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Belinda Carlisle

A little something about Belinda Carlisle

If Belinda Carlisle isn't remembered primarily for being the lead vocalist of the Los Angeles-based Go-Go's it will probably be for her two hit solo recordings, "Mad About You" or "Heaven Is A Place On Earth." After leaving The Go-Go's, Belinda pursued a solo career. As a soloist, she shed her new-wave psuedo-punk stylings and re-emerged as a polished pop singer. Gone was the chubby cherub-faced vocalist so many Go-Go's fans came to adore and in her place a viable solo hit-maker blossomed. Her first album, BELINDA, went gold and featured the tune "Mad About You." The tune rocketed to number 3 on the pop charts. What happened next was one of several "misfortunes" to befall IRS Records. Due to a clerical error in Belinda's contract she was able to leave IRS and signed with IRS's then-distributor, MCA Records. It was the first of several errors of this sort that cost IRS many artists over the next decade and, ultimatley, led to the fall of IRS as a viable self-sufficient label. In 1987 the first of three albums for MCA followed. HEAVEN ON EARTH was her biggest seller and contained her biggest hit song, "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" and two other top ten singles. Next, RUNAWAY HORSES sold fairly well, but not nearly in the numbers of her previous LPs. Perhaps this was due to a slightly longer than normal delay between releases or perhaps American audiences tastes were changing. Whatever the reason, Belinda was losing her audience and her next LP, 1991's LIVE YOUR LIFE BE FREE, failed to chart or spawn any hit singles. MCA said good-bye and did not renew her contract.


Lyrics featured below: "Circle in the sand", "Mad about you", "Heaven is a place on earth" , "I Get Weak"

Circle in the Sand

Sundown all around
Walking through the summer's end
Waves crash baby, don't look back
I won't walk away again

Oh, baby, anywhere you go
We are bound together
I begin, baby, where you end
Some things are forever

CHORUS:
Circle in the sand, 'round and 'round
Never ending love is what we've found
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand

Cold wind, tide moves in
Shiver in the salty air
Day breaks, my heart aches
I will wait for you right here

Oh, baby when you look for me
Can you see forever
I begin baby, where you end
We belong together

CHORUS
Circle in the sand
Baby can you hear me
Can you hear me calling
Mad About You

I'm mad about you
You're mad about me babe
Couple of fools run wild aren't we

Pushing the day into the nighttime
Somewhere between the two
We start to see

CHORUS:
Mad about you (Mad about you)
Lost in your eyes (Reason aside)
Mad about love (Mad about you)
You and I

Something 'bout you
Right here beside me
Touches the touched part of me like I can't believe
Pushing the night into the daytime
Watching the sky's first light
While the city sleeps
CHORUS



Heaven is a Place on Earth

When the night falls down
I wait for you
And you come around
And the world's alive
With the sound of kids
On the street outside

When you walk into the room
You pull me close and we start to move
And we're spinning with the stars above
And you lift me up in a wave of love...

Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth?
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth

When I feel alone
I reach for you
And you bring me home
When I'm lost at sea
I hear your voice
And it carries me

In this world we're just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby I was afraid before
But I'm not afraid anymore

Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth?
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth...




I Get Weak

When I'm with you
I shake inside
My heart's all tangled up
My tongue is tied it's crazy

Can't walk, can't talk, can't eat, can't sleep
Oh, I'm in love, oh I'm in deep 'cuz baby

With a kiss you can strip me defenseless
With a touch I completely lose control
'Til all that's left of my strength is a memory, wo...

I get weak when I look at you
Weak when we touch
I can't speak when I look in your eyes
I get weak when you're next to me
Weak from this love
I can't speak when I look in your eyes
I get weak

Convincing eyes, persuasive lips
The helpless heart just can't resist their power

You know you've got a hold over me
You know you've got me where I want to be 'cuz lover

Like a wave you keep pulling me under
How I'll ever get out of this I don't know
I just know there's just no way to fight it, wo...

I get weak when I look at you
Weak when we touch
I can't speak when I look in your eyes
I get weak when you're next to me
Weak from this love
I'm in deep when I look in your eyes
I get weak I get weak I get weak

Just a kiss you can strip me defenseless
Just a touch I completely lose control
'Til all that's left of my strength is a memory, wo...

I get weak when I look at you
Weak when we touch
I can't speak when I look in your eyes
I get weak when you're next to me
Weak from this love
I can't speak when I look in your eyes
I get weak I get weak I get weak