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
The Best is Yet to Come
Lisa Stansfield Lyrics
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You came along and everything started to hum
Still it's a real good bet, the best is yet to come
The best is yet to come and babe, won't that be fine
You think you've seen the sun but you ain't seen it shine
Wait till that warmup's underway, wait 'til our lips have met
Wait till you see that sunshine day, you ain't seen nothin' yet
[Chorus]
The best is yet to come and babe, won't that be fine
The best is yet to come, come the day that you're mine
Come the day you're mine
I'm gonna teach you to fly
We've only tasted the wine
We're gonna drain the cup dry
Wait 'til your charms are ripe for these arms to surround
You think you've flown before but honey, you ain't left the ground
Wait 'til you're locked in my embrace, wait 'til I draw you near
Wait 'til you see that sunshine place, ain't nothin' like it here
[Chorus]
Come the day your mine
And you're gonna be mine
In Lisa Stansfield's song "The Best is Yet to Come," the singer expresses her optimistic outlook on life and love. In the first verse, she compares her recent good fortune to picking a perfect plum off the tree of life. When her lover comes into her life, everything seems to become alive and vibrant. However, she still believes that the best is yet to come, indicating that her happiness will continue to grow and blossom as time passes. The chorus repeats this sentiment, emphasizing the excitement and eagerness she feels for what the future holds.
The second verse describes the singer's plans for the future with her lover. She promises to teach him how to "fly" and to fully embrace life by indulging in its pleasures, compared to only "tasting" the wine. She encourages him to wait until he's ready to fully indulge in life and love with her, until they are both "locked in [each other's] embrace" and experiencing a moment of pure joy.
Overall, "The Best is Yet to Come" is a song that captures the essence of hope, love and optimism. The writer uses vivid and colorful imagery to describe how life and love can be sweet and satisfying. The song's upbeat tempo and catchy tunes add to its positive message, making it an anthem for anyone seeking hope in life's journey.
Line by Line Meaning
Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum
I've found something valuable out of nowhere
You came along and everything started to hum
You brought excitement and energy into my life
Still it's a real good bet, the best is yet to come
Despite how good things are now, I believe there is even more greatness in the future
The best is yet to come and babe, won't that be fine
I am looking forward to the amazing things that are yet to happen
You think you've seen the sun but you ain't seen it shine
You might have experienced good things, but there's even better to come
Wait till that warmup's underway, wait 'til our lips have met
Just wait until we really get started with everything - romance, passion, and excitement
Wait till you see that sunshine day, you ain't seen nothin' yet
You have no idea how amazing our future is going to be, just wait and see
Come the day you're mine, I'm gonna teach you to fly
When we are together, I will help you reach new heights and achieve great things
We've only tasted the wine, we're gonna drain the cup dry
We've only begun to experience the good things in life, but we will experience everything to the fullest
Wait 'til your charms are ripe for these arms to surround
Just wait until I can hold you close and truly cherish you
You think you've flown before but honey, you ain't left the ground
You might have achieved great things before, but I will help you achieve even more
Wait 'til you're locked in my embrace, wait 'til I draw you near
Just wait until we are able to physically hold each other and be close
Wait 'til you see that sunshine place, ain't nothin' like it here
Our future together will be so amazing, it will be like nothing we have ever experienced before
Come the day you're mine, and you're gonna be mine
I am so excited for the day when we will finally be together
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SHANNON GREENE, TODD N. TERRY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@seth1455
All around the world
All Woman
Change
Give me just a little more love
Set your loving free
So natural
The real thing
This is the right time
Time to make you mine
What did I do to you
You can't deny it
Someday i'm coming back
People hold on
There are probably more, that I can't recall
The "best ever" is subjective, but it's a pretty good list of quality music
@n7st591
OUT.OF.THE.BOX.ROBOT :
I think you miss the point.
Tina (Teena) Marie, DID NOT sing Northern Soul genre.
Lisa Stansfield, put Northern Soul on the map in the United States and made it sound authentic and true. You can’t vocally riff Northern Soul the same way you could Motown Soul. It would not come out right if you tried. Northern Soul, is its own unique signature with its own tonal dialect.
Nobody epitomizes Northern Soul the way Lisa Stansfield has over the decades.
Whitney Houston, Anita Baker, Mariah Carey, Stephanie Mills and Heather Headley, are just four (4) of the highest quality female pop vocals ever recorded. Yet absolutely NONE OF THEM could ever do Northern Soul justice, the way Lisa Stansfield did it.
Lisa Stansfield WAS Northern Soul defined. She made it popular in the United States. She redefined it as something unique and only Lisa Stansfield makes Northern Soul “cool” to listen to.
You can’t sing this like American Soul. I won’t come out right. It would come off over cooked and over baked. If you brought full blown Motown Soul annunciation and articulation to Northern Soul, it would simply be too much for the vessel.
Northern Soul requires smoother transitions and a continuous flowing connection between words and phrases that full blown American Soul would overheat and smoke out with its slower transitions and highly variable inflections. You can’t do that. It would be like trying to output Beethoven’s 5th in G using a 4:4 beat and then varying the Time Signature in the middle of the of the melody.
@JohnJoannou-xq5rq
Who's listening to this 24K gold classic in 2024?
@pauljackson7319
Absolutely ❤️❤️
@nurima.a
💓 February 2024
@mistergroove3041
Me march 2024
@user-eh8zq1vi4e
I saw her in concert in the eighties. She is my girl forever. She is smoke and heat. She is sultry blonde. I have had a thing for her since I first heard her in the eighties. She is sexy cool. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.
@nickhaswell6011
This girl dominated the 90s and boy was she good, hit after hit
And what a voice
Queen of the 90s
@raymondthomas1574
Lies Whitney Houston did that not her
@Fat_Dragon_84
@@raymondthomas1574 Whitney smokes crack
@user-eh8zq1vi4e
She was my sister in the 80s as well. Check out "Been around the world" her first cross over hit we all went crazy for in the 80s on the dance floor at the clubs Canadian Grandma. Lori. C.
@nickhaswell6011
@@user-eh8zq1vi4e i will check that out thanks