Once the frontwoman of UK band Blue Zone, which saw modest success with their single "Jackie", she became a major international star beginning with her guest vocal stint on Coldcut's record People Hold On.
Stansfield is probably best known for her first UK #1 single, All Around the World (1989), which also peaked at #3 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following year. Other worldwide hits from her debut solo album Affection include This is the Right Time (featuring a house music-styled production by Coldcut with Mark Saunders), Live Together, What Did I Do To You? and You Can't Deny It. "All Around the World" was the second song by a white female soloist to hit #1 on the Billboard R&B chart (the first being "Ooo La La La" by Teena Marie in 1988). "You Can't Deny It" also topped that chart. Affection went platinum in the U.S., and sold a total of five million copies worldwide.
In 1990, Stansfield was among a handful of high-profile artists to participate in the Red Hot + Blue charity album, which honored the songwriting career of Cole Porter, and benefitted AIDS research at a time when funding from government agencies was insufficient for those in need. She was given the chance to show her swing and jazz chops on the song "Down in the Depths" (video), which was one of a few throwback renditions to appear on the album. This likely won her the female lead in the independent film Swing (1999), for which soundtrack she also performed most of the songs. Thus began an illustrious and respected tradition of Stansfield offering jazz and torch songs to outside projects (she also sang I've Got the World on a String in the original movie soundtrack of 2003's Mona Lisa Smile).
In 1992, Stansfield won a BRIT Award as best British female solo artist. Her second album Real Love did not quite live up to the success of Affection, despite selling very well. However, it did spawn four Top 40 singles on the European charts: Change, All Woman, Time to Make You Mine and Set Your Loving Free. "Change" has since become one of her signature classics, and still receives regular air-play to this day. "All Woman" became Stansfield's third #1 single on the Billboard R&B chart, and due to the success of that song, the album went gold in the U.S. Filled with pathos and emotion, it is "kitchen sink soul", from the viewpoint of a woman taken for granted. Like "All Around the World", many critics initially believed that it had been performed by a black singer.
Stansfield continued recording disco-influenced soul throughout the 1990s. Her third album So Natural (1993) spawned three Top 40 European singles including the title track So Natural, In All the Right Places and Little Bit of Heaven, but the album was never released in the U.S. She had continued success throughout Europe, but her popularity in America had diminished.
sidenote: "In All The Right Places" was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Indecent Proposal (1993), for which Stansfield was shortlisted as the lead that eventually went to Demi Moore. You can catch her talking about it in this YouTube interview clip (@ 1:30).
Her self-titled fourth album Lisa Stansfield (1997) was a hit in Europe with two Top Ten singles - People Hold On (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Mix) (a re-released dance mix by The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and The Real Thing, and the Top 40 track Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (a remake of the late Barry White's 1973 hit). Upon being released in the U.S., the album scored some mainstream attention, but fared much better in the dance clubs where remixes were very successful; an astonishing four singles - "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up", Never Gonna Fall, I'm Leavin', and "People Hold On" reached #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It charted modestly, peaking at #30 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #55 on the Billboard 200. Subsequently, The Remix Album was released due to revived interest in Stansfield within the dance community. The music video for "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (video) was an eye-catcher featuring her strolling nude down a city street, acquiring a few items of clothing along the way. VH1 featured the clip and even gave it the Pop-Up Video treatment. During the promotion for the single, Stansfield appeared on the RuPaul Show, but inexplicably, did not sing the song (or any others, for that matter).
Her 2001 album Face Up was less successful, barely charting through a lack of publicity, but featured the singles Let's Just Call It Love and 8-3-1, which found her experimenting with newer styles of R&B such as 2-step while continuing with her established sound. Stansfield's husband, Ian Devaney, delivered an arrangement for the ballad How Could You?, which displayed his love of Burt Bacharach's legacy. Only one single was officially released in the UK.
Following the release of Face Up, a 2-CD greatest hits collection titled Biography: The Greatest Hits was released in 2003, which sold well in the UK and Europe. Stansfield then parted ways with Arista/BMG, ending an 18-year association with the label.
Stansfield signed with ZTT Records from the UK, and her 2004 release The Moment was produced by Trevor Horn, well-known for his work with Seal, Grace Jones, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, among others. The album was distributed in Europe by Edel, featuring the singles Treat Me Like a Woman (released as a double A-side with Easier) and If I Hadn't Got You, a song written by Chris Braide with ex-Squeeze songwriter Chris Difford. The album found her exploring more pop-oriented material, and focusing on lush ballads.
Despite this, as with her previous release, the album and supporting singles were not a success. At the time of the project's release, ZTT was directing large amounts of its resources into re-marketing its back catalogue, and producing the Trevor Horn concert for The Prince's Trust and its accompanying double CD Produced by Trevor Horn. The release of "Treat Me Like a Woman" was twice delayed, and the label eventually paired it with "Easier". While ZTT did erect a billboard to advertise the album in Stansfield's home area of Greater Manchester, print advertising and in-store displays were reportedly absent. Later that year ZTT dropped her from their label.
