PLAYLISTS
GENRES
TRACKS
ALBUMS
Frogtoon Music
X
It Must Be Love - Music
It Must Be Love by Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre
Artist Biography For Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre Born June 25 1945 Is An English Poet Songwriter And Singer. Born The Fourth Of Five Children To A Barbadian/Belgian Mother And A Nigerian Father And Raised In Bayswater And Hampstead London He Was Educated At A Catholic Monastery School St Benedict's School In Ealing. His Musical Influences Included Thelonious Monk Miles Davis Charlie Mingus Jimmy Reed Wes Montgomery Billie Holiday Jimmy Reed And Mel Tormé. In July 1964 He Met His Partner Peter Lloyd And The Two Officially Became Partners Under The Civil Partnership Act 2004 When The Act Entered Into Force In December 2005. Siffre Released His First Six Albums Of Songs Between 1970 And 1975 And A Further Three Albums Between 1988 And 1998. During This Period He Had Several Solo Hits Including "It Must Be Love" No. 14 1971 Later Covered By And A No. 4 Hit For Madness For Which Siffre Himself Appeared In The Video "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" No. 11 1972 And "Watch Me" No. 29 1972 . In 1978 Two Of His Songs "Solid Love" Performed By Siffre And "We Got It Bad" Co-Written And Performed By Bob James Reached The UK Finals Of The BBC's A Song For Europe. His 1987 Hit " Something Inside So Strong" Which Reached No. 4 Was An Anti-Apartheid Anthem That Won The Ivor Novello Award For "Best Song Musically And Lyrically" And Has Since Been Used In Amnesty International Campaigns A Television Advertisement And Alice Walker's Film Against Female Genital Mutilation Warrior Marks. In 1997 Siffre's Play "DeathWrite" Was Staged At The Sherman Theatre In Cardiff And Later Televised. His Song "I Got The..." Was Sampled In Rapper Eminem's Hit Single "My Name Is " Though Siffre Objected To What He Described As "lazy Writing" And It Had To Be Edited To Get The Sample Cleared. In 1984 Siffre Began Writing Poetry And Has Since Released Three Books Of Poetry "Blood On The Page" 1995 And "Monument" 1997. His Poetry Addresses A Variety Of Themes From Theology And Childhood To Sociology Love Hate Language Critical Thinking And Communication. In 2006 He Released A New Album The Last Songs.
50 Similar Tracks:
Labi Siffre - Watch Me
Shuggie Otis - Someone's Always Singing
Stevie Wonder - I Believe When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever
Donnie & Joe Emerson - Baby
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You
Penny & The Quarters - You And Me
Tom Misch - IT RUNS THROUGH ME FEAT. DE LA SOUL
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Donny Hathaway - Love, Love, Love
Tom Misch - MOVIE
Labi Siffre - Cannock Chase
Donnie & Joe Emerson - Dream Full Of Dreams
Terry Callier - Ride Suite Ride Intro
Joan Armatrading - Heaven
Commodores - Still
Darondo - Didn't I
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me The Ecology
Brittany Howard - What Now
Brittany Howard - Red Flags
Heatwave - Boogie Nights
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
The Whispers - I'm Gonna Make You My Wife
Ringo Starr - Eye To Eye
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Blue Chair
Marvin Gaye - What's Happening Brother
Ringo Starr - Tommy's Holiday Camp
D'Angelo - Can't Hide Love live
John Martyn - Never Let Me Go
Brooke White - Keep Running
Jesse Brand - Tuggin On The Devil's Sleeve
Jesse Brand - Everything I Said To You
Jesse Brand - We Ain't Giving In Tonight
Jesse Brand - Off Her Feet
Jesse Brand - Carry On
Melanie C - Enemy
Parker Lewis - Cezanne
Lamont Dozier - Let Me Start Tonite
Jon McLaughlin - Always On My Mind
Amy Winehouse - You Sent Me Flying Definitive Edit
David Essex - You're In My Heart
Prefab Sprout - Falling In Love
Gloria Gaynor - Suddenly
Hot Chocolate - Love Me To Sleep
The Three Degrees - Love Is The Message
The Three Degrees - A Toast Of Love
George Michael - Heal The Pain Remastered 2006
The Whispers - Chocolate Girl
5000 Volts - Give That Lovin' To Me
Music Tags for It Must Be Love:
Soul
70s
Love
Great
WoopWoop
Pop
Beautiful
Covered
60s
Cover
HOME
LABI SIFFRE
POPULAR
TRACKS
MIXES
ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50
X
Play mix based on this
Play lyric videos
Share
Max