I could have sworn that I have already covered Fragma’s – Toca’s Miracle from 2001 but it looks like I didn’t.
While searching, I noticed that there has been a re-release of the song at the start of July 2022 by Coco Star who created the lyrics back in 1996 for ‘I need a miracle’.
The song was released as a track on Fragma’s album Toca in 2001 with the instrumental Toca Me also included on the album.,
The song was released on the Spinnin’ Records label.
Lyrics:
If you’re gonna save the day And you’re hearin’ what I say I feel your touch Your kiss, it’s not enough And if you believe in me Don’t think my love’s not for real I won’t take nothin’ less then a deeper love
Let me tell you, you know Aah, I need a miracle I need a miracle It’s more than physical What I need to feel from you Let me tell you, you know Aah, I need a miracle I need a miracle It’s more than physical What I need to get me through
Tell me that you understand And you’ll take me as I am You’ll always be the one to give me everything Just when I thought no one cared You’re the answer to my prayer You lift my spirits high Come on and rescue me
Let me tell you, you know Aah, I need a miracle I need a miracle It’s more than physical What I need to feel from you Let me tell you, you know Aah, I need a miracle I need a miracle It’s more than physical What I need to get me through
Let me tell you, you know Aah, I need a miracle I need a miracle It’s more than physical What I need to feel from you Let me tell you, you know Aah, I need a miracle I need a miracle It’s more than physical What I need to get me through
For a couple of months, I had been using Deezer almost exclusively but now I seem to be back on Spotify with absolutely no reason for me to use it over the other.
The track selection has been good, the UI is neat but how and never, I always feel drawn back to Spotify. The high fidelity audio option is a really nice touch and worth it on it’s own.
Discoverability is somewhat lacking. Deezer seems to have a look at it’s close circle of artists that you listen to and gives a small list of artists outside before roping you back to square one.
Most of the artists that I would be listening to are from Japan and they would be putting their music on Spotify over Deezer and any promotions either point them to Spotify, YouTube or LINE (LINE is only available within Japan)
I seem to be at a crossroads when it comes to finding city pop / future funk music. So my attention turned to Bandcamp and this opened a massive can of worms.
Bandcamp doesn’t have an official desktop client. There is a 3rd party one that is literally just the website in PWA with keyboard shortcuts. The music discoverability appears to be better on the one hand and the fact that I can subscribe to a LABEL rather than just the artist is very nice.
Bandcamp’s search is good too as it’s able to show new music in a particular genre or by a label.
I wasn’t sure if this was the best way to ‘support’ or ‘listen’ to an artist or whether something like Spotify/SoundCloud/YouTube was the way to go:
One thing I do like about Bandcamp is the ability to support artists by buying their album or a set price or you can contribute more.
Some artists/labels have the ability to purchase full discographies which you can download and listen to offline is a really nice touch.
(Source: https://music.businesscasual.biz/ – I have already purchased this for $5 but it’s nice that their entire collection can be bought for just $1! )
Overall, I have decided to go back to Spotify for most of my listening but from time-to-time, Bandcamp.
A simpler time, back in 1999, we had some classic hits like Mysterious Times (#52), Missing (#18) and It feels so good (Coming in #74)
2 Times by Ann Lee has always been a bop in nightclubs across UK, Ireland and beyond.
The YouTube video has the following about Ann Lee:
Ann Lee is a British Eurodance singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She is known solely for her 1999 hit single “2 Times”.
Having moved to live in Italy in the late 1980s, Lee was talent-scouted, and was used as the lead singer on a series of Eurodance singles, issued under various aliases. These have included Charme, Anne, Ally & Jo, DJ Space’C, Lolita, A Kay BJ, Alex, Wienna and TH Express.[citation needed] She also released a few Eurobeat solo singles on the Italian label A.Beat-C. under the names Annerley Gordon and Annalise. Gordon is credited with contributing to the composition of “Rhythm of the Night”, released in Italy in December 1993 on the DWA record label, by the Eurodance project Corona.
Her first solo single under the name “Ann Lee” was “2 Times”, originally released in 1998. It was re-released in early 1999 and became a Top 10 hit in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Norway, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. It also hit number 2 in her native United Kingdom, and reached number one in Flanders and Denmark. In Canada it reached number 14 on the singles chart. “2 Times” was featured in the 2001 film Head Over Heels as the movie’s theme song.
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