Neneh Cherry

Released: February 25, 2014

I thought you were gone, out of my life
I'm not surprised, clever disguise
But you're like a demon want to feed
Into satisfy real lies

Monkeys on my back
Holding me down
Black dogs in the corner
Looking up at me

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I'm superstitious spit three times over my shoulder
I hit the ground hard
It's you, I'm addicted to you
I got the fever in me

Sneak in the dark, snuck to my bed
Crawling my spine, time has gone by
Know how you hide, clever disguise
Little time flies, it's how I get by

But you're like an old friend or an enemy
Holding me down
Black dogs in the corner
Looking up at me

[Chorus]

How is it gonna go? Baby you know
You're the fever that's me

[Chorus]

How is it gonna go? Leave me alone
You're addicted to me
Leave me alone
Leave me alone
I'm addicted to you

Neneh Mariann Karlsson was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Her mother raised her in a commune with her stepfather, jazz musician Don Cherry (father of Eagle Eye Cherry).

She moved to London in the 1980s and immersed herself in the Bristol music scene (where Massive Attack and Portishead would form), getting involved with bands such as The Cherries, The Slits, New Age Steppers, Rip Rig + Panic and Float Up CP.

But it was her collaboration with the duo Morgan-McVey, who released only the one single “Looking Good Diving”, that would be the springboard to launch her into international stardom. The single’s B-side featured Cherry rapping over the A-side’s instrumental tracks with what later became the lyrics to her 1988 debut breakout single “Buffalo Stance” (its music reworked by Bomb The Bass' Tim Simenon) – which reached the top 10 in eleven countries.

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