NELLY FURTADO - WAITING FOR THE NIGHT

WAITING FOR THE NIGHT

NELLY FURTADO

SONGWRIGHTER: NELLY FURTADO & RODNEY ”DARKCHILD” JERKINS

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: THE SPIRIT INDESTRUCTIBLE

LABEL: INTERSCOPE RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 2012

Nelly Kim Furtado ComIH (/fɜːrˈtɑːdoʊ/,Portuguese:[fuɾˈtaðu]; born December 2, 1978) is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado is known for her musical versatility and reinvention, commonly associated with world music. She first gained fame with her trip hop inspired debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light". The first of the two singles won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 sophomore album, Folklore explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a sophomore slump.

Furtado's third album, Loose(2006), was a smash hit and became her bestselling album with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, also making it one of the bestselling albums of the 2000s. Considered a radical image reinvention, Furtado continued to explore her Latin heritage while leaning heavier into hip hop. The album spawned four successful number one singles worldwide; "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right", and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". Her Timbaland collaboration "Give It to Me" (2007) in the same era also topped the charts in the US and overseas. Furtado's critically acclaimed duet with James Morrison, "Broken Strings" also topped the charts in Europe in 2008.

She released her first Spanish language album, Mi Plan, in 2009, which won her a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado released her nostalgia inspired fifth album, The Spirit Indestructible. Furtado split with her management and went independent thereafter, releasing her indie-pop sixth album, The Ride in 2017 under her own independent label.

Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She has won several awards throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from seven nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, ten Juno Awards, one BRIT Award, one Billboard Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one World Music Award, and three Much Music Video Awards. Furtado has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame and was awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry on February 28, 2014, in Toronto by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the former President of Portugal

The Spirit Indestructible is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. The album was released on 14 September 2012. Furtado served as the executive producer for the album as well as a principal writer. Further production on The Spirit Indestructible comes from the likes of Darkchild, Salaam Remi, Mike Angelakos, Bob Rock, Fraser T Smith, Di Genius, The Demolition Crew, John Shanks and Tiësto.

Four singles were released from the album; "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" was released as the album's lead single, then the second European single and title track was "Spirit Indestructible", while "Parking Lot" was chosen as second North American single. The third European single was "Waiting for the Night". The album was nominated for the Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year in 2013.

Baby i know you’re outside

In here it’s warm and dry

Got feelings that I’ve got to try expressing

Like a language that I share with you

Let’s talk in the special way we do

Don’t want to be anywhere else but here with you

Feels so good

Day and night, day and night

You blow my mind, blow my mind

And I can’t help, help myself at all

I can’t hold back

Day and night, day and night

You blow my mind, blow my mind

And I can’t help, help myself from falling

So I’m waiting for the night

Baby I know it’s late

We’ve got decisions to make

Think of what we could create together

And with you I am never afraid

To play with the highest stakes

Nobody could break my rapture

I can’t control it in the night night night

It’s when I’ve got you on my mind mind mind

Cuz you’re the twinkle in my eye eye eye

I’ve got to get you in my life

Can’t think of nothing worse than being lonely

I think you’re the right choice for one and only

We’re running out of time so baby hold me

Days go by

I’m waiting I’m waiting I’m waiting

I’m waiting I’m waiting I’m waiting

Waiting for the night

Yeah I really want to see you yeah I really want to see

You tonight

Don’t keep me waiting waiting, don’t keep me waiting

For the night.