Martine McCutcheon (born Martine Kimberley Sherrie Ponting on 14 May 1976) is an English singer, television personality and Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress. McCutcheon had minor success as one third of the pop group Milan in the early 1990s; however, it was her role as Tiffany Mitchell in BBC's EastEnders that made her a household name in the UK in 1995. McCutcheon left the series at the end of 1998 to embark on a pop career, this time as a solo artist. She had international success, reaching No. 1 in 5 countries with her debut single Perfect Moment. She released three albums to varying degrees of success, but her pop career stalled due to the poor reception of her third album in 2002. She has since appeared in various television programmes, in films such as Love Actually as 'Natalie', and on stage in My Fair Lady, where her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle won her a Laurence Olivier Award in 2002. She released her autobiography, Who Does She Think She Is? in 2000.
McCutcheon was born as Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting at the Salvation Army Mother's Hospital in Hackney, London, when her mother, Jenny Tomlin, was 20. She endured a turbulent early childhood due to the abusive and irrational behaviour of her drug addict father, Thomas Hemmings. Her earliest memory of her father is him dangling her over a balcony by her ankles, 30 feet up in the air, threatening to drop her unless her mother did what he wanted. Despite Hemmings leaving when McCutcheon was 2 years old, he would return periodically to threaten her mother so her early years were spent running and hiding in order to escape him. When McCutcheon was nine, her mother won sole custody and an injunction was made against Hemmings seeing McCutcheon until she was 18.
Yeah...
I should've known, I should've thought twice
I should've listened to my own advice
But then there was you
You broke all the rules
But tonight all of my dreams
Sometimes they ain't what you see
Now I know that it's true
I learned it from you
I gave my all
I gave my trust
I gave my heart but it wasn't for love
So listen up before I go
Someday I think you should know
You can fool some of the people some of the time
But you can't fool this heart of mine
And if several is true
I'm over you
You can take all your games and all your lies
But you can't take away my pride
And if several is true
I won't be your fool
I'm over you
Mirror mirror on the wall
Catch me now before I fall
I'm breaking these chains
A heartache and pain
Make a move and break away
The sun is shining on a brand new day
My vision is clear
I've cried my last tear
I say goodbye, I walk away
Don't you know there's a price that you gonna pay
It's over now, and that's a fact
'Cause this time there's no turning back
I gave my heart, I gave my trust
I gave my arm but it wasn't for love
So hear this now, before I go
You and I have been
through times both good and bad
and I have seen
the both of us so sad
and I would be incomplete
without you in my life
now I want you to see
You mean the world to me
I've been lookin' at my life
and all the things that make it right
so many friends they come and go
but you're the only one who truly knows
what's in my heart what's in my mind
the only one who took the time
you and I have been
through times both good and bad
and I have seen
the both of us so sad
and I would be incomplete
without you in my life
now I want you to see
You mean the world to me
I've been thinking for so long (I need you)
give me the strength to carry on (I wanna thank you)
what's in my heart what's in my mind
the only one who took the time
to let me know you're there for me
the only one who took the time
to find me
you and I have been
through times both good and bad
and I have seen
the both of us so sad
and I would be incomplete
without you in my life
now I want you to see
You mean the world to me
I've got a picture in my head
A photograph of you and I
I wasn't with you, now I am
Although we're pulled apart by miles
I hear your voice
It whispers in my ear
I see your face
It's like your really here
I want to stay home tonight
Just you, me and us
Cuddle up alone tonight
Just you, me and us
I wanna put your hands in mine
I wanna be there when you smile
I wanna look you in the eye
Although we're pulled apart by miles
I hear your voice
It whispers in my ear
I see your face
It's like your really here
I want to stay home tonight
Just you, me and us
Cuddle up alone tonight
Just you, me and us
Knowing you're just time away
It hurts me even more
Keep praying you'll be back for good
When you close the door
Want to stay home tonight
Just you, me and us
Cuddle up alone tonight
Just you, me and us
Want to stay home tonight
Just you, me and us
Cuddle up alone tonight
Just you, me and us
Just you and me
Baby please
I've been wishing
I've been wishing
I've been wishing
for someone so right like you
I've been wishing
so long I've been watching everyone else
looks like they're enjoying themselves
I've been hoping
my time will come
and you'd see me
then you came to me like a summer breeze
in my heart I feel this must be real
now it's time to say
that I'm on my way
to letting you know
just how I feel
I've been wishing
for a day
I've been wishing
for a night
I've been wishing
for someone so right
like you
I've been wishing
You're here
I've been waiting
it's takin' so long
to have you here back to my arms
It means the world to me baby be mine
now and always
then you came to me like a summer breeze
in my heart I feel you know it's real
now it's time to say
that I'm on my way
to letting you know
just how I feel
I've been wishing
for a day
I've been wishing
for a night
I've been wishing
for someone so right
like you
You know I need you baby
I've been wishing
for a day
I've been wishing
Tonight, you can try to hide from me
But I can see that you're feeling good inside
Be by my side.
