Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and "Don't Speak", from their 1995 breakthrough studio album "Tragic Kingdom", as well as "Hey Baby" and "It's My Life" from later albums. During the band's hiatus, Stefani embarked on a solo pop career in 2004 by releasing her debut studio album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, the album was a critical and commercial success.
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Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani | Introduction
Her debut studio album was "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." Love. Angel. Music. Baby. "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." "Love. Angel. Music. Baby."
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"Just a Girl" is a song by American band No Doubt.
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Yes, American country duo Bomshel,  Japanese singer-songwriter Kaela Kimura
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September 21, 1995
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The band consists of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young.
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Gwen Renée Stefani (; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. She is a co-founder, lead vocalist, and the primary songwriter of the band No Doubt, whose singles include "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and "Don't Speak", from their 1995 breakthrough studio album "Tragic Kingdom", as well as "Hey Baby" and "It's My Life" from later albums. During the band's hiatus, Stefani embarked on a solo pop career in 2004 by releasing her debut studio album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, the album was a critical and commercial success.
Gwen Stefani | Introduction
AXS called Stefani a "powerhouse" vocalist with an "incredible" range. "The New York Times" considered Stefani's vocals "mannered" and commended her for "kick[ing] her vibrato addiction". IGN described Stefani as having a "unique vocal prowess". The "Chicago Tribune" stated that Stefani had a "brash alto". Stefani's debut album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." took influence from a variety of 1980s genres, which included electropop, new wave, dance-rock, hip hop, R&B, soul, and disco music. Stefani cited early Madonna, Lisa Lisa, Club Nouveau, Prince, New Order and The Cure as major influences for the album. Several of the album's tracks were designed for clubs, and contained electro beats meant for dancing.
Gwen Stefani | Artistry
"What You Waiting For?" is a song by American singer Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." (2004). Written by Stefani and Linda Perry, the song is the album's opening track and was released as Stefani's debut solo single. "What You Waiting For?" details Stefani's lack of inspiration, fear of producing the album, as well as her reaction to pressures exerted by her record label. It is primarily an electropop song and introduces Stefani's four back-up dancers, the Harajuku Girls, who had a major input into the album's production. "What You Waiting For?" was released as the album's lead single; according to Stefani, as an "explanation for doing the record".
What You Waiting For? | Introduction
American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani has recorded material for four studio albums and one extended play (EP), and has been featured on songs on other artists' respective albums. After releasing five studio albums with ska punk group No Doubt, in 2004 Stefani began work as a solo artist, developing her pop debut "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." in the same year. It produced several top ten singles worldwide, including "What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", and "Hollaback Girl", the latter of which was the first single to sell over a million digital copies in the United States. The record contained work from a variety of producers and songwriters, including Linda Perry, Nellee Hooper, André 3000, and No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal.
List of songs recorded by Gwen Stefani | Introduction
Stefani made a post on March 28, 2008 stating that songwriting had commenced but was slow on her end because she was pregnant with her second child. "The Singles 1992–2003" became available on December 9, 2008 for the video game "Rock Band 2". Adrian Young played drums on Scott Weiland's album ""Happy" in Galoshes". No Doubt headlined the Bamboozle 2009 festival in May 2009, along with Fall Out Boy. The band completed a national tour in mid-2009.
Gwen Stefani | 2006–2013: "The Sweet Escape" and return to No Doubt
In September 2016, Stefani appeared on "", contributing to "Hair Up", "What U Workin' With?", and three other ensembles with Justin Timberlake.
List of songs recorded by Gwen Stefani | Introduction
American singer Gwen Stefani has released four studio albums, one extended play, 29 singles (including eight as a featured artist), four promotional singles, one video album, and 21 music videos. She has sold more than nine million albums as a solo artist. Stefani is also the lead singer of the rock band No Doubt, with which she has released several albums. Stefani began to record solo material in early 2003, and her debut solo album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." was released in November 2004. It debuted on the US "Billboard" 200 at number seven, and reached multi-platinum status in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
Gwen Stefani discography | Introduction
Barr sang lead vocals and played lead guitar, with Alyssa Kennington as backup vocals and rhythm guitar, and Thomas Flinders on drums. The trio played local venues together, including the Deer Valley Concert Series of Park City, Utah. After a few short months, they disbanded.
Stefania Barr | Performance career
On April 12, 2014, Stefani made a surprise appearance at the Coachella festival, where she joined Pharrell Williams onstage during his set to perform "Hollaback Girl". On April 29, it was officially confirmed that Stefani would join the seventh season of "The Voice" as a coach, replacing Christina Aguilera. Nine years after the previous time, she attended the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. Stefani appears as a featured artist on Maroon 5's song "My Heart Is Open", co-written by Sia Furler, from the band's album "V", which was performed for the first time with Adam Levine and an orchestra at the 2015 Grammy Awards.
Gwen Stefani | 2014–2016: "The Voice" and "This Is What the Truth Feels Like"
Same sound, same melodies, yet Gwen makes the song her own by not channeling Sia's vocals." Baxter continued: "It's got a bit of radio appeal, at least from what we can understand, and Gwen sounds pretty phenomenal." Also writing of Stefani's vocals, Julien Goncalves on the French website Purebreak Charts was pleased that the "aerial" song was strong enough to emphasize her voice.
