FOR MY
LOVER
TRACY
CHAPMAN
SONGWRITER: TRACY CHAPMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TRACY CHAPMAN
LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1988
Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an
American singer-songwriter, known for her hits "Fast Car"
and "Give Me One Reason",
along with other singles "Talkin' 'bout
a Revolution", "Baby Can I
Hold You", and "Crossroads".
She is a multi-platinum and four-time Grammy Award–winning
artist.
Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987.
The following year she released her debut album, Tracy Chapman,
which became a worldwide success. The album earned Chapman six Grammy Award nominations,
including Album of the Year,
three of which she won: Best New
Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album.
Chapman released her second album, Crossroads,
the following year, which garnered her an additional Grammy nomination.
Since then, Chapman has experienced further
success with six more studio albums, which include her multi-platinum fourth
album, New Beginning,
for which she won a fourth Grammy Award, for Best Rock
Song, for its lead single "Give Me One
Reason". Chapman's most recent album is Our Bright Future,
released in 2008.
Tracy Chapman is the self-titled debut
album by singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman,
released on April 5, 1988, by Elektra Records.
The album was
recorded at the Powertrax studio in Hollywood, California. In
1987, Chapman was discovered by fellow Tufts University student Brian Koppelman. He offered to show her work to
his father, who owned a successful publishing company; however, she did not
consider the offer to be serious. After multiple
performances, however, Koppelman found a demo tape of her singing her single
"Talkin' 'bout
a Revolution", which he promoted to
radio stations, and she was eventually signed to Elektra Records.
In early attempts to produce the first album,
many producers turned down Chapman as they did not favor her musical direction.
David Kershenbaum,
however, decided to produce it as he wanted to record an acoustic music album. It was recorded in Hollywood,
California in eight weeks. Most of the writing is based on
political and social causes.
Tracy Chapman gained critical acclaim from a
wide majority of music critics, praising the simplicity, Chapman's vocal
ability and her political and social lyrical content. The album received commercial
success in most of the countries it was released, making it to the top of the
charts in many countries, including Austria, New Zealand, Switzerland, Denmark,
and the United Kingdom. It peaked at Nº 1 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified six-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with sales exceeding over six million copies in the United
States alone.
Three
singles were released from the album, with the most commercially successful
single being "Fast Car". The song
was performed at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute.
It rose to the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also did well in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United
Kingdom, and other European countries. Tracy Chapman is one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Two weeks in a
Virginia jail
For my lover, for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover, for my lover
And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't
do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
Risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
Everyday, I'm
psychoanalyzed
For my lover, for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover, for my lover
And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't
do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
Risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
I follow my heart
And leave my head to ponder
Deep in this love
No man can shake
I follow my heart
And leave my mind to wonder
Is this love worth
The sacrifices I make
Two weeks in a
Virginia jail
For my lover, for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover, for my lover
Everyday, I'm
psychoanalyzed
For my lover, for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover, for my lover
And everybody thinks
That I'm the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't
do for love
I'd climb a mountain if I had to
Risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...
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