Tiffany Renee Darwish known popularly as
Tiffany, is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singerSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
and former teen icon. She is most notable for her 1987
cover versionIn popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "I Think We're Alone Now", originally recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells in 1967. Released as the second single from her eponymous album,
Tiffany-B-sides:*"No Rules" *"The Heart Of Love" *"Mr. Mambo" *"Gotta Be Love" *"Out Of My Heart"...
, the song would quickly become a teen anthem. Thanks to an original mall tour, "The Beautiful You: Celebrating The Good Life Shopping Mall Tour '87", Tiffany became a pop sensation and had both the single and the album peaked at number one on the
Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and
Billboard 200The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
charts, respectively. The singles, "
Could've Been"Could've Been" is the third single released from Tiffany, the debut album of American teen-pop singer Tiffany.-Song information:The song was discovered by Music Industry Insiders Don McGovern and Brad Schmidt when they stumbled into a Hungry Tiger Restaurant in Thousand Oaks, California and heard...
" and "
I Saw Him Standing There"I Saw Him Standing There" by Tiffany was a cover version of The Beatles' song "I Saw Her Standing There". She released it on her debut self-titled album, changing the lyrics to "him" instead of "her"....
", a cover version of
The BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' "
I Saw Her Standing There"I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and is the opening track on The Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963....
", followed soon after with the former also claiming the number one position on the
Billboard Hot 100.
Although Tiffany's second album,
Hold an Old Friend's Hand-B-sides:*"Can't Stop A Heartbeat" *"I'll Be The Girl" *"Gotta Be Love" *"Ruthless"...
did chart in 1988, it failed to replicate the success of her debut. The 1990s saw an additional two releases, 1990's
New InsideNew Inside is the third regular studio album by Tiffany, released on October 2, 1990 . Tiffany had broken with manager/producer George Tobin soon after her 18th birthday, and signed with manager Dick Scott and producer Maurice Starr...
and the Asia-exclusive
Dreams Never DieDreams Never Die is the fourth regular studio album by Tiffany, released on November 21, 1993 . It represented an attempt to return to pop success three years after her last album, and five years after her last commercially successful one...
, both of which failed to rekindle substantial interest. Tiffany returned in 2001 with her first album in six years,
The Color of SilenceThe Color of Silence is the fifth regular studio album by Tiffany, released on November 7, 2000 . It represented a "comeback" for Tiffany, being her first studio album released in seven years, and the first released in the United States in ten years...
. While the album did receive some minor critical success, it too failed achieve commercial success. Since then, Tiffany has recorded four additional full-length albums, including an album of 80s cover songs, focusing on a variety of genres including country and dance and continues to tour. Outside of music, she has appeared nude in
PlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
and appeared in several television shows, such as
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time,
Celebrity Fit ClubCelebrity Fit Club is a reality television series that follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight for charity. Split into two competing teams of four, each week teams are given different physical challenges, and weighed to see if they reached their target weights...
and
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship WrestlingHulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling was an American reality television program broadcast on CMT that aired for eight episodes in 2008. The first episode aired on October 18, 2008. In Australia, the show premiered in July 2009 on the FOX8 channel. FOX8 is a subscription TV channel...
, as well the films
NecrosisNecrosis is a 2010 independent psychological thriller film directed by Jason Robert Stephens and stars James Kyson Lee, Tiffany, George Stults and Michael Berryman.-Plot:...
and
Mega Python vs. GatoroidMega Python vs. Gatoroid is a 2011 monster disaster film by The Asylum, directed by Mary Lambert, and starring pop singers Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. The film premiered theatrically in Texas and premiered on television on January 29, 2011 on Syfy in the United States. The film was released on home...
, the latter co-starring fellow 80s teen idol and musical rival, Debbie Gibson.
Biography
Tiffany was born in 1971, to parents James Robert Darwish (of
LebaneseThe Lebanese people are a nation and ethnic group of Levantine people originating in what is today the country of Lebanon, including those who had inhabited Mount Lebanon prior to the creation of the modern Lebanese state....
and
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descent) and Janie Wilson (of mostly
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and some distant
CherokeeThe Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
descent). Her parents divorced when she was very young. She grew up in
Norwalk, CaliforniaNorwalk is a suburban city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 105,549 at the 2010 census, up from 103,298 at the 2000 census, making it the 58th most populous city in California and the 255th nationally....
.
