Song starred in the Disney Channel original film The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000), which won her a Young Artist Award. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the sitcom Thunder Alley (1995), and went on to roles such as the children's television series Fudge (1995) and the Nickelodeon series 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999). Born in California, Song began her career at the age of six, working as a child model. The second video was filmed in color and mostly shown in the US where a smiling Brenda is shown performing with her band (including Joe Esposito) in a dimly lit nightclub with many people during a thunderstorm at night.University of California, Berkeley ( BA) īrenda Song (born March 27, 1988) is an American actress. The first version, filmed in black-and-white, shows Brenda looking depressed in her apartment as she tosses cards in a derby and thinks about her lover, a long-haired blond man playing on the piano. The song earned Russell two Grammy Award nominations in 1989, including one for Song of the Year. The song was also a moderate hit in the UK, peaking at number 23. The song gained heavy airplay and became Russell's biggest hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on the R&B Chart and number 3 on the Adult Contemporary Chart.
"Piano in the Dark" was released in early 1988, nine years after Russell's previous charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 (1979's "So Good, So Right"). Initially "Gravity" was planned to be released as the first single, however Herb Alpert pushed to have "Piano" released instead, feeling that it better represented her as an artist. And I just found that was an interesting story to write about." But that's what keeps her to him, basically, is his music. But every time she does that, he sits down and starts playing. And she wants to leave him, because she's really kind of bored.
In the early stages Russell did not understand what the title would refer to, eventually deciding it was about It was through this process that she wrote the lyrics to "Piano in the Dark" as the title seemed to fit with the music her co-writers sent her.
Russell, believing "that in every title there's a song somewhere," made a habit of "collecting" interesting phrases she heard and placing them in a notebook for potential song titles. It was the first single to be taken from Russell's 1988 album, Get Here. " Piano in the Dark" is a song by American singer-songwriter Brenda Russell (featuring backing vocals by Joe Esposito).
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