The first song I fell in love with
Mum and Dad played mostly gospel music. Secular music wasn\u2019t the thing. As a three-year-old, I would stare at Jesus\u00a0Gave Me Water by Sam Cooke going round and round; I\u2019d be hypnotised by the\u00a0power, dexterity and raw passion of his delivery.<\/p>\n
The first single I bought
I Feel for You by Chaka Khan had zoomed to No\u00a01. I lost my mind at the \u201cChak-Chak-Chak-Chaka Khan\u201d bit. Because I was a good girl, and had done all my chores, I begged Mum and Dad to go uptown and buy it from Our Price in Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The song I do at karaoke
I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston, because, frankly, I\u2019m a show off. It\u2019s a song that you aspire to do well, because there\u2019s so much technicality involved in it. You need range and breath control. Because I\u2019ve got that in my arsenal, I do it.<\/p>\n
The song that changed my life
I lost my mind and heart when I heard Little Red Corvette by Prince when I was nine. I saw the video and thought: He is the most incredible man I\u2019ve ever seen. I\u2019m gonna marry him when I\u2019m old enough. Did I? Sadly, no.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The best song to play at a party
Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott absolutely bangs.<\/p>\n
The song I secretly like, but tell everyone I hate
I don\u2019t care what anyone says. Who Do You Think You Are by the Spice Girls is an absolute bop.<\/p>\n
The best song to have sex to
This is appropriate because we just lost him: Untitled (How Does It Feel) by D\u2019Angelo. How does it feel? And it\u2019s a long song.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The song that gets me up in the morning
I\u2019ll shower, and then loudly sing along to Anotherloverholewn-yohead by Prince, which annoys my eight-year-old black-and-white terrier, Zain, who hates my singing completely. I took him to the\u00a0studio, but when I\u00a0started singing, he ran\u00a0to the door, whining to be let out.<\/p>\n
The song I inexplicably know every lyric to
I can sing every word of\u00a0You Can Call Me Al by\u00a0Paul Simon. It went in\u00a0by osmosis.<\/p>\n
The song I\u2019d like played at my funeral
It\u2019s another bloody Prince song, I\u2019m so sorry \u2013 Mountains. I love how the chord structure ascends and the vocals \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s only mountains and the sea \/ There\u2019s nothing greater than you and me\u201d \u2013 feel like an ascension. I\u2019d like to think, when I\u00a0shuffle off this mortal coil, I\u2019m going to be ascending as opposed to\u00a0descending. I think I\u2019ve been a good girl.<\/p>\n