Tiffany began singing around 1975, when she was four years old, and learned the words to the song "
Delta Dawn"Delta Dawn" is a song written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey , best known as a 1972 top ten C&W hit for Tanya Tucker and a number-one hit for Helen Reddy in 1973.-Lyrical story:The title character is a faded southern...
".
Early singing career
In 1981, Tiffany debuted with country music singer Jack Reeves at a country and western spot called Narods in
Chino, CaliforniaChino is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located in the western end of the Riverside-San Bernardino Area and it is easily accessible via the Chino Valley and Pomona freeways....
. She passed a hat along the crowd afterward, and collected $235 in what would be her first career earnings.
Tiffany was singing at a
Los AngelesLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
club named
El Palomino when she was discovered by
Hoyt AxtonHoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...
and his mother Mae Axton. Mae took her to sing in
Nashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, where she performed at the
Ralph Emery Show, singing
Juice NewtonJudith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist...
's "
Queen of Hearts"Queen of Hearts" is the title of a country-pop song written by Hank DeVito, who was the pedal steel guitarist in Emmylou Harris' backing group The Hot Band in the early '80s....
" and
Tammy WynetteVirginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
's "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad".
In 1982, Tiffany toured several cities in
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. Also that year, she performed on the same bill as
Jerry Lee LewisJerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
and
George JonesGeorge Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
. At that time, she was managed by George Tobin. In 1983, Ronald Kent Surut became her manager.
Recording contract and fame
In 1984, Tiffany was signed to a recording contract by
George TobinGeorge Tobin is a record producer who has produced albums for a long list of musical artists including Robert John, Smokey Robinson, Kim Carnes, Kicking Harold, and PC Quest. He is best known, however, for discovering, managing, and producing the teenage singer Tiffany and showcasing her in malls...
who heard a demo tape she recorded.
In 1985, Tiffany appeared on
Star SearchStar Search is a television show that was produced from 1983-95, hosted by Ed McMahon, and created by Alfred Masini. A relaunch was produced in 2003-04. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd...
with
Ed McMahonEdward Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr. was an American comedian, game show host and announcer. He is most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's sidekick and announcer on The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992. He also hosted the original version of the talent show Star Search from 1983 to 1995...
, where she finished second place overall.
In 1986, Tiffany signed a contract that gave Tobin total control over her career. She recorded her first studio album, and was signed to a
MCAMCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business...
contract. Tiffany's
eponymAn eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...
ous album,
Tiffany-B-sides:*"No Rules" *"The Heart Of Love" *"Mr. Mambo" *"Gotta Be Love" *"Out Of My Heart"...
, was released in 1987. The first single titled "Danny" failed to chart. Following the failure of "Danny", Tiffany went on a nationwide tour titled "The Beautiful You: Celebrating The Good Life Shopping Mall Tour '87". The tour kicked off at the Bergen Mall in Paramus,
New JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Her second single, a cover of
Tommy James & the ShondellsTommy James and the Shondells are an American rock and roll group whose period of greatest success came in the late 1960s. They had two No. 1 singles in the U.S. — "Hanky Panky" and "Crimson and Clover" — and also charted 12 other Top 40 hits, including five in the top ten: "Crystal...
' hit, "I Think We're Alone Now", became a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 list.
Soon she was vying with fellow pop star Debbie Gibson for space on the covers of teen magazines, including
Tiger BeatTiger Beat is an American fan magazine marketed primarily to adolescent girls. It is currently published by Laufer Media, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, which also produces its sister publication, Bop....
, and
Teen BeatTeen Beat was an American magazine geared towards teenaged readers.First published in August 1976, the magazine was preceded by sister publications 16 Magazine, published in 1956, and Tiger Beat, which was first published in 1965...
, as well as on
televisionTelevision is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
shows on
MTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. Her ballad "
Could've Been"Could've Been" is the third single released from Tiffany, the debut album of American teen-pop singer Tiffany.-Song information:The song was discovered by Music Industry Insiders Don McGovern and Brad Schmidt when they stumbled into a Hungry Tiger Restaurant in Thousand Oaks, California and heard...
" also peaked at the number one spot on the Billboard charts in February 1988. Tiffany's cover of the Beatles "
I Saw Him Standing There"I Saw Him Standing There" by Tiffany was a cover version of The Beatles' song "I Saw Her Standing There". She released it on her debut self-titled album, changing the lyrics to "him" instead of "her"....
