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January 16, 2009 Flashback Vid: Soul II Soul – Back To Life
The flashback video this Friday is “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” a song by British R&B band Soul II Soul. It appeared on their debut album Club Classics Vol. I, (Keep On Movin’ in the U.S.) and was released as its second single. Can I get an amen if you remember this 1989 classic jam! View the video after the jump –
Sade
January 16, 2009 at 11:15 am
I love her, this is Alexandra Burke’s mama, you can see that the voice runs in the family!
TIFFANY
January 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm
this group was the bomb back in the day
BrittneyB
January 16, 2009 at 1:48 pm
This is tha jam still to this day and still rings true! Howeva do you need me!!!!
Thanks Love
Mark
January 16, 2009 at 5:05 pm
Hi
This track was is and always will be a classic!
However, one thing that is yanking my chain is these references to Alexandra Burke’s mother as the lead singer with Soul II Soul.
Alexandra’s mother is Melissa Bell. The lead singer with Soul II Soul was the amazing Caron Wheeler. The lead vocal on Back To Life was DEFINITELY Caron Wheeler, so unless Melissa Bell’s stage name was Caron Wheeler,(and I can find no evidence online that it was)then the public is being misled by the X-Factor publicity machine.
Don’t get me wrong, I love Alexandra Burke and reckon she’s going to be HUGE, it just bugs me that the minimum of research can prove this claim to be inaccurate or untrue.
Mark
January 16, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Further to my previous post, on the official Soul II Soul site, Melissa Bell & Caron Wheeler are listed as separate vocalists on different recordings.
Melissa sang lead on about three tracks that I could see. Neone of which were “Keep On Movin’” or “Back To Life”, their biggest hits. Caron Wheeler sang lead on both of those.
Whilst I might seem pedantic, I think it’s important to give credit to singers where it’s due, Caron Wheeler sang these two songs and HER brilliance on them should not be falsely attributed to someone else.
NubianGoddez
January 16, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Wow B you took me wayyyyyyyy back this was my group!!! ahhhhhhhhh sucky, sucky, sucky now, I’m feeling mighty ire right about now, getting my dranky drank on!!
nycathart
January 16, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Now that’s good music!
Thanks B for taking me back!
Me
January 17, 2009 at 12:12 am
Mark called it. I don’t keep up with X-Factor so I was lost with the reference, but I did know that this was, in fact, Caron Wheeler singing lead on this song. She later went solo.
Ally
February 5, 2009 at 11:29 pm
I love this song with all my heart