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Track: Take Me
Artist: Laura Branigan
Album: Self Control

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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, Pop
Styles: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

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I fancied you for a very long time You finally got around to makin' your move But when you picked me up, you looked so fairy I wish we could dispense with the preliminaries Oh, so much for subtlety I can't wait for you to get your hands on me Oh, take me, take me, please Oh, take me, take me Don't leave me at the door with a good night kiss It's guys like you can give a girl a complex I've never been so in love before I'm not playin' hard to get, that's for sure Oh, so much formality I can't wait for you to put your hands on me Oh, take me, take me, please Oh, take me, why don't you take me? Oh, take me, come on boy Oh, take me, take me Oh, don't let me scare you away It's not like me to come on strong But love like this just can't be wrong So I'm gonna make it easy Oh, take me, take me Oh, take me, take me Oh, oh, take me, take me Oh, take me, come on take me It's the holdin' back makes me want you more I'm not playin' hard to get Oh, why don't you take me, boy? Oh, oh, take me, come on, take me Oh, take me, why don't you take me? Oh, take me, take me ...