Alan Thicke married actress Gloria Loring, known for starring in programs such as 'Days of Our Lives', in 1970, and he had the two sons Brennan Thicke and Robin Thicke. Half-brother Carter Thicke would become another member of the clan years later after Alan Thicke divorced and remarried. Brother Robin grew up in a household filled with music, with his dad being a singer (of tracks such as "Thicke of the Night") as well as a co-composer for several TV show theme songs and a seminal actor on both the big and small screens (examples being the shows 'Growing Pains' and 'How I Met Your Mother').
The young Robin Thicke taught himself to play piano at the age of twelve. Even at the age of fourteen, he found that he could play just about anything that he heard on the radio, feeling a drive to keep going further. Before his days as a singer-songwriter performing his own material,Robin Thicke wrote songs for the soul and pop groups 3T (with 1995's "Sexual Attention" bringing Thicke alongside Damon Thomas), Brownstone (with 1997's "Around You"), and Color Me Badd (an example being 1996's "Sexual Capacity"). He also collaborated with the acclaimed production duo of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on several songs for Jordan Knight's 1999 self-titled album. Thicke seemed to receive a great omen when Knight's album was certified Gold and gained huge fan acclaim.
In 2000, Thicke went to work on material for his debut album, which ended up being titled 'A Beautiful World'. The album focused more on blue-eyed soul than his pop-centered offerings for other artists, and he mixed in influences from eclectic funk (in the vein of the British group Jamiroquai) and and modern neo-soul music (in the vain of Canadian crooner Remy Shand). Thicke hoped that he was primed for huge things by late 2002 when the album became ready for release.
Thicke's lead single, called "When I Get You Alone", had a distinctive music video made for it. The disco and slick rnb fueled track sounded rather unlike the commercial pop ethos of the time, having a distinctive sampling of Walter Murphy's 70s dance music hit "A Fifth of Beethoven" (which itself had been inspired by Beethoven's Fifth Symphony). The video featured an unshaven Thicke, with long, grungy hair, as a courier racing through the streets of Manhattan on a bicycle. It received some rotation on MTV 2 and BET's "Rated Next", the song being spun moderately on urban radio. On the Hot 100, it reached #29 quite quickly, yet it fell out the chart just as fast. Globally, however, the song was quite popular. With his single peaking at #17 in Australia, #15 in Belgium, #15 in Italy, #8 in New Zealand, and #5 in the Netherlands, Thicke felt that he wanted another shot at the 'big time' in the U.S.
Devising the re-release of this album, which it then gaining its final title of 'A Beautiful World', Thicke added a few extra songs that he seemed confident of. Yet the album received very little corporate promotion, irritating Thicke despite the release of a second single, a Prince-like groove mixing funk with rock called "Brand New Jones". The album debuted at #152 in the Billboard 200 and didn't do much from there, selling a mere 59,000 copies. Still, his work ended up being received well by many critics and musical peers, with Trevor Nelson and Lil' Wayne (Weezy's 2005 release 'Tha Carter, Vol. 2' would even include some of Thicke's work) lauding Thicke's music, as well as many fans.
In 2004, artist Pharrell Williams asked Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope, “What are you doing with Robin Thicke?” A few months later, Robin was recording a new single, titled “Wanna Love You Girl” with Pharrell in Miami, as a newly signed artist on Pharrell’s label, Star Trak Records. With the two musicians sharing the same love for genre-hopping, deliberately 'retro' music, the single immediately attracted the attention of radio and club DJs across the world after its August 2005 release. The song often given revamped names such as "Wanna Love U Girl", "Wanna Love You Girl (Feat. Pharrell)", and the like, it ended up doing very well in the U.K. in particular, hitting #5 on Trevor Nelson's BBC Radio 1 "Soul Nation" chart.
Now appealing more to the mainstream, Thicke cut off his trademark long hair in an attempt to further recreate himself. By October 2006, when his second album, titled 'The Evolution of Robin Thicke', came out in its entirely, he had built up a ton of momentum, and his work paid off. Thicke earned the #1 slot on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and additional singles such as "Got 2 Be Down" and "Lost Without U" saw huge fan responses. As the months went by, his album even earned platinum certification by the RIAA.
Having 'made it' in the truest sense commercially as well as critically, Thick remarked, "My greatest desire with this album was to write songs that were completely honest and sing them with the emotion I was feeling when I wrote them, so that whoever listens to my music is brought as close to my experiences and life as possible."
With this intention, Robin created songs such as, “Lost without You” (the second single). An instant classic, this song is about Robin’s insecurities and his need to be desired and loved. With sweeping vocals over rhythmic Spanish guitar, this song takes you away and makes you sing along.
On the psychedelic, “High School Man” is where Robin infuses rock and hip-hop and poetically admits “I’m a hater” as he hates on those with more success than him realizing, ironically, he just wants what they have.
Finishing off The Evolution of Robin Thicke is the hopeful and encouraging “Thank You.” On this gospel inspired, piano ballad Robin sings, “maybe I’m the one who never gets up ‘till he falls,” making the discovery that he has to be thankful for everything that comes into his life…the tears, the joy, the failures and the successes.
Always carrying a heavy heart, Robin taught himself to play piano at the age of twelve so he could have an outlet to express himself. By the age of fourteen, he could play anything he heard on the radio. At sixteen, with no formal training, Robin began professionally writing and producing music for recording artists like Brandy and Brian McKnight. Over the years he has amassed dozens of gold and platinum records with artists including Usher, Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson and Christina Aguilera.
Reflective, redemptive, passionate and etched with a soulfulness that is undeniable, The Evolution of Robin Thicke is an imaginative and heart-felt album that you cannot help but be moved by, bob your head to and smile throughout.