Start a War (song) | Critical reception
The album is rare among the band's catalogue in that all of the lead vocals are sung by Kilbey.
Untitled 23 | Introduction
Backup singers and dancers, in addition to a "psychedelic lighting scheme", joined Stefani as she sang it in front a live audience. At the end of the performance, her boyfriend Shelton welcomed her with a standing ovation and continuous applause. The single's most recent performance occurred on July 15, 2016, during "Today", where she also sang her singles "Make Me Like You", "Hollaback Girl", and "The Sweet Escape".
Misery (Gwen Stefani song) | Live performances
In early 2004, Kim joined the all-female tribute band The Iron Maidens, who had been holding auditions for a new lead vocalist following the departure of member Jenny Warren. She made her onstage debut with the Maidens at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, CA, on May 28, 2004. In addition, she surprised the band, management and fans by recording all of her lead and background vocal tracks for the Maidens' self-titled debut album in a span of less than three days. This CD was notable for the cover artwork created by original Iron Maiden album cover artist, Derek Riggs.
Aja Kim | Biography
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. is the debut solo studio album by American singer Gwen Stefani. It was released on November 12, 2004, by Interscope Records. Stefani, who had previously released five studio albums as lead singer of the rock band No Doubt, began recording solo material in early 2003. She began working on "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." as a side project that would become a full album after No Doubt went on hiatus. Stefani co-wrote every song on the album, collaborating with various songwriters and producers including André 3000, Dallas Austin, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the Neptunes and Linda Perry.
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Introduction
In early 2003, Stefani began embarking on recording sessions for her debut album. After listening to songs recommended to her by No Doubt bassist and former boyfriend Tony Kanal, she considered recording material that "modernized 1980s music". After writing a series of several songs, including "Serious", "Crash", and "Luxurious", the pair gave up after Stefani didn't find anything worth recording from the sessions. When asked about the aforementioned collaborations, Stefani expressed her doubts of whether or not her newly recorded material would be any good: "If I were to write the chorus of 'Yesterday' by the Beatles, and that's all I wrote, that would be good enough to be part of that history." Due to Stefani's doubts, the project began a six-month hiatus, which resulted in the singer deciding to collaborate with various new musicians instead.
Serious (Gwen Stefani song) | Background and composition
Her brother Eric introduced Gwen to 2 Tone music by Madness and The Selecter and, in 1986, he invited her to provide vocals for No Doubt, a ska band he was forming. In 1991 the band was personally signed to Interscope Records by Jimmy Iovine. The band released its self-titled debut album in 1992, but its ska-pop sound was unsuccessful due to the popularity of grunge. Before the mainstream success of both No Doubt and Sublime, Stefani contributed guest vocals to "Saw Red" on Sublime's 1994 album "Robbin' the Hood". Stefani rejected the aggressiveness of female grunge artists and cited Blondie singer Debbie Harry's combination of power and sex appeal as a major influence.
Gwen Stefani | 1986–2004: No Doubt
"Wind It Up", the album's lead single, used yodeling and an interpolation of "The Sound of Music", and peaked in the top 10 in the US and the UK. The title track reached the top 10 in over 15 nations, including number two peaks in the US, Australia and the UK. To promote "The Sweet Escape", Stefani was a mentor on the sixth season of "American Idol" and performed the song with Akon. The song earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Three more singles were released from the album; "4 in the Morning", "Now That You Got It" which featured Damian Marley and "Early Winter".
Gwen Stefani | 2006–2013: "The Sweet Escape" and return to No Doubt
The first single released from the album was "What You Waiting For?", which charted in the top 10 in most of the countries in which it was released. "Rich Girl" was released as the album's second single, a collaboration with rapper Eve; it was successful on several formats, and reached the top 10 in the UK and the US. The third single "Hollaback Girl" became Stefani's first US and second Australian number-one single; it was less successful elsewhere. The fourth single "Cool" was released shortly after but it did not perform as well as its predecessor, failing to reach the top 10 in the US and UK.
Gwen Stefani discography | Introduction
While writing and recording for her debut album, Stefani cited her major influences as Club Nouveau, Lisa Lisa, Prince, New Order, The Cure and early Madonna and advised the producers and writers that she wanted a similar sound for the album. According to MTV's Jennifer Vineyard, musician and songwriter Linda Perry "put Gwen in a headlock" during a party after the Grammys and told her they could make beautiful music together"; however, Stefani felt scared and insecure about working with Perry. While recording at Perry's house, Stefani was initially insecure about her writing process and "would go into another room to try to write some lyrics, and when she came back, Perry would already have the whole song nailed." After a writing session where "What You Waiting For?" was created, Stefani became less insecure and felt more comfortable when making songs.
The Real Thing (Gwen Stefani song) | Background and release
During her hiatus from the band No Doubt, Gwen Stefani recorded and released her first solo studio album, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." on November 23, 2004. Between September 2004 and January 2006, Stefani released six of the album's twelve tracks as singles: "What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", "Hollaback Girl", "Cool", "Luxurious" and "Crash". The album was a commercial success, selling seven million copies worldwide; it was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, five times platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association and four times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
Harajuku Lovers Live | Background
He enlisted his former Mithotyn bandmate Karsten Larsson to play drums and, in a surprise move, stage singer Mathias Blad to perform vocals.