" peaked at the number seven position on Hot 100. "Feelings of Forever" also saw chart success from the over 4.1 million selling debut. Tiffany also set a record for the youngest female artist to top the Billboard charts with a debut album. Later that year, she toured with
New Kids on the BlockNew Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...
as the opening act for her concert tour.
Family turmoil
In 1988, at the peak of her popularity, Tiffany ended up in the middle of a conflict between her manager George Tobin and her mother and stepfather over control of her career and earnings. This led to a court fight which included an attempt by Tiffany to have herself declared an emancipated minor. This was rejected by the court, but her grandmother (who supported and sided with Tiffany during the trial) became her temporary guardian. These legal battles took a toll on the singer's career.
Career stall
In late 1988, Tiffany released her second album,
Hold an Old Friend's Hand, which was less successful than her first album. Although it did not feature any number one hits, the song "All This Time" made the top ten.
Hold an Old Friend's Hand received mixed reviews from critics, but eventually went platinum. Later that year, she signed on to provide the voice of Judy Jetson for
Jetsons: The MovieJetsons: The Movie is a 1990 animated science fiction film produced by Hanna-Barbera and released on July 6, 1990, by Universal Pictures based on the hit cartoon series, The Jetsons . The movie features the final voice roles of George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc who both died during production of the film...
, which was ultimately released in 1990 after delays; she contributed three songs to the soundtrack, including the single "I Always Thought I'd See You Again". Some controversy resulted from the fact that
Janet WaldoJanet Waldo is an American actress and voice artist with a career encompassing radio, television, animation and live-action films. She is best known in animation for voicing Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop and Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats...
, who had voiced the character in all previous Jetsons material, was cast aside.
Shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Tiffany left Tobin's management and signed with Dick Scott and Kim Glover, who managed
New Kids on the BlockNew Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...
, by then a very successful teen pop group.
Tiffany's career suffered as musical tastes changed in the early 1990s, swinging away from
Dance-popDance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
, towards harder-edged rock and rap. This was shown in her third album, the
urbanUrban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
influenced
New Inside. It was her first album away from Tobin, and some of her fans felt the new soulful, sultrier Tiffany was a hard sell.
New Inside received mixed reviews from critics, but failed to make the charts, although she made several TV appearances to promote it, including on the sitcom
Out of This WorldOut Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in U.S. syndication on September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991. It was first broadcast in the UK on the ITV network on April 9, 1990, usually at...
. Tiffany never regained her "Teen Queen" popularity.
In 1991, she took part in the recording of the song "
Voices That Care"Voices That Care" is a 1991 song written by David Foster, Linda Thompson and Peter Cetera and recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians, entertainers and athletes. The single and supporting documentary music video were intended to help boost the morale of U.S...
", which peaked at #11 on the
Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
.
Comeback attempts
During a brief early-1990s comeback attempt, Tiffany got back together with Tobin, released the album
Dreams Never Die in
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
(but not in the United States), and did some performances at the Las Vegas Hilton in the summer of 1993, before breaking with Tobin again.
In 1995, Tiffany moved to
NashvilleNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
to attempt a
country musicCountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
career, but never released any music of that genre until 2011's Rose Tattoo.
In 2000, Tiffany released a "comeback" album,
The Color of Silence, which received good reviews. Billboard pegged it as "one of the best pop albums of the year" and the year's "biggest surprise". Despite the critical validation, and a record-breaking turnout for her college campus tour, a record deal with a shady, now defunct company and the teen-pop "stigma" attached to her name hindered the album's potential success.
Return to the public eye
In the April 2002 issue of
Playboy, Tiffany appeared nude. She admitted that the reason for her
Playboy spread is "to break down those barriers so people couldn't say, 'Aww, she's still 14." She also mentioned the difficulty explaining to her then nine-year-old son that she was in
Playboy.
On April 2, 2005, Tiffany was featured on the British TV show
Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, winning the first heat and subsequently securing a place in the show's finale. She also appeared on the U.S. version of the show on June 2, 2005, but lost to hip-hop group
Arrested DevelopmentArrested Development is an American alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s.-History:...
. Both versions of the show aim to bring former pop stars back into the limelight. Tiffany performed the
Girls AloudGirls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...
song "
Love Machine"Love Machine" is a song performed by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their second studio album What Will the Neighbours Say? . The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania, and produced by Higgins and Xenomania...
