Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Ac… Read Full Bio ↴Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-winning American actress and singer. She is the daughter of legendary entertainer Judy Garland and her second husband, acclaimed film director Vincente Minnelli (who was of Italian and French descent).

Minnelli's first film appearance was at the age of three in the final scene of the 1949 musical In the Good Old Summertime, starring her mother and Van Johnson. Minnelli started performing at age 16, in 1963, in an Off-Broadway revival of the musical Best Foot Forward, for which she received good notices. The next year, her mother invited Minnelli to perform with her at the London Palladium. The audience loved her, launching her musical career. She returned to Broadway at 19, and won a 1965 Tony Award for Flora the Red Menace. Minnelli would also receive Tony Awards for The Act in 1978 and a special Tony in 1974. She was nominated in 1984 for The Rink but lost to her costar, Chita Rivera.

The film The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), in which Minnelli starred as a love-seeking teenage misfit, garnered the young actress her first Academy Award nomination. In 1972, Minnelli won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Sally Bowles in the movie version of Cabaret, along with Joel Grey who won an Oscar reprising his role from the original Broadway production (that of the Emcee).

Minnelli has the distinction of being one of the few Academy Award winners whose parents are both Academy Award nominees. She has also won an Emmy Award for the 1972 TV special Liza with a Z. Minnelli received a 1990 Grammy Legend Award. She received Golden Globe Awards for Cabaret and for the TV movie A Time to Live.

Minnelli, like her mother, is known for her powerful vocal style, as in her trademark songs "Cabaret" and "Theme from New York, New York". Minnelli's original version of the latter, for the film in which she was a co-star with Robert DeNiro, preceded Frank Sinatra's successful cover version (for his Trilogy album), by two years.

After her performance as leading lady to Dudley Moore in 1981's Arthur, Minnelli made fewer, and fewer successful, film appearances.

She returned to Broadway in 1997, taking over the title role in the musical Victor/Victoria, replacing Julie Andrews. In his review, New York Times critic Ben Brantley commented, "her every stage appearance is perceived as a victory of show-business stamina over psychic frailty... She asks for love so nakedly and earnestly, it seems downright vicious not to respond."

Following her 2002 wedding to David Gest, Minnelli and Gest signed with the American cable network VH1 to star in their own reality series, but production of the series was cancelled at the last minute.

In 2004 and 2005 she appeared as a recurring guest star on the critically acclaimed TV sitcom Arrested Development as the lover of sexually and socially awkward Buster Bluth.

On January 1, 2006, she sang "New York, New York" at the second inauguration of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Other famous performances were at the 1978 Studio 54 party honoring New York City's revival, at which a guest was Mayor Ed Koch; the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 1986; and at a 2001 New York Mets baseball game that was the metro area's first major sporting event after the September 11 attacks.

In 2013, she guest-starred on the NBC musical drama Smash, where she performed the number A Love Letter From the Times. She also reprised her role in the fourth season of Arrested Development.

Single Ladies
Liza Minnelli Lyrics

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All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies, now put your hands up

Up in the club (club)
We just broke up (Up)
I'm doing my own lil' thing

You decided to dip (dip)
And now you wanna trip (trip)
'Cause another brother noticed me

I'm up on him (him)
He up on me (me)
Don't pay him any attention

'Cause I've cried my tears (tears)
For three good years (years)
You can't be mad at me

'Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

'Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it

I got gloss on my lips (lips)
A man on my hips (hips)
Hold me tighter than my Dereon jeans

Actin' up (up)
Drinkin' my cup (cup)
I can care less what you think

I need no permission
Did I mention?
Don't pay him any attention

'Cause you had your turn (turn)
And now you're gonna learn (learn)
What it really feels like to miss me

'Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

'Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Don't treat me to these things of the world
I'm not that kind of girl
Your love is what I prefer, what I deserve
Here's a man that makes me then takes me and delivers me
To a destiny, to infinity and beyond
Pull me into your arms
Say I'm the one you want
If you don't, you'll be alone
And like a ghost I'll be gone

All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
All the single ladies, now put your hands up

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Wha-oh-oh
'Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it

Wha-oh-oh
'Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it

Wha-oh-oh

Overall Meaning

The song "Single Ladies" by Liza Minnelli encourages all of the single ladies to celebrate their independence and not waste their time on a man who won't commit. The song describes a woman who just broke up with her significant other and is enjoying her newfound freedom. However, an attractive man approaches her and she decides to pursue him. She tells her ex that he can't be mad at her because he had three years to put a ring on it and he didn't. She doesn't need anyone's permission to do what makes her happy and she knows that she deserves better. The catchy chorus emphasizes the importance of commitment and putting a ring on it if you really like someone.

Line by Line Meaning

All the single ladies (all the single ladies)
Addressing all women who are not in a relationship

All the single ladies, now put your hands up
Encouraging women to celebrate their single status

Up in the club (club)
Being at a club/party with friends

We just broke up (Up)
Recently ended a relationship

I'm doing my own lil' thing
Enjoying being single and independent

You decided to dip (dip)
You chose to leave the relationship

And now you wanna trip (trip)
And now you're upset seeing me with someone else

'Cause another brother noticed me
Because someone else is showing interest in me

I'm up on him (him)
I'm dancing/hanging out with him

He up on me (me)
He's also interested in me

Don't pay him any attention
I'm not interested in him, and you shouldn't worry about it

'Cause I've cried my tears (tears)
You can't blame me for moving on, I've already gone through the pain

For three good years (years)
I've been dealing with this relationship for a long time

You can't be mad at me
You have no right to be angry with me

'Cause if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it
If you wanted to keep me, you should have proposed and committed to me

Don't be mad once you see that he want it
Don't get upset when you realize someone else wants me

I got gloss on my lips (lips)
I'm looking good and feeling confident

A man on my hips (hips)
I have someone showing interest in me

Hold me tighter than my Dereon jeans
He's holding onto me tightly

Actin' up (up)
Behaving in a wild and carefree manner

Drinkin' my cup (cup)
Drinking alcohol while enjoying the night out

I can care less what you think
I don't care about your opinion

I need no permission
I don't need your approval or anyone else's

Did I mention?
Did I forget to say that?

You had your turn (turn)
We had our chance to be in a relationship

And now you're gonna learn (learn)
Now you're going to realize what you're missing

What it really feels like to miss me
You'll understand what you lost when I'm gone

Don't treat me to these things of the world
I don't need or want material possessions

I'm not that kind of girl
I don't value superficial things

Your love is what I prefer, what I deserve
I deserve genuine love and affection

Here's a man that makes me then takes me and delivers me
Here's someone who treats me right and makes me happy

To a destiny, to infinity and beyond
We have a bright and happy future together

Pull me into your arms
Hold me close and show me affection

Say I'm the one you want
Express your love and commitment to me

If you don't, you'll be alone
If you don't want to be with me, you'll end up regretting it

And like a ghost I'll be gone
I'll leave and never look back

Wha-oh-oh-oh-oh-ooh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Vocal interlude

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Christopher A. Stewart, Thaddis Laphonia Harrell, Beyonce Gisselle Knowles, Terius Youngdell Nash

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