Cast All Your Cares was the last single

Single (music)

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 released off Beverley Knight

Beverley Knight

Beverley Knight MBE is a British soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. Heavily influenced by soul greats such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released six studio albums to date...

's debut album

Album

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, The B-Funk

The B-Funk

The B-Funk is the 1995 debut album by British soul singer Beverley Knight.-History:The album was released released in November, 1995, on independent record label Dome Records...

. The song was not released as a single in the UK

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 and only received a very limited release in Europe

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, becoming something of a rarety. The single, like most of The B-Funk era singles did not have a promotional video

Music video

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. "Cast All Your Cares" is dedicated to her mother, Dolores Smith, as stated in the album sleeve notes.

This song was a notable landmark in Knight's career as it was her final single with independent label Dome Records, which Knight signed to in 1994. Knight left the label due to musical differences and signed to Parlophone

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/EMI

EMI

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which allowed her career to hit new heights .

Track list

CD

1. "Cast All Your Cares" (Radio Edit #1) 3:46
2. "Cast All Your Cares" (Radio Edit #2) 3:59
3. "Cast All Your Cares" (Album Version) 5:13
4. "In Time" 5:01

Personnel

• Written by Beverley Knight, Neville Thomas and Pule Pheto
• Produced by Neville Thomas and Pule Pheto
• All vocals performed by Beverley Knight