She's such a fascinating, likable person. I'm 36 now, but when I was 9 or 10, my Mom used to work for a music store that had loads of Japanese imports. I remember her bringing home some of the old SEB compilations and listening to Annerley even back then. It's surreal to put her face and insight with the music I've heard for so many years.
Ms. Ann Lee should know that her music, 2 Times was a favorite in one of the most remote places, in the mountains here in philippines, until the early 2000s, its so remote that there is no electricity but there is 2 times you can hear from house far away like more than a kilometer, they used generator sets just to blast music and 2 times is a favorite played repeatedly.
This was just awesome. I couldn't help but smile all the way while watching. She contributed such a great deal to 90s music, yet she's so humble and down to earth. Loved every minute of this. Thank you!
Yes I knew she was from England But I never bumped into her in Sheffield where I lived lol. Or I would have been knocking on her door for CD releases I spent years searching for lol
Thank you so much! '2 Times' has definitely been part of my youth as a 16- or 17-year-old boy. I remember travelling to Berlin with the ICE (German high speed railway) in 1999, and 2 Times has been part of the 'official' radio programme of Deutsche Bahn (German railways) on board, you just had to plug your headphones into the jack of your seat - even in the second class. :D I've been so curious about the way she looks today and you gave us the opportunity to find that out with your interview. What a likeable and down-to-earth woman! I found it very pleasant to know about the fact that she has never been keen on a professional career and never took lessons in singing, it's just her passion for music that took her where she was in the 90s. Quite the opposite of most commercially successful musicians and / or singers of today.
This is definitely one of the most surprising interviews I have ever watched on your channel Twan. How many surprises for me...Ann's based in Italy, Ann's co-writing Corona's hit, Ann's being given the chance to sing Try Me Out before Corona, Ann's collabs with Ratz Nitzan, her desire to sing with Tiziano Ferro... I mean wow. You can see she's got the Italian life through her veins by saying NO to pineapple on pizza! :)
what a lovely lady - I still play 2 times regularly on my play list - It means a lot to me as it was the first track that played the first time I went clubbing back in 1999 - and the sound still hold up today, such a joyful tune - thank you!
I couldn't decide either lol with all the tracks with her vocals if I had time I could list so so many lol her new release with zooom is so 90s talk about back in time It's Euro perfection beautiful voice. I had to get a couple of copies for my collection as they are factory Pressed real CDs not CDr! She's done another too released on the same label called look at me and is slightly slower if anyone likes 2 times then I'm sure they will enjoy this For a none profit based label they have my support!! In 2023!
Love Annerly Gordon. Two Times will always be a timeless classic. I’m guessing she signed a non-disclosure agreement as she didn’t let on she was the real singer of Whigfield though it is well known now
@@Wiantjie1989 Sannie Charlotte Carlson was just the face of Whigfield in the early years and mimed to Annerly Gordon’s vocals. From the 00s onwards Sannie started to sing with her own vocals and if you listen carefully you can tell she’s isn’t the original vocalist
Shockingly good interview. I was going to avoid this but it turned out to be another great interview! To be fair I liked 2 Times a lot but was expecting about say 10 minutes. Great person and clearly so talented and living the dream! Even better to know more about her.
Ann Lee también cantó en español saturday night y be My baby ? Porque habla muy bien el español y tiene una voz hermosísima, es una de mis favoritas ♥️♥️♥️
Your content quality is hard to believe. Surprise after surprise interviews. And it is harder to surprise people now. What a priceless contribution to the music industry this channel certainly is. I had the biggest smile right through the 30 mins. Euro beat was my first passion growing up in the 1980s and I loved Italo Disco and Hi-NRG, as well as Spacesynth.
Thanks a lot Alex! I love all kinds of music so I hope there will be more surprise interviews soon haha ;-) At least travel / gigs are possile again now, so hopefully more artists will visit The Netherlands in the near future. And.... I hope to be able to visit London / Frankfurt and maybe Berlin as well in the next few years for some interviews. So many ideas, time / travel budget are usually the main issues, but hey, there's still time ;-) Thanks for your nice words!
