Alannah Myles

Nothin' in your pocket, something up your sleeve
You look right up my alley, coming down my street
The gun goes off at midnight, whistle blows at dawn
Give me half the morning and we'll carry on

Straight from your hip, make a backbone slip
Right in front of my eyes like a sweet surprise - hey hey hey-yeah

Bet you're gonna find a little foolin' on your mind
Soon you're gonna feel a little tuggin' on your line
Bet you're gonna be a little nervous boy
Run for cover and jump for joy

You make me happy without even trying, you make me happy every time, oh yeah

Gotta roll with the punch, stagger with the kiss
Follow what you feel on a night like this
Gotta raise up your flag, holler in the street
Someone's throwing roses all around your feet

Straight from your lips, you're gonna let it slip
It's there in your eyes so don't apologize - hey hey hey-yeah

Bet you're gonna find a little foolin' on your mind
Soon you're gonna feel a little tuggin' on your line
Bet you're gonna be a little nervous boy
Run for cover and jump for joy

You make me happy without even trying, you make me happy every time, oh yeah

Hey hey hey-yeah

Bet you're gonna find a little foolin' on your mind
Soon you're gonna feel a little tuggin' on your line
Bet you're gonna be a little nervous boy, oh

You make me happy every time, you make me happy without even trying
You make me happy every time, oh yeah...

When Alannah Myles played the role of a young aspiring singer on an episode of The Kids Of Degrassi Street, it was more than just an act. Less than a decade later, the daughter of Canadian Hall Of Fame Broadcaster William Douglas Byles would be a Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer best known for her 1990 international hit “Black Velvet”.

Myles (who changed her last name from Byles as a teen) began writing songs at nine and was participating in Toronto’s Kiwanis Music Festival at twelve. While gigging solo at nineteen across southern Ontario, songwriter/musician Christopher Ward invited her to form a rock and blues cover band with him. During this time Ward became MuchMusic’s first VJ.

Ward spent seven years trying to get Myles signed. He produced a three song demo for her, and her entertainment lawyer Stephen Stohn came up with the idea of making a ‘video demo’ of Myles singing “Just One Kiss”. This finally attracted Warner Music Canada in 1987. The demo was passed along to Warner’s US affiliate labels and Atlantic Records also took interest.

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