LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY – Lovin’ Every Minute (1995)

Lighthouse Family were an English musical duo that rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and initially remained active until the early 2000s. Singer Tunde Baiyewu and songwriter Paul Tucker formed the act in 1993 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, after meeting while studying at university and both working at the same bar. Their 1995 debut album Ocean Drive sold more than 1.8 million copies in the UK alone and established them as a popular easy listening duo throughout Europe.

Ocean Drive is the debut album by British musical duo Lighthouse Family, released in 1995 on Wildcard / Polydor Records. The album produced the UK top 10 hit “Lifted” (the most-played single on radio nationally during the first quarter of 1996) and UK top 20 hits “Ocean Drive”, “Goodbye Heartbreak” and “Loving Every Minute”. The album spent 175 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and achieved 6 times Platinum sales of 1.8 million copies. As of 2022, it was the highest-selling debut album in North East England since records began in 1956.

You told me not to make you wait Then you don’t call for days You told me not to be too late Then you don’t come to me

How many times you gonna let me down You’re keeping me hanging on as if I’m wrapped around your finger Never believed I’d ever find myself Looking up to the upper hand and Loving every minute baby

I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time

Totally lost the way you came Rainbow coloured day Oh but not the way you changed Then it all starts to fade

How many times you gonna let me down You’re keeping me hanging on as if I’m wrapped around your finger Never believed I’d ever find myself Looking up to the upper hand and Loving every minute baby

I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time

How many times you gonna let me down You’re keeping me hanging on as if I’m wrapped around your finger Never believed I’d ever find myself Looking up to the upper hand and

Loving every minute baby I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time I won’t mind, ain’t gonna give up as long as I Know my own mind Don’t wanna quit after all this time I won’t mind