@@Wiantjie1989 Sannie didn't sing any of the tracks from her 1st to 4th studio album. She only started singing from her 5th album in 2012 - Annerley still helped her on that album by providing backing vocals :) All the vocals since 1992 to early 2011 were all performed by Annerley Gordon.
what an absolute legend! after being a huge fan of annerley's work for years this is the first ever interview I've seen with her - great job, thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it! I was lucky enough to get an invite when she was in The Netherlands for a writing / recording session, I did learn a lot myself as well. Plus she's a super nice down to earth person, I hope to meet her again in the future! :)
Great interview Twan! I can remember '2 Times' coming out in the UK, big tune. What I didn't realise was Annerley was such a prolific songwriter! She has written quite a few Eurodance classics!
Thanks Twan! Such a positive person. Very warm feeling on this interview. Tune is of course the classic. Still have it on few compilation CDs fro back in the day
DJ Space'C - I Need You with the vocals of Ann Lee and also Housecream Feat. Jo' - Get Me Into Your Heart are two of my favorite songs of all time, just found out a couple of years ago that she did the vocals.
Thanks for this interview, Muzikxpress! She is not only a great singer and songwriter, but she also has a great personality! Nice you mentioned "Try me out", because her version with Lee Marrow is also great! It was also nice you interviewed her about her participation in the Whigfield (although I wish one day the "rumors" about her being the true voice of Whigfield will be revealed)! Since she is one of the most heard voices in the eurodance genre, is there any chance you will interview another great eurodance singer (and a good friend of Annerley): Sandy Chambers? Sandy did a lot of songs with/for Corona, Bernassi Bros, Double You, JK, etc.
Thank you! And maybe one day when Sandy is visiting The Netherlands (and if she’s up for it of course). Since this is “just” a hobby for me I don’t have a travel budget for these interviews. Annerley was in The Netherlands for some songwriting and recording sessions, so I had a good opportunity to talk to her. Hopefully I can do more interviews with other singer / songwriters when they visit The Netherlands 🤞🏻
@@muzikxpress of course I totally understand you can't just travel everywhere for interviews. Anyway, I love your interviews with so many amazing DJs and singers!
Annerley fact everybody seems to omit - if it hadn’t been for Annerley, Namie Amuro might not have had a career in music. it was thanks to Annerley’s song Try Me that Namie had her big break.
¿De verdad no sabías que Sannie fue modelo/imagen del proyecto Whigfield desde que empezó hasta 2010? En ésos años, Annerley fue quien compuso y cantó todos los temas y mayores exitos de Whigfield.
@@calypsocat No I didn't. I only found it out just now, because I wasn't really much of a Whigfield fan back in the 90's, and the only Whigfield song that I knew was "close to you", since it kept playing on the radio. It's a shame that Ann Lee never toured with Whigfield to perform their songs live. So why didn't she tour with them if she's the original vocalist?
I can’t imagine any contract would last 30 years. I assume Annerley chooses not to speak about it, perhaps out of loyalty to Sannie (who is now releasing material using her own voice under the Whigfield name).
@@ian215 did you notice that she even claims that Olga sang try me out? 🤣🤣 seriously, who doesnt know the story of Corona. I think that she just dont wanna expose them as "fake singers"
@@Sooty-Sweep yep, I know that 😀 I was wondering if there is a contract in place that prevents Annerley from speaking publicly about it, or if she simply chooses not to. We may never know!
@@ian215 Sannie still tours as Whigfield so it's good she finally uses her own voice, it is unfortunate her voice is not as strong as Annerley's. I'm sure Annerley is being respectful towards Sannie and doesn't want to ruin the illusion but the fans know that Annerley was the voice on the first 4 albums and you can still hear her voice on the "W" album.If you listen to songs by Naan voice is very different.