Stansfield's talents also extended into acting; she starred in the 1999 film Swing with actor Hugo Speer, and recorded covers of swing classics and a few original songs written in the style for the soundtrack. She later appeared on a London stage in The Vagina Monologues. In 2006, she guest-starred in the series Goldplated. In 2007, she starred in an episode of Marple: Ordeal by Innocence, and later joined the cast of The Edge of Love.
On June 2012, Lisa told the UK newspaper, The Sunday Mirror that she's working on her seventh studio album, her first in nine years, and that it is going to be released in spring 2013. Lisa announced in November 2012 that the album will be titled 'Seven'.
Official website: http://www.lisa-stansfield.com
02 Real love
Lisa Stansfield Lyrics
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Real love where do you come from
Real love lead the way
Real love where do you come from
Real love stay with me
Stay with me.
I want you always, I cherish everything.
You do for me, babe you set me free
It's you and me, for eternity.
When your arms surround me
And you smother me in your sweet love
We let tender kisses looses on one another.
We're not living in the shadow of someone we could be
There's no pretending, when we're together all there is
Is honesty, babe you set me free
It's you and me, for eternity.
I need you baby, and I know you need me too
We were meant to be togehter
There's something special in the
Things that we do, it's me and you
We're stuck like glue, 'cause this love is true
The first line of the song, "There will never be another love for you and me," sets a tone of permanence and devotion. The singer is singing to a lover and expressing a belief that their love is unique and irreplaceable. They then begin questioning the origins of "real" love and asking for it to lead the way and stay with them. The repetition of "stay with me" highlights the fear of losing this love and the desire for it to remain constant.
The second verse is a declaration of the singer's dependence on their lover. They need them like birds need to sing, and they cherish everything they do for them. The lines "It's you and me, for eternity" and "There's something special in the things that we do" reflect a commitment to lasting love and an appreciation for the unique bond they share.
Line by Line Meaning
There will never be another love for you and me
Our love is unique and special, and there will never be another love like ours.
Real love where do you come from
I am in search of genuine love and I am curious where it comes from.
Real love lead the way
Real love should guide and show us the way to a sincere and honest relationship.
Real love where do you come from
I am still looking for what is considered to be a real true love.
Real love stay with me
I want the love I experience to stay with me forever.
Stay with me.
I want my partner to stay with me and not leave me, I am open to love.
I need you baby, like the birds need to sing
I need you as much as birds need to sing in order to feel complete and fulfilled.
I want you always, I cherish everything.
I desire to have you with me always and I appreciate every single aspect of what we share.
You do for me, babe you set me free
The things you do for me make me feel liberated and unrestricted, like nothing is impossible.
It's you and me, for eternity.
We are devoted to each other, for all time and eternity.
When your arms surround me
When you hold me in your arms with your embrace.
And you smother me in your sweet love
You shower me with your tender, sweet love, like a blanket of warmth and affection.
We let tender kisses loose on one another.
We exchange soft, gentle kisses with each other.
We're not living in the shadow of someone we could be
We are not settling for a possibility of someone else when we already have each other.
There's no pretending, when we're together all there is
We don't have to pretend to be someone we're not when we're together, because our love is genuine and unforced.
Is honesty, babe you set me free
Our relationship is built on honesty and openness, with nothing to hide or fear.
It's you and me, for eternity.
Our love will last forever, with an unbreakable bond linking us together.
I need you baby, and I know you need me too
I depend on you for my emotional well-being and I'm sure you feel the same about me.
We were meant to be together
We were destined to cross paths and fall in love with each other.
There's something special in the things that we do
There is a certain magic or uniqueness to the way we interact and show love to each other.
It's me and you, we're stuck like glue, 'cause this love is true
Our love is so true and sincere that nothing can break us apart. We are inseparable like glue.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDY MORRIS, IAN OWEN DEVANEY, LISA JANE STANSFIELD
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Judy Jetson
I can't believe this is 21 years ago. Dang. Lisa is awesome.
shite hawk
Lisa and Kenny Thomas 2 of the best so so underated absolutely fantastic voices.
Kokoroko
She looks and sounds great def improved with age ,, amazing concert so great to hear some of those bangers from back when things were better than they are now ,, thanks for upload
Mark Evans
I hope that Lisa, her husband, and all of your many musical colleagues, know that you have given us many lifetimes of absolutely gorgeous music, over and over again.
Thanks, and cheers from Canada!
Harry v.d.akker
hello from holland your ....taste is good
Anja Redin
und liebe Grüße aus Germania 😘