Neneh Cherry

Songwriter: Joe Skeete Steve Douglas

Producer: Mark Saunders Booga Bear

I wasn't born
Born to stay
Thought that I'd buy you
A golden ring
A golden ring for your finger
Yeah
A golden ring for your finger
I was a woman
That was born to travel
I'd go anywhere
That whims would allow
Now I'm going to buy a ring
A golden ring for your finger
A golden ring for your finger
A golden ring for your finger
I thought you'd never
Ever relate
To a stranger
Of a thousand years to late
Now I'm going to buy a ring
Yeah
A golden ring for your finger
A golden ring for your finger
I thought you'd never
Ever relate
To a stranger
Of a thousand years to late
Now I'm going to buy a ring
Yeah
A golden ring for your finger
A golden ring for your finger
A golden ring for your finger

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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