I’ve always said the crazy thing about the eurodance era is most of the groups had an amazing studio vocalist but they ended up putting in a face with no actual talent..
What would you like to see / hear for the 25th anniversary of "2 Times" next year?
Ann Lee singing "2 Times" of course! ;)
Acoustic session (audio release?)
A remix competition with 2 times re-recording on top
@@PORRFNK Nice idea
New Remixes, acoustic, acapella and re-recording, plus behind scenes making of....
I'm glad to see her a lot of years after.
The whole of the So Alive album is fantastic, well worth seeking out
She is an absolute legend done 100's of Italian dance 🎉❤
Yesss! I hope to do more interviews wou her next time she’s in The Netherlands!
This track is 100% nostalgia, it takes me back instantly to 1999 again
25 years old next year, time flies!
An exceptional artist, talented and very kind. One of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard.
Corona “The Rhythm Of The Night”
Is a great track, defines 90's pop.
What a lovely warm person too. I'm 38 now. 2 times such a classic for me ❤ great interview
She's great! Was my first time meeting her and she's so nice, lovely person indeed! :)
Ann Lee wonderful...very nice!
Still love her music. 2 Times and the album Dreams and not to mention those hits she wrote. Lovely woman too. Very talented. So cool.
She's such a fascinating, likable person. I'm 36 now, but when I was 9 or 10, my Mom used to work for a music store that had loads of Japanese imports. I remember her bringing home some of the old SEB compilations and listening to Annerley even back then. It's surreal to put her face and insight with the music I've heard for so many years.
Whigfield 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Honey-sweet voice of Ann Lee. ❤
I hope she knows what 2 times meant and means for us 90's kids ❤❤❤❤
Ms. Ann Lee should know that her music, 2 Times was a favorite in one of the most remote places, in the mountains here in philippines, until the early 2000s, its so remote that there is no electricity but there is 2 times you can hear from house far away like more than a kilometer, they used generator sets just to blast music and 2 times is a favorite played repeatedly.
This was just awesome. I couldn't help but smile all the way while watching. She contributed such a great deal to 90s music, yet she's so humble and down to earth. Loved every minute of this. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much! She's super down to earth, really enjoyed this interview myself as well! :)
@@muzikxpress yes I could tell! She just seems to be nice to hang out with :)
She looks nice and down to earth woman. Also, cool that she "found her America" in Italy 😄
Oh yes, she’s great!
I have so many euro dance songs using her vocals queen of euro I just bought one of her new releases It's My Life 😊😊back to the great 90s
She did sooooo much, it’s crazy! Plus she’s super, super nice!
Yes I knew she was from England
But I never bumped into her in Sheffield where I lived lol.
Or I would have been knocking on her door for CD releases I spent years searching for lol
Let's celebrate this tonight at the Gentse Feesten!
Thank you so much! '2 Times' has definitely been part of my youth as a 16- or 17-year-old boy. I remember travelling to Berlin with the ICE (German high speed railway) in 1999, and 2 Times has been part of the 'official' radio programme of Deutsche Bahn (German railways) on board, you just had to plug your headphones into the jack of your seat - even in the second class. :D I've been so curious about the way she looks today and you gave us the opportunity to find that out with your interview. What a likeable and down-to-earth woman! I found it very pleasant to know about the fact that she has never been keen on a professional career and never took lessons in singing, it's just her passion for music that took her where she was in the 90s. Quite the opposite of most commercially successful musicians and / or singers of today.
Glad you enjoyed the interview! And yes, she's super down to earth! Really enjoyed listening to her stories, she's great!
This is definitely one of the most surprising interviews I have ever watched on your channel Twan. How many surprises for me...Ann's based in Italy, Ann's co-writing Corona's hit, Ann's being given the chance to sing Try Me Out before Corona, Ann's collabs with Ratz Nitzan, her desire to sing with Tiziano Ferro... I mean wow. You can see she's got the Italian life through her veins by saying NO to pineapple on pizza! :)
Thanks so much! And yes, I should have known her answer to that last question right? 😂
Yes her version of Try me out was released months before Coronas, and in my opinion was the better version
I love "Voices" also after "2 Times"...such a legend eurodance music
Great interview! Annerley Gordon is fantastic!! I love “Close To You”, I think it's great that Annerley talked about this song!
