SING FOR YOU
TRACY CHAPMAN
SONGWRITER: TRACY CHAPMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: OUR BRIGHT FUTURE
LABEL: ELEKTRA
GENRE: BLUES ROCK
YEAR: 2008
Our Bright Future is Tracy Chapman's eighth
studio album and was
released on November 11, 2008. The album was co-produced by Larry Klein. The
album's first single "Sing For
You" was released digitally on October 31. In promotion for this album, Chapman appeared on radio
stations across Europe with interviews and sessions. Chapman
also performed "Sing for You" on The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno. A European tour in support of the disc took place
through November and December 2008. A US tour was planned for
January 2009 but was postponed. Chapman toured Europe again in the Summer of
2009. Our Bright Future was certified Gold in France for sales in excess
of 100,000 copies. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
To date, it is
Chapman's latest record.
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", "Crossroads",
"New Beginning",
and "Telling Stories".
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 critically acclaimed debut álbum Tracy Chapman,
which became a multi-platinum worldwide hit. The album earned Chapman six Grammy Award nominations,
including Album of the
Year, three of which she won, including Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for
her single "Fast Car", and Best New
Artist. Chapman released her second álbum 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 álbum 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.
One, two... one,
two, three, four
Sweet and high at the
break of dawn
Simple tune that you can hum along too
I remember there was a time
When I used to sing for you
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do
I used to sing for you
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do
Knew all the words to
the popular songs
With the radio on full volume
I remember there was a time
When I used to sing for you
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do
I used to sing for you
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do
Forget the chorus,
you're the bridge
The words and music to everyday I've lived
There's nothing, I wouldn't give
For one more time, when I can sing for you
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do
Oh Yeah
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do
Soft and low when the
evening comes
Holding you, sleeping in my arms
I remember there was a time
When I used to sing for you
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do
I used to sing for
you
Do do do, do do do
Do do do, do do do do
Do do do, do do do
I used to sing for
you.