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Artist: Laura Branigan
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US singer, songwriter and actress, born 3 July 1952 in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York; died 26 August 2004 in East Quogue, Suffolk County, New York, aged 52. Laura Branigan studied at Byram Hills High School, Armonk, graduating in June 1970, then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Manhattan, from 1970 to 1972. Her recording career began in 1972, with folk group Meadow. She toured with [a=Leonard Cohen] in 1976, as a backing singer on his first European tour. [a=Ahmet Ertegun] and [a=Doug Morris] signed her to [l=Atlantic] Records in 1979. Her first Atlantic single, [Link] charted at no. 62. Her next single, a remake of [a=Umberto Tozzi]'s "[Link]" charted at no. 2 in the US. Branigan's music was influenced by [a=Donna Summer], [a=Aretha Franklin], [a=Gladys Knight], and [a=Stevie Nicks]. Her big hits included "[Link]", "[Link]", "[Link]" and "[Link]". After the release of her seventh album [Link] for Atlantic in 1993, she semi-retired from the music industry to care for her husband, Larry Kruteck, who was suffering from cancer. He died in 1996. Alongside her recording career, Branigan starred in the films 'Mugsy's Girls' (1985) and 'Backstage' (1988), and appeared on several TV shows, including "CHiPS" (1983), "Automan" (1984)' and "Monsters" (1991). She portrayed [a=Janis Joplin] in the stage production "Love, Janis" (2002), but dropped out after only two performances. Laura Branigan died in her sleep from an undiagnosed ventricular brain aneurysm in 2004.

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Release: Laura Branigan - Self Control
Year: 1984
Genres: Electronic
Styles: Synth-pop, Disco

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LYRICS

Oh, the night is my world
City light painted girl
In the day nothing matters
It's the night time that flatters
In the night, no control
Through the wall something's breaking
Wearing white as you're walkin'
Down the street of my soul

You take my self, you take my self control
You got me livin' only for the night
Before the morning comes, the story's told
You take my self, you take my self control

Another night, another day goes by
I never stop myself to wonder why
You help me to forget to play my role
You take my self, you take my self control

I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven't got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
That tomorrow never comes

A safe night, I'm living in the forest of my dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh, the night is my world
City light painted girl
In the day nothing matters
It's the night time that flatters

I, I live among the creatures of the night
I haven't got the will to try and fight
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
That tomorrow never knows

A safe night, I'm living in the forest of a dream
I know the night is not as it would seem
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
That this night will never go

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control
You take my self, you take my self control ... [fade out]