" on the UK version of the show. In 2006, Girls Aloud returned the favor by covering Tiffany's best known song "I Think We're Alone Now" on their greatest hits album
The Sound of Girls AloudThe Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits anthology by British and Irish all-female pop group Girls Aloud. It was released in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2006 and entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, making it Girls Aloud's first number one album. As of...
.
In May 2005, Tiffany released the album
Dust Off And Dance independently through CDBaby (and later for download on
iTunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
). It was dedicated to her new husband, but recorded as a "Thank You" to her fans (particularly her gay and European fanbase) for reminding her about the fun to be had with her career, and it serves as a reminder of a lighter time when she could lose herself on the dance floor. The album consists of
EurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
and
Hi-NRGHi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...
style songs. The singles from
Dust Off And DanceDust Off and Dance is the sixth regular studio album by Tiffany, released in May 2005. Its style is electronica or dance music, representing a departure from the styles she has used in earlier albums, and of particular interest to dance clubs, where its songs have achieved some success...
, such as "Ride It", "Fly", "Be With U Tonite", "Na Na Na", and "Artificial Girlfriend", all charted on listener sponsored radio stations that also stream online, such as
WMPHWMPH is Delaware's first high school radio station, located in Wilmington. The Brandywine School District Board of Education owns the license granted by the FCC. The call letters WMPH stand for Mount Pleasant High and offered several program formats including Top 40, progressive rock, dance and...
and C895Worldwide. Both radio stations are Rhythmic/Dance format stations. A few of the singles made the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Tiffany toured with the album, which in September 2006 was nominated for six JPF awards. She won for best dance song of the year for "Be With U Tonite" and best dance CD of the year on November 4, 2006. She was mentioned several times (along with fellow pop diva Debbie Gibson) in the romantic comedy film
Music and LyricsMusic and Lyrics is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Marc Lawrence. It focuses on the relationship that evolves between a former pop music idol and an aspiring writer as they struggle to compose a song for the reigning pop diva.-Plot:Alex Fletcher enjoyed...
.
In 2007 Tiffany was cast for the fifth season of
VH1VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's
Celebrity Fit Club. The show premiered on April 22, 2007. During the show the singer's weight started at 152 lbs and finished with 124 lbs, a difference of 28 lbs or 18.4%.
In April 2007, Tiffany released a new album of cover material released by
Cleopatra RecordsCleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
, entitled
I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and MoreI Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More is an album on Cleopatra Records by Tiffany. It features songs that were hits in the 1980s re-recorded by Tiffany as well as a few songs that are from other decades...
. The album, which carries a picture of Tiffany from her 1980s glory days, contains updated versions of her first three top 10 hits from her debut album, and also features covers of songs from the 1980s.
New record contract
Tiffany signed a
recording contractA recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with 10 Spot Records, a new division of
Water Music RecordsWater Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
Group, distributed by
Universal Music GroupUniversal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. She released a new album on June 5, 2007, titled
Just MeJust Me is a 2007 album by Tiffany, her seventh regular studio album. Fresh off of Celebrity Fit Club, 80's Pop sensation Tiffany released her first album of all original music since 2005's Dust Off and Dance. The first single and music video was "Feels Like Love"...
. The album contains all new material in a singer/songwriter format
à la "The Color of Silence". The first single from the album, "Feels Like Love", was released on May 1, 2007. On April 15, 2007, Tiffany filmed a music video for "Feels Like Love" in Los Angeles.
In early August 2007, the dance single "Higher", not featured on the album, began showing up online. On October 2, 2007 (Tiffany's 36th birthday), it debuted on the
BillboardBillboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Dance Club PlayThe Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
chart at number 45, her first
Billboard chart appearance since 1989; since then the single climbed the charts to #19.
In March 2008, an independent limited (500 copies pressed) release album,
Mimi's Kitchen, full of rare demos from age 3 up until the present, was shipped to fans in a personalized package which included autographed photos, two autographed CDs, and the "Mimi's Kitchen" demo collection. A small subset of the release also included Playboy T-shirts.
In late April 2008, a track with the same name as her 2005 dance album, "Dust off And Dance", became available for download on the web. The song is Tiffany doing vocals for a dance team called Hydra Productions, and the song is found on their album
Liquid.In early January 2009, Tiffany grabbed the number-one spot on the Hot Club Play Breakout charts with this single.
