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Singer/songwriter and spoken word artist Ingrid Chavez returns with her long-awaited recording of Madonna’s groundbreaking 1990 number 1 hit, "Justify My Love".
The one-time Prince muse and ex-wife of avant art-rock auteur David Sylvian was the lyrical engine behind the steamy poetic/erotic meditation, alongside co-writers Lenny Kravitz and Andre Betts. To mark the iconic song's landmark 30th anniversary, Chavez issues her own version of the timeless classic that's as infectious and narcotic as the electrifying original.
Ingrid teams up with Danish producer/multi-musician Mashti to deliver an intimate, sparsely layered seduction suffused with sleek organic rhythms, supple melodies, breathy lustful vocals and a husky, percolating funk-fueled groove.
"Justify My Love" is the latest offering from the inimitable song stylist who's worked with an impressive cadre of artists including Prince, David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Hurn, Ganga, Vanessa Daou, Deep Dive Corp. and Hush Forever.
Released December 18th via her own Ten Windows Records label imprint, the single follows Chavez's acclaimed 2019 studio album 'Memories Of Flying' (and accompanying singles "Light Rays", "Snow-Blind", "All The Love In The World" and "You Gave Me Wings"), and her recently-released lauded collaboration with Charles Webster, "The Spell", remixed by Burial (out now on Dimension Recordings).
lyrics
I want to kiss you in Paris
I want to hold your hand in Rome
I want to run naked in a rainstorm
Make love in a train cross country
You put this in me, so now what?
So, now what?
Wanting, needing, waiting
For you to justify my love (my love)
I'm hoping, and praying
For you to justify my love
I want to know you
Not like that
I don't want to be your mother
I don't want to be your sister either
I just want to be your lover
I just want to be your baby
Kiss me, that's right, kiss me
Wanting, needing, waiting
For you to justify my love (my love)
Yearning and burning
For you to justify my love
Yeah
What are you gonna do?
What are you gonna do?
Talk to me, tell me your dreams
Am I in them?
Tell me your fears
Are you scared?
Tell me your stories
I'm not afraid of who you are
We can fly
Poor is the man
Whose pleasure depends
On the permission of another
Love me, that's right, love me
I just want to be your baby
Wanting, needing, waiting
For you to justify my love (my love)
I'm open and ready
For you to justify my love (my love)
Ready (my love)
For you to justify my love (my love)
I'm open (my love)
For you to justify my love
Ready and open
For you to justify my love (my love)
I’m yearning (my love)
For you to justify my love (my love)
Burning, ready
For you to justify my love (my love, my love)
Justify My Love
For you to justify my love
credits
released December 18, 2020
Producer: Mashti
Additional Production: Peter Musebrink
Executive Producer: Ingrid Chavez, Michael Abrahm Pearson
All instruments by Mashti except guitar by Sebastian Lilja
Graphic Design: Jesse Hayes for Anansi+Hayes
Famed songwriter/singer Ingrid Chavez is taking flight anew with intriguing new collaborations-now working with Charles
Webster, Mashti, Deep Dive Corp., Hush Forever, and David Hurn.
Chavez is best known for her collaborations with artists that include Prince,Madonna, David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Lenny Kravitz.
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