Cher

Released: January 1, 2013

Songwriter: Samuel Preston Mark Taylor Cher

Producer: Mark Taylor

[Verse 1]
I slip into my shoes and slide into the night
I'm on the loose, you're in my sights
You know it's gonna hurt you, but it's just no use
You fall in love, they always do
And I'm waiting for the next one to fall

[Chorus]
I'm dressed to kill and you know that I will
We're dancing in the dark with my hands around your heart
Our heads will roll and blood will spill
But how can you resist?
When baby, I am dressed to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill

[Verse 2]
Another lover struggles, but it's all in vein
You wear the scars, and lipstick stains
And he can't even see he's just another one
It's far too late
He's too far gone
And I'm waiting for the next one to fall

[Chorus]
I'm dressed to kill and you know that I will
We're dancing in the dark with my hands around your heart
Our heads will roll and blood will spill
But how can you resist?
When baby, I am dressed to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill
How can you resist?
When baby, I am dressed to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill

[Bridge]
You know I'm the only one
I can make you come undone
And you'll be a part of me, from now until eternity

[Chorus]
I'm dressed to kill and you know that I will
We're dancing in the dark with my hands around your heart
Our heads will roll and blood will spill
But how can you resist?
When baby, I am dressed to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill
Baby, I am dressed to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill, to kill

Cher is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model, fashion designer, television host, comedian, dancer, businesswoman, philanthropist, author, film producer, director, and record producer.

Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband–wife duo Sonny & Cher after their first hit, “I Got You Babe”. She began her solo career simultaneously, releasing in 1966 her first million-seller song, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”. After the duo had lost its young audience owing to their monogamous, anti-drug lifestyle during the period of the sexual revolution and the rise of the drug culture, she returned to stardom in the 1970s as a television personality with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run, and Cher. She became a fashion trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows. While working on television, she established herself as a solo artist with the number-one singles “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves”, “Half-Breed”, and “Dark Lady”. After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, Cher’s much-publicized personal life led to a decline in her career, although she launched a minor comeback in 1979 with the disco-oriented album Take Me Home and earned $300,000 a week for her 1980–1982 residency show in Las Vegas.

In the early 1980s, Cher made her Broadway debut, and then starred in the film Silkwood. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1983. In the ensuing years, she starred in films such as Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck. She made her directorial debut in the 1996 film If These Walls Could Talk. At the same time, she established herself as a rock singer by releasing platinum albums such as Heart of Stone (1989) and top-ten singles such as “I Found Someone” and “If I Could Turn Back Time”. She reached a new commercial peak in 1998 with the song “Believe”, which features the pioneering use of Auto-Tune, also known as the “Cher effect”. Her 2002–2005 Living The Farewell Tour ended up as the highest-grossing music tour by a female artist then. In 2008, she signed a $60 million per-year deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years. After seven years of absence, she returned to film in the 2010 musical Burlesque. Cher’s first studio album in 12 years, Closer to the Truth, became her highest-charting solo album in the U.S. to date.

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