In late July 2008, a new Tiffany dance song titled
Just Another Day was released on CD by perfectbeat, remixed by
Dave AudéDave Audé is a Grammy nominated producer, house DJ, and remixer. He has done production for musicians such as KoЯn, t.A.T.u., DJ Keoki, Barenaked Ladies, Faith No More, Cause and Effect, Hilary Duff, Wanessa, Ashley Tisdale, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga, Lunascape, Madonna, Britney Spears, CeCe...
. It peaked at #28 on the U.S. Billboard dance charts.
On October 18, 2008, Tiffany appeared on the CMT reality show
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling where she was the first contender to be eliminated, in the first episode, due to poor wrestling performance.
In January 14, 2011 Tiffany released the single "
Serpentine"Serpentine" is a song by American female artist Tiffany, co-written with Chris Donohue and released in January 2011 as a digital download single...
" on
iTunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
. This country song is taken from the soundtrack of the film
Mega Python vs. GatoroidMega Python vs. Gatoroid is a 2011 monster disaster film by The Asylum, directed by Mary Lambert, and starring pop singers Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. The film premiered theatrically in Texas and premiered on television on January 29, 2011 on Syfy in the United States. The film was released on home...
, in which she also stars. Tiffany's new album
Rose TattooRose Tattoo is a 2011 album by Tiffany, her eighth regular studio album. It represents a return to country music, a genre Tiffany actually began with before her success as a teen pop star in the 1980s...
, released on March 1, 2011, is her first foray into country music.
On April 22, 2011, It was announced that Tiffany would be teaming up with fellow 80s sensation Debbie Gibson for an upcoming summer concert tour aptly titled
Journey Through The 80's. When asked what material the pair would perform in the concerts, Tiffany said it would be an 80s retrospective that, in addition to their own material, would also feature covers by Stevie Nicks, Guns ‘N’ Roses and Reba McEntire. They also planned to sing some Broadway tunes during their set.
Acting career
Tiffany has made a foray in films and television shows. Her first acting job was providing the voice of Judy Jetson for
Jetsons: The MovieJetsons: The Movie is a 1990 animated science fiction film produced by Hanna-Barbera and released on July 6, 1990, by Universal Pictures based on the hit cartoon series, The Jetsons . The movie features the final voice roles of George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc who both died during production of the film...
, which was ultimately released in 1990 after delays; she contributed three songs to the soundtrack.
In 2002, she appeared on the short-lived sitcom
That '80s ShowThat '80s Show is an American sitcom that aired in half-hour long episodes from January through May 2002. Despite having a similar name, show structure, and many of the same writers and production staff, it is not considered a direct spin-off of the more successful That '70s Show, since the...
as "Autumn", an employee of punk nightclub "Chaos".
In April 2008, Tiffany began appearing in an ad, entitled "Paradise by the GoPhone Light", for AT&T's GoPhone, which featured
Meat LoafMichael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
. The ad, which parodies Meat Loaf's "
Paradise by the Dashboard Light"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was first released in 1977 on the album Bat Out of Hell, with vocals by the American musician Meat Loaf alongside Ellen Foley...
", has been released in two versions, a long form and a short form, the latter of which cuts out most of Tiffany's singing part.
Also in April 2008, Tiffany made a cameo appearance on the situational comedy
How I Met Your MotherHow I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
in the episode "
Sandcastles In The Sand"Sandcastles in the Sand" is the 16th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 60th overall. It originally aired on April 21, 2008.- Plot :...
", playing herself as a backup singer in an '80s-inspired pop star music video by Robin Sparkles — "Sandcastles in the Sand".
Tiffany starred in the 2008 short film
The Isolationist, which made the
film festivalA film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
rounds. Her character, Barbara Newman, is a sexually aggressive woman unwilling to let a co-worker enjoy some alone time. In 2009, she completed work on her first feature film,
NecrosisNecrosis is a 2010 independent psychological thriller film directed by Jason Robert Stephens and stars James Kyson Lee, Tiffany, George Stults and Michael Berryman.-Plot:...
(released internationally as
Blood Snow), a psychological thriller where she stars alongside
James Kyson Lee and
George StultsGeorge Sheehy Stults is an American actor and former fashion model. Stults grew up in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado but was born in Detroit, Michigan...
. In the film, she plays Karen, a fun-loving adrenaline junkie who takes matters into her own hands after a blizzard traps her and her friends in a cabin and paranoia gets the best of them.
