Music Review: Debelah Morgan "Dance With Me"

Debelah Morgan

Dance With Me

Album: Dance With Me

Year: 2000

           Debelah Morgan sparks some romance with her boyfriend in the  average          “Dance With Me.”

                 A modern waltz opens the single, setting a retro tone. The chorus starts the single. She puts on a CD and asks her boyfriend for a dance. She says she wants to dance with him until she’s out of breath. It’s only 10 p.m. Then he can lead her to their bedroom. (“Oh come and dance with me, my baby/Let's dance, 'till we go crazy/The night is young and so are we/Let's make love and dance the night away.”)

               She murmurs in his ear to pull her body closer to his. She wants to hear his heart beat against her own. She tells him she knows where to touch him. He’ll want more. They are in sync with each other’s movements. (“What I really wanna do/Is just dance with you/And feel your body tight/Show ya how to do it right/I can show you every move

I know just what to do/Each step we do is refine/One dance and you'll be mine.”)

          In the pre-chorus, she says he’ll enjoy dancing with her. (“So baby when we hit the floor/You'll be asking for more/Let's make love and dance the night away.”)

             The chorus is sung again.

           She takes her hand off his shoulder and puts it out. She tells him she wants to slow dance now. She wants to feel a connection to him. (“Oh put your hand in mine/Promise I'll take my time/We'll dance from head to toe/I can dance fast or slow/Baby look into my eyes/Let the music hypnotize/Let our bodies synchronize/When we're dancing you'll be mine.”)

             The pre-chorus and chorus are sung again.

              In the bridge, she says music turns her on. The physicality lets loose her carnal urges. (“Oh when it comes to dancing/I know how to move/When it comes to passion/I know just what to do/I feel the music inside/I feel like I am alive/Pretend I was right/Let's make love.”)

             An extended chorus is sung. (“Oh come and dance with me, my baby…let's make love and dance the night away/Oh come and dance/Let's dance/The night/Let's make love and dance the night away.”)

                The chorus is sung once more to end the single.

                Morgan’s doughy vocals push to be a diva but it doesn’t happen. It easy to tell her vocals are layered to make it appear she has volume.

                The insistent   “Dance With Me” likes to talk but not much else.