“The Lady in Red” – Single by Chris de Burgh from the album Into the Light. Released 20 June 1986.
Songwriter: Chris de Burgh
Charting at number one in several countries and reaching the top three in the United States, the song was responsible for introducing de Burgh’s music to a mainstream audience worldwide.
De Burgh started writing this song about his wife Diane, after an argument, but he was having a hard time finishing it. Part of the problem was that he needed a title: he didn’t want to use “The Way You Look Tonight,” because there there was already a song with that name. As de Burgh tells it, five months later he saw Diane, wearing red, across a crowded nightclub, which gave him the idea for the title. On the British TV series This Is Your Life, de Burgh said that the song was inspired by the memory of when he first saw Diane, and how men so often cannot even remember what their wives were wearing when they first met. On his website, he said the song was not specifically about Diane, but about appreciating the most important people in our lives, who we often take for granted; how we often fail to notice what attracted us to another person in the first place. In this account, he was already married to Diane but didn’t realize it was her when he spotted her across the room.
The song was a massive hit across the world, quickly becoming de Burgh’s best-selling single and his signature song, transforming him from a cult artist into a household name in many countries.
Some interesting stuff about Chris de Burgh: he was born in Buenos Aires but moved with his family to Ireland when his diplomat father retired. He and Diane had two sons and a daughter named Rosanna Davison (Chris uses his mother’s maiden name for showbiz – his real name is Chris Davison) who was chosen Miss Ireland, 2003 and went on to win the Miss World pageant. De Burgh has talked about his “healing hands,” and how he can sometime cure maladies by laying his hands on people as a form of alternative therapy.
Charted: No.1 in UK and No.3 in US
“Lady In Red” a fost lansată în Iunie 1986, fiind al doilea single de pe albumul Into The Light. Este cântecul care l-a făcut cunoscut în întreagă lume. Cântecul a fost scris pentru soția lui Diane, fiind inspirat de primul moment când a cunoscut-o pe Diane.
Chris De Burgh s-a născut la 15 Octombrie 1948 în Venado Tuerto, Provincia Santa Fe, Argentina. Este fiul unui diplomat britanic și a unei secretare irlandeze.
A debutat oficial în 1974, ca suport artist în turneul grupului Supertramp. Albumul său de debut a fost Far Beyond These Castle Walls, un album cu tentă folk. Albumul nu a avut succes în UK, dar a fost în top-ul brazilian pentru mai multe săptămâni.
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M on August 26, 2024
Nice