Belinda Carlisle
Singer Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle is the lead singer and a founding member of one of my favorite 80's groups, The Go-Go's, which is one of the most successful all-female bands in music history. After her Go-Go's days, Carlisle would go on to score six top-thirty singles and three top-forty albums in a chart-topping solo career of her own.
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The Go-Go's Days
Belinda Jo Kerzcheski (later Belinda Carlisle) was born August 17, 1958, in Hollywood, California. After her high school years were over, Belinda elected to forgo college and pursue her musical career. After a brief stint with the punk band The Germs, Carlisle teamed up with her friend Jane Wiedlin, to form The Go-Go's in 1978. The pair then recruited Kathy Valentine, Gina Schock and Charlotte Caffey to round out the group.
The Go-Go's debut album Beauty and the Beat spawned the hit releases "We Got the Beat" and "Our Lips Are Sealed" and went double platinum, while the albums Vacation and Talk Show offered more hit singles to the '80s music scene. The Go-Go's would revolutionize the pop landscape in the 1980s, and became the first all-female group to top the US charts.
Solo Career
Belinda Carlisle's solo career began in 1985 after The Go-Go's broke up. Her first album, 1986's Belinda, was a resounding success. Featuring the number three hit single "Mad About You," the record went gold and established her as a viable individual artist. The following year, Carlisle released Heaven on Earth, which turned out to be her biggest solo success to date. The record featured the number one title track, the number two single "I Get Weak," and the Top Ten "Circle in the Sand." Runaway Horses, released in 1989, was another successful album, spawning the hit singles "Leave a Light On" and "Summer Rain." However 1991's Live Your Life Be Free, failed to make the charts. Real, released in 1993, didn't revive Carlisle's career and she subsequently joined the re-formed Go-Go's in 1994. The Go-Go's reunion was short-lived, and Carlisle returned to solo recording in 1996 with A Woman and a Man. A string of collections and compilations followed, as well as another Go-Go's reunion. Carlisle's latest effort, Voila, was released in 2007 on the record label Rykodisc.
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"Heaven is a Place on Earth" Video
"Heaven is a Place on Earth" Lyrics
#1 Hit in 1987
When the night falls down
I wait for you
And you come around
And the world's alive
With the sound of kids
On the street outside
When you walk into the room
You pull me close and we start to move
And we're spinning with the stars above
And you lift me up in a wave of love
Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth ?
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
When I feel alone
I reach for you
And you bring me home
When I'm lost at sea
I hear your voice
And it carries me
In this world we're just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby I was afraid before
But I'm not afraid anymore
Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth ?
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
Carlisle Links
- Belinda Carlisle Fansite
Comprehensive details on Belinda. - Wikipedia Entry
Wikipedia article on Carlisle.
Belinda Carlisle Discography
Belinda
Released by IRS Records in 1986.
Produced by Michael Lloyd.
Mad About You
I Need A Disguise
Since You've Gone
I Feel The Magic
I Never Wanted A Rich Man
Band of Gold
Gotta Get To You
From The Heart
Shot In The Dark
Stuff and Nonsense
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Heaven on Earth
Released by Virgin Records in 1987.
Produced by Rick Nowels.
Heaven Is A Place On Earth (4:05)
Circle In The Sand (4:26)
I Feel Free (4:49)
Should I Let You In (4:15)
World Without You (4:42)
I Get Weak (4:50)
We Can Change (3:45)
Fool For Love (3:57)
Nobody Owns Me (3:12)
Love Never Dies... (5:16)
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Runaway Horses
Released by Virgin Records in 1989.
Produced by Rick Nowels.
Leave A Light On
Runaway Horses
Vision of You
Summer Rain
La Luna
(We Want) The Same Thing
Deep Deep Ocean
Valentine
Whatever It Takes
Shades of Michaelangelo
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Live Your Life Be Free
Released by Virgin Records in 1991.
Produced by Rick Nowels, Richard Feldman, Eric Prissly and David Munday.
Live Your Life Be Free
Do You Feel Like I Feel?
Half The World
You Came Out Of Nowhere
You're Nothing Without Me
I Plead Insanity
Emotional Highway
Little Black Book
Love Revolution
World of Love
Loneliness Game
Belinda's Greatest Hits
Released by Virgin Records in 1992
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
(We Want) The Same Thing
Circle In The Sand
Leave A Light On
Little Black Book
Summer Rain
Vision Of You
Live Your Life Be Free
I Get Weak
La Luna
I Plead Insanity
World Without You
Do You Feel Like I Feel?
Half The World
Runaway Horses
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Her Greatest Hits
Released by MCA Records in 1992
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
I Get Weak
I Feel The Magic
Half The World
Gotta Get To You
Leave A Light On
Circle In The Sand
Mad About You
I Feel Free
Summer Rain
Live You Life Be Free
Vision Of You
Do You Feel Like I Feel?
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Real
Released by Virgin Records in 1993.
Produced by Ralph Schuckett and Charlotte Caffey.
Good Bye Day (4:39)
Big Scary Animal (4:08)
Too Much Water (5:16)
Lay Down Your Arms (4:38)
Where Love Hides (4:57)
One With You (5:11)
Wrap My Arms (4:27)
Tell Me (5:32)
Windows Of The World (3:26)
Here Comes My Baby (4:37)
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Released by Rykodisc Records in 2007.
Produced by John Reynolds
Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp
Bonnie et Clyde
Avec le Temps
Sous le Ciel de Paris
Des Ronds Dans L'Eau
Pourtant Tu M'aimes
Ne Me Quitte Pas
La Vie en Rose
Contact
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