Sophie Ellis-Bextor
British singer (born 1979)
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is an English singer and songwriter. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo and achieved success beginning in the early 2000s. Her music is mainstream pop and dance with influences of disco, nu-disco, and 1980s electronic music.
In 2000, Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Italian DJ Spiller on "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)", which reached number one in the United Kingdom and in 2015 became the UK's biggest-selling vinyl single of the millennium so far. Her debut solo studio album, "Read My Lips", was released in 2001 and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. It was certified double platinum by the BPI, and sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. Three of its four singles—the Cher cover "Take Me Home", "Murder on the Dancefloor", and double A-side "Get Over You" / "Move This Mountain"—reached top three in the UK. Its follow-up "Shoot from the Hip" (2003) reached number 19 in the UK and spawned two top ten singles, "Mixed Up World" and "I Won't Change You".
Ellis-Bextor's third studio album, "Trip the Light Fantastic" (2007), peaked at number seven in the UK and its lead single "Catch You" reached the top ten. Her fourth studio album, "Make a Scene" (2011), and its third single "Bittersweet" achieved top 40 positions in the UK. Her fifth studio album, "Wanderlust" (2014), peaked at number four. In 2016, she released a Latin-inspired sixth studio album, "Familia", to critical acclaim.
Early life.
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor was born on 10 April 1979 in Hounslow, London to Janet Ellis, who was a presenter on BBC's children's television programmes "Blue Peter" and "Jigsaw", and Robin Bextor, a film producer and director. They separated when she was four. As a child, Ellis-Bextor occasionally appeared on "Blue Peter" alongside her mother, who co-presented the programme.
She attended St Stephen's School, Twickenham and later the independent Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith. Among her earliest public performances were some with the W11 Opera children's opera beginning at age 13, and she is now a patron of the organisation.
Ellis-Bextor has said, "I didn't see myself as a good-looking girl and that was good, because I didn't rely on it.(...) I've now found lots of like-minded weirdos, so it's OK."
Career.
1996–1999: Theaudience.
Ellis-Bextor began her professional musical career in 1996 while singing lead vocals in indie band Theaudience. The band released four singles, including the UK Top 40 hits "I Know Enough (I Don't Get Enough)" and "A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed", and one self-titled album ("theaudience" (1998)). Videos for the band's singles were directed by her father, Robin Bextor. While in Theaudience, readers of "Melody Maker" voted Ellis-Bextor number five in a poll of 'most sexy people in rock'.
The band split in 1999 after demos for a planned second album were rejected by their label Mercury Records, who then dropped the band. Ellis-Bextor recorded a duet with Manic Street Preachers — "Black Holes for the Young" — as a B-side for their 1998 single "The Everlasting", and in 1999, made an appearance on the Departure Lounge album "Out of Here".
2000–2006: "Read My Lips" and "Shoot from the Hip".
After Theaudience split, Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Italian DJ Spiller, in 2000, adding vocals to his track "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". It entered the UK charts at number one, just beating former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham on her first solo track. "Groovejet" won several awards: No. 1, Pop Top 20; No. 1, ILR; No. 1, Radio 1; No. 8, top dance track of 2000 and single of the year in "Melody Maker". In the "Metro" newspaper, it received ninth place in the contest for the Greatest No. 1 of all time. In 2000, it was a finalist in "The Record of the Year". In that same year, it won the awards for Best Single and Best Ibiza Tune at the Ericsson Muzik Awards.
In 2001, Ellis-Bextor released her début album, "Read My Lips". It reached number two on the UK charts and spawned four top-twenty hit singles. Her rework of Cher's "Take Me Home" reached number two, as did "Murder on the Dancefloor", which became Ellis-Bextor's biggest single and was on charts for twenty-three weeks. "Murder on the Dancefloor" became Europe's most played song of 2002. In 2002, "Read My Lips" was re-released with two new songs (and a live version of "Groovejet") and Ellis-Bextor won the Recording Artist Award at that year's Showbusiness Awards. Her third single, "Get Over You / Move This Mountain", was released in June 2002 and reached number three. The fourth single, "Music Gets the Best of Me", rose to number fourteen in December. At the beginning of 2002, Ellis-Bextor was nominated for the "British Female Solo Artist" BRIT Award, going on to be nominated for a further two consecutive years.
Her second album, "Shoot from the Hip", was released in October 2003 and yielded two further top-ten singles, "Mixed Up World" and "I Won't Change You". The album reached number 19 on the UK charts and was certified silver by the BPI for shipments of 60,000. Ellis-Bextor described the album as "more emotionally direct" and "a little more left-of-centre at times" than "Read My Lips"—"It has more of a live feel [...] It's still a pop album—with elements of disco, indie and rock." She opted to step back from promotion of the album after becoming pregnant.
In 2005, Ellis-Bextor was featured on the Busface single "Circles (Just My Good Time)" under the alias Mademoiselle E.B.
2007–2011: "Trip the Light Fantastic" and "Make a Scene".
"Trip the Light Fantastic", Ellis-Bextor's third album, was released in May 2007 and reached number seven in the UK. The album produced three singles: "Catch You" (number 8 in the UK), "Me and My Imagination" (number 23), and "Today the Sun's on Us" (number 64). The song "If I Can't Dance" was announced as a single but later retracted.
Ellis-Bextor supported George Michael on his UK tour leg in June 2007. Her own UK tour, the Trip the Light Fantastic Tour, was due to start in August 2007, but it was postponed after Ellis-Bextor was invited to be the "special guest" on Take That's Beautiful World Tour, which commenced in October 2007. She stated that her tour would be rescheduled for March 2008, with all tickets purchased being valid for the rescheduled concerts. The tour was never rescheduled and Ellis-Bextor has refused to discuss the issue in interviews. In October 2008, she sang at the Keep the Promise Rally in Trafalgar Square to end Child Poverty.
In June 2009, Ellis-Bextor was featured on the Freemasons single "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)", which reached number 13 in the UK. In July, she performed alongside girl groups the Saturdays and Girls Can't Catch at the iTunes Festival, held at the Roundhouse in London. A recording of her performance was released, "", which was the singer's first extended play. "Bittersweet" (co-written by Freemasons and Hannah Robinson), the first single from Ellis-Bextor's fourth album, was released in May 2010 and reached 25 on the UK Singles Chart. Ellis-Bextor's collaboration with DJ Armin van Buuren, "Not Giving Up on Love", was released as a single in August 2010 in Europe. Also in 2010, she was featured on the Junior Caldera single "Can't Fight This Feeling".