I didnt know she is this lovely! lively and nice! Love seeing this interview of her! I used to listen her 2 times song wayback 2001
Thank you so much!
the great and true voice behind the great successes of the 90's, in the shows appeared models dubbing
what a lovely lady - I still play 2 times regularly on my play list - It means a lot to me as it was the first track that played the first time I went clubbing back in 1999 - and the sound still hold up today, such a joyful tune - thank you!
I couldn't decide either lol with all the tracks with her vocals if I had time I could list so so many lol her new release with zooom is so 90s talk about back in time
It's Euro perfection beautiful voice.
I had to get a couple of copies for my collection as they are factory
Pressed real CDs not CDr!
She's done another too released on the same label called look at me and is slightly slower if anyone likes 2 times then I'm sure they will enjoy this
For a none profit based label they have my support!! In 2023!
I remember years ago when I used to visit my mum's friends house with her and she played this track all the time haha. No denying how catchy it was ❤
I had just left school and working when "two times" was released. Great memories and great days. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Love Annerly Gordon. Two Times will always be a timeless classic. I’m guessing she signed a non-disclosure agreement as she didn’t let on she was the real singer of Whigfield though it is well known now
Second comment I see about this! Are you saying my childhood was a lie? Did Wingfield not sing? Was she just a face?😱😱😱😱😜😱
@@Wiantjie1989 Sannie Charlotte Carlson was just the face of Whigfield in the early years and mimed to Annerly Gordon’s vocals. From the 00s onwards Sannie started to sing with her own vocals and if you listen carefully you can tell she’s isn’t the original vocalist
@@Wiantjie1989 This is Annerly Gordon sining Saturday Night live ruclips.net/video/ffcxe91hvtU/видео.html
@@TranceAnthems my whole life was a lie!🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Wiantjie1989 it’s the same with Corona, Alice Deejay, 4 Strings and many other 90s groups unfortunately
She not only cowrote Whigfield hits, she also sang them
Really? So the girl on the video Saturday night was just lip singing? Not the real? 😢
@@ActivateLAnot real singer. just same as it happened with Corona
@@cristinap.morais6878 Oh no 😮 I feel a bit disappointed 😢
Thats not true.
@@anandmorris Cognitive dissonance?
She has a lovely personally! Really warm and friendly! Great interview as ever Twan!! 👍🏼 😊
Thank you very much Andy! She's amazing!
Wonderful person .Annerley Gordon .Thanks to you Twan for arranging this...Truelly Grateful.
Thanks so much Mark!
Shockingly good interview. I was going to avoid this but it turned out to be another great interview! To be fair I liked 2 Times a lot but was expecting about say 10 minutes. Great person and clearly so talented and living the dream! Even better to know more about her.
Thank you so much! And yes, she’s awesome! Really enjoyed talking to her!
Man this channel is golden, love all these amazing singers, takes me back to my teenage years ❤
Thank you so much! More interviews to come soon 😉
Ann Lee también cantó en español saturday night y be My baby ? Porque habla muy bien el español y tiene una voz hermosísima, es una de mis favoritas ♥️♥️♥️
Your content quality is hard to believe. Surprise after surprise interviews. And it is harder to surprise people now. What a priceless contribution to the music industry this channel certainly is. I had the biggest smile right through the 30 mins. Euro beat was my first passion growing up in the 1980s and I loved Italo Disco and Hi-NRG, as well as Spacesynth.
Thanks a lot Alex! I love all kinds of music so I hope there will be more surprise interviews soon haha ;-) At least travel / gigs are possile again now, so hopefully more artists will visit The Netherlands in the near future. And.... I hope to be able to visit London / Frankfurt and maybe Berlin as well in the next few years for some interviews. So many ideas, time / travel budget are usually the main issues, but hey, there's still time ;-) Thanks for your nice words!
