Martina McBride released her honky tonk-flavored debut album The Time Has Come in 1992. Her first big hit was the single "My Baby Loves Me" from her more pop-oriented second album, 1993's The Way That I Am. She became even more visible in 1994 with the crossover success of her anti-domestic violence anthem "Independence Day", also from this album.
In 1995 McBride released the album Wild Angels; "Safe in the Arms of Love" and the title track were country hits, later being her first #1 hit. Her 1997 album Evolution sold over two million units, and included an adult contemporary crossover hit in "Valentine" as well as four number one or number two country hits. The album Emotion came out in 1999; "I Love You" was a big hit in both country and adult contemporary circles. So was the socially conscious "Love's the Only House", a trend that would continue with 2003's "This One's for the Girls", which would become the theme song for the 2005 NCAA Women's Basketball championship tournament. [1] This was followed by the hit singles "How Far" (written by fellow country singer Jamie O'Neal) and "God's Will".
The Long Distance Lullaby Songfacts states that Eleven was Martina's first album for Republic Nashville, ending a 20 year association with RCA. Label head Scott Borchetta encouraged her to write more songs for the record than she had on any of her previous 10 albums, and she ended up co-writing six of the 11 tracks. Eleven was released October 11, 2011.
As of 2005 McBride is generally recognized as one of the top female singers in popular music; with her strong and pure soprano voice she has been labelled "the Céline Dion of country music." Also in 2005 she released a 18-track CD of classic country music standards, which landed at #1 on the Billboard Country Album Chart in its opening week and received much critical acclaim for its authenticity towards traditional country.
She is a four-time Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year winner (a record she holds with Reba McEntire), three-time Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year winner and a Grammy Award winner. This left-hander performed The Star-Spangled Banner at Game 3 of the 2004 World Series.
"Independence Day" is used as the introductory music for Sean Hannity's popular talk radio show. McBride has appeared at benefit events organized by Hannity, but has declined to take an active political stance. [2] McBride has performed free for fans, such as in a July 3, 2004 show in Owensboro, Kentucky to celebrate the grand opening of the new Independence Bank headquarters.
Recently she helped out contestants on the Canadian version of "American Idol". The winner worked on a song with McBride as well as went on tour with her across Canada.
Martina has sold over 13 million albums in USA alone.
one night
Martina McBride Lyrics
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For us to be together this one night
Let's make it last forever, now
Kick it up, turn it up
Keep the fire goin' ‘til we
Burn it up, live it up
I just wanna light up the sky
For this one night, one night, one night
Don't need money in my pocket now,
I don't care what the world is talkin' 'bout
You and me, all that really matters is us tonight.
Yeah, us tonight.
I've got all my friends around me, yeah,
And we're here, only here to party, yeah.
Won't stop 'til we see the sun,
And we get it right, 'til we get it right.
And we can't turn back now
It's like I've waited my whole life
For us to be together this one night
Let's make it last forever, now
Kick it up, turn it up
Keep the fire goin' 'til we
Burn it up, live it up
I just wanna light up the sky
For this one night, one night, one night
Let's go anywhere we wanna cause
Right now nobody can mess with us
Give them something to remember
Come with me now. Are you with me now?
'Cause we can't turn back now
It's like I've waited my whole life
For us to be together this one night
Let's make it last forever, now
Kick it up, turn it up
Keep the fire goin' 'til we
Burn it up, live it up
I just wanna light up the sky
For this one night, one night, one night
Let's get it going,
It's now or never yeah,
This is the moment,
Cause we're together yeah,
And you know we can't turn back now
It's like I've waited my whole life
For us to be together this one night
Let's make it last forever, now
Kick it up, turn it up
Keep the fire goin' 'til we
Burn it up, live it up
I just wanna light up the sky
I just wanna light up the sky
I just wanna light up the sky
For this one night, one night, one night, ooh
The lyrics to "One Night" by Martina McBride convey a sense of urgency and a belief in living in the moment. The song describes the feeling of waiting for a special person or occasion to come along and the excitement that comes when that moment finally arrives. McBride sings about the desire to make this one night last forever, to burn it up and live it up without worrying about what the world thinks or says.
She notes that money doesn't matter and that only the people present and their enjoyment of the evening is important. McBride also highlights the significance of having friends to share the moment with and the determination to keep the party going until the sun comes up. The song encourages listeners to embrace the present and not to look back, with McBride emphasizing that the night cannot be turned back and should be enjoyed to the fullest.
Overall, "One Night" is about seizing the moment, celebrating friendship, and living life to the fullest.
Line by Line Meaning
It's like I've waited my whole life
I've been hoping for this moment for a long time
For us to be together this one night
I've been hoping to spend time with you for one night
Let's make it last forever, now
Let's make this one night feel like it will never end
Kick it up, turn it up
Let's increase the excitement and energy
Keep the fire goin' ‘til we
Let's keep the party going
Burn it up, live it up
Let's enjoy this moment to the max
I just wanna light up the sky
I want us to have an unforgettable experience
For this one night, one night, one night
This is all about tonight, it won't happen again
Don't need money in my pocket now,
I don't care about money or material things tonight
I don't care what the world is talkin' 'bout
I only care about us and our moment tonight
You and me, all that really matters is us tonight.
Our connection tonight is all that matters
I've got all my friends around me, yeah,
I'm surrounded by friends who are also enjoying this moment
And we're here, only here to party, yeah.
We're only here to enjoy ourselves and make memories
Won't stop 'til we see the sun,
We won't end the party until the sun comes up
And we get it right, 'til we get it right.
We'll keep partying until we've had the perfect night
And we can't turn back now
There's no going back, we have to enjoy this moment
Let's go anywhere we wanna cause
Let's do whatever we want and have no regrets
Right now nobody can mess with us
In this moment, we're unstoppable
Give them something to remember
Let's make this a memorable experience for everyone
Come with me now. Are you with me now?
Join me in enjoying this moment, are you ready?
'Cause we can't turn back now
We have to keep moving forward and enjoying the night
Let's get it going,
Let's keep the party going
It's now or never yeah,
This is a once in a lifetime experience
This is the moment,
This is the time to make the most of this experience
Cause we're together yeah,
Because we're here together in this moment
And you know we can't turn back now
We can't go back, we have to live in the moment and enjoy ourselves
I just wanna light up the sky
I want to make this night unforgettable
I just wanna light up the sky
I want to create an amazing experience
I just wanna light up the sky
I want us to have an unforgettable night
For this one night, one night, one night, ooh
This one night is all we have, let's make the most of it
Lyrics © DistroKid, HIPGNOSIS SONGS GROUP, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: TOMMY LEE JAMES, MARTINA MCBRIDE, CLAUDE KELLY
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