1990 (Veteran vocalist Shirley Bassey performs a (Big Band) cabaret style arrangement of this popular song made famous by Stevie Wonder. This performance was in Yokohama, Japan back in 1990.)
ABOUT this song:
"For Once in My Life" is a pop song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Jobete publishing company in 1967 (see 1967 in music). The composition was originally recorded by Jean DuShon, while other artists, such as Tony Bennett and The Temptations, recorded slow-ballad versions of the song.
The most familiar and successful version of "For Once in My Life" is an uptempo hit version by Stevie Wonder, recorded immediately after DuShon's original. Wonder's version, issued on Motown's Tamla label in 1968 (see 1968 in music), was a top-three hit in the United States in late 1968 and early 1969.
LYRICS:
For once in my life I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once unafraid I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong
For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Someone warm like you
Would make my dreams come true
For once in my life I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before
For once I have something I know won't desert me
And I'm not alone anymore
For once I can say: "This is mine you won't take it"
Long as I know I have love I can make it
For once in my life I've got someone who needs me
For once I can say: "This is mine you can't take it"
Long as I know I have love I can make it
For once in my life I've got someone
For once in my life I've found someone
For once in my life I've got someone who needs me
