Tony di Bart - The Real Thing (1994)

Antonio Carmine Di Bartolomeo, a.k.a. Tony di Bart, despite his Italian/Portuguse name, was actually born in Maidenhead, UK. Before hitting it big time on the UK club scene, he owned a bathroom-fitting business. What possessed him to cross-over to music is a mystery, but alas, he managed to score. Talking of cross-over, his club anthem 'The Real Thing' did make it mainstream, hitting UK#1(!) and US#35(!). Tony subsequently had a follow up with 'Do It' but nothing has been heard of him since. Nevertheless, clubbing in 1994 was largely shaped by this track.

Tony di Bart - The Real Thing (1994)



Lyrics:

(If I can't have you)
(Got to be you)
(Real thing)
(If I can't have you)
(Got to be you)
(Real thing)

Come on stay tonight
Come on soothe my mind
Oh honey (got to be you, real thing)

I've been holdin' on
I've been lookin' for the real thing
Waitin' patiently but I never stopped believin'
Say I'm chasin' rainbows livin' in a dream
Girl I kept my fantasy I'm never givin' in
I'll tell you why, oh why

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you
Oh I need the real thing
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you
I don't need no substitute
I need the real thing

Had a part-time love
But I never fell complete
But when you touch me there
Ooh you get me reelin' yes you do
Can I dare to wonder
If it could be you
Girl you set my heart on fire
When I dream of you
I wanna fly, oh so very high

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you
Oh I need the real thing
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
Girl it's got be you
I don't need no substitute
I need the real thing

(If I can't have you)
(Got to be you)
(Real thing)
Come on stay tonight
Come on soothe my mind oh honey
(got to be you, real thing)
Come on stay tonight
Come on soothe my mind oh honey
(got to be you, real thing)