Vanessa Williams

Artiestinformatie

Geboortedatum	18-03-1963
Land	Verenigde Staten

Vanessa werd in 1983 uitgeroepen tot Miss America, maar moest die titel weer inleveren nadat bekend werd dat er naaktfoto's van haar in omloop zouden zijn.

Naast modellenwerk is ze ook filmactrice en zangeres. In 1988 scoort ze haar eerste hit met The Right Stuff, dan tot nummer 11 in de Top 40 weet te komen. Haar grootste hit scoort ze vervolgens in 1992: Save The Best For Last wordt een top 3-hit. Eind 1995 scoort ze een alarmschijf met het liedje Colors Of The Wind, uit de Disneyfilm Pocahontas. Het haalt nummer 9 in de Top 40, en is haar (voorlopig) laatste hit in Nederland.

Songtekst

You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other,
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or let teh eagle tell you where he's been
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

How high does the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know

And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper-skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain
Need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the earth and still
All you'll own is earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

Songinformatie

Dit lied is het thema van de film Pocahontas uit 1995.

De muziek is gecomponeerd door Alan Menken, de oorspronkelijke tekst is geschreven door Stephen Schwartz, de Nederlandse vertaling (Kleuren Van De Wind) door Koen van Dijk.

	A-kant
Artiest	Vanessa Williams
Titel	Colors Of The Wind
Componist(en)	Menken, Schwartz
Producer(s)	Keith Thomas
Mixage	Willie Whittington
	B-kant
Titel	[Pia Douwes] Kleuren Van De Wind
Componist(en)	Menken, Schwartz, van Dijk

Platenlabel	Walt Disney
Catalogusnr	25241
Hoogste positie UK	21
Hoogste positie US	4
Album	Pocahontas