CeCe Peniston

Released: January 28, 1992

Songwriter: Denise Rich Michael O’Hara George Lyter

Producer: David Morales

[Verse 1]
Got my heart on an island
Far away out of reach
Didn't believe in relying
On anyone else but me
'Til the day that I saw you
In my harbor of love beckoning
It made me wanna go out and swim out
Place my fear of the storm at sea

[Chorus]
Baby, throw out your lifeline
I'm sinking, baby, rescue me
I'm beggin' you, throw out your lifeline
Shipwrecked with emotion
When you rock the ocean in me

[Verse 2]
I met you when it was sunny
What about when it rained
It's not all milk and honey
I'm used to feeling the pain
My mind says run for shelter
My heart says too much to gain
By trusting your loving
Knowing how the weather can change

[Chorus]
Baby, throw out your lifeline
I'm sinking, baby, rescue me
I'm beggin' you, throw out your lifeline
Shipwrecked with emotion
When you rock the ocean in me

[Bridge]
Throw your lifeline out and I'll hang on
Be the chain of love
That keeps us growing strong

[Chorus]
Baby, throw out your lifeline
I'm sinking, baby, rescue me
I'm beggin' you, throw out your lifeline
Shipwrecked with emotion
When you rock the ocean in me

CeCe Peniston is an R&B and dance singer/songwriter known for her international ‘90s pop hit “Finally.” The Phoenix, Arizona native got her start doing demos and background vocals for rapper Overweight Pooch. Though she didn’t have a lot of time to work on her debut album Finally, it still yielded multiple hit singles like “Keep On Walkin,” “We Got a Love Thang,” and the sentimental soul ballad “Inside That I Cried” that landed in the Top 20 Billboard charts in Pop, Dance and/or R&B categories.

For her 1994 follow-up, Thought Ya Knew, CeCe forged into more R&B territory with the Soulshock & Karlin-produced lead single “I’m In The Mood”. The album also yielded the hit singles “I’m Not Over You” and “Hit By Love”.

Label shake-ups affected the success of her third album I’m Movin' On, but the singles “Movin' On” and her remake of Jocelyn Brown’s dance classic “Somebody Else’s Guy” still made impact on both sides of the Atlantic.

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