Bette Midler

Songwriter: Bette Midler Randy Kerber

Producer: Arif Mardin

You drove into town like the wind
Hot on the heels of the rain
And in your eyes all was calm
That's why they call you Hurricane

You blow me away
You blow me away

Ooh, what a powerful force
Howling around in my brain
Knocking me down with your touch
Mmm, that's why they call you Hurricane

You blow me away
Oh, oh, you blow me away

Hurricane gonna kill me!
Honey, you sure do thrill me!
Swallow me without a sound
Hurricane is a-rising
Hot and so surprising
Forecast warns I'm gonna drown
Blow me and swell me on down

You blow me away
You blow me away!
Ah, ah-mmm, blow me away

Hurricane gonna kill me!
Ah, honey you sure do thrill me!
Swallow me without a sound
Hurricane is a-rising
Hot and so surprising!
Forecast warns I'm gonna drown
Baby, just go on down!

Leave broken hearts in your wake
I ain't the one to complain, no, no, no!
You blow all the lives that you take
Give me a ride, won't you Hurricane?

You blow me away
You blow me away
Oh, Hurricane, blow me away
You, only you, blow me away, ahh

Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me
Spinnin' me around and around
Don't let me down
Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me
Hurry, hurry, Hurricane

Tell me you love me
He really does love me
Spinnin' me around and around
Don't let me down
Hurricane is rising, it keeps surprising me
Hurry, hurry, Hurricane

Baby, you and I sky high!
You and I sky high!
Baby, you and I sky high!
You and I sky high!
Destiny is calling me
All I want is calling me away

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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