The singer's fourth album, "Make a Scene", was released in June 2011 following a year-long delay during which she left her label Universal Music Group to establish her own label, EBGBs. She said that her decision to leave Universal was spurred on by the departure of the head of Fascination Records, the sub-label to which she was signed following the release of "Bittersweet". She described "Make a Scene" as "very much [a dance album]—more so than any of my other albums." She said she was planning an "album that's really different [...] but I think this album ["Make a Scene"] is a good way to bow out of the dance sound for now. I think it's finishing on a high." She supported Pet Shop Boys on the UK leg of their Pandemonium Tour in July 2010. She worked with Calvin Harris, Richard X, Dimitri Tikovoi, Hannah Robinson, Metronomy, and Liam Howe from the Sneaker Pimps. "Off & On" preceded the release of the album in continental Europe and Russia, where the album was released by Universal Music Russia. The single "Starlight" was released in the UK ahead of the album in May 2011.
Ellis-Bextor supported synth-pop band Erasure on their Total Pop! Forest tour of woodland locations in the UK in June 2011. She resumed touring internationally in 2011, playing venues such as Jakarta's SoulNation festival, as well as returning to Australia by performing in Sydney and Melbourne. She collaborated with French DJ Bob Sinclar on a track titled "F__ with You" (released in November 2011); it was included on his album "Disco Crash" and was a huge club hit in Continental Europe. Ellis-Bextor's collaboration with French DJ Mathieu Bouthier, "Beautiful", was released in July 2012 in France.
2012–2014: "Wanderlust" and collaborations.
In May 2011, she revealed that she had begun work on her fifth album. Beginning in 2012, Ellis-Bextor worked with British singer and producer Ed Harcourt on a "more concept driven record", and possibly having as few as eight tracks. Her performance at a London charity gala in November 2012 including a new song, "Young Blood"; a demo of the song was released in March 2013 as a complimentary digital download from her website, as a thank you gift to her fans. Also in 2013, she performed outdoors at Old Republic Square in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Ellis-Bextor confirmed completion of the album in May and revealed its title, "Wanderlust", and cover art in October.
"Young Blood" was released as the lead single from "Wanderlust" in November 2013, peaking at number three on the UK Indie Chart and at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart. The album was released in January 2014 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart and at number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart. "Wanderlust" also debuted inside the Scottish Top 10 Albums Chart. Ellis-Bextor performed a headline sold-out show to support "Wanderlust"'s release in January 2014 at Bush Hall, London, and also performed at Union Chapel, London in April. Ellis-Bextor then announced a 10-date UK tour, which finished in Glasgow in April 2014.
Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Guéna LG and Amir Afargan on the track "Back 2 Paradise", which was released in June 2014. The single was the number-one "breakout" in October 2014 on the US "Billboard" Dance/Club Chart, later reaching number 25 on the Dance/Club Chart. Ellis-Bextor then featured on the song "Only Child", produced by electronic music project DedRekoning, which was released in September 2014. The track was remixed by Paul Oakenfold, Roddy Reynaert and Pearson and Hirst.
2015–2019: "Familia" and "The Song Diaries".
In January 2015, Ellis-Bextor said that she had begun working on her sixth studio album, once again with Ed Harcourt. In January 2016, Ellis-Bextor posted an image on Instagram captioned "Last song written. Next stop – rehearsals! "#album6 #whatthehellshouldicallit"." She also posted a YouTube video of the making of the album.
According to Ellis-Bextor, the album, titled "Familia", was inspired by a recent visit to North America, particularly Mexico. "Familia" is the Spanish word for "family" (a tattoo Ellis-Bextor wears in her arm since her first child's birth) and Ellis-Bextor described the album's sound as closer to that of her earlier albums. She explained that she "wanted something with a Spanish or Italian feel" and that it continued some stories from "Wanderlust". "Familia" was released in September 2016 and reached number 12 on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned four singles, but none of them made it into any major chart. After taking time off for the birth of her child in late 2015, she resumed touring in 2017, mostly at small venues in the UK.
In November 2017, she announced via Facebook a selection of her greatest hits reworked with an orchestra. In February 2018, she announced the album's title, "The Song Diaries", and pointed out that it would consist of re-recorded tracks spanning her career from theaudience to "Familia"'s "Wild Forever", plus a new track. The album's artwork was drawn by David Downtown. "The Song Diaries" first single "Love Is You", a disco track originally performed by Carol Williams, which is sampled on her early hit "Groovejet", was released in August 2018. "The Song Diaries" was released in March 2019 and peaked at number 14 in the UK.
2020–2023: "Songs from the Kitchen Disco".
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK, Ellis-Bextor performed live weekly "Kitchen Disco" concerts featuring herself and her family, streamed live from their kitchen on Instagram. Beginning 24 June 2020, Ellis-Bextor started a weekly podcast titled "Spinning Plates with Sophie Ellis-Bextor" on which she interviews working mothers. Guests have included Fearne Cotton, Caitlin Moran, Myleene Klass, Róisin Murphy, and her own mother Janet Ellis.
On 16 July 2020, Ellis-Bextor announced the greatest hits album "Songs from the Kitchen Disco". The album was preceded by the release of a single, "Crying at the Discoteque", a cover version of the Alcazar song, which she had performed during her lockdown concerts in September 2020. She performed the single on "The Graham Norton Show" on New Year's Eve. In March 2022, she embarked on her "Songs from the Kitchen Disco" tour of the U.K. In July 2022, the singer revealed a new single, "Hypnotized", a collaboration with electronic artist Wuh Oh.
A live album was released in November 2022 entitled "Kitchen Disco – Live at the London Palladium".
2023–present: "Hana", resurgence, and eighth album.
In January 2023, Ellis-Bextor collaborated with Japanese/Australian duo Rhyme So on a cover of the Malcolm McLaren track "Deep in Vogue". On 8 February 2023, Ellis-Bextor revealed a new track, "Breaking the Circle", the lead single from her seventh studio album, "Hana", which was released on 2 June 2023. The title of the album was taken from the Japanese word for "blossom" or "flower". Ellis-Bextor said the album was inspired by a trip to Japan, taken before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Ellis-Bextor said of the album: "Because I hadn't been before, I had lots of ideas about what [Japan] might be like. The [album's] soundscape is like someone's idea of what a place might be like before they get there. That trip also became significant in a wider sense because it was the last bit of travel I did before everything shut down." "Hana" marks the third collaboration with producer/musician Ed Harcourt. Ellis-Bextor said "There are themes of optimism, new starts, adventures and reflections...This is our third record together after Wanderlust and Familia. The first songs written were really inspired by the upcoming trip to Japan. In the end, the album ended up being inspired by that trip and so much more."
