You Gotta Be by Des'ree

Album: I Ain't Movin' (1994)

Charted: 14 5

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This song is about not being ashamed to express your feelings and about living life to its fullest. >>>
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Emma - Telford, UT
This spent 30 weeks in the US Top 40. It benefited from a great deal of promotion on VH1, and was featured in a promotional campaign for the TV show Good Morning America.
Des'ree wrote this song with Ashley Ingram of the British band Imagination.
This was used in the 1994 Hilary Swank movie The Next Karate Kid. It also shows up in the films The Object of My Affection (1998) and Captain Marvel (2019).
This was the only US hit for Des'ree, who was born Desiree Weeks. In the UK, she also charted with "Feel So High," "Life" and "What's Your Sign."
In the UK, this charted in three times: first at #20 when it was released in 1994, at #14 as a 1995 remix, and at #10 in 1999 when the song was re-issued.

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