ADDICTED TO LOVE
ROBERT PALMER
SONGWRITER: ROBERT PALMER
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: RIPTIDE
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1985
Robert
Allen Palmer (19 January 1949–26 September 2003) was an English
singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He was known for his powerful,
distinctive, gritty and soulful voice, sartorial elegance and for combining soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues.
Palmer's
involvement in the music industry began in the 1960s, covered four decades and included a spell with
the band Vinegar Joe.
He found success both in his solo career and with the Power
Station, and had Top 10 songs in both the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s.
Three of his hit singles, "I Didn't Mean
to Turn You On", "Addicted to
Love" and "Simply
Irresistible", were accompanied with
stylish music videos directed by British fashion photographer Terence
Donovan.
Palmer
received a number of awards throughout his career, including two Grammy Awards for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance,
an MTV Video
Music Award and two Brit Award nominations
for Best British Male Solo Artist.
He died aged 54, following a heart attack on 26 September 2003.
Riptide is
the eighth studio album by English
singer Robert Palmer,
released in November 1985 by Island Records.
The album was recorded over a period of three months in 1985, at Compass Point
Studios in Nassau, Bahamas. The
album peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 8 on the US Billboard 200.
It was certified double platinum in the US by the RIAA in March 1996
and certified gold in the UK by BPI in August 1986. It featured the songs "Addicted to
Love", "I Didn't Mean
to Turn You On", "Hyperactive",
"Discipline of Love",
and "Riptide" which were all released as singles. The single
"Addicted to Love" was accompanied by an iconic and much-imitated music video, directed
by Terence
Donovan, in which Palmer is surrounded by a bevy of
near-identically clad, heavily made-up (and appropriately pouty) female "musicians,"
either mimicking or mocking the painting style of Patrick Nagel. In
September 1986, Palmer performed "Addicted to Love" at the 1986 MTV
Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. In
1987, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Addicted to Love". At the 1987 ,Brit Awards, Palmer
received his first nomination for Best British Male.
Another
single from Riptide, his cover of R&B singer Cherrelle's "I Didn't Mean
to Turn You On", also performed well (US
No. 2, UK No. 9). The song, "Trick Bag," was written by one of his
major influences, New Orleans blues artist Earl King.
For the
album, Palmer collaborated with two former members from the Power
Station, guitarist Andy Taylor and drummer Tony Thompson.
The Power Station's producer Bernard Edwards also played bass and produced the album. The album also features
contributions from Chaka Khan and
notable session musicians such as Guy Pratt,
Wally Badarou, Jeff Bova, Eddie Martinez, and Jack Waldman (who
died a year after the album's release).
The title
track of the album is a cover of a 1933 song written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn and
first recorded by Eddy Duchin and his
orchestra.
Your
lights are on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another kiss is what it takes
You can't sleep, you can't eat
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your throat is tight, you can't breathe
Another kiss is all you need
Ohh oohh
You like to think that you're immune to the stuff...oh
yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it
You're addicted to love
You see the signs, but you can't read
You're runnin' at a different speed
You heart beats in double time
Another kiss and you'll be mine, a one track mind
You can't be saved
Oblivion is all you crave
If there's some left for you
You don't mind if you do
Ohh oohh
You like to think that you're immune to the stuff
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it
You're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Your lights are on, but you're not home
Your will is not your own
Your heart sweats and teeth grind
Another kiss and you'll be mine
Ohh oohh
You like to think that you're immune to the stuff
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it
You're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love.
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