In June 2023, Ellis-Bextor appeared on "Grilled!", a podcast by the Staff Canteen, where she was interviewed by Aaron Middleton and the Staff Canteen's Cara Houchen. During the podcast, Ellis-Bextor discussed her book, her favourite London restaurants, and the similarities between music and food. In July 2023, it was announced that Ellis-Bextor will collaborate with film composer David Arnold and lyricist Don Black for the track to Channel 4 and Universal Pictures film, "Mog's Christmas", based upon the children's book series by Judith Kerr. The track, titled "As Long As I Belong", is about "the importance of belonging". Ellis-Bextor also collaborated with Robbie Williams and his electronic music project 'Lufthaus' on the track "Immortal", which is taken off of the group's debut album, ""Visions, Volume 1"." The album was released on 6 October 2023.
Ellis-Bextor's "Murder on the Dancefloor" was featured in the last scene of the 2023 film "Saltburn". As a result, the song re-entered the UK singles chart, peaking at number two and garnered its most-ever global streams on Spotify, receiving more than 1.4 million streams on New Year's Eve. It also gave Ellis-Bextor her first ever US singles chart entry, reaching #51. As well as this, 2024 became Ellis-Bextor's most successful year in terms of performances, playing more shows than she had ever before – a total of 110 in the calendar year.
On 1 February 2024, it was revealed that Ellis-Bextor will be performing at "Valley Fest 2024" in Chew Magna in August 2024. The same month, Ellis-Bextor announced her first-ever North American headlining tour, scheduled for May and June 2024. The initial seven-date tour included stops in San Francisco, San Diego, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, New York City, and Toronto. In June 2024, she announced a second North American tour leg for September given the first leg's success, adding shows in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver.
Following the resurgence of "Murder on the Dancefloor", Ellis-Bextor reportedly signed with Universal Music Group and began working on her eighth studio album. Her first major-label single in 14 years, "Freedom of the Night", was released under Decca Records on October 18, 2024. On 25 October 2024, it was announced that Ellis-Bextor's forthcoming eighth studio album would be released in the summer of 2025. She released the single "Relentless Love” on 28 March 2025.
Other projects.
In 2001 Ellis-Bextor auditioned for the 2001 film "Moulin Rouge!" for the character Satine. In 2007, she appeared at Christmas in the "Robbie the Reindeer" episode "Close Encounters of the Herd Kind". She was depicted as a female alien at the closure of the story singing the song "Supersonic", the last track on her third solo studio album "Trip the Light Fantastic". In November of the same year, she also launched the npower Greener Schools Programme, which aims to give schools in the UK a "green makeover" by providing free energy audits, implementing tailor-made energy efficiency measures to reduce their carbon footprint, and educating children on how to be greener. She launched Capital Radio's Capital 95.8 "Lights Out London" campaign, which asks Londoners to switch off their lights for one hour in a bid to save 750 MWh and send a message to the world on the importance of climate change.
In 2008 she featured in the short musical film "The Town that Boars Me" by photographer Ben Charles Edwards. The film also features Jodie Harsh, Kelly Osbourne and Zandra Rhodes. The film was produced by Glass Loves and Shoot to Kill Productions and was set to début at the Portobello Film Festival. The same year she fronted a campaign for The Children's Society encouraging people to log onto the "Hundreds and Thousands of Childhood Memories" website to donate their favourite childhood memory. In May 2008 she was hired by cosmetics brand Rimmel to be one of their new faces. A song of hers, "Sophia Loren", was featured in one of the Rimmel London television adverts for the line "Sexy Curves". She appeared as an advocate for Verdi on BBC World News classical music programme "Visionaries". She was a contestant in the eleventh series of the televised dance competition "Strictly Come Dancing" in late 2013. She was partnered with Brendan Cole and reached the final, placing fourth.
In September 2014 the Pretty Polly hosiery company announced that Ellis-Bextor was their latest "face and legs", and would be designing and modelling for them. In March 2019 Ellis-Bextor appeared as an extra in "Game of Thrones", Season 8, Episode 3 "The Long Night". In July 2020 she started a podcast called "Spinning Plates" which focuses on mothers and their careers. In the same year she competed in the second series of "The Masked Singer" as Alien. She was the first celebrity to be unmasked.
In 2021, Ellis-Bextor wrote the memoir "Music, Men, Motherhood and Me".
It was announced in October 2021 that she would make an appearance in the Australian soap opera "Neighbours" in 2022, during a storyline set in London. On the morning of 16 November 2021 Ellis-Bextor embarked upon a 24-hour "Kitchen Disco Danceathon", in aid of Children in Need. She raised over £1,000,000 for the cause. In December 2022, Ellis-Bextor partnered with Vodafone to unveil its Pro II Broadband during a special Christmas concert in London.
In October 2023 Ellis-Bextor was a guest celebrity judge in the episode "Club Bangers" of the British reality television series "RuPaul's Drag Race UK" broadcast on BBC Three.
On 3 August 2024, Ellis-Bextor opened the set for Brighton Pride's Fabuloso concert in Preston Park. She played a number of her hits including "Take Me Home", "Murder on the Dancefloor" and "Get Over You".
Personal life.
Ellis-Bextor met her future husband, the Feeling bassist Richard Jones, when he auditioned for her tour band in 2002. Jones has said, "Something kind of smacked us in the face. The chemistry was incredible—it was like nothing I've ever experienced." Their first child was born two months early, only eight months after the start of their relationship. Fourteen months later, in 2005, the couple married. They have five children, all sons.
Ellis-Bextor suffered from pre-eclampsia (the onset of high blood pressure) during her first two pregnancies, resulting in both deliveries being premature. She is an ambassador for Borne, a medical research charity looking into the causes of premature birth. She is also an ambassador for the children's charity Lumos which promotes an end to the institutionalisation of children worldwide.
In the 2019 European Parliament election, Ellis-Bextor endorsed Change UK. Her father, Robin Bextor, was a candidate for the South East Region.
Discography.
Studio albums
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Catch You
2007 single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
"Catch You" is a song by the British recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her third album, "Trip the Light Fantastic" (2007). It was written by Cathy Dennis, Rhys Barker and Greg Kurstin and produced by Kurstin. It was released as the album's first single on 19 February 2007. "Catch You" is a pop rock song and talks about Bextor chasing the guy that she wants.
It received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who commended the infusion of rock guitars and electronic beats, while calling it a strident and very good song. A music video was directed by Sophie Muller and it shows Sophie chasing a guy in Venice. The song performed moderately on the charts, reaching number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, peaking inside the top twenty on the Italian and Russian Singles Chart and inside the top fifty on the other countries.
Background and composition.
The single was first announced on New Year's Eve 2006, where Ellis-Bextor performed the song on the BBC's "New Year Live" show. "Catch You" was written by Cathy Dennis and co-written by Greg Kurstin and Rhys Barker and produced by Greg Kurstin. It is a pop rock song and combines guitars, zingy keyboards, nu wave angular guitars with a nagging pop melody. The lyrics concern Sophie possibly bugging various parts of her love interest's flat (mailbox, "easy chair", flatscreen), in the hope that she will "catch him".