She was also the real vocalist of Whigfield songs
Huh? Meaning?
@@Wiantjie1989 Sannie didn't sing any of the tracks from her 1st to 4th studio album. She only started singing from her 5th album in 2012 - Annerley still helped her on that album by providing backing vocals :) All the vocals since 1992 to early 2011 were all performed by Annerley Gordon.
Is this true? Whigfield sang nothing herself??
@@samppaankka2197 yes and she also sang Lee Marrow- Try me out and they had a blonde model for the film clip I was shocked right out of my pants
@@galinagajik191So the girl we see in the video Saturday night (Whigfield) didn’t sing the song? Just lip singed? Sorry I’m confused and shocked 😮
I absolutely loved this.
Thank you very much!!
It is a classic track
Great interview! Thanks!
Thanks a lot Donald!!
really nice interview. Thx as usual from the Czech Republic.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it! :)
Thnks, a very nice interview with a very positive woman. Good vibe.
New vocals and rhytme in the 25th year
@musikxpress I was working in a recordstore in NL & DJ-ing in Eindhoven at that time, and it was (still is) a real dancefloorfiller
Awesome ! I remember hear 2 Times when I was a kid and I love it . Happy to having grown up with this music . Thank you ! ❤❤❤
I hope she will do more music this era of 2022!! I mis her music! She is the real voice of Whigfield.
She's releasing new music all the time! She just released a track with Stargazers called 'The Day You Faded Away' on Amsterdam Trance for example.
Great interview and I enjoyed the silly pizza question at the end.
Thank you so much! 🍕 🍍
Thank you. One of the tracks of my childhood. Great interview
And thank you too!
what an absolute legend! after being a huge fan of annerley's work for years this is the first ever interview I've seen with her - great job, thanks so much!
Glad you enjoyed it! I was lucky enough to get an invite when she was in The Netherlands for a writing / recording session, I did learn a lot myself as well. Plus she's a super nice down to earth person, I hope to meet her again in the future! :)
Great interview Twan! I can remember '2 Times' coming out in the UK, big tune. What I didn't realise was Annerley was such a prolific songwriter! She has written quite a few Eurodance classics!
Thanks a lot Michael! And same here, I had no idea! So I'm glad at least some more people will find out now, she deserves it!!
That's Another Artist That I Know Amazing Video Keep Your Job/Interviews Up
Thank you! Will do!
@@muzikxpress Also Will You Forgive Me Please 🙏
Thanks Twan! Such a positive person. Very warm feeling on this interview. Tune is of course the classic. Still have it on few compilation CDs fro back in the day
Thanks a lot! And yes she is, it was so easy to talk with her and listen to her stories!
So many tracks,but love her early songs as Lalene, “Together” and “The Best” 👍🏻
Great interview as always mate! Learned a lot.
…👌🏼really nice, i enjoyed it so much…
so you know you become history!
DJ Space'C - I Need You with the vocals of Ann Lee and also Housecream Feat. Jo' - Get Me Into Your Heart are two of my favorite songs of all time, just found out a couple of years ago that she did the vocals.
Love Ann Lee ❤🥂💐
Two Times 💖💖
So good right? :)
Thanks for this interview, Muzikxpress! She is not only a great singer and songwriter, but she also has a great personality! Nice you mentioned "Try me out", because her version with Lee Marrow is also great! It was also nice you interviewed her about her participation in the Whigfield (although I wish one day the "rumors" about her being the true voice of Whigfield will be revealed)!
Since she is one of the most heard voices in the eurodance genre, is there any chance you will interview another great eurodance singer (and a good friend of Annerley): Sandy Chambers? Sandy did a lot of songs with/for Corona, Bernassi Bros, Double You, JK, etc.