Necrosis premiered at the
2009 Cannes Film FestivalThe 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival...
. Tiffany's former music rival,
Deborah GibsonDeborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...
, had her film
Mega Shark Versus Giant OctopusMega Shark Versus Giant Octopus is a monster/disaster film by The Asylum, released on May 19, 2009, in the United States and on August 7, 2009, in the United Kingdom. It was directed by Ace Hannah and stars singer Debbie Gibson and actor Lorenzo Lamas...
premiere at Cannes as well. Tiffany also stars in a film from
The AsylumThe Asylum is an American film studio and distributor which focuses on producing low-budget, usually direct-to-video productions. The studio has produced titles that capitalize on productions by major studios; these titles have been dubbed "mockbusters" by the press.-History:The Asylum was founded...
, the mockbuster
Mega PiranhaMega Piranha is a 2010 science fiction disaster film produced by The Asylum.It was directed by Eric Forsberg and stars Tiffany, Paul Logan and Barry Williams...
, directed by
Eric ForsbergEric Forsberg is the writer and director of the feature film Mega Piranha, as well as the writer of the feature film Snakes on a Train, a mockbuster produced and released by The Asylum. He also wrote the screenplays for 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea and War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave, also for...
and also starring
Barry WilliamsBarry William Blenkhorn , known professionally as Barry Williams, is an American actor best known for his role as Greg Brady in the ABC television series The Brady Bunch.-Early life and career:...
.
Tiffany and Deborah Gibson star in a
SyfySyfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
original movie
Mega Python vs. GatoroidMega Python vs. Gatoroid is a 2011 monster disaster film by The Asylum, directed by Mary Lambert, and starring pop singers Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. The film premiered theatrically in Texas and premiered on television on January 29, 2011 on Syfy in the United States. The film was released on home...
, which aired January 29, 2011. Featured in the movie is a protracted catfight waged between Tiffany and Gibson.
Personal life
Tiffany briefly dated
New Kids on the BlockNew Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...
member
Jonathan KnightJonathan Rashleigh Knight is an American singer. Knight is part of the boyband New Kids on the Block. The band also includes Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood and Jonathan's younger brother Jordan...
during their joint tour in the late 80s/early 90s, a relationship that was short lived because of touring difficulties. In a January 2011 interview, she stated that Knight is gay, which Knight then confirmed, saying "I have lived my life very openly and have never hidden the fact that I am gay".
In 1992, Tiffany married make-up artist Bulmaro Garcia, giving birth to their son, Elijah Garcia, on September 17, 1992.
Having divorced Garcia, on August 1, 2004, Tiffany married a
Briton- Peoples :* British people, citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories* Britons , ancient Celtic people from the island of Great Britain- Newspapers :...
named Benn George, while dividing her time between
CannockCannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....
, England, and
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
In 2004, Tiffany was the subject of an
E! True Hollywood StoryE! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and well-known public figures...
television show.
In recent years, Tiffany has performed frequently at
gay prideLGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
events, and is a supporter of gay rights.
Tiffany resides in Nashville, TN, and often performs local sets in the Nashville area when not touring to other cities.
Other musical artists named Tiffany
Tiffany Darwish is not the only musical act to go by the stage name
Tiffany, which has at times caused confusion for her fans. In 1984, a song entitled "Remembering Love", credited to "Tiffany", was released in Canada, followed up in 1987 by another song, "In The Dark". As these turned up in used-record catalogs, fans debated whether they were by "the" Tiffany or not, and even Tiffany's own denial was not always fully trusted. However, these releases were ultimately found to be by the Canadian singer Kimberly Warnock, who has sometimes used the stage name "Tiffany" but has no other connection with the better-known "Tiffany".
Other uses of the name for musical artists or groups have included a 1960s
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
vocalist, a 1970s
DutchThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
band, a
gospelGospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
band, a
GermanGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
band, an
ItalianItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
singer, and two different
R&BRhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
singers (with real names Tiffany Nichole Tatum and Tiffany Lane, the latter of whom is better known as
Charli BaltimoreTiffany "Charli Baltimore" Lane is an American Grammy Award nominated female rapper. Her stage name is taken from Geena Davis's character in the film The Long Kiss Goodnight.-Musical career:...
).
Studio albums
Compilations
| Information |
Peak positions |
| US |
UK |
CAN |
JPN |
| I Saw Him Standing There "I Saw Him Standing There" by Tiffany was a cover version of The Beatles' song "I Saw Her Standing There". She released it on her debut self-titled album, changing the lyrics to "him" instead of "her"....