Critical reception.
K. Ross Hoffman of Allmusic commented, "She sounds dramatically reinvigorated here, with a notable infusion of rock guitars and often a forceful, even menacing, electro edge to the productions, evident right out the gate in this strident, barnstorming first single." Nick Levine of Digital Spy called it "a turbo-charged stalker-pop." Emily MacKay of Yahoo! Music called it "a merciless first strike, a crisp, laser-cut, feather-light puff of dance-floor ephemera sprinkled with disco 'pow!'s, its '70s synth-Chinoiserie chorus given an icy aloofness by Sophie's plummy delivery." Stuart Waterman of Popjustice commented: "It is both a very good song and an excellent advertisement for romantic lunacy. It sounds not unlike what would happen if the Sugababes kidnapped Avril Lavigne and bullied her into playing guitar on one of their more 'upbeat' numbers."
Talia Kraines of BBC Music wrote that the song "gave us a grittier Sophie." Stuart McCaighy of This Is Fake DIY gave the song a mixed review, commenting "It was perhaps a touch one-dimensional, too 'of the moment' for a lead single; its chorus dragged rather than ignited." However, Kitty Empire of The Observer expressed: "It's a rubberised stab of bunny-boiler club-pop, which deserved to chart higher than number 8."
Chart performance.
When the song was released, its immediate competition included Kelis's single "Lil Star", The Fray's "How to Save a Life", Take That's "Shine", Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around... Comes Around" and Mika's "Grace Kelly". "Catch You" peaked at No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The single also peaked at No. 33 on the ARIA Singles Chart and at No. 7 on the ARIA Dance Chart. The song also reached the B-list of Radio 1's official playlist and the A-list of BBC Radio 2's official playlist. The song stayed in the UK Top 40 for two months and went to sell 148,000 copies.
Music video.
The music video was subsequently filmed in Venice by Sophie Muller, and was released on 13 January 2007. The video has been compared to the movie "Don't Look Now".
Track listings.
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Credits and personnel.
Credits are adapted from the liner notes of "Trip the Light Fantastic".
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C. C. Catch
Dutch-born German pop singer (born 1964)
Caroline Catherine Müller (born 31 July 1964), known professionally as C. C. Catch, is a German pop singer, also known for her collaboration with Dieter Bohlen (one half of Modern Talking) in the 1980s.
Early life.
C. C. Catch was born in the Netherlands to German parents and moved to West Germany in the late 1970s with her family. She was supported by her parents from an early age, when they recognised her talent and encouraged her wish to be a famous singer. Her father was especially supportive and played a very important role in her successful career as her manager and tour-manager.
From an early age, the up-and-coming singer took part in talent contests and was originally a member of the German girl quartet Optimal, which consisted of four female members.
Musical career.
Müller was discovered by Dieter Bohlen in one of her performances in Hamburg. Bohlen signed her to BMG, effectively launching her solo career. Bohlen gave her the stage name C. C. Catch, the two "C"s standing for the first initials of her two first names, and "Catch" which she thought was a good idea and looked great with the initials.
In the summer of 1985, Catch released her debut single "I Can Lose My Heart Tonight". The single entered the top 20 in some European countries, including Germany and Switzerland.
Bohlen and Catch worked together until 1989, during which time twelve singles and four albums were released. Eight of those singles entered the top 20, whereas one of the albums entered the top 10. Catch wanted to bring more personal input to her songs, but Bohlen refused. As a result, in 1989, she parted ways with him and BMG. However, it took some court hearings for her to win the rights to her stage name.
On a New Year's Eve television show in Spain, Catch met Simon Napier-Bell (former manager of Wham!'s George Michael). Shortly thereafter, Napier-Bell became her manager and signed her to Polygram subsidiary Metronome. Her first (and only) album on the label, "Hear What I Say", was released at the end of 1989 and was Catch's last album to date. It was produced by Andy Taylor (ex-Duran Duran), Dave Clayton (who has worked with George Michael and U2), and Jo Dworniak. Seven of the songs were co-written by her, in which Catch was able to collaborate more. It sold more than her previous two albums, "Big Fun" and "Diamonds", demonstrating her abilities as an artist working on her own terms.
From this album, "Big Time" was released as a single in 1989, and peaked at No. 26 in Germany. During this time, BMG also released the single "Baby I Need Your Love", along with the compilation "Classics".
Hiatus.
Afterwards, C. C. Catch parted with Metronome on good terms to take time out from the music industry. During this time, she focused on her spiritual growth, practicing yoga and a form of meditation; she also started writing her own songs.
At the beginning of the 1990s, C. C. Catch worked on a project by Peter Gabriel from which the song "Harmonix" emerged. It appeared on Jam Nation's 1993 album "Way Down Below Buffalo Hell". In 1998, she returned to Germany, released the single "Megamix '98" and appeared on the BBC music television program "Top of the Pops" with rapper Krayzee.
In 2003, her single "Shake Your Head" reached the top 12 sales charts in Spain in 2003 and developed into a summer hit in southern Europe. In 2004, Catch took part in the ProSieben show "Comeback - Die Big Chance". From this show emerged the single "Survivor" and the album "Comeback United", on which the participating artists such as C. C. Catch, Limahl, Chris Norman, Benjamin Boyce, Coolio, Jazzy von Tic Tac Toe, Haddaway, Emilia and the Weather Girls contributed various songs. In the same year, she appeared on the US tour of pop duo Modern Talking.
In September 2010, the single "Unborn Love" was released, a collaboration with Spanish music producer Juan Martinez.
In 2015, Catch toured the United States, including Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, followed by the first major concert in Toronto, Canada in 2016, followed by a concert tour of South America in 2017 (Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Bolivia).
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Catch the Catch
Catch the Catch is the debut album by pop singer C. C. Catch, released on April 28, 1986. The album consists of Euro disco and synthpop songs. It includes the major top 10 European pop hits "I Can Lose My Heart Tonight", "'Cause You Are Young" and "Strangers by Night".
Credits.
Arranged by, music by, lyrics by, produced by – Dieter Bohlen
Art direction [art direction & concept], artwork [front cover] – M. Vormstein
Artwork [back cover] – Herbert W. Hesselmann
Design – Ariola-Studios
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Gonna Catch You
"Gonna Catch You" is a song by American Hi-NRG singer Lonnie Gordon, written and produced by Italian group Black Box. First released around Europe in April 1991, it became the singer's second top 40 hit in the UK. It would also be Gordon's last release with her UK label, Supreme Records, which folded soon after. Months later, the single was featured in the 1991 film "Cool as Ice". SBK Records signed Gordon and released the single in the US, making it her debut solo single in her homeland. It became the first of three number one dance singles in a row for Gordon in the US. The single also made the "Billboard" Hot 100, peaking at #79, and was Gordon's only hit on the soul singles chart peaking at #30.