Stefan Weinerhall | Introduction
After giving birth to her third son on February 28, 2014, Gwen Stefani made her first public appearance at the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2014, performing "Hollaback Girl" at the request of her longtime collaborator and friend Pharrell Williams, who was one of the festival's headliners. After the performance, Williams hinted at a possible return for the singer. In September 2014, she revealed she was writing for two records: her third solo studio album and her band No Doubt's seventh studio album. She told MTV News: "At this point I'm thinking about both, I can do both.
This Is What the Truth Feels Like | Background
The album's fifth and final single, "Early Winter", was released across only mainland Europe and charted moderately well. On the same day as Stefani released "The Sweet Escape", she also released "Harajuku Lovers Live" on DVD, a recording of a concert performed in November 2005 in Anaheim, California as part of her Harajuku Lovers Tour.
Gwen Stefani discography | Introduction
For the version on her This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour, she wore a red corset designed by The Blonds, Mariel Haenn, and Rob Zangardi. The performance included the same visuals from her show in Tokyo, and contained similar choreography. Outside her promotional concert tours, Stefani sang "Misery" on numerous television programs. Its first televised performance occurred on "Saturday Night Live", where her No Doubt bandmates Stephen Bradley and Gabrial McNair accompanied her. Her attire consisted of torn jeans and a high-waisted top, which is comparable to her clothing on previous performances. On the April 19, 2016, episode of "The Voice", the song was sung live by the singer, who created an Indian-inspired atmosphere.
Misery (Gwen Stefani song) | Live performances
Vocalist" album series.
Ms. Vocalist | Introduction
The band's female vocalist, Kaisa Saari, was featured on Ensiferum's album "Iron" on the song "Tears."
Tarujen Saari | Introduction
Two weeks later, she sang "Misery" on "The Voice" where it was announced as the album's third commercial single. On stage, Stefani and her backup dancers wore "colorful, tribal style ensembles" and performed using "a trippy, psychedelic lighting scheme". On July 1, 2016, it was revealed that the singer would be joining "Today"s "Summer Concert Series" on the fifteenth of the same month. For that show, she performed "Make Me Like You" and "Misery" from the parent album, in addition to earlier solo singles "The Sweet Escape" and "Hollaback Girl".
This Is What the Truth Feels Like | Live performances
"Don't Speak" was written by lead singer Gwen Stefani and her brother Eric Stefani, and produced by Matthew Wilder. Originally a love song, Stefani rewrote the lyrics almost completely after her breakup with the band's bass player Tony Kanal. According to her, "It used to be more upbeat, more of a Seventies rock-type thing. [When] Tony and I broke up... it turned into a sad song." A live version that exists from April 1994 shows off a bouncy tune that has the same skeleton as the released version, but not the same urgency. The band performed part of the original song on "VH1 Storytellers" on August 10, 2000.
Don't Speak | Background and composition
A power ballad, "Start a War" garnered praise for Stefani's vocals and Sia's role as a songwriter. Several music critics commended it as a typical Sia ballad and a good fit for Stefani. The track has only been performed once during a MasterCard Priceless Surprises Presents Gwen Stefani concert on February 7, 2015. The rendition was accompanied by a backdrop displaying falling feathers and featured Stefani dressed in a similar attire.
Start a War (song) | Introduction
Singer Gwen Stefani went on to record two solo albums: "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.", released in November 2004, and "The Sweet Escape", released in December 2006.
Rock Steady Live | Background
Additional vocalists featured on the album include FKA Twigs, Phoebe Bridgers, and Greta Thunberg, the latter of whom provided a spoken word piece on the album's intro track. The 22-track album was preceded by the seven singles "People", "Frail State of Mind", "Me & You Together Song", "The Birthday Party", "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America", "If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)", and "Guys" over a nine-month period; the intro track "The 1975" was additionally released prior to the album's release. The album topped the UK charts within its first week of release, becoming the band's fourth consecutive no.1 album.
Notes on a Conditional Form | Introduction
"Crash" is a song by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." (2004). Written by Stefani and No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal, the song uses automobile metaphors to describe a relationship, and it received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Not originally planned as a single, the song was released as the album's sixth and final single on January 24, 2006, during Stefani's pregnancy.
Crash (Gwen Stefani song) | Introduction
"What You Waiting For?" is a Gwen Stefani song. It may also refer to:
What You Waiting For? (disambiguation) | Introduction
"4 in the Morning" is a song by American singer Gwen Stefani from her second studio album "The Sweet Escape" (2006). It was written by Stefani and co-written and produced by Tony Kanal, with additional production by Mark "Spike" Stent. Interscope Records serviced the song to US contemporary hit radio on May 8, 2007, as the album's third single; elsewhere it was released in June 2007. Described as one of her favorite songs on the album, Stefani began writing the song while pregnant and finished with Kanal, drawing inspiration from Roberta Flack and Billy Idol records. A 1980s-inspired mid-tempo synthpop ballad, "4 in the Morning" features a light keyboard during its intro through its break, a guitar, synthetic strings and a slick sheen.
4 in the Morning | Introduction
No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani cited the song as the song as the reason she recorded her solo debut album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.", after she listen to it while the band was on tour.