- Remix EP (Japan Only)
- Released: May 11, 1988
- Label: MCA / Warner Music Japan
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15 |
| BEST 16
Hits compilation (Japan Only)
Released: Nov 26, 1992
Label: MCA Victor |
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| Best of Best
Hits compilation (Japan Only)
Released: Oct 26, 1994
Label: MCA Victor |
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| Best One
Hits compilation (Japan Only)
Released: Oct 27, 1995
Label: MCA Victor |
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All the Best
Hits compilation w/ 2 new songs
(Asia Only)
Released: Feb 21, 1996
Label: MCA |
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| Greatest Hits Tiffany – Greatest Hits is the fourth album and first greatest hits album by Tiffany.-Track listing:# "I Think We're Alone Now" – 3:47# "Danny" – 4:00# "All This Time" – 4:20...
Hits compilation
Released: October 22, 1996
Label: Hip-OHip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. Their Hip-O Select label is currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of fourteen box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown...
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| I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More is an album on Cleopatra Records by Tiffany. It features songs that were hits in the 1980s re-recorded by Tiffany as well as a few songs that are from other decades...
Re-recordings of hits of the 1980s
Released: May 3, 2007
Label: CleopatraCleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
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Singles
| Year |
Single |
Album |
U.S. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
|
U.S. AC The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
|
UK The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
|
Dance |
NLDThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
|
| 1987 |
"Danny "Danny" was the first single from pop singer Tiffany's self-titled debut album.Contrary to popular belief, "I Think We're Alone Now" was not Tiffany's first single. "Danny" was the first release from her debut album, but wasn't heavily promoted and didn't sell well...
" |
Tiffany -B-sides:*"No Rules" *"The Heart Of Love" *"Mr. Mambo" *"Gotta Be Love" *"Out Of My Heart"...
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| "I Think We're Alone Now" |
1 |
38 |
1 |
23 |
2 |
| "Could've Been "Could've Been" is the third single released from Tiffany, the debut album of American teen-pop singer Tiffany.-Song information:The song was discovered by Music Industry Insiders Don McGovern and Brad Schmidt when they stumbled into a Hungry Tiger Restaurant in Thousand Oaks, California and heard...
" |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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25 |
| 1988 |
"I Saw Him Standing There "I Saw Him Standing There" by Tiffany was a cover version of The Beatles' song "I Saw Her Standing There". She released it on her debut self-titled album, changing the lyrics to "him" instead of "her"....
" |
7 |
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8 |
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| "Feelings of Forever "Feelings of Forever" is the final single from the album Tiffany by Tiffany. It was considered a flop in most areas of the world, but was a very minor success in the U.S. and the U.K.-Song information:...
" |
50 |
43 |
52 |
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| "All This Time "All This Time" is the first single from Tiffany's second album, Hold an Old Friend's Hand. The single was Tiffany's fourth and last top-ten hit in the United States.-Song information:...
" |
Hold An Old Friend's Hand -B-sides:*"Can't Stop A Heartbeat" *"I'll Be The Girl" *"Gotta Be Love" *"Ruthless"...
|
6 |
10 |
47 |
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| 1989 |
"Radio Romance "Radio Romance" is the second single from Tiffany's second album Hold an Old Friend's Hand in the US and first from the album in the UK.-Song information:...
" |
35 |
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13 |
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"Hold an Old Friend's Hand"Hold an Old Friend's Hand" is the title track to Tiffany's second album Hold an Old Friend's Hand. It was the third single released from the album. The song is a cover, originally performed by Tracy Nelson in 1974, and written by Donna Weiss .-Song information:By the Summer of 1989 Tiffany's...
" |
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37 |
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| "It's the Lover (Not the Love) "It's the Lover " was the final single in the U.S. off of Tiffany's album Hold an Old Friend's Hand.-Song information:"It's the Lover" failed to chart on any major chart...
" |
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| "Oh Jackie "Oh Jackie" by Tiffany from her second album Hold an Old Friend's Hand was only released in Japan in May 1989. At the same time Yamaha launched a full-scale media campaign featuring Tiffany and this song in order to promote their new line of stereo systems, named after her which pioneered "Active...
