Alannah Myles

At any given moment
You could be gone
I swear, I need a weather vane
A sweeter warning

Of all the roles I've taken
There isn't anyone
That I wouldn't play
For another morning

Well, it ain't wrong, baby
'Cause it dares me to say
I belong here
It just is, that's all

While you were sleeping
There was a mutiny
Love became your enemy

I know, it ain't wrong, baby
But it dares me to say
You belong here
It just is, that's all

So, I'll break my code
Can you share the motherload?
Still so far to go
Can we share the motherload?

Oh motherload, oh mother, mother, motherload
Oh motherload, oh can we all, hear me all, motherload
Motherload, motherload, baby, baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh, can you share the motherload?
Aha, oh, oh, oh, oh, can you s-s-share the motherload?

So, I break my code
Can you share the motherload?
Still so far to go
Can you share the motherload?

So, I break my code
Can you share the motherload?
Am I on my own?
Or will you share the motherload?

Still so far to go
Can you share the motherload?
Can you share the motherload?

When Alannah Myles played the role of a young aspiring singer on an episode of The Kids Of Degrassi Street, it was more than just an act. Less than a decade later, the daughter of Canadian Hall Of Fame Broadcaster William Douglas Byles would be a Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer best known for her 1990 international hit “Black Velvet”.

Myles (who changed her last name from Byles as a teen) began writing songs at nine and was participating in Toronto’s Kiwanis Music Festival at twelve. While gigging solo at nineteen across southern Ontario, songwriter/musician Christopher Ward invited her to form a rock and blues cover band with him. During this time Ward became MuchMusic’s first VJ.

Ward spent seven years trying to get Myles signed. He produced a three song demo for her, and her entertainment lawyer Stephen Stohn came up with the idea of making a ‘video demo’ of Myles singing “Just One Kiss”. This finally attracted Warner Music Canada in 1987. The demo was passed along to Warner’s US affiliate labels and Atlantic Records also took interest.

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