Sinéad O’Connor

Released: August 11, 2014

Songwriter: Kemar McGregor Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: John Reynolds

[Verse 1]
I wanna be a real full woman
Yeah and live
Like a real full woman
Every day
And I wanna make love like a real full woman
Every day
Yeah I said I wanna make love like a real full woman

[Chorus]
Don't stop me talking 'bout love
How'm I gonna find what I'm dreaming of
Don't stop me talking 'bout love
I got to find what I'm dreaming of

[Verse 2]
Always gotta be the lioness
Taking care of everybody else
A woman like me needs love
A woman like me needs a man to be
Stronger than herself

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
A sweet man to cling to
And whisper sweet things to
Cause a full woman must do
What a full woman must do
How about I be me
And you be you
And you be you
How about I be me
And you be you
How about I be me

[Chorus]

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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