Neneh Cherry

Released: February 25, 2014

This mind is weak my pulse is strong
Pushing weights I must be doing it wrong
Within pain I can't keep up any long
But they won't get me another, no

Moving in circles but I'm wasting away
Chasing my tag still past the late

[Chorus]
So I'm pulling at the first string
Spending money like it's going out of fashion
Keep on dancing but I can't find my right moves
Still I'm weightless
Busy shrugging off the first thing
Dripping honey like a fool without a passion
Keep on dancing but I don't fit the right shoes
Am I weightless?

Out of my seat!

Mind is weak, my heart is strong
Take with their car before it takes too long
See my voice on a liquid phone
Service myself when I'm all alone

Give a room a personal clue
And I hope you got to where the grass is greener

[Chorus]

[Bridge x 2]
Hold your breath
Watch your step
Watch your step
Hold your breath
Cause it ain't over
Till the fat lady sings

Baby, come on
Come on come on come on
Baby, oh
Come on
Weightless
Still I'm weightless
Oh yes baby
Still I'm weightless

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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