?
Ich fühlte mich ohne Liebe so stark, es ging mir so gut,
Mein Herz schlug ruhig und kalt, brauchte keine Glut!
Jetzt ging es schon zu weit, die Liebe hält nicht an,
Er zog für immer in mein Herz, der Mond hat`s mir angetan!
Nichts liegt mehr in meiner Macht,
Dass es mich so schnell erwischt, hätte ich nicht gedacht,
Ja, der Mond hat es gemacht!
Froh war ich die Freiheit zu geniessen, sie war wie ein Segen,
Wollte nicht leicht den Verlockungen der Liebe erliegen.
Und nun nachts schwere Gedanken mich betrüben,
Ist es nicht falsch, so lauter für Dich zu fühlen?
Jetzt ging es schon zu weit, die Liebe hält nicht an,
Er zog für immer in mein Herz, der Mond hat`s mir angetan!
Nichts liegt mehr in meiner Macht,
Dass es mich so schnell erwischt, hätte ich nicht gedacht,
Ja, der Mond hat es gemacht!
Ich schwör´s, ich wollte mich nicht so schnell wieder verlieben,
Der Mond hat´s mir angetan! Woran sonst könnte es doch liegen?
Ich fühlte mich ohne Liebe so stark, es ging mir so gut,
Mein Herz schlug ruhig und kalt, brauchte keine Glut!
Jetzt ging es schon zu weit, die Liebe hält nicht an!
Er zog für immer in mein Herz, der Mond hat`s mir angetan!
Nichts liegt mehr in meiner Macht,
Dass es mich so schnell erwischt, hätte ich nicht gedacht,
Ja, der Mond hat es gemacht!
@Redrubicon1
Is there one button I can hit to "like" everything she does?
@lisanethercot-slater4005
Katie I don't know if you'll get this message, I just want to say I went to on of your concerts and it poured down, it was in Bath we ran to grab bin liners to try to keep warm, but you didn't let us down you we're soaked, I'm having a hard time at the moment and listening to your voice makes me feel there is hope you're beautiful inside and out, I wish you all the love health and happiness you're a special Lady.xx
@UmbraStellarTV
Katie is like a soft medicine for the soul
@daivdlewis3024
She has a beautiful voice, and she's making it sound so good together with that song. Thanks Katie.
@greghoward8873
Her voice is pure and flawless!
@Larrymarx
Two Thumbs Waaay Up for Katie's voice ♪♫♫♪
@EmiliaNoraElina
Love it!!!... one of my favorite songs from Katie. ThanxXXXx
@fran1283
my favarite song
@kkeettiii1991
this is one of the best love songs , I've got no idea why it isn't popular... <3
@blahvn
kkeettiii because no butt, drug and party LOL