Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11, 1966 in Heywood, Lancashire, England) … Read Full Bio ↴Lisa Jane Stansfield (born April 11, 1966 in Heywood, Lancashire, England) is a Grammy Award-nominated and BRIT Award-winning English R&B, Soul, House, and Pop singer-songwriter and actress. Lisa has sold an estimated 20 million records worldwide.
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
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
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Lisa Stansfield Lyrics
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02 Real love There will never be another love for you and me Real…
8-3-1 The way I want you babe It's embarrassing I can't control …
8-3-1 (David Morales club mix long intro) The way I want you babe It's embarrassing I can't control my…
A Little More Love Measure for measure Your love's so much pleasure Like a haun…
A-All Around The World I don't know where my baby is But I'll find him,…
Affection Feel the sun on your face and the wind in…
Ain When I was a kid, about half past three My ma…
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens One night farmer brown was taken the air Locked up the…
Ain't What You Do When I was a kid, about half past three My ma…
All Around The World (Norty Cotto Remix I don't know where my baby is But I'll find him,…
All Around the World - Remastered I don't know where my baby is But I'll find him,…
All Around The Would Spoken: I don't know where my baby is But I'll find him,…
All Over Me I don't wanna go out tonight Wanna turn down the light Wanna…
All Round the World Spoken: I don't know where my baby is But I'll find him,…
All Woman He's home again from another day She smiles at him as…
Baby Come Back Spending all my nights. All my money going out of the…
Baby I Need Your Lovin Baby, I need your lovin', I need your lovin' Although you'r…
Be Mine (l. stansfield/i. devaney) My sweet joy. It's the little t…
Big Thing Love is a big thing and we've got love We don't…
Billionaire If I had a dollar for every time you said…
Blitzkrieg Baby Blitzkrieg baby, you can't bomb me 'Cause I'm pleading neutr…
Boyfriend Do I sit alone at home? Do I pick up the…
Breathtaking It's been so long since I had love And now you're…
Butterflies I′m givin' in to love again I can feel the butterflies…
Can I can't wait to Can't wait to love you You ask me…
Can't Dance Can't dance now Take my chance now I'm a fool …
Can't Take That Away From Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Can't Wait To I can't wait to Can't wait to love you You ask me…
Candy You open your eyes and I see sunshine I bathe in…
Cant Take That Away From Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Can’t Take That Away From Me The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
Carry On This world will take me Never to forsake me Would…
Change [Chorus] If I could change the way I live my life…
Change (Driza Bone Mix) If I could change the way I live my life…
Coming up for Air I can see the sunlight Above the water And I′m coming up…
Conversation There's no room for words In this conversation yet Cause…
Didn't I I didn't realize that you were someone else Until it was…
Didn't I? I didn't realize that you were someone else Until it was…
Didnt I I didn't realize that you were someone else Until it was…
Didn’t I? I didn't realize that you were someone else Until it was…
Don The birds don't sing the same any more They always sounded…
Don't Leave Me Now I'm In Love Come and sit a while with me and talk I need…
Don't Leave Now I'm in Love Come and sit a while with me and talk I need…
Don’t Cry For Me The birds don't sing the same any more They always sounded…
Don’t Leave Now I’m in Love Come and sit a while with me and talk I need…
Down in the Depths With a million neon rainbows burning below me, And a millio…
Dream Away When this world, the real that world you're living in Just…
Easier I woke up early And I can't see the light My back…
Everything I can feel the love tonight Am I the lucky one? Wait…
Everything Will Get Better The world is going mad All the sadness that we have…
Face Up No need to be afraid But to yourself be true You don't…