" 1 |
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| 1990 |
"I Always Thought I'd See You Again" |
Jetsons: The MovieJetsons: The Movie is a 1990 animated science fiction film produced by Hanna-Barbera and released on July 6, 1990, by Universal Pictures based on the hit cartoon series, The Jetsons . The movie features the final voice roles of George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc who both died during production of the film...
Soundtrack |
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| "New Inside" |
New Inside New Inside is the third regular studio album by Tiffany, released on October 2, 1990 . Tiffany had broken with manager/producer George Tobin soon after her 18th birthday, and signed with manager Dick Scott and producer Maurice Starr...
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| "Here in My Heart" |
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| 1991 |
"Back in the Groove" 1 |
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"Voices That Care"Voices That Care" is a 1991 song written by David Foster, Linda Thompson and Peter Cetera and recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians, entertainers and athletes. The single and supporting documentary music video were intended to help boost the morale of U.S...
"(Various Artists) |
single only |
11 |
6 |
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| 1993 |
"If Love Is Blind" 1 |
Dreams Never Die Dreams Never Die is the fourth regular studio album by Tiffany, released on November 21, 1993 . It represented an attempt to return to pop success three years after her last album, and five years after her last commercially successful one...
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| 1994 |
"Can't You See" 1 |
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| 2000 |
"I'm Not Sleeping" |
The Color of Silence The Color of Silence is the fifth regular studio album by Tiffany, released on November 7, 2000 . It represented a "comeback" for Tiffany, being her first studio album released in seven years, and the first released in the United States in ten years...
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| "Open My Eyes" |
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| 2005 |
"Be with U Tonite" |
Dust Off and Dance Dust Off and Dance is the sixth regular studio album by Tiffany, released in May 2005. Its style is electronica or dance music, representing a departure from the styles she has used in earlier albums, and of particular interest to dance clubs, where its songs have achieved some success...
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| 2006 |
"Na Na Na" |
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| 2007 |
"Feels Like Love" |
Just Me Just Me is a 2007 album by Tiffany, her seventh regular studio album. Fresh off of Celebrity Fit Club, 80's Pop sensation Tiffany released her first album of all original music since 2005's Dust Off and Dance. The first single and music video was "Feels Like Love"...
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| "Higher" 2 |
Single Only |
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19 |
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| 2008 |
"Just Another Day" |
Single Only |
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28 |
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| 2009 |
"Dust Off And Dance (Feat. Hydra Productions)" |
Hydra Productions: Liquid |
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19 |
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| 2011 |
"Serpentine "Serpentine" is a song by American female artist Tiffany, co-written with Chris Donohue and released in January 2011 as a digital download single...
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| "Feel the Music" |
Rose Tattoo Rose Tattoo is a 2011 album by Tiffany, her eighth regular studio album. It represents a return to country music, a genre Tiffany actually began with before her success as a teen pop star in the 1980s...
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- "Hearts Never Lie" (With Chris Farren)
Footnotes
- 1 Released in Asia only.
- 2 Reached #19 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Release exclusive to Perfect Beat.
Music videos
| Year |
Video |
Director |
Notes |
| 1987 |
"I Think We're Alone Now" |
George Tobin |
Single Version |
| "Could've Been" |
|
Extended Version |
| "I Saw Him Standing There" |
|
Single Version |
| "Feelings of Forever" |
|
Single Version |
| 1988 |
"All This Time" |
George Tobin |
Extended Version |
| "Radio Romance" |
|
Single Version |
| 1990 |
"Here In My Heart" |
Doug Nichol Doug Nichol is an American filmmaker and commercials/music video director.He won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Sting’s Ten Summoner's Tales and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with Aerosmith and NKOTB. He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video...
|
Album Version |
| 1991 |
"Voices That Care"Voices That Care" is a 1991 song written by David Foster, Linda Thompson and Peter Cetera and recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians, entertainers and athletes. The single and supporting documentary music video were intended to help boost the morale of U.S...
"(Various) |
David S. Jackson |
Single Version |
| 1993 |
"Can't You See" |
|
Album Version |
| 2001 |
"Open My Eyes" |
|
Single Version |
| "Christening" |
|
Album Version |
| 2007 |
"Feels Like Love" |
Michael Stratigakis |
Album Version |
Legacy
In 2008 the documentary "I Think We're Alone Now" was released. It focuses on two fans of Tiffany who claim to be in love with her. It follows their lives as talk about Tiffany and attend some of her concerts.
External links