Meant for You

"Meant For You"
Single by Debra Laws
from the album Very Special
Released1981
StudioConcorde Recording, Los Angeles
Genre
Length3:59
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Debra Laws singles chronology
"Be Yourself"
(1981)
"Meant For You"
(1981)
Music video
"Meant for You" on YouTube

"Meant for You" is a song written by David Lasley and Roxanne Seeman and recorded by American singer Debra Laws. It was released in 1981 as the third single from Laws' Very Special album by Elektra Records.[1][2] The song was produced by Hubert Laws and Ronnie Laws. “Meant For You” appears in the film Fighting Back starring Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone and Michael Sarrazin.[3]

The song was originally recorded by David Lasley as a 24-track demo during writer recording sessions at A&M Recording Studios while Lasley was under contract to Almo Music. Lasley's version was subsequently released on several compilation albums.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Meant for You (song by Debra Laws) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". musicvf.com. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. ^ Billboard Magazine, New Writer Acquisition is Key To Intersong Thrust. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1982-08-14.
  3. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
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