Now I think that you should know
Come and find me
Tonight is the night it's destined to be.
Saturday night I'm feeling uptight
It's a feeling new
My girls are on the phone
Don't want me to be alone
I've been feeling blue.
So now we're going out
We're gonna scream and shout
Good feeling's coming my way
I see you standing there
Acting like you don't care
Well I have got something to say...
Tonight, you can try to hide from me
But I can see that you're feeling good inside
Be by my side.
Now I think that you should know
Come and find me
Tonight is the night it's destined to be...
Tonight (you're my destiny)
Tonight
I move over
I touch your shoulder
Are you feeling me?
Fingers through my hair
I wanna feel you everywhere
So deep inside.
Now time is running out
Let me know what you're about
Are you sure I'm in love?
Do you wanna get with me?
Bring me down to my knees?
One night of pleasure
A treasure to keep.
Tonight, you can try to hide from me
But I can see that you're feeling good inside
Be by my side.
Now I think that you should know
Come and find me
Tonight is the night it's destined to be.
Tonight, you can try to hide from me
But I can see that you're feeling good inside
Be by my side.
Now I think that you should know
Come and find me
Tonight is the night it's destined to be.
Come and find me
If you want me
If you need me
Come and find me
Tonight
Tonight
Yeah
Tonight, you can try to hide from me
But I can see that you're feeling good inside
Be by my side.
Now I think that you should know
Come and find me
Tonight is the night it's destined to be.
You can try to hide from me
But I can see that you're feeling good inside
Be by my side.
Now I think that you should know
Come and find me
Tonight is the night it's destined to be.
Tonight
Tonight
Three o'clock in the morning
And it looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night
I've been listening to your dreams and getting very low
Wondering what i can do
Maybe i'm being foolish
'Cause i haven't heard you mention anybody's name at
How i wish i could be sure it's me that turns you on
Each time you close your eyes
I've heard it said that dreamers never lie
You've been talking in your sleep
Sleeping in your dreams
With some sweet lover
Holding on so tight
Loving her the way
You used to love me
Talking in your sleep
With loving in your mind
Maybe i'm being foolish
'Cause i haven't heard you mention anybody's name at
How i wish i could be sureit's me that turns you on
Each time you close your eyes
I've heard it said that dreamers never lie
You've been talking in your sleep
Sleeping in your dreams
With some sweet lover
Holding on so tight
Loving her the way
You used to love me
Talking in your sleep
With loving in your mind
I've been getting very low
Please let it be me
That you're dreaming of
You're dreaming of
You've been talking in your sleep
Sleeping in your dreams
With some sweet lover
Holding on so tight
Loving her the way
You used to love me
Talking in your sleep
With loving in your mind
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
This is what God meant
This is my perfect moment with you
I wish I could freeze this space in time
The way that I feel for you inside
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
Tell me you love me when you leave
You're more than a shadow, that's what I believe
You take me to places I never thought I'd see
Minute by minute you are the world to me
I wish I could frame the look in your eyes
The way that I feel for you inside
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
And if tomorrow brings a lonely day
Here and now i know I haven't lived in vain
I'll cry my tears in the rain
and if love never comes again
I can always say I've been
to paradise skies in your eyes... eyes....
EYES!!!!!!!!!