Why You Treat Me So Bad | Introduction
Kanal and Stefani "bounc[ed]" around the stage during the performance and Kot compared Stefani's vocals to a cross between cartoon character Betty Boop and American performer Lydia Lunch.
Happy Now? (No Doubt song) | Live performances
Thirty-one artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2005 as a lead artist. The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings. Gwen Stefani kickstarted her solo career in 2005 with her debut album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." reaching number 4. Her previous album chart success was as part of her group No Doubt. Strange Sensation was a group created by former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant after years of success on his own.
List of UK top-ten albums in 2005 | Chart debuts
The second single, "The Sweet Escape", featuring rapper Akon, peaked in the top 10 of most charts, reaching number two in the US and UK. "4 in the Morning" was released as the album's third single; managing a top 30 placement on the US Pop chart but failing to reach the top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100. Although, the single went-on to become a top ten success in Australia and New Zealand. "Now That You Got It", a hybrid song featuring reggae artist Damian Marley, also had a less than stellar chart performance; it did not make the top 20 anywhere except Norway and failed to chart in the US.
Gwen Stefani discography | Introduction
Eventually, Leighton Noble became the group's regular singer. Critic Eugene Chadbourne remarked of Knapp's hiring process, "Knapp revealed an absolute lack of instinct for new talent by turning down both Stan Kenton and Spike Jones for the respective positions of pianist and drummer" although Knapp might have passed on them for other reasons.
Orville Knapp | Introduction
The key of the song is in E major, with Stefani's vocal range spanning one octave from B to C in scientific pitch notation. The song opens with an extended instrumental and then follows chord progressions of E-Cm-E-Cm in the verses. Heath described the sound transition after the introduction as "a thumping combination of Motown and pop cheese". According to the liner notes of the group's 2003 greatest hits album, "The Singles 1992–2003", Stefani brainstormed the lyrics to "Sunday Morning" after speaking with Kanal through a bathroom door while at his parents' house in Yorba Linda, California. She later revisited the lyrics and edited them to describe a breakup.
Sunday Morning (No Doubt song) | Composition and lyrics
Stefani included the song on the setlist for her 2006 world concert tour entitled The Sweet Escape Tour. For the show's rendition, the singer walked upon a moving walkway alongside two keyboard players; Fuoco-Karasinski compared the introduction to that of Jamiroquai. The recording was also played during Stefani's fashion shows. At the promotional concert series MasterCard Priceless Surprises Presents Gwen Stefani, the song was performed as a part of a "Harajuku Medley", consisting of the songs "Harajuku Girls", "Don't Get It Twisted", "Now That You Got It", and "Bubble Pop Electric", and the aforementioned song. The medley contained J-pop and disco elements, and served as a "virtual sonic tour of Stefani's many stylistic identities".
Yummy (Gwen Stefani song) | Live performances
Moss asserted that the No Doubt lead vocalist was the "most captivating thing onstage" with her "confident strut and dead-on vocals". Jon Pareles of "The New York Times" admired the "glamour and groove" antics of the show and how Stefani "flaunt[ed] the perks of stardom". He praised her music, describing the album as "a smart [record], with honed rhythm tracks that flit from funk to pop, electronics to rock", although calling most tracks "superficial", being about "style", "success", "shopping" and "sex".
Harajuku Lovers Tour | Critical response
"Sunday Morning" took fourth place and Spanos' consensus stated: "Stefani is a powerhouse on the raucous, bitter single. [...] From the moment Adrian Young's opening drum solo builds up, the song grows more and more massive and searing."
Sunday Morning (No Doubt song) | Critical reception
Eric Stefani and John Spence met at a Dairy Queen, and talked about getting a group together to play music. Stefani acquired a keyboard and gathered some players together to practice; these included himself (keyboards), his sister Gwen Stefani (backing vocals), John Spence (lead vocals), Jerry McMahon (guitar), Chris Leal (bass), Chris Webb (drums), Gabriel Gonzalez (trumpet), Alan Meade (trumpet), and Tony Meade (saxophone). They practiced in Eric's parents' garage. Tony Kanal went to one of the band's early shows, and soon joined the band as its bassist. After initially rejecting her advances, he began dating Gwen, but they kept their relationship secret for a year, feeling that it was an unspoken rule that no one in the band date her.
No Doubt | Formation and early years (1986–1989)
"Cool", "Luxurious", and "Crash" were also released as the singles. In 2005, Stefani released an extended play, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (The Remixes)", which included the Richard X remix of "Cool", which topped the United States Dance Club Songs in November 2005. Hip hop musician André 3000 made two appearances on the album, including on "Long Way to Go", and his alter ego "Johnny Vulture" on "Bubble Pop Electric". Following the release of "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.", Stefani decided to release a studio album containing a mixture of leftover tracks and newly recorded ones, titled "The Sweet Escape" (2006). The record featured Stefani rapping on several tracks, but also contained the dance-pop genre that was explored on "Love.
List of songs recorded by Gwen Stefani | Introduction
Stefani drew comparisons to Madonna for designing her own wardrobe in the clip. No Doubt, and Stefani individually, has performed the song in a number of live appearances, including during the group's 1995–97 Tragic Kingdom World Tour, at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997, and at Stefani's 2018–20 Las Vegas Just a Girl concert residency.