First Joy Ooh ooh My show Ooh woo Ooh ooh Mmm My first love, my first…
Footsteps Don't give up, you're not alone Though you're weak and chill…
Friday's Child (v. morrison) From the north to the south You walked all th…
Give U Up Oh baby, you know I've waited, waited so long To sing...…
Go Me Missing You Sometimes people make mistakes They play the game, play hard…
Gonna Try It Anyway Could I be courageous and make a move, Would it be…
Goodbye Could I be courageous and make a move Would it be…
Got Me Missing You Sometimes people make mistakes They play the game, play hard…
Gotta Get On This Train yeah yeah yeah you got to get on this train its coming…
He Touches Me He don't bring me anything but love He don't bring me…
Hercules They know my name In lowdown circles They treat me right Lik…
Hold Me Now Scratching at the surface now And I'm trying hard to work…
Honest Honest) (Honest) I just want to be honest with you Honestly …
How Could You I get up and look outside Not a cloud up in…
I Someday I'm coming back, and it won't be long Before you…
I Cried My Last Tear Last Night Mmm mmm Mmm mmm Yesterday thought my world was over Yesterd…
I Give You Everything With my heart and soul With my heart I give you…
i m coming to get you Take a good look at me Do you like what you…
I Want to Break Free I want to break free I want to break free I want…
I Will Be Waiting Tell me what you need to give Let me know if…
I'm Coming to Get You Take a good look at me Do you like what you…
I'm Leavin' I come home from work and have a glass of…
I've Got Something Better You've got somethin' on your mind But I've got somethin' bet…
I've Got The World On A String I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a…
If I Hadn If I hadn't got you If I hadn't got you Whose friend…
If I Hadn't Got You If I hadn't got you If I hadn't got you Whose friend…
If I Hadn't Got You (Digitalis If I hadn't got you If I hadn't got you Whose friend…
In All the Right Places If you take me straight to heaven I could never fall 'Cause…
In All the Right Places {from Indecent Proposal} If you take me straight to heaven I could never fall 'Caus…
It's Got To Be Real All my life I keep on searching for that special…
I`ve Got the World On a String I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a…
I’m Leavin’ I come home from work and have a glass of…
Just to Keep You Satisfied Oh don't go and talk about my father God is my…
Lay Me Down He's warmer than the radiator Sweeter than caramel The way h…
Lay Your Hands on Me It's a feeling Slowly rising Sending stars spinning around m…
Let's Just Call It Love Let's just do it Let's just call it love Is it any…
Let’s Just Call It Love Lisa Stansfield - Let's Just Call It Love Let's just do…
Little Bit of Heaven Every little thing I do, Can it be I do it…
Live Together Spoken: This is all we need, to be free, To understand, and…
Love Can Drift, what it means Nothing wrong in my past Played…
Love Without a Name What is this? How did I get here? Pretending I don't know…
Mack The Knife Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear And he shows them…
Make It Right (Make it right) (Make it right) You've been on my mind Cause…
Make Love To Ya I've got to say it now And I'll explain somehow The way…
Marvellous & Mine The way you touch, you got a touch like gold When…
Mighty Love Mighty love, mighty love It's once in a lifetime, and this…
Mighty Love (Remastered) Mighty love, Mighty love It's once in a lifetime, and this…
More Than Sex On a warm summer morning The sun's hurting their eyes No one…
My Apple Heart Listen baby Let's talk I can't take this pressure I need to …
Never Ever If I told you, "jump", baby Would you do it, get…
Never Gonna Fall I searched, I found and I lost love Now I've started…
Never Never Gonna Give You Up Oh baby, you know I've waited, waited so long To sing...…
Never Set Me Free Can you forgive me? For what I have done? Babe, I'm ashamed…
Never, Never Gonna Give You Up (Barry White) Spoken: Oh baby, you know I've waited, waited…
Our Love Is Here To Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
People Hold On Everybody's looking for a meaning Everybody's doing their ow…