So tell me you love me the moment you leave
You're more than a shadow, I've got to believe
I wish I could keep you all of my life
The way that I feel for you inside
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment
With you,
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Ooh,
Ah, yeah
Someone found a letter you wrote me
On the radio
And they told the world
Just how you felt
It must have fallen out
Of a hole in your old brown overcoat
They never said your name
But I knew just who they meant
Woah
Oh, I was so surprised and shocked
And I wondered too
If by chance you'd
Heard it for yourself
I never told a soul just how I've
Been feeling over you
But they said it really loud
They said it on the air
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
Now, now
Don't it kind of strike you sad
When you hear our song
Things were not the same since
We broke up last June
The only thing that I wanted to hear
Is that you love me still
And that you think you'll be coming
Home real soon
Woah
Oh yeah it kinda made me feel proud
When I heard you say
(Ooh)
You couldn't find the words to say it yourself
(No, no, no, no, no)
And now in my heart I know I can say
What I really feel
'Cos they said it really loud
They said it on the air
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
If you think that love isn't found
On the radio
Then tune right in, you made find the love you lost
(Ooh woah)
'Cos now I'm sitting here
With the man I sent away long ago
He finally realised
He said it really loud
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Woah
On the radio
Maybe this time
I'll be lucky
Maybe this time
He'll stay
Maybe this time
For the first time
Love won't hurry
Away
He will hold me fast
I'll be home at last
Not a loser anymore
Like the last time
And the time before
Everybody loves a winner
So noboby loved me
Lady Peaceful
Lady Happy
That's what i long to be
When all the odds are, they're in my favour
Something's bound to begin
It's got to happen
Happen sometime
Maybe this time i'll win
Cause, everybody, they love a winner
So nobody loved me
Lady Peaceful
Lady Happy
That's what i long to be
When all the odds are, they're in my favour
Something's bound to begin
It's got to happen
Happen sometime
Maybe this time
Maybe this time
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don't know how but I suddenly lose control
There's a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know,
My my, I could never let you go.
I've been angry and sad about the things that you do
I can't count all the times that I've told you were
through
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think you know that you won't be away too long
You know that I'm not that strong.
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, even if I say
Bye bye, leave me now or never
Mamma mia, it's a game we play
Bye bye doesn't mean forever
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia, now I really know
on & on
it must be better this way
love never dies it just fades to gray
it doesn't matter what you say
you're the only one
in this age of wisdom
who can understand
how to turn me on
there's been so many times
oh I wish I could go someplace
steal a moment's grace
talk to you face to face
I only wish we can do
the human thing
on & on
it must be better this way
love never dies it just fades to gray
it doesn't matter what you say
I believe you
whatever keeps pullin' me back
is at the heart of the matter
it's a matter of fact
it must've been a love attack
love changes nothing
I was your angel
*I was you angel and you trusted me
I gave you all I had but it wasn't to be*
oh you trusted me
*I tried to be like a rock for you
everything I did I just had to do
on & on it must be better this way
love will never die just fade to gray*
Like a rock for you
*It doesn't mean that I love you less
We got lost in the wilderness*
wish we could do the human thing
on & on
it must be better this way
love never fades it just fades to gray
it doesn't matter what you say
Flowers, they don't always bloom
And even when they do they're not meant to last forever
Love can turn out any time
The good and bad, the wrong and right
Find a way to come together
'Cause I've got you to pull me through another day
And you've got me together we will run away
'Cause I've got you, whocares what anyone may say
I know I'm gonna find my way, 'cause I found you
I found you
They say that we're too young
Too young we've just begun
To realise what we've been given
Take our chances as they come
Don't look back at what's been done
Pass the road that we have driven
'Cause I've got you to pull me through another day
And you've got me together we will run away
'Cause I've got you, who cares what anyone may say
I know I'm gonna find my way, 'cause I found you (you)
Found you
Found you
If I have you I've got everything
If I've got you I've got the moon, the stars, the sun
What more could I want?
What more could I want?
'Cause I've got you to pull me through another day
And you've got me together we will run away
'Cause I've got you, who cares what anyone may say
I know I'm gonna find my way, 'cause I found you (you)
I found you
Everybody
Shake your body now
Everybody
Get on up and dance
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
I know you're hoping you can get with me
But if you do you're living dangerously
I know I'm ready now
So it's OK
Feel the rhythm
Every night and every day
Don't be shy
Don't be shy
Don't say goodbye
say bye,bye,bye
Let it flow
Let it flow
Then we will show
Show...
Everybody
Shake your body now
(Let it go, moving on & on & on)
Everybody
(Time for getting down)
Get on up and dance
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Just getting started baby feeling hot
Think I'm playing, you know I'm not
Let's keep it going
Keep it smooth
Don't you know
You've got nothing left to lose
Don't be shy
Don't be shy
Don't say goodbye
say bye,bye,bye
Let it flow
Let it flow
Then we will show
Show...