Critical reception.
Larry Flick from "Billboard" wrote that "this pop/house slammer, which was written and produced by the Black Box posse, is a fine intro to radio programmers here. Gordon delivers a swaggering, finger-snappin' vocal that should easily broaden her growing legion of fans." Pan-European magazine "Music & Media" commented, "The chorus is so catchy, that the title must come true. The saxophones give the pop/dance song a very energetic feel. A feast for dance programmers." Miranda Sawyer from "Smash Hits" compared the song to Jo Boxers, adding, "The record's all the better for the "Boxer Beat" or whatever it is and, indeed, is a work of cheesy genius that has you bouncing gloriously for about one and a half minute till it severely starts getting on your wick."
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The Catch (American band)
American rock band
The Catch was a rock band from Seattle, Washington. Formed by Carly Nicklaus (U.S.E), Amy Rockwell (Dolour, U.S.E), Jenny Jimenez on bass guitar and Alissa Newton on drums. The group released their first album Get Cool on Made In Mexico Records in May 2005. Jimenez and Newton later left the group, to be replaced by Shane Berry and Garrett Lunceford of The Divorce. Justin Harcus later replaced Berry.
Members.
Past members
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Catchu Catchu
"Catchu Catchu" is a song by French hip-hop singer Lartiste taken from his album "Grandestino". The song has peaked at number 7 on the French Singles Chart.
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Catch the Moon
Catch the Moon is the second studio album by Liz and Lisa, a musical duo consisting of Lisa Loeb and Elizabeth Mitchell, released in 2003 by Artemis Records. The album is a collection of children's music played in a folk music style. It comes in the form of a child's cardboard storybook written by Erin Courtney and illustrated by Bonnie Brook Mitchell. The CD slides out the top of the back cover.
Music videos.
Two music videos for the album were made for the songs "Catch the Moon" and "Stop & Go". Both of these were broadcast on Nickelodeon's Noggin and Nick Jr. channels in 2003.
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Catch (Brett Young song)
"Catch" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brett Young. It was released on June 3, 2019 as the second single from his second studio album "Ticket to L.A." (2018). Co-written by Young, Ross Copperman and Ashley Gorley, the song is about a man getting drinks after work and being smitten by a girl at the bar. "Catch" gave Young his fifth consecutive number-one hit on the "Billboard" Country Airplay chart. It also reached numbers five and 29 on both the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales of over one million units in the United States. The song also charted in Canada, reaching number three on the Canada Country chart and number 73 on the Canadian Hot 100. An accompanying music video for the single, directed by Seth Kupersmith, tells a semi-autobiographical story about Young's previous dream of playing in Major League Baseball ending after a career-ending injury and falling in love with his college girlfriend.
Content.
Brett Young co-wrote the song with Ross Copperman and Ashley Gorley. Lyrically, the song details a man going out for drinks after work with friends and then unexpectedly falling in love with a girl he meets at the bar.
Music video.
The music video for "Catch" premiered on June 3, 2019. It was directed by Seth Kupersmith and was filmed at Swayze Field at the University of Mississippi, Young's alma-mater. Young does not sing in the video. It is semi-autobiographical of Young's career path in that it follows his dream of pitching Major League Baseball, which is dashed when he suffers a career-ending injury, and falling in love with his college sweetheart.
Chart performance.
"Catch" debuted at number 48 on the "Billboard" Country Airplay chart the week of June 8, 2019. It also debuted at number 43 on the Hot Country Songs chart the week of July 7. It went on to rank atop the Mediabase country radio singles chart, and was the most played and heard song for the week of April 11, 2020. The song peaked at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 18, giving Young his fifth consecutive number one on that chart. On the week of February 8, 2020, "Catch" debuted at number 96 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Ten weeks later, it peaked at number 29 the week of April 18. The song reappeared in the same position it debuted on the week of June 20 before leaving completely, and remained on the chart for seventeen weeks. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in the US on February 25, 2021 for combined sales and streams of over a million units.
In Canada, the track debuted at number 92 on the Canadian Hot 100 the week it peaked on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It peaked at number 73 the week of May 2, and stayed on the chart for four weeks.
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Catch (band)
British band
Catch were an English indie pop band consisting of singer and keyboardist Toby Slater, bassist Wayne Murray and guitarist Ben Etchells. The band were signed to Virgin Records and released two singles - "Bingo", which reached No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Dive In", which reached No. 44. The band released one self-titled album, which was only issued in Indonesia.
History.
Catch descended from Toby Slater's first band Brattish, who were active in 1994–95. Brattish rehearsed the Catch material extensively, paid for by interested A&R men, but never gigged. Slater also was a driving-force behind the Romo movement, DJing at Soho's Arcadia at L'Equippe Anglais and Madame Jojo's in the autumn/winter of 1995. "Melody Maker" reported that an eleven track demo tape of Brattish, featuring a heavily synth/electro sound, was circulating among an elite handful at Arcadia/Club Skinny at the time.
The release of debut single "Bingo" saw the band appearing on "Top of the Pops", "Light Lunch", "The Paul Ross Show" (performing three songs live), "The Jack Docherty Show" and various Saturday morning UK TV shows. "Bingo" was also being shown on the "ITV Chart Show" when ITN interrupted programming to report on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. Slater also presented some shows on MTV around this time.
The band's debut album was rush released in Indonesia due to the band's sudden popularity there, and they visited Jakarta for a promotional tour and performed acoustically for fans.
The album was delayed in the UK due to Slater being unhappy with it at the time, however the band split up prior to it being released in any form in the UK. A working title was believed to have been "Victim Support".
Post-split.
Following the split of Catch, Slater moved to Los Angeles and began pursuing a solo career. Returning to London, he formed a group featuring former members of the UK band Salamanda, and began recording and gigging, under his own name. The Toby Slater Band released one single, "Consumption", and other songs that were made available online via Slater's own website and via the fledgling Napster file sharing service, on which Slater was a featured artist during August 2000.
Slater had written, recorded and released music with a band, initially under the name Kunta Kinte and subsequently as Tough Love. He was also involved in the "White Mischief" series of steampunk entertainment events based predominantly in London.
Wayne Murray is now a touring guitarist for the Manic Street Preachers and fronts a music project named Boy Cried Wolf. Ben Etchells is a sound engineer at Live Sound Training.
Toby Slater died on 13 December 2021 at the age of 42.
