ANNE MURRAY - NOW AND FOREVER

NOW AND FOREVER

ANNE MURRAY

SONGWRITERS: DAVID FOSTER, RANDY GOODRUM & JIM VALLANCE

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

LABEL: CAPITOL

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1986

"Now and Forever (You and Me)" is a hit song written by David Foster, Randy Goodrum and Jim Vallance and recorded by Canadian Country vocalist Anne Murray. It was aided by a popular music video, filmed in Toronto. The back-up vocal was sung by Richard Page, lead singer for the Pop group Mr. Mister.

It was released in January 1986 as the first single from the Gold-certified album Something to Talk About. The cut was Murray's tenth #1 hit on the U.S. Country singles chart and spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It remained for a total of nineteen weeks on the Billboard Country chart. (This was Murray's final 45 to cross over to the U.S. 'Pop' chart.)

Morna Anne Murray CC ONS (born June 20, 1945), known professionally as Anne Murray, is a Canadian singer in pop, country, and adult contemporary music whose albums have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her 40 year career.

Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts, and also the first to earn a Gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird" (1970). She is often cited as the one who paved the way for other international Canadian success stories such as k.d. lang, Céline Dion, and Shania Twain. She is also the first woman and the first Canadian to win "Album of the Year" at the 1984 Country Music Association Awards for her Gold-plus 1983 album A Little Good News.

Up until now I've learned to live without love

Like a ship without a sail, wandering aimlessly lost

I never knew how it felt to lose my control

Now that I've found you, this is all so new

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right, now and forever

Darlin', inside your eyes I can see mysteries there

And you're melting the ice surrounding me, I'm no longer scared

I feel you inside my soul and I'm captured tonight

But don't let go, this is paradise

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right, if you tell me

There's a heaven up above, then that's what I'll believe

'cause you're the one thing that I'm so sure of

I feel you inside my soul and I'm captive tonight

But don't let go, this is paradise

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right, now and forever

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right

Woo ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh.