Sinéad O’Connor

Songwriter: Cole Porter

Producer: Sinéad O’Connor Phil Ramocon

While tearing off
A game of golf
I may make a play for the caddy
But if I do
I don't follow through
'Cause my heart
Belongs to Daddy

If I invite a boy some night
To dine on my fine
Finnan haddie
I just adore his
Asking for more
But my heart belongs to Daddy

Yes my heart belongs to Daddy
So I simply couldn't be bad
Yes my heart belongs to Daddy
Lalala, lalala, lalala

So I want to warn you, laddie
Tho' I know you perfectly swell
That my heart belongs to Daddy
'Cause my daddy, he treats me so well

While tearing off
A game of golf
I may make a play for the caddy
But if I do
I don't follow through
'Cause my heart belongs to Daddy

And if I invite a boy some night
To dine on my fine
Finnan heddie
I just adore
His asking for more
But my heart belongs to Daddy

Yes my heart belongs to Daddy
So I simply couldn't be bad
Yes my heart belongs to Daddy
Lalala, aauuhhhoo

So I want to warn you, laddie
Tho' I know you perfectly swell
That my heart belongs to Daddy
And my Daddy, he treats me so well
He treats me so well

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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