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Catch Me (TVXQ song)
"Catch Me" (stylized as "Catch Me -If you wanna-" in Japan) is a song by South Korean pop duo TVXQ, also known as Tohoshinki in Japan. Written and produced by Yoo Young-jin, two versions of "Catch Me" exist: the original Korean-language version, which served as the lead single for the duo's sixth Korean studio album "Catch Me" (2012), and a Japanese-language version, which was released as the fourth and last single for their sixth Japanese studio album, "Time" (2013). The Korean version of "Catch Me" was made available for download on September 24, 2012, the same date as the full album's digital release. The Japanese version of "Catch Me" was released by Avex Trax in Japan as TVXQ's 36th Japanese CD single on January 16, 2013.
A mix of house and dubstep, "Catch Me" was met with acclaim, with critics praising the back track's orchestral riffs and the duo's vocal harmony. The song was mildly successful in South Korea, peaking at number sixteen on the "Gaon" Singles Chart and number twenty-five on the "Billboard" Korea K-Pop Hot 100. In Japan, "Catch Me" debuted at number one on the "Oricon" Singles Chart and peaked atop the "Billboard" Japan Hot 100. Selling over 137,000 copies on its first week of release, "Catch Me" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of over 100,000.
Background and release.
Written and produced by Yoo Young-jin, "Catch Me" is an electropop song with orchestral melodies, dubstep sounds, house beats, and powerful vocal belting. The lyrics are about a self-respected man who says good-bye to his lover but actually wants to hold onto her. The song was recorded in mid-2012 at the SM Booming System in Seoul.
The Korean version of "Catch Me" was announced on September 18, 2012, and a teaser clip of the song's accompanying music video was released on their official YouTube channel on September 21, 2012. The full music video was unveiled on September 24, the same day as the album's digital release.
"I Know", the B-side pop ballad track from the "Catch Me" Japanese single, is composed by T-SK, Tesung Kim and Andrew Choi, with the arrangement by T-SK and the lyrics written by Shinjiro Inoue. First released as a promotional single, the music video for "I Know" premiered on December 6, 2012. The short version of the "Catch Me" Japanese music video was released on January 6, 2014, and the full Japanese single was released on January 16, 2013. The song also served as the theme song for the Fuji TV drama "Saki".
Commercial and critical reception.
"Catch Me" achieved moderate success in its native South Korea. It debuted at number sixteen on the Gaon Single Chart for the week ending September 29, 2012. With over 161,666 downloads in its first week, it peaked to number ten on the Gaon Download chart and thirty-four on the Streaming chart. The song attained a peak at number twenty-five on the K-Pop Hot 100. The Japanese released was more well-received, debuting at number-one on "Oricon's" Daily Singles Charts, selling 84,666 copies. It maintained its number one position the following day and sold an additional 25,349 copies, bringing its total sales to 110,015. The number-one single of the week, "Catch Me" finished off as the fourth best-selling single of January 2013 in Japan. The single also peaked atop the "Billboard" Japan Hot 100, number fifteen on the "Billboard" Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay and number thirty-two on the "Billboard" Japan Hot Top Airplay.
Critics described the song as "nostalgic", as the duo's vocal high-note belting performances are highly evocative of their older music. The dubstep bass line loop in the song, though met with mixed reviews initially, was later praised for being a good "fit" for the song. Writing for Fuse, Jeff Benjamin noted the song's choreography with "craft gravity-defying leans, quick jumps from ground to floor and splash through a water-infused video set." He included it on Fuse's list of "13 K-Pop Videos With the Most eye-Popping Choreography."
Performances.
Music video and choreography.
The music video for "Catch Me" was directed by Jang Jae-huk. The dance choreography, noted for its intricacy and artistic imagery, is created by Tony Testa, who said the dance was inspired by the characters in the superhero film "The Avengers", specifically the Hulk. In the choreography, Testa used the back-up dancers in a way that could show members U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin doing "superhuman" moves, such as extended arms and waves. Testa remarked that the back-up dancers in the piece were just "an emotion that represented anger". Testa came up with four different versions for the choreography, but all four versions were ultimately put into one performance. In an interview with South Korea's "Asia Economy" in October 2012, Yunho discussed about the choreography:
"The final choreography has a story like a musical and features what we call a 'Mirror dance' and 'Hulk dance.' While Changmin and I face each other and move in the same direction as if I'm facing a mirror, our back-up dancers connect our emotions through their separate moves."
Filming for the music video took place in August 2012 at the Ilsan Art House. On September 20, 2012, a teaser for the music video was released on their official YouTube channel. It opened with a shot of a cell, and showed solo shots of the duo. Yunho says "catch me if you wanna" and its electronic music picks up, inter cuts with shots of TVXQ dancing in water and mirrored sets. The full music video premiered on September 24, 2012.
The dance choreography received critical acclaim. The dance was complimented for being innovative, epic and iconic. The video and dance were described to be "highly stylized" and progressive, affirming that the duo are trend-setters for K-pop. A dance practice video for "Catch Me" was released on September 28, which also received praises from critics and netizens.
Live performances.
Critics called "Catch Me" a spectacle with flashing lights. Their live performances of "Catch Me" were received with widespread critical acclaim. Viewers were impressed with TVXQ's vocal endurance, as they have managed to perform raw live performances despite having to do such taxing choreography. TVXQ debuted their first performance of "Catch Me" on "Music Bank" in South Korea on October 5, 2012. They performed the song at their and the Japanese version at their Japan-wide throughout 2013.
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The Catch (British duo)
English new wave duo
The Catch were an English new wave duo active in the 1980s whose members were Don Snow and Chris Whitten. They released two albums and several singles on the Metronome label and had chart success in Europe, most notably with the single "25 Years".
History.
Before the Catch, Snow was a member of the Sinceros and then Squeeze. After his stint with Squeeze in 1982 on the album "Sweets from a Stranger", Snow teamed up with Whitten to form the duo The Catch, releasing the debut single "25 Years" in 1983.
The group was most successful in Germany, where "25 Years" peaked at No. 3 in its first release, and it was later remixed and re-released there in 1991 and 1996 on the German labels Hansa and Ultraphonic, respectively. Two compilation albums were also released on Hansa and Repertoire Records.
After the Catch.
Chris Whitten has recorded and played drums as a session musician for many bands and artists during his career including Paul McCartney, Dire Straits, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, the Pretenders, Swing Out Sister, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Julian Cope, ABC, the The, the Waterboys and Fredericks Goldman Jones.
Don Snow, now known as Jonn Savannah, is a multi-instrumentalist and has also played for many bands and artists including Lene Lovich, Procol Harum, Van Morrison, Tina Turner, the Vibrators, the Quick, Judie Tzuke, Tracey Ullman, Nik Kershaw, ABC, Sheila Walsh, Holly Johnson, Right Said Fred, Ray Charles, Gary Moore and Joe Cocker. Snow rejoined Squeeze on two temporary occasions in the 1990s.
