His achievements include selling 53 million albums, eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards.
Michael Bolton had an extensive, though not very successful, career under his real name, Michael Bolotin, before emerging in the mid-'80s as a major soft rock balladeer. Bolton began recording in 1975. This first album was self-titled using his original surname, Bolotin. Early in his musical career, he focused on hard rock. His band, Blackjack, once toured with heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. He turned up on RCA Records in the mid-'70s singing in a gruff, Joe Cocker-like voice both his own blue-eyed soul songs and cover tunes. Neither record buyers nor critics were much interested by the result. He then became the lead singer in Blackjack, a heavy metal band that made two albums for Polydor at the end of the '70s and the start of the '80s. In 1983, he changed his name to Michael Bolton, signed to Columbia Records as a solo act, and relaunched his career.
Michael Bolton was released in April 1983, and made the Top 100 bestsellers, as did its single, "Fools Game." At the same time, "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," which Bolton had co-written, became a Top 40 hit for Laura Branigan. Nevertheless, Bolton's second Columbia album, Everybody's Crazy (1985), was a commercial flop. His breakthrough came with his third album, The Hunger, released in September 1987. On this album, Bolton abandoned the more hard rock aspects of his style to concentrate on blue-eyed soul singing: both on his own songs, such as "That's What Love Is All About," and on covers like Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Those two songs became Top 40 hits.
Soul Provider, released in July 1989, turned Bolton into a superstar, reaching the Top Ten, selling four million copies, and spawning five Top 40 singles, including Bolton's number one version of "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You," and the Top Ten hits "How Can We Be Lovers" and "When I'm Back on My Feet Again." "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" won Bolton a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Time, Love & Tenderness, released in April 1991, was even more successful, hitting number one, selling six million copies, and featuring four Top 40 hits, including the chart-topping cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," and the Top Ten hits "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" (later the subject of a successful plagiarism suit brought against Bolton by the Isley Brothers) and "Time, Love and Tenderness."
Bolton won another Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, for "When a Man Loves a Woman," but he had to put up with abuse from two camps of detractors at the February 1992 ceremony. Just after Bolton had performed, pre-rock songwriter Irving Gordon won the Song of the Year award for "Unforgettable" and pointedly attacked songs that "scream, yell, and have a nervous breakdown" and singers who "have a hernia" when they sing. Then, backstage, Bolton faced a hostile press corps of critics unhappy with his tendency to copy great soul singers like Redding, Ray Charles, and Sledge. Bolton suggested they apply their lips to a certain part of his anatomy. He further responded with Timeless: The Classics in September 1992, an album made up entirely of cover songs. It went to number one, sold three million copies, and featured a Top 40 hit in Bolton's version of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." Bolton's next album of original material, The One Thing, came in November 1993. It hit the Top Ten, sold three million copies, and featured the Top Ten hit "Said I Loved You...But I Lied." Bolton released Greatest Hits 1985-1995 in the fall of 1995, which debuted in the Top Ten. The following year, This Is the Time: Christmas Album appeared.
Bolton returned with All That Matters, his first album of new material since 1993's The One Thing, in the fall of 1997. Instead of continuing his success, it was a surprise flop. Not only did it not generate a hit single, it barely cracked the Top 40 and fell out of the charts after 15 weeks. Its lack of success didn't stop Bolton from turning his attention to My Secret Passion, a collection of opera and arias that he released in January 1998. By classical standards, the album was a hit, and the record received a great deal of press and surprisingly good reviews. He supported the two albums with a summer tour which were co-headlined with Wynonna Judd. He voluntarily stepped back for almost four years, disappearing from the public eye until the spring of 2002 when he began promoting Only a Woman Like You, his first album on Jive Records. After a brief sabbatical, he returned with Til the End of Forever, a hybrid new album of seven new recordings and a live greatest-hits concert. In 2006 he released Bolton Swings Sinatra, a 12-song tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes that included a duet with fiancée/actress Nicolette Sheridan.
It would be worth mentioning "Can I Touch You There" proved to be one of the all-time hit love songs from Micheal Bolton from the album Greatest Hits.
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I Found Someone
Michael Bolton Lyrics
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Like your words that once rang true
Just like the love I thought I found in you
And I remember the thunder, talkin' 'bout the fire in your eyes
But you walked away when I needed you most
Now maybe, baby, maybe, baby, I found someone
To take away the heartache, to take away the loneliness
Dry your eyes. I never could bear to see you cry
Someday your love will shine through
And show you the feelings you never really knew
But, baby, don't ya lose that thunder, talkin' 'bout the fire in your eyes
You're lookin' at me but you still don't believe
That maybe, baby, maybe, baby, I found someone
To take away the heartache, to take away the loneliness
I've been feelin' since you've been gone, since you've been gone
Too long on the border line, wonderin' if your love was really mine
But you left me with open eyes, and when I realized, baby
I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness I've been feelin' since you've been gone
Baby I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness I've been feelin' since you've been gone
The lyrics of Michael Bolton's song "I Found Someone" conveys the theme of heartbreak and moving on. The singer starts by reminiscing about what he thought was true love, which eventually crumbled away. He recalls the passion and desire he saw in his lover's eyes but realizes that when he needed her the most, she walked away. He then goes on to explain that he has found someone new who has taken away the heartache and loneliness he has been feeling since his previous relationship ended.
The chorus of the song features a repetition of "Maybe, baby, maybe, baby, I found someone" which highlights the singer's uncertainty and doubt about their new relationship. The lyrics also suggest that the singer still cares about his previous love and hopes that she will eventually realize what she gave up. The song comes to an end with the singer saying that he found someone to take away the heartache and loneliness, which indicates that he has finally moved on.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't you know, so many things they come and go
There are many things that are not permanent in life.
Like your words that once rang true
Your promises that you made and they sounded genuine aren't valid anymore.
Just like the love I thought I found in you
Similarly, the love that I had thought was real with you is now gone.
And I remember the thunder, talkin' 'bout the fire in your eyes
I remember how passionate and intense you used to be when you talked about your feelings.
But you walked away when I needed you most
However, when I needed you the most, you chose to leave me behind.
Now maybe, baby, maybe, baby, I found someone
Now I might have found someone new in my life.
To take away the heartache, to take away the loneliness
This person has brought happiness and comfort to my life after you left me feeling heartbroken and alone.
I've been feelin' since you've been gone, since you've been gone
I have been feeling this way since you left me.
Dry your eyes. I never could bear to see you cry
Please stop crying as it's difficult for me to see you in pain.
Someday your love will shine through
One day you will find true love that will make you happy.
And show you the feelings you never really knew
This love will make you realize the emotions you never knew you had.
But, baby, don't ya lose that thunder, talkin' 'bout the fire in your eyes
Don't lose the passion and enthusiasm that made you attractive to me in the first place.
You're lookin' at me but you still don't believe
You may be physically present here, but you are not emotionally invested in me anymore.
Too long on the border line, wonderin' if your love was really mine
I had been in doubt for too long whether your love for me was real or not.
But you left me with open eyes, and when I realized, baby
But then you left and made me realize that it was not genuine.
I found someone to take away the heartache
That's when I found someone who helped me overcome the pain you left me with.
To take away the loneliness I've been feelin' since you've been gone
This person helped eliminate the loneliness that followed when you walked out of my life.
Baby I found someone to take away the heartache
This person has been a savior in my life, and I am grateful to have met them.
To take away the loneliness I've been feelin' since you've been gone
Having them around has been a great source of comfort, helping me to move on from the pain you left me with.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MARK MANGOLD, MICHAEL BOLTON
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