LISA STANSFIELD - THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME

THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME

LISA STANSFIELD

SONGWRITERS: ANDY MORRIS; IAN OWEN DEVANEY & LISA JANE STANSFIELD

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: AFFECTION

LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1989

 

       Lisa Jane Stansfield(born 11 April 1966) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Her career began in 1980 when she won the singing competition Search for a Star. After appearances in various television shows and releasing her first singles, Stansfield, along with Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, formed Blue Zone in 1986. The band released several singles and one album, but after the success of Coldcut's "People Hold On" in 1989, on which Stansfield was featured, the focus was placed on her solo career.

         Stansfield's first solo álbum Affection(1989) and its worldwide chart-topping lead single "All Around the World" were major breakthroughs in her career. She was nominated for two Grammy Awards, and Affection is her best-selling album to date. In the following years, Stansfield released Real Love(1991), So Natural(1993), and Lisa Stansfield(1997). In 1999 she appeared in her first film, Swing, and also recorded the soundtrack for it. Her next albums included Face Up(2001), Biography: The Greatest Hits(2003), and The Moment (2004). Thereafter, Stansfield took a break from music and focused on her film career. In 2008, she starred in The Edge of Love and in 2014 she appeared in Northern Soul.

         Stansfield released her seventh álbum Seven on 31 January 2014. Its lead single "Can't Dance" was digitally released on 16 October 2013. She promoted the album with the European Seven Tour in 2013 and 2014. Her most recent álbum Deeper was released on 6 April 2018. In June 2018, following a string of sold-out tour dates in Europe, Stansfield announced her North American Tour, which began in October 2018.

          Stansfield has won numerous awards, including three Brit Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, a Billboard Music Award, World Music Award, ASCAP Award, Women's World Award, Silver Clef Award and two DMC Awards. She has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including five million of Affection. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 46th-most-successful dance artist of all time.

       "This Is the Right Time" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1989 album, Affection. It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Coldcut. The song was released as the first European single on 31 July 1989. It included "Affection," "Big Thing" (recorded by Stansfield's 80s band Blue Zone) and remixes created by David Dorrell, CJ Mackintosh, Paul Witts and Eddie Gordon. One year later, on 30 July 1990, "This Is the Right Time" was issued as the third North American single. It included previously unreleased track, "My Apple Heart" and new remixes created by Shep Pettibone and Yvonne Turner. In September 1990, just before Stansfield's European tour, the double A-side single "This Is the Right Time"/"You Can't Deny It" with new US remixes was released in selected European countries. In Japan, "This Is the Right Time" was released as a single on 3 October 1990.

       In 2003, it was included on Biography: The Greatest Hits. In 2014, the remixes of "This Is the Right Time" were included on the deluxe 2CD + DVD re-release of Affection and on People Hold On ... The Remix Anthology (also on The Collection 1989–2003).

 

This is the right time to believe in love

Ooh yeah yeah yeah

Ooh oh oh

 

Everyone knows, if you don't demand it shows

That you understand the light shining inside us

It's more than tonight, it's forever more, it's right

When there's someone there through the night to hold you close

 

You know it's all that you'll ever need

'Cause you're seeing love, and seeing it clearly

There's no doubt about it, you just have to shout out

 

This is the right time, this is the right time

I can see it in your eye

This is the right time to believe in love

 

Everyone knows it's a special thing, it's a love

That will never, ever be wrong, 'cause this love is strong

 

You know it's all that you'll ever need

'Cause you're seeing love, and seeing it clearly

There's no doubt about it, you just have to shout out

 

This is the right time, this is the right time

I can see it in your eye

This is the right time to believe in love

 

This is the right time, this is the right time

I can see it in your eye

This is the right time to believe in love

 

So when you know that there's someone there you want

And you want him so tonight, more than you've ever done anyone

 

You know it's all that you'll ever need

'Cause you're seeing love, and seeing it clearly

There's no doubt about it, you just have to shout out

 

This is the right time, this is the right time

I can see it in your eye

This is the right time to believe in love

 

This is the right time, this is the right time

I can see it in your eye

This is the right time to believe in love

 

Well do you believe baby

'Cause I believe baby

Do you believe baby

 

This is the right time, this is the right time

This is the right time to believe in love

This is the right time, this is the right time

This is the right time to believe in love.