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Catch Me in the Air
"Catch Me in the Air" is a song by Japanese singer Rina Sawayama from her second studio album, "Hold the Girl" (2022). It was released through Dirty Hit on 27 June 2022 as the second single from the album.
Background and release.
"Catch Me in the Air" was debuted at SWG3 in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021 during Sawayama's debut album tour as a teaser for her yet-to-be-announced second album.
The album, "Hold the Girl", was announced in May 2022, with a release date of 2 September 2022. The lead single, "This Hell", was followed by "Catch Me in the Air" in June 2022. In an interview with Zane Lowe, Sawayama noted that "Catch Me in the Air" was inspired by the music of Gwen Stefani.
Composition.
"Catch Me in the Air" is a "light and frothy" pop-rock song with a chorus that was described as having a "bouncy melody". The aforementioned chorus faces a key change, added for a "lifting" effect. The song is a tribute to her mother, who raised Sawayama as a single parent. It was written during the pandemic.
When Sawayama debuted the song during the Sawayama tour at Glasgow's SWG3, she told the crowd: “I wrote this song because, in these unprecedented times, I am touring my first record at the same time as finishing my second record. I thought that the first record was really personal – and it was – but this new record is even more personal. This song, I wrote it about my mum, who is a single mum. You know how intense that relationship is – they feel like a sister or a brother. I felt throughout my life that my mum and I have caught each other when we’re falling.”
Critical reception.
Tyler Golsen of "Far Out" gave "Catch Me in the Air" a score of six out of ten, noting that the track was not "up to the genre-bending peaks that Sawayama is normally capable of", though he noted that the song was difficult "not to enjoy".
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Georgia Holt
American singer-songwriter actress (1926–2022)
Georgia Holt (born Jackie Jean Crouch; June 9, 1926 – December 10, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter, model, and occasional bit part actress. She was best known for being the mother of Cher.
Early life.
Holt was born Jackie Jean Crouch on June 9, 1926, in Kensett, Arkansas, to Lynda Inez (née Gulley; 1913–2009) and Roy Malloy Crouch (1905–1969). Mr. Crouch was a baker at the time. Holt said she was of English, German, Irish, French, Dutch, and Cherokee descent. Frequently moving back and forth between her separated parents, Holt estimated that she attended 17 junior high schools. Her father taught her how to sing and play guitar.
Career.
Holt sang on an Oklahoma City radio station when she was six years old, and by the age of 10, had sung with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. She won several talent and beauty competitions, and had a number of minor television and film roles in the 1950s. These included "Watch the Birdie" (1950), "Grounds for Marriage" (1951) and "Lovely to Look At" (1952). However, by the mid-1950s, Holt's income was largely derived from working as a club singer.
After performing in a singers' workshop (Phil Moore's "Get Your Act Together") in July 1978 at Studio One in Los Angeles, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, and Dinah Shore booked Holt to appear on their television talk shows. Holt also appeared as an audience polling member as part of a group of ten mothers of famous celebrities on the American game show "Card Sharks" on July 4–8, 1988.
Holt was the subject of the 2013 Lifetime documentary "Dear Mom, Love Cher", which was executive produced by her daughter, Cher. The same year, Holt also released her album "Honky Tonk Woman", which was recorded in 1982 with the TCB Band. It was Holt's discovery of the tapes which led to the documentary project. The album includes a duet with Cher titled "I'm Just Your Yesterday".
In 2013, Holt and Cher appeared together on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to promote the documentary and album.
Personal life.
Holt was married and divorced seven times to six husbands. She married Cher's father, Armenian-American truck driver John Paul Sarkisian, on June 22, 1945 in Reno, Nevada; they briefly remarried and redivorced about 20 years later. Holt's second husband was actor Chris Alcaide. Her third husband was actor John Southall, with whom she had her second child, actress Georganne LaPiere. She later wed Joseph Harper Collins, after whom she married Gilbert Hartmann LaPiere, a bank manager who legally adopted Cher and Georganne and changed their surnames to LaPiere. Holt's last marriage was to Hamilton T. Holt, by whose surname she became known.
From 1976 until her death, Holt was in a relationship with Craig Spencer. Holt was 50 and running an antiques shop when she met the then 28-year-old Spencer, who was initially interested in her daughter Georganne.
In the late 1970s, Holt owned and operated a bedding store in Brentwood, California, called Granny's Cabbage Patch. It was paid for by Cher, who noted in her 2024 autobiography that it consistently operated at a financial loss until its closure.
Holt had two grandsons, Cher's children, Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman.
On December 10, 2022, Cher announced on Twitter that Holt had died. Holt was survived by Spencer, her daughters and grandchildren. She was 96 years old.
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Cara Quici
American singer-songwriter
Cara Elizabeth Quici (born May 30, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is living in New York City and Los Angeles now.
Early life.
Quici began singing church hymns at the age of 4. She also participated in school musicals and band where she was the first-chair flautist.
Quici's family owned and operated a pro-sound, lighting, and DJ equipment business for over 30 years in Texas. Quici's father is a guitarist.
Career.
Career beginnings.
As a teenager, Quici signed with Infinity Model and Talent Agency in Texas. She later competed at the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Convention in Hollywood, California, and at several Universal Cheerleaders Association competitions. On her 18th birthday, she moved to New York City, and later set up residence in Los Angeles, CA, splitting her time between the two cities.
2009-Present.
Music.
Quici trained for her first professional recording sessions with Oksana Kolesnikova at the Oksana School of Music and Musician's Institute, and with Carol Rogers in Hollywood.
Quici has written over 30 songs with top producers and writers across the country. Her first single, "Away From You", was produced by Max Gousse and Billboard Hot 100 producer Fuego. "Away From You (Jump Smokers Remix)" reached the number 27 on the Dance Billboard charts.
Quici's unreleased songs "Adios", "OAI" and "Clone" were featured on four episodes of CMT's hit show "Southern Nights".
Her single "Fight", a remake of the Beastie Boys' classic "Fight For Your Right (To Party)", was released in 2013 and became available on iTunes in 2014. The music video, featuring Dennis Rodman, reached over a million views within two weeks of its release. In February/March 2014, Quici was the number-one most active independent artist in US TOP 40 radio rotation for four weeks straight.
Quici releases her music through her own label, QMH Records. In early 2015, Quici began recording her debut EP.
Television appearances.
Quici was interviewed on the "Playboy Morning Show" in 2013.
