Her father was pop guitarist Joe Brown and her mother was a popular backing singer Vicki Brown. She appeared as singer with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and in 1977 she was a backing singer on the Small Faces' final album In the Shade. Later, together with her mother as The Lillettes, she was a backing singer on Steve Marriott's Packet of Three: Live.
She recorded her debut album Stop! with her guitarist brother Pete Brown as producer. In 1988 the single "Stop" was released and almost a year later it topped the charts in Holland and Germany, reached number four in the U.K. charts; the album did likewise and went on to sell 2.5 million worldwide. Despite more chart singles, the follow-up April Moon (1990) managed only something over half a million sales, and sales of her third album 43 Minutes (1993) were also poor. Her independently-released album Box (1997) made 17,000-odd sales.
She spent some time as featured vocalist with Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, and was a backing singer on Pink Floyd's Division Bell tour in 1994. In 2000 the album Reboot was released. In April 2003 the BBC broadcast an interview with her, playing her ukulele and singing "Kiss of Love". Her most recent releases (2007) are Of the Moment and an EP of acoustic arrangements, Ukulele and Voice, recorded with her father.
Some new tracks have also been made available for listening on her Myspace profile, and her official fan club site [url=[officialsite]http://www.onecandle.co.uk]One Candle offers two demo tracks of the album.
Where You Are
Sam Brown Lyrics
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The people stop and stare
Ambling through her empty life
Without a care for ordinary faces
But you don't have to stay out there
All alone
You keep on loosing yourself
Anchored to dreams of island
Life and the stars but you
Don't know where you are
Where you are nobody knows
Where you are
There's no-one at home
I see those vacant eyes
They stare into space
Caught up in cloudy skies
Don't you often wonder when or
Where you're going
But you don't have to stay out there
All alone
You keep on loosing yourself
In another world you're
Anchored to dreams of island
Life and the stars but you
Don't know where you are
Where you are nobody knows
Where you are
There's no-one at home
The lyrics of Sam Brown’s song “Where You Are” describe the life of a woman who seems to be aimlessly passing through life, without paying any attention to the world around her. The people she encounters are but mere faceless and nameless individuals whose existence she hardly acknowledges. With empty eyes, she marches through the world like a zombie, seemingly aware of nothing. However, the chorus of the song takes on a more somber tone, revealing that the woman has lost touch with reality and doesn't know where she belongs or where she is going. She is lost and alone, and nobody seems to have an inkling about her whereabouts.
Line by Line Meaning
She never wonders why
She doesn't question or think about why people stop and stare at her.
Ambling through her empty life
She moves aimlessly through her life without purpose or direction.
Without a care for ordinary faces
She doesn't pay attention to the people around her, treating everyone as unimportant.
But you don't have to stay out there
You don't have to continue to be alone and disconnected.
All alone
Having no one to rely on or share with.
You keep on loosing yourself
You keep getting lost in your own thoughts and wishes.
In another world you're anchored to dreams
You're attached to your fantasies and dreams of places far away and different than your current reality.
Life and the stars but you don't know where you are
You're unsure of your current location, both physically and emotionally.
Where you are nobody knows
Your whereabouts, mentally and physically, are unknown to those around you.
There's no-one at home
You feel alone and isolated, even in familiar places.
I see those vacant eyes
The singer observes your empty, uninvolved gaze.
They stare into space
Your eyes are fixated on empty spaces, rather than people or surroundings.
Caught up in cloudy skies
You're lost in your own thoughts and feelings, unable to see things clearly.
Don't you often wonder when or where you're going
Do you ever question the direction or purpose of your life?
Lyrics © ZELLS MUSIC COMPANY, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MARQUINARIUS SANCHEZ HOLMES, CAHRON SHEMMAR CHILDS, CORYE JAMAL FOWLER, CHANTI MARRICE GLEE, MICO LANE
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Huldra Ann-Kristin Halvorsen Axelsson
Love this song, got the cd back from my scool days, and sang this song, and stop on the bus 😂👌🏻 Wish i had my one studio back then, but guess its not to late to cover this one 🥰
Stephen Le-surf
That lady was doing Adele before Adele was born understated class . pure and simple
Luca Garosi
Great song!!!!
p A
Apart from the interference at the start, it's a great song that is great. If only Sam hadn't had her chords affected and that she could still sing!
Oliver Gaitzsch
She`s The absolut best.