Thank you! And maybe one day when Sandy is visiting The Netherlands (and if she’s up for it of course). Since this is “just” a hobby for me I don’t have a travel budget for these interviews. Annerley was in The Netherlands for some songwriting and recording sessions, so I had a good opportunity to talk to her. Hopefully I can do more interviews with other singer / songwriters when they visit The Netherlands 🤞🏻
@@muzikxpress of course I totally understand you can't just travel everywhere for interviews. Anyway, I love your interviews with so many amazing DJs and singers!
@@robbertg4466 thank you for your understanding! Wish I had unlimited time and travel budget 😂
So good 👍
Ann, for the 25th anniversary, you could do the same show twice. I mean two times. :D
😂
Annerley fact everybody seems to omit - if it hadn’t been for Annerley, Namie Amuro might not have had a career in music. it was thanks to Annerley’s song Try Me that Namie had her big break.
A 2023 re-release called 25 times with - gulp - 25 remixes. 🤩 (Lovely interview btw!)
hahaha! :D And thank you! Was great to talk to her!!!
Loved her vocals for Lee Marrow track Try Me Out… way better than Corona version
Niceeeee
I’ve always wanted to know how this was produced!
❤
Love her song Summertime under her alias as Annalise.
So deep dj nukk remix by Ann lee is my favorite
Now i know hehe.
Did Ann Lee originally sing "close to you" , and Sannie was lipsyncing the song during Whigfield's live performances this whole time??
¿De verdad no sabías que Sannie fue modelo/imagen del proyecto Whigfield desde que empezó hasta 2010?
En ésos años, Annerley fue quien compuso y cantó todos los temas y mayores exitos de Whigfield.
@@calypsocat No I didn't. I only found it out just now, because I wasn't really much of a Whigfield fan back in the 90's, and the only Whigfield song that I knew was "close to you", since it kept playing on the radio. It's a shame that Ann Lee never toured with Whigfield to perform their songs live. So why didn't she tour with them if she's the original vocalist?
@@julioaltavas2257
Me imagino que debido a contratos confidenciales con la disquera que producía su música.
It's a secret that time back in the 90's
Why she doesn't release new songs?
She’s releasing new songs all the time! Check her socials! A new one will be out in a week from now! She’s releasing as “Annerley” mostly.
Gotta get some serious remix competition going, I think.
Good one!
Ela e americana italiana foice the times e boa
She’s not from America 😉
Had she ever confirmed she did the vocals for whigfield? Saturday is so big i hope she made money from it.
She doesn't confirm that she was singing the songs of Whigfield, only writing?
So never mind, what’s she gonna do?
Badumsch 😜
"She did 6 albums" dice Annerley. 🥺
No, querida, tú compusiste y cantaste 5 de ésos albums.
She never talks about Whigfield, is she not allowed to?
What do you think? 😉
Why she always hides the truth about whigfield :((
I can’t imagine any contract would last 30 years. I assume Annerley chooses not to speak about it, perhaps out of loyalty to Sannie (who is now releasing material using her own voice under the Whigfield name).
@@ian215 did you notice that she even claims that Olga sang try me out? 🤣🤣 seriously, who doesnt know the story of Corona. I think that she just dont wanna expose them as "fake singers"
@@ian215 As I have often said....image Sanne Carlson....vocal Annerley Gordon
@@Sooty-Sweep yep, I know that 😀 I was wondering if there is a contract in place that prevents Annerley from speaking publicly about it, or if she simply chooses not to. We may never know!
@@ian215 Sannie still tours as Whigfield so it's good she finally uses her own voice, it is unfortunate her voice is not as strong as Annerley's. I'm sure Annerley is being respectful towards Sannie and doesn't want to ruin the illusion but the fans know that Annerley was the voice on the first 4 albums and you can still hear her voice on the "W" album.If you listen to songs by Naan voice is very different.
I’ve always said the crazy thing about the eurodance era is most of the groups had an amazing studio vocalist but they ended up putting in a face with no actual talent..
Thank you Ann Lee, nostalgia hit like a truck there. Lady is well underatted.