In 2012, Quici appeared on Season 5 of The Real Housewives of New York City as the entertainment. She was also featured performing live in 2012 on Bravo TV's "Watch What Happens Live" hosted by Andy Cohen season 7, episode 22. She appeared in 2009 on The Millionaire Matchmaker, where she declared herself a Scientologist.
She appeared on the Howard Stern show as a contestant for the "Dumb As a Rock" contest. She also portrayed a nurse on two episodes of "Scrubs" in 2009.
Press coverage.
Quici has been featured in "Maxim", "Esquire", and "FHM".
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Catch! (Tsuji Shion album)
Catch! is the first studio album by Japanese singer Tsuji Shion.
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The Catch (2017 film)
2017 Canadian film
The Catch is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Holly Brace-Lavoie and released in 2017. The film stars Charli Birdgenaw as Morgan, a young girl with a passion for fly fishing, who struggles with the fact that boys don't want to date her because of her interest in an activity that isn't stereotypically feminine.
The cast also includes Nafsika Baloukas, Sara Bradeen, Hannah Dorozio, Billy Iliopoulos and Joseph Napolitano.
The film premiered at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2017.
The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018.
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Catch (The Cure song)
"Catch" is a song by English rock band The Cure released on 22 June 1987 as the second single from their album "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" (1987). It was only released as a single in the UK, where it charted at No. 27, and Europe.
Background.
The music video was shot at the home of Gisèle Tissier in Villa Beau Site, France. Tim Pope, who directed the majority of the band's videos through the 80s and 90s, recalled, “The whole location in Nice, France, stank of dog shit,'... 'Tortoises were everywhere, cooking in the sun like boil-in-a-bag crustaceans, and we found another room that was just like something Miss Havisham would have lived in. It was filled with rotting ballerinas’ dresses and rag dolls with maggots in. The elderly lady who owned the joint came down the spiral staircase, like Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard".”
Robert Smith, however, claimed that he only disliked one scene in the video claiming that former drummer and keyboardist Lol Tolhurst 'ruined it', saying, "We made this beautiful video and this old bastard in coal miner’s jeans wanders down the spiral staircase not even bothering to pretend he’s playing the violin.”
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Joyce Chu
Malaysian singer and actress (born 1997)
Joyce Chu (; born 7 March 1997), nicknamed "four-leaf clover" (), is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her viral songs "Malaysia Chabor" and "I Miss You", whose catchy melodies became internet sensation. In 2020, she participated in the Chinese girl group competition show "Produce Camp 2020 (Chuang 2020)", where she ranked 9th. She is now a solo singer.
Early life.
Joyce Chu is a local Malaysian Chinese of mixed Hainanese-Hokkien descent, born and raised in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. She has an older sister, Joana, and an older brother, Joey, who starred in some of her YouTube videos. She studied in Si Ling Secondary School in Singapore, but decided not to further her studies after completing GCE 'O' Level examination to focus on her career. She plays piano, guitar and ukulele.
Career.
In 2014, she was scouted by Namewee and joined his company label RED People. She debuted with the song "Malaysia Chabor". Upon debuting, the song instantly received widespread attention in Malaysia and she was launched into overnight stardom. The song was composed by Namewee, in the lyrics she tells others that she is a "Malaysian Chabor" (Malaysian girl), and not Korean which is what people assumed. The word 'chabor' means girl in Hokkien. The song spawned many covers and parodies. The music video has since reached over 30 million views on YouTube as of 2023.
In October 2014, Chu released a song "Your Little Round Hand" for the 100th anniversary of Doraemon. In November 2015, Chu release her debut self-titled EP, with three songs, and started debuting in Taiwan.
The lead song "I Miss You" from the EP, became an instant hit and went viral due to its catchy lyrics and melodies. This song was also covered by other celebrities and singers, such as Happy Polla and TFBoys, leading to a further rise in popularity. The MV has since garnered around 58 million views on YouTube. Subsequently, "I Miss You 2.0" featuring Namewee, and a Vietnamese version were released. The song later went viral due to an apparition in the video of what appeared to be a man plunging off of a roof, later speculated to be a trashbag.
In May 2016, she starred in the Singaporean comedy film, "Young & Fabulous". She is the lead role alongside Aloysius Pang, Jeffrey Xu and Joshua Tan in the film about cosplay. In June 2016, Chu was one of the main participants in the Chinese music reality show "Heroes of Remix," under the mentorship of Wang Leehom.
In December 2016, she released her second EP "Together / Merry Cold Christmas", with three songs. In 2017, she released a song titled "Simple Love" with local singer Michiyo Ho; and the cover song "The Never Old Legend" from Jacky Cheung. In December 2017, she released her first studio album ""Where It All Started"", with ten songs.
In 2018, Chu starred in Taiwanese web drama, "Music in Love". In 2019, she has a cameo in the Thailand romantic comedy film "Friend Zone", and is one of the Southeast Asian singers for its main OST. She also recorded the opening song for Chinese drama series "Le Coup de Foudre."
In April 2020, she acted in the Taiwanese drama series "I, Myself". She is one of the main cast in the self-healing themed series and acts in Taiwanese Hokkien. In May 2020, she participates in the Chinese girl group competition show "Produce Camp 2020 (Chuang 2020)", where she is one of the two trainees from Southeast Asia. She successfully entered the final round, and finished with 9th place.
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Catch Me (Jeri Lynne Fraser song)
1960 song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennet
"Catch Me" is a song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and was first recorded in 1960 by American teenage singer Jeri Lynne Fraser and released as the B-side of her single "Poor Begonia (Caught Pneumonia)" in August 1960.
Cliff Richard and the Shadows version.
Recording and release.
In September 1960, Cliff Richard and the Shadows recorded a version of "Catch Me" for Richard's album "21 Today", released in October 1961"." Writers Tepper and Bennet also wrote the group's single "The Young Ones" and went on to write a total of 21 songs for Richard. Cliff Richard and the Shadows also recorded a cover of another song originally by Fraser, "Lessons in Love" in August 1961 for their album "The Young Ones".
"Catch Me" was first released as a single in the US and Canada in January 1961 under the title "Catch Me, I'm Falling". The B-side was "'D' in Love", which was the B-side of the group previous single "I Love You". The following year, "Catch Me" was released as a single in Australia in April 1962 with the B-side "Tough Enough", written by Johnny Otis and Morris Riden and first released by Otis as a single in 1957. An EP titled "Forty Days" was released in the UK in March 1962 which included "Catch Me" and "Tough Enough" as well as two other songs from "21 Today": a cover of Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days", titled "Forty Days", and "How Wonderful to Know", a cover of the Italian song "Anema e core".
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Caught Up in You
"Caught Up in You" is a song by American Southern rock band 38 Special. It is the first single released from their 1982 studio album, "Special Forces