Spiderwebs (song) | Introduction
This is the first album to feature new drummer Orri Páll Dýrason who joined the band in 1999, replacing their previous drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson.
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Stefani's second studio album, "The Sweet Escape", was released on December 1, 2006. Stefani continued working with Kanal, Perry, and The Neptunes, along with Akon and Tim Rice-Oxley from English rock band Keane. The album focuses more heavily on electronic and dance music for clubs than its predecessor. Its release coincided with the DVD release of Stefani's first tour, entitled "Harajuku Lovers Live". Sia Michel wrote that it "has a surprisingly moody, lightly autobiographical feel ... but Stefani isn't convincing as a dissatisfied diva" and Rob Sheffield called the album a "hasty return" that repeats "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." with less energy.
Gwen Stefani | 2006–2013: "The Sweet Escape" and return to No Doubt
The band has performed the single during many of their live appearances, including at their 1995–97 Tragic Kingdom World Tour and while serving as the guest musical act on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in April 1997. Stefani, individually, performed the track at her 2018–2020 concert residency in Las Vegas.
Sunday Morning (No Doubt song) | Introduction
The song opens with an introduction which consists of eight measures of instrumentals, followed by eight measures in which Akon sings "Woohoo, yeehoo". The introduction has been claimed to be similar to that in the 1986 song "Sweet Sweet Gwendoline" by German band Die Ärzte. Overdubbing is introduced in the middle of the first verse to produce a sequence of eighth note B minor chords from Stefani's vocals. Stefani's voice is overdubbed again when she sings the chorus twice. Akon performs, and Stefani then sings the second verse and the choruses again. She returns to the latter part of the first verse and repeats the choruses.
The Sweet Escape (song) | Music and lyrics
"Happy Now?" was written by No Doubt band members Gwen Stefani, Tom Dumont, and Tony Kanal. It was produced by American singer-songwriter Matthew Wilder, whose presence as an outsider upset former member and Gwen's brother, Eric Stefani, so he departed the group due to creative differences in early 1995. Because of Eric's departure, the remaining band members were tasked with writing their own lyrics, something that had been somewhat foreign to them. However, Gwen saw this opportunity as a creative outlet to express her feelings towards breaking up with Kanal; she began writing intense breakup songs, such as "Sunday Morning" and "Happy Now?".
Happy Now? (No Doubt song) | Background and release
The synthesizer emulates brass and woodwind instruments, while the bass and guitar retain a prominent and regular eighth note pulse, using a I–IV–V chord progression for the verses. In the percussion section a drum kit is used and the snare is introduced at the beginning of the first chorus, which maintains its beat. During the song's fade-out, Stefani repeats "I know we're cool" and "yeah", and she occasionally emphasizes "cool". Her vocal range covers close to two octaves. In April 2020, Austin revealed the song was originally written for Christina Aguilera.
Cool (Gwen Stefani song) | Composition
Separately, "Rock Steady Live", a DVD of the band performing in Long Beach from their Rock Steady tour was released in 2003 as well. The next year, the band was featured in a re-recording of the Toots and the Maytals classic song "Monkey Man". The band also toured with Blink-182 in mid-2004, before embarking on a hiatus. Lead singer Gwen Stefani began work on her 1980s-inspired new wave and dance-pop side project in 2003, which eventually evolved into the full-fledged solo album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby.", released on November 23, 2004. The album reached multi-platinum status in several countries, including a quintuple platinum certification in Canada and triple platinum in the US.
No Doubt | Greatest-hits album and first hiatus (2003–2008)
Solo Albums Group Album Vocals
Laura Weber White | Albums
Notable uncredited background vocals appear in the following songs:
Backing vocalist | Uncredited backing vocals
Upon its release, "Misery" received a mixed to positive response from music critics. Thomas Hall of "The Japan Times" described "Misery" as "the type of anthem that could possibly provide Stefani with her comeback hit." "Slant Magazine"s Cinquemani called the track a "standout" on the parent album, and Mashable's Emily Blake agreed, challenging the listener to "try not to get hooked". Nicholaus James Jodlowski of "Reporter" magazine claimed: "[...] you're immediately drawn into Gwen's voice. You can hear classic Gwen but a new side of her as well." Similarly, Emilee Lindner of fuseTV complimented the singer for her "bouncy" vocals.
Misery (Gwen Stefani song) | Critical reception
No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1986. The band consists of vocalist Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal, and drummer Adrian Young. Since the mid-1990s, they have been supported by trombonist Gabrial McNair and trumpeter Stephen Bradley in live performances. Though their 1992 eponymous debut album failed to make an impact, its ska punk-inspired follow-up "The Beacon Street Collection" sold over 100,000 copies in 1995, over triple that of its predecessor. The band's diamond-certified album "Tragic Kingdom" (1995) benefited from the resurgence of third-wave ska in the 1990s, and "Don't Speak", the third single from the album, set a record when it spent 16 weeks at the number one spot on the "Billboard" Hot 100 Airplay chart.
No Doubt | Introduction
To make up for the fact that there were only three members now, Drazen Zeric, who contributed backing vocals to the debut record, contributed main vocals as he would on every subsequent album, and Zlatko Arslanagic played some bass in addition to guitar.