Picket Fence When I signed On the dotted line I didn't sign…
Poison Don't worry about me, baby Whenever you walk by me, I…
Real Love All my life I keep on seerching for that special…
real thing Never mind the stars in the sky Never mind the when…
Say It to Me Now Scratching at the surface now And I'm trying hard to work…
Set Your Loving Free Baby don't go You've nearly shown everything you are to me D…
She's Always There (l. stansfield/i. devaney) She feels such pain when you say…
Sincerity People, rushin' 'round in their lonely lives They'd like to …
Sing It (l. stansfield/i. devaney/a. morris) I wanna sing it (x4) …
So Be It All my life I keep on searching for that special…
So Natural [Chorus] It's so natural the way you touch me So natural the…
Someday Someday I'm coming back, and it won't be long Before you…
Something Better You've got somethin' on your mind But I've got somethin' bet…
Something's Happenin' Don't ask a question, then I won't tell a lie Didn't…
Something's Happening Don't ask a question, then I won't tell a lie Didn't…
Somewhere In Time Somewhere in time I will swear you'll be mine And I'll…
Somewhere My Baby Waits for Me Mmm... my life is through but i have no doubt someday i'll…
Soul Deep Soul deep is the love I'm feelin' inside I always rise above…
Stupid Heart Oh, stupid heart of mine Watching make me fall in…
Suzanne Dear sister, something's been going on It's me and my mister…
Sweet Memories (l. stansfield/ i. devaney) Chorus: Sweet memories of the l…
Symptoms Of Loneliness You need money like you've got no soul Can't love ever…
Symptoms Of Loneliness & Heartache You need money like you've got no soul Can't love ever…
Symptoms Of Loneliness And Heartache You need money like you've got no soul Can't love ever…
Take My Heart Trust me when I say I've been waiting for this day Just…
Takes A Woman to Know Guess you think that you're cool Guess you think that you'r…
Tenderly Hmm hmm hmm Words have been spoken My heart has been broken…
The Best is Yet to Come Out of the tree of life I just picked me…
The Crown He will always me my man to me That…
The Line I look at the sky to where my future's lying And…
The Line (Album edit) Hmm hmm Aaah Na na na na na na Ah I look at the…
The Line (Black Science Orchestra mix) I look at the sky to where my future's lying And…
The Line (Boilerhouse Radio edit) Hmm hmm Aaah Na na na na na na Ah I look at the…
The Line (Loop Da Loop Downtow I look at the sky to where my future's lying…
The Line (Loop Da Loop Gangster House mix) Hmm hmm Aaah Na na na na na na Ah I look at the…
The Love in Me I ain't puttin' you in no cage I ain't puttin' no…
The Moment I don't believe in me I don't believe in you But I…
The Real Thing Never mind the stars in the sky Never mind the when…
The Real Thing Touch Mix Never mind the stars in the sky Never mind the when…
The Very Thought Of You The very thought of you The very mention of your name Babe…
The Way You Want It Peepin' through your window You spy me walkin' to your…
There Goes My Heart I′m just the one you see Every day But you don't look…
There Was I (l. stansfield/i. devaney/a. morris) Chorus: There was I…
These Are the Days of Our Lives Sometimes I get to feelin' I was back in the old…
They Can The way you wear your hat The way you sip your…
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Marilyn D.
It's now April of 2023, and this song still sounds as fresh as the day it was recorded. It doesn't get any better than a song written by the Bee Gees and sung by Dionne.❤
Melih Coşkundeniz
How beautifully you write, Marilyn. It's hard not to agree with everything your
say.
Dominic Wehle
So damn true 🙏🏼😘🍀
Mario Vicente dos Passos
Maravilhosa cantora e música!
Atemporal.
Tornou nossas vidas melhores com suas canções.
Marie Sweden
❤
diego santos
Ela está in Rio de janeiro cantando esse e outros sucessos. Canções assim relaxa nossos corações
Osvaldo F
The writing genius of the Bee Gees and Dionne's majestic voice combined is pure gold. It set the bar to an unreachable level
Andrew Berry
The ultimate dream team
koapaka kaluhiokalani
I agree
Scott Pearson Video
Barry Gibb is very underrated as a song writer.