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| Single by Lisa Stansfield | ||||
| from the album Affection | ||||
| B-side | "Wake Up Baby" (7") "The Way You Want It" (12") | |||
| Released | 16 October 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
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| Length | 4:28 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
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"All Around the World" is a song by English singer, songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield from her debut studio album, Affection (1989). It was released as the album's second single on 16 October 1989 by Arista Records. It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song received favorable reviews from music critics and its music video was directed by Philip Richardson. Songwriters, Stansfield, Devaney and Morris, received the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[4] "All Around the World" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. Additionally, Stansfield was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The song became the first of two UK number-one singles for Stansfield (the second being an appearance on George Michael and Queen's "Five Live" EP) and the first of eight top-ten hits she would achieve in that country.
In 2003, "All Around the World" was included on Biography: The Greatest Hits. In 2014, the remixes of "All Around the World" were included on the deluxe 2CD + DVD re-releases of Affection, Face Up and on the People Hold On ... The Remix Anthology compilation (also on The Collection 1989–2003).
- ^ Henderson, Alex (20 November 1989). "Lisa Stansfield - Affection Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
When Lisa Stansfield took the R&B world by storm with her melancholy, Barry White-influenced single "All Around the World," it was obvious that not since Teena Marie had a white female singer performed R&B so convincingly.
- ^ Keithan Samuels (24 May 2012). "Throwback Thursday: Lisa Stansfield – 'All Around The World'". Rated R&B. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Robert Webb (18 February 2022). "Story of the song: All Around the World by Lisa Stansfield". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ Lister, David, "Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion", The Independent, 28 May 1994