Za sve ove godine | Background
Stefani said much of the previous material she worked on in 2014 felt forced and inauthentic, the opposite of what she had originally wanted. The album's second single, "Make Me Like You", was released on February 12, 2016. "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" was released on March 18, 2016, and debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 with 84,000 album-equivalent units sold in its first week, earning Stefani her first number-one album on the U.S. chart as a solo artist. To further promote the album, Stefani embarked on her This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour with rapper Eve in the United States.
Gwen Stefani | 2014–2016: "The Voice" and "This Is What the Truth Feels Like"
The band teamed up again with producer Tom Denney (ex-A Day to Remember) who produced their debut album "The Ascent". Vocally, the sound was going to be different from the previous album, as the former vocalist Xander Bourgeois who sang on the debut album, left in April and was replaced with a new lead vocalist Aaron Melzer, formerly with the band Author & Finisher. Also Richard Rogers worked on his vocals for this album with Eric Ron who is specialized in vocal production. In the Vents magazine interview, the band explained the album title: "We realize everyone is broken, everyone goes through hard times, and everyone is trying not to break in this world we live in.
Fragile Figures | Background
Following some turbulent line-up changes, the band's current line up of Nick Brown (vocals/guitar), Vince Gard (drums/percussion), Zach Lindsey (bass/backing vocals) and Jordan Young (guitar/backing vocals) began recording what would become their debut album.
Mona (album) | Origins
The band's lead guitarist Tom Dumont said about the song's composition: There’s a lot of stories about that song, because that one unfolded over a longer period of time. Originally, Gwen’s brother wrote most of that song, and then after we got at it as a band, Gwen changed the lyrics around to fit her life. Musically, we brought it to another level, but near the end we reworded it. There’s an earlier version of the song where the verses are totally different, which is a really beautiful version and it’s awesome but it’s way more jazzy and really different.
Don't Speak | Background and composition
Start is the fourth studio album and first cover album by Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun (), released on 1 February 2002 by Warner Music Taiwan.
Start (album) | Introduction
However, Chuck Campbell of "Go Knoxville" gave the song a negative review, describing Stefani's vocals as "a pale facsimile of Ariana Grande".
Rare (song) | Critical reception
The 2016 compilation album "Instrumental Covers of Gwen Stefani" contains a total of 15 songs: the first six tracks are covers of Stefani's solo material whereas the latter nine songs are instrumental covers of Garbage singles.
List of Gwen Stefani tribute albums | Introduction
A 100-member string orchestra also participated in his debut album.
Eru (singer) | Pre-debut
Stefani's debut solo album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." was released on November 12, 2004. The album features several collaborations with producers and other artists, including Tony Kanal, Tom Rothrock, Linda Perry, André 3000, Nellee Hooper, The Neptunes and New Order. Stefani created the album to modernize the music to which she listened when in high school, and "L.A.M.B." takes influence from a variety of music styles of the 1980s and early 1990s such as new wave, synthpop, and electro. Stefani's decision to use her solo career as an opportunity to delve further into pop music instead of trying "to convince the world of [her] talent, depth and artistic worth" was considered unusual.
Gwen Stefani | 2004–2006: "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." and film debut
It spawned six singles, including "What You Waiting For?", "Rich Girl", "Hollaback Girl", and "Cool". "Hollaback Girl" reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart while also becoming the first US download to sell one million copies. In 2006, Stefani released her second studio album, "The Sweet Escape". Among the singles were "Wind It Up" and "The Sweet Escape", the latter of which was number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 year-end chart of 2007. Her third solo album, "This Is What the Truth Feels Like" (2016), was her first solo album to reach number one on the "Billboard" 200 chart.
Gwen Stefani | Introduction
Bonifassi appeared as a guest vocalist on Deweare's album "High Class Trauma" (2006), and she is one half of the electronic music duo Beast.
Béatrice Bonifassi | Introduction
Lyrically, the songs featured on "Return of Saturn" are complex and have Stefani singing about her personal romances. No Doubt's fifth album – "Rock Steady" (2001) – features contributions from a wide variety of high-profile musicians, including William Orbit, Prince, David Stewart, and Pharrell Williams. It features "mainstream pop" and reggae music and was released following the commercial success of two of Gwen Stefani's solo singles: "South Side" (2000) and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (2001). In 2003, the group's first compilation album "The Singles 1992–2003" was released and included a cover of "It's My Life", originally recorded by Talk Talk.
List of songs recorded by No Doubt | Introduction
Yahoo! Music reviewer, Bill Holdship, called the album "a rather nondescript ska-pop effort". Allmusic gave the album a mixed review, calling it "a polished production". It described the music on the album as "pop-oriented", with "new wave keyboards and punchy brass proving a foil to the basic ska framework", and complimented Gwen Stefani's "extroverted" vocals. Rhapsody also gave the album a positive review, albeit retrospectively, calling it "a far cry from the radio pop [the band] became known for". It described the music as "bright, colorful, fun" and Gwen Stefani's vocals as "strong".