The album was released on October 3rd, 2006 and includes songs with Lil Wayne and Faith Evans, as well as Pharrell. The song "Got 2 Be Down" featuring Faith Evans was recently leaked (June '06). There will be two to three more videos released before the album comes out. Lately, there was a Busta Rhymes remix video shot for "Wanna Love You Girl," a Lil’ Wayne feat Robin Thicke "Shooter" video, and Robin has released the video for "Lost Without You," making that song the official 2nd single of the album.
Tippy Toes
Robin Thicke Lyrics
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screams at her friends Jumps on the couch,
takes another sip
Man when you see her
you'll be standing with an open mouth
'Cause she's the Eiffel Tower and she's new in town
She be dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy tippy tippy toes
Dancing on her toes, dancing on her toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Now everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy toes
She's a feather from a dove, in a gust of wind
On her own in the clouds, never has to land
Right now is the day when her story begins
She's the leader of the movement of the heart and hips
Straight A's, good girl, loves her mom and dad
She ain't greedy, but she wants so much more than she has
When she looks in the mirror, she can love herself
'Cause she doesn't want to be like anybody else
And when the world, when the world comes a tumbling down
She'll change your clothes to a smile when you're wearing a frown
Can I please have your attention, people gather 'round
'Cause she's the northern lights and she's new in town
She's dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
She be dancing on her tippy tippy tippy tippy toes
Dancing on her toes, dancing on her toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
She be dancing on her tippy tippy toes
She's sweet like the beginning and the end of summer
Little kisses on your face make you wanna love her
Never walks, only skips, sashays and struts
She can twerk, but she'd rather dip, bounce it, and bust
She hears her favorite song, screams at her friends
Jumps on the couch, takes another sip
Man when you see her you'll be standing with an open mouth
'Cause she's the Mona Lisa and she's new in town
She's dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy tippy tippy toes
Dancing on her toes, dancing on her toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy toes
Angel eyes, angel eyes, angel eyes on the floor
Angel eyes, angel eyes, angel eyes at my door
Angel eyes, angel eyes, angel eyes in my bed
Angel eyes, angel eyes, only you in my head
Angel eyes, angel eyes, having so much fun
Angel eyes, angel eyes, always on the run
Angel eyes, angel eyes, if you open 'em wide
You will see you should be tippy toeing with me
She's dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy tippy tippy toes
Dancing on her toes, dancing on her toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy tippy toes
Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
Dancing on her, dancing on her tippy tippy tippy tippy toes
The song "Tippy Toes" by Robin Thicke is an upbeat tune that depicts the carefree spirit of a young woman who is new in town. The lyrics describe her as a person who dances on her tippy toes, everywhere she goes, and screams with exuberance while hanging out with her friends. The woman is compared to an Eiffel Tower and a Mona Lisa, and is even referred to as the "leader of the movement of the heart and hips". The song also highlights her positive qualities, such as being a good student, loving her family, and having a healthy self-image.
The song is essentially an ode to living in the moment and being unapologetically oneself. The woman in the song is comfortable in her own skin and enjoys life to the fullest. In fact, her energy and enthusiasm are contagious to those around her - hence the people standing with open mouths in amazement. The chorus, which repeats several times throughout the song, reinforces the image of her dancing on her tippy toes: "Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes/Dancing on her tippy tippy tippy tippy toes/Dancing on her toes, dancing on her toes/Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes/Now everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes/Dancing on her tippy tippy toes."
Overall, "Tippy Toes" is a fun, catchy song with a positive message. It celebrates the joy of life and encourages listeners to embrace their true selves.
Line by Line Meaning
Well she hears her favorite song,
screams at her friends Jumps on the couch,
takes another sip
She's carefree and wild, living in the moment and enjoying life to the fullest.
Man when you see her
you'll be standing with an open mouth
'Cause she's the Eiffel Tower and she's new in town
Her beauty and charm are breathtaking and captivating, making others stop and stare.
She be dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy tippy tippy toes
Dancing on her toes, dancing on her toes
Dancing on her tippy toes, her tippy toes
Now everywhere my baby goes, it's tippy toes
Dancing on her tippy tippy toes
She dances with grace and elegance, always on her tippy toes, and every movement she makes is mesmerizing.
She's a feather from a dove, in a gust of wind
On her own in the clouds, never has to land
Right now is the day when her story begins
She's the leader of the movement of the heart and hips
She's free-spirited, unbound by convention or expectation, and she sets the trends for others to follow.
Straight A's, good girl, loves her mom and dad
She ain't greedy, but she wants so much more than she has
When she looks in the mirror, she can love herself
'Cause she doesn't want to be like anybody else
She's a good person with a strong sense of self-worth and a desire to achieve her dreams while staying true to herself.
And when the world, when the world comes a tumbling down
She'll change your clothes to a smile when you're wearing a frown
Can I please have your attention, people gather 'round
'Cause she's the northern lights and she's new in town
She has the power to uplift and inspire others, even in the toughest of times, and she's a rare and special presence wherever she goes.
She's sweet like the beginning and the end of summer
Little kisses on your face make you wanna love her
Never walks, only skips, sashays and struts
She can twerk, but she'd rather dip, bounce it, and bust
She's playful, flirty, and full of energy, always making others feel happy and alive.
Angel eyes, angel eyes, angel eyes on the floor
Angel eyes, angel eyes, angel eyes at my door
Angel eyes, angel eyes, angel eyes in my bed
Angel eyes, angel eyes, only you in my head
Angel eyes, angel eyes, having so much fun
Angel eyes, angel eyes, always on the run
Angel eyes, angel eyes, if you open 'em wide
You will see you should be tippy toeing with me
She's irresistible and seductive, and anyone who comes into contact with her can't help but fall under her spell and want to join in on the fun.
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: ROBIN A. THICKE
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