英國歌壇天王［喬治麥可］──中東風合成流行／舞曲－－［The Strangest Thing 97／最怪異的事物 97］

 

Take my life

Time has been twisting the knife

I dont recognize

People I care for

Take my dreams

Childish and weak at the seams

Please dont analyze

Please just be there for me

The things that I know

Nobody told me

The seeds that are sown

They still control me

Theres a liar in my head

Theres a thief upon my bed

And the strangest thing

Is I cannot seem to get my eyes open

Take my hand

Lead me to some peaceful land

That I cannot find

Inside my head

Wake me, with love

Its all, all I need

But in all this time

Still no one said

If I had not asked

Would you have told me

If you call this love

Why dont you hold me?

Theres a liar in my head

Theres a thief upon my bed

And the strangest thing

Is I cannot seem to get my eyes open

Make love to me, send love to me

Make love to me, please, please

Make love to me, send love to me

Heal me with your crime

The only one who ever knew me

Weve wasted so much time

So much time

My life, my life, my life, my life

Take my life

Take my life

Take my life

Take my life, eyes opened

 

在經歷與SONY纏訟多年的官司後　

１９９６年５月　英國歌壇巨星喬治麥可（George Michael）推出睽違五年半的第三張大碟〔Older／歷久彌新〕（Virgin／Aegean／DreamWorks發行）

歌曲由他個人譜寫（除兩首合寫）／製作, 展現更成熟的內容與音樂風格, 獲得良好評價,

登上英國以及許多國家的排行榜王座

 

１９９７年９月　３４歲的英國歌壇天王喬治麥可（George Michael）發行［Older］大碟第六也是最後一首主打［You Have Been Loved／The Strangest Thing 97］

這是他第二首雙A面單曲

其中後者由喬治譜寫, 專輯板被他製作成一首中東風格的合成流行／舞曲

在中板的節拍間, 麥可以輕柔的呢喃嗓音詮釋, 營造出神秘氛圍

單曲版［The Strangest Thing 97／最怪異的事物97］由喬治與Jon Douglas重新混音成更Funky, 節奏性更明顯的風格

 

［You Have Been Loved／The Strangest Thing ＇97］登上英倫單曲榜亞軍　成為大碟第六首Top３熱門曲  拿到銀唱片（２０萬張＋）（1997年終#72）

（擋住它冠軍之位的剛好是另一首紀念黛安娜王妃的歌曲──艾爾頓強（Elton John）［Candle In The Wind  97］

國際：比利時荷語區／丹麥＃７

愛爾蘭＃１１　荷蘭＃２１＆４４　瑞典５３　澳洲＃７５

歐洲榜＃９

 

 

The Strangest Thing 97 (Radio Version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ensk74yDmBE

 

Album Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfxdX0I9PTc

 

George Michael - The Strangest Thing 97 [The Best Of, 1998]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tegTZ_Tqq9M

 

(loop ratz mix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKn6wlxRYKE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU5hw4v1eFQ

 

3-10-1996 rehearsal from Greek TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slxQhRn_oPQ

 

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh1tUdpbrO4