No Doubt (No Doubt album) | Critical
The track debuted and peaked at number 80 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, and matched first-week digital download sales of 35,000 copies. On October 17, 2015, Stefani performed a concert as part of her MasterCard Priceless Surprises tour series at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, where she performed a new song about her breakup with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, titled "Used to Love You". It was released as a download on October 20, 2015. The video was released the same day. The song was released to contemporary hit radio in the United States on October 27, 2015. The track is the first official single off her third solo album "This Is What the Truth Feels Like", which she began working on in mid-2015.
Gwen Stefani | 2014–2016: "The Voice" and "This Is What the Truth Feels Like"
Composer credits can be used to determine which bassist played on which tracks. Another new member was Alice Tweed Smith (credited as just Tweed Smith on this album), the group's first female vocalist, and also the first member not to be included in composition credits, which had always included the entire group previously.
The Music Band | Introduction
"Sunday Morning" was written by Gwen Stefani, Eric Stefani, and Tony Kanal. The song was written by Eric Stefani prior to his departure from the group, who left due to creative differences in the beginning of 1995. Because of his absence, Gwen Stefani resumed the role as a songwriter which resulted in ultra-personal songs that described her personal and romantic life. Songs written during this period were anticipated for inclusion on "Tragic Kingdom" (1995), the group's third studio album and first with Interscope Records since their debut, "No Doubt", in 1992. The material on "Tragic Kingdom" documented Stefani's former relationship with Kanal, which had lasted seven years.
Sunday Morning (No Doubt song) | Background and release
A group of four breakdancers came on stage to perform while Stefani left the stage again to change into a black-and-white leather tracksuit. For the next song, the album's sixth single "Crash", the audience was then divided into male and female halves and, as images of a car hood bouncing to the beat were broadcast, each half took turns to sing the lyric "back it up, back it up". Stefani then performed the fourth single from the album, "Luxurious". Stefani changed outfits again into a pair of black hot pants to perform "Rich Girl", the album's second single, while walking along a catwalk into the crowd and giving fans high-fives.
Harajuku Lovers Tour | Concert synopsis
The album includes guest appearances from George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Rhonda Vincent, John Wesley Ryles, Merle Haggard and Johnny Paycheck.
That's Why I Sing This Way | Introduction
Fuller wrote all 12 songs for her debut album, "Voices".
Joni Fuller | Recordings
Initial is the debut album from the band Person L, released on August 5, 2008. Kenny Vasoli self-recorded the album in his home studio in late 2007–2008 and released it through his record label, Human Interest. Several of the songs originate from demos he worked on while on tour with The Starting Line.
Initial (album) | Introduction
Rotem, Ryan Tedder, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, and Kara DioGuardi, among others. Commenting that the album garnered its title from her personality, Tisdale said she wanted to use her first album to formally introduce herself personally, not as one of the characters she portrays. "Headstrong"s music derives mainly from the genres of pop and R&B, provided by electronica. Meanwhile, it incorporates hip hop beats and some tracks infuse dancehall and other world music. The album also lyrically explores themes in teen pop. Many critics compared her first effort to the first works of fellow Disney-alums Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. Carrying primarily an urban tone, the "hip pop" of Gwen Stefani is also said to be an influence on the album.
Headstrong (Ashley Tisdale album) | Introduction
The album was described as "fun as hell but... not exactly rife with subversive social commentary". The album debuted on the US "Billboard" 200 albums chart at number seven, selling 309,000 copies in its first week. "L.A.M.B." reached multi-platinum status in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. The first single from the album was "What You Waiting For?", which debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart, charted at number 47 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and reached the top ten on most other charts. The song served to explain why Stefani produced a solo album and discusses her fears in leaving No Doubt for a solo career as well as her desire to have a baby.
Gwen Stefani | 2004–2006: "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." and film debut
The song was written by lead singer Gwen Stefani and bassist Tony Kanal in Kanal's living room. They used an old Yamaha keyboard that Kanal's father had purchased for him when he was in eighth grade and developed the song's harmony first and then wrote the lyrics. The band worked on the track to give it a "spacier sound" but were displeased with the result so they took the song to producer Nellee Hooper, who stripped "Running" down to the basics. The song was then produced by Hooper, with whom Stefani collaborated again for her solo project two years later.
Running (No Doubt song) | Background and writing
Stefan is an album led by trumpeter Dennis González which was recorded in 1987 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.
Stefan (album) | Introduction
In 2000 they released a self-titled album.
Jennifer McGregor (soprano) | Introduction
The song was performed during The Sweet Escape Tour and in some concerts Stefani made during 2015.
4 in the Morning | Introduction
Being a greatest hits album and containing only one new song, recording "The Singles 1992–2003" took very little time compared with the band's studio albums. Production started in September 2003 with the recording of a cover version of Talk Talk's song "It's My Life", produced by Nellee Hooper. The accompanying music video for the song was filmed by director David LaChapelle at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Stefani insisted that just because no songwriting was involved in the production of the album did not mean no effort would be needed: the band had to decide which of their songs to include and which to leave out.
The Singles 1992–2003 | Production
Madonna was originally enlisted to sing the harmony vocals, but failed to show up for the recording session. Instead, the band got Maria Vidal to do the vocals. The song peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and at No. 3 on the magazine's Modern Rock chart. It became the band's first Top 40 entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 38 and spending 20 weeks on the chart.
