Robbie Williams

Released: September 27, 1997

Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

[Verse 1]
Ask me why
I say it's most unusual
How can I even try to explain

[Chorus]
Why today I feel like dancing
Singing like lovers sing
When I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing

[Verse 2]
Ask me when (ah)
I say it started when I met you (ah)
And ever since then I knew that the past couldn't last

[Chorus]
For right now I think I'm running
A race I know I'm gonna win
And I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing

[Bridge]
If people say I'm crazy, I tell them that it's true
Let them watch with amazement
Say it won't last beyond breakfast
It's a phase he's going through
Denigrate or speculate on what I'm going through
Because it ain't the sort of thing I'd normally do

[Verse 3]
Ask me what (ah)
I say I think it's good for you (ah)
Believe it or not, I know where it's all leading to
I feel like taking all my clothes off
And dancing to the Rite of Spring
And I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing

[Chorus]
I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing
I wouldn't normally do this kind of-
Wouldn't normally do this kind of-
Wouldn't normally do this kind of thing

One of Britain’s biggest pop acts, Robbie Williams is an English singer-songwriter. He originally rose to fame in boy band Take That but left the group in 1995 to pursue a solo career.

He released his debut album, Life Thru a Lens, in 1997. Although slow to take off, after the success of single “Angels”, the album rose to No.1 in the UK charts. Then his second album, I’ve Been Expecting You, became an even bigger success. Released in 1998, it produced hits “Millennium”, “Strong” and “She’s the One”.

His success continued on third album Sing When You’re Winning, released in 2000, which contains hits “Rock DJ”, “Kids” and “Supreme”; fourth album Swing When You’re Winning (2001) a compilation of big band standards, with single “Somethin' Stupid”; fifth album Escapology (2002), which contains the hit “Feel”; sixth album Intensive Care (2005) with hits “Tripping” and “Sin Sin Sin”.

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