Everybody
Shake your body now
(Let it go, moving on & on & on)
Everybody
(Time for getting down)
Get on up and dance
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Everybody
(Oh yeah)
Shake your body now
(Let it go, moving on & on & on)
Everybody
(Time for getting down)
Get on up and dance
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Feel it
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta get down tonight
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta get down tonight
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta get down tonight
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta do it
Gotta get down tonight
Don't be shy
Don't say goodbye
Let it flow
Then we will show
Everybody
(Oh yeah)
Shake your body now
(Let it go, moving on & on & on)
Everybody
(Time for getting down)
Get on up and dance
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Feel it
Everybody
Shake your body now
(Everybody)
Everybody (Oh)
Get on up and dance
(Come on)
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Everybody
(Shake your body)
Shake your body now
Everybody (Oh)
Get on up and dance
(fade to end)
No one ever said it would be easy
But I know this ain't the way it's supposed to be
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings
Now I'm here, wondering if you'll come back to me
Cause every night you spend away
I'm realizing my mistake
Whenever your love could hurt so bad
I never knew I could be so sad
Everytime, you go away
My heart breaks just a little bit more
Baby, I wish you'd stay
Because my heart just can't stand the pain
I never thought I'd be the one to tell you how I feel
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Each day I'm longing to be near you
Love is real, baby don't tell me that it's true
Cause every night you spend away
I'm realizing my mistake
Whenever your love could hurt so bad
I never knew I could be so sad
Everytime, you go away
My heart breaks just a little bit more
Baby, I wish you'd stay
Because my heart just can't stand the pain
Baby, forgive me
For all the things I said
And I want to apologize
And I mean every word when I say
Won't you please stay?
Baby, baby, please stay.
Baby, don't go away.
Everytime, you go away
My heart breaks just a little bit more
Baby, I wish you'd stay
ooh ooh
oh yeah
I was dreaming I
was crying out
was calling out your name
you said you needed me
but nothing stays the same
you say that love was gone
you're moving on
so why can't I believe
that it's over now
that's the way it
has to be
I can see it in your eyes
and it comes
as no surprise
that I've watched
the vein you chose
our love won't go
I've cried so many nights
my soul won't go to sleep
my hands are shakin'
my heart is breakin'
my knees are goin' weak
my heart bears the scars
of holdin' you before
and now you're gone
everything's wrong
wrong forever more
ooh hoo ooh hoo
now if you don't need me
then set me free and
let me live my life
please don't hold me back
what's meant to be will be
without you in my life
then I can't fight
for our love anymore
can't keep holdin' on
'cause yesterday is gone
I can see it in your eyes
and it comes
as no surprise
that I've watched
the vein you chose
our love won't go
I've cried so many nights
my soul won't go to sleep
my hands are shakin'
my heart is breakin'
my knees are going weak oh no
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
This is what God meant
This is my perfect moment with you
I wish I could freeze this space in time
The way I feel for you inside
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
Tell me you love me when you leave
You're more than a shadow, that's what I believe
You take me to places I never dreamed I'd see
Minute by minute you are the world to me
I wish I could frame the look in your eyes
The way that for you inside
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
And if tomorrow brings a lonely day
Here and now i know I haven't lived in vain
I'll cry my tears in the rain
and if love never comes again
I can always say I've been
to paradise skies in your eyes... in your eyes
So tell me you love me the moment you leave
You're more than a shadow, I've just to believe
I wish I could keep you all of my life
The way that I feel for you inside
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you
This is my moment
This is my perfect moment
With you, with you..
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
I remember times, my love
When we really had it all
You were always there to make me smile
And help me when I fall
Ooh, I can't believe you're leaving me
When there's so much more to say
I can't let you go
Ooh, every time I look at you
I still feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
Oh, love me, please
Just a little bit longer
Together we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
Oh, love me, please
Just a little bit harder
Together we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
All, all I ever wanted
Was to have you to myself
(Ooh) when I see you standing there
In the arms of someone else
Ooh, you know a girl can stand so much
And it's more than I can bear
I can't let you go
Ooh, every time I look at you
I still feel the glow
Let it be, let it grow
Oh, love me, please
Just a little bit longer
Together we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
Oh, love me, please
Just a little bit harder
Together we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
You never even try (never even try)
To see things my way
It's hard on a woman
When love ain't no love at all
And when you walk away (when you walk away)
You probably will
You're gonna be sorry
I'm begging you, please
Love me, please (love me, love me, love me)
Just a little bit longer (ohh)
Together we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
Love me, please
Just a little bit harder
Together we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it
Love me, please
Just a little bit longer (just a little bit harder)
Together we can make it
Our love is much too young to break it, yeah
Love me, please (love me, love me, love me)
Just a little bit harder (just a little bit harder)
Together we can make it..