11 (The Smithereens album) | Background
This stemmed, in part, from the band's common practice of writing for one's own voice; as Robertson came up with more song ideas, he would sing lead on more songs. All of the singles from the band's first three albums featured a Page lead vocal (not including "If I Had $1000000" which featured a call and response lead vocal from both Robertson and Page), and nine of the 11 songs on the band's first live album, "Rock Spectacle", featured a Page lead. Following the success of "One Week", the band's first single with a Robertson lead, songs with a Robertson lead became selected equally as singles from that point on.
Steven Page | Barenaked Ladies
Steven Page is the lead vocalist on five of the fourteen tracks included on the standard album, and co-lead with Ed Robertson on three others. Since Page's 2009 departure from the band, they have continued to perform all of the songs on the album (with another member performing Page's vocals) except for "Call and Answer".
Hits from Yesterday &amp; the Day Before | Album contents
Caroline Lavelle sings and plays cello on the song "Come To Me", Paul Young sings on "Losing Sleep", while Stina Nordenstam on "Ask the Mountains".
Voices (Vangelis album) | Overview
The album produced three singles, including lead single "Mother's Heart" and follow-up "Shadows," all of which failed to chart but received radio airplay.
Stefanie Heinzmann discography | Introduction
Stefani opened the show with the song "Harajuku Girls", an ode to Harajuku, the fashion district of Tokyo, Japan. She appeared on stage wearing a tiara and baby doll outfit, sitting in the red velvet and gold throne from the cover of the album. and surrounded by her backing dancers, also called the Harajuku Girls, while video images of Harajuku itself played on screens behind her. Her second song was the first single from the album, "What You Waiting For?", which she began as a ballad before bringing it up to its usual pace. Stefani and the Harajuku Girls then left the stage to change into one-piece bathing suits while her band continued to play, before returning to perform "The Real Thing".
Harajuku Lovers Tour | Concert synopsis
Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, Tom DeLonge of Angels and Airwaves, Wednesday 13 in his own band and Murderdolls, Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran and Brad Delp of Boston, also recorded lead and backing vocals for their albums. With the exception of a few songs on each album, Dan Fogelberg, Eddie Rabbitt, David Bowie, and Richard Marx sing all of the background vocals for their songs. Robert Smith of the Cure not only sings his own backing vocals in the studio, but also doesn't perform with backing vocalists when playing live.
Backing vocalist | Lead singers who record backing vocals
I am blessed to have known him."
Catherine Russell (singer) | Background vocalist
Tracks on their debut album come from an unprecedented global roster of award-winning hit songwriters and producers, including Tal Herzberg (The Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga), electronic music icon JXL/Wolverine (Britney Spears), top re-mixer Sander Kleinenberg (Janet Jackson, Daft Punk), Darrell Brown (Keith Urban, Bon Jovi), singer Jay Sean, Steve Schnur (veteran A&R executive and producer of over 150 soundtrack albums, including tracks by Florence + The Machine and Busta Rhymes) and mixed by Manny Marroquin (Pink, Rihanna).
Blush (Asian band) | Musical style
"Luxurious" is a song by American singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani from her debut solo studio album, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." (2004). Written by Stefani and fellow No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal, the track contains a sample of The Isley Brothers' 1983 song "Between the Sheets". In addition to the Isley Brothers sample, the song features use of keyboards, synthesizers, and electric guitars. "Luxurious" is a contemporary R&B ballad whose lyrics describe the persona's desire to be rich in love, simultaneously comparing her lover with luxuries. The song also features Stefani's then-husband Gavin Rossdale who opens the song in French.
Luxurious | Introduction
From left to right, these singers were Pedro Calvinho, Cristina Águas, Ana Bola, and Peter Petersen.
Playback (song) | Introduction
Choruses one and two are in 3/4. The third chorus and the heavy tremolo-picked section towards the end underneath the vocals is in 4/4. Serj Tankian plays acoustic guitar in the intro and deeper in the background behind lead guitarist Daron Malakian.
Question! | Composition
Perry recalled feeling Stefani's hesitation upon first meeting: "Jimmy Iovine really wanted Gwen to go solo... From my take of it, Gwen was very reluctant — she was not ready to go be "Gwen Stefani". When she showed up, you could just tell she was, “Oh, I don’t know if I wanna be here.” She was literally a kid with their foot halfway out the door and halfway in. I felt agonized for her. We talked for a while and then I said, “Why don’t you go? Let’s come back tomorrow and let’s see how you feel. Don’t worry about it.” She left, and I was up all night long.
What You Waiting For? | Background and writing
"Luxurious" was released as the album's fifth single, but did not perform as well as its predecessors. "Crash" was released in early 2006 as the album's sixth single in lieu of "Love. Angel. Music. Baby."'s sequel, which was delayed by Stefani's pregnancy. It charted only in the US. Stefani released her second album "The Sweet Escape" in December 2006; it spawned five singles from October 2006 to October 2007. The album's music contains new wave and dance music influences similar to that of its predecessor, while also exploring more modern pop sounds. The first single released from the album was "Wind It Up", which peaked in the top 20 in most of the countries in which it was released.
Gwen Stefani discography | Introduction
The singer performed "Misery" live on various occasions, including on television and during her This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour in 2016.
Misery (Gwen Stefani song) | Introduction