Marvellous & Mine

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| name = Marvellous & Mine

| cover = Marvellous & Mine single by Lisa Stansfield.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Lisa Stansfield

| album = So Natural

| released = {{Start date|df=y|1994|7|21}}

| recorded = 1993

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| genre = {{flat list |

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=14}}

| label = Arista

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| producer = Ian Devaney

| prev_title = Little Bit of Heaven

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Make It Right

| next_year = 1994

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"Marvellous & Mine" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter and actress Lisa Stansfield for her third album, So Natural (1993). It was released as the fourth and Japanese only single on 21 July 1994 by Arista Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Lisa-Stansfield-Marvellous-Mine-Natural-Selection/release/547019|title=Lisa Stansfield – Marvellous & Mine Natural Selection |publisher=Discogs|accessdate=6 March 2015}} The song was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney. The single was issued just before Stansfield's tour in Japan in September 1994.

The CD single included Sure Is Pure 12" Mix and Edited Master Mix of "Marvellous & Mine." It also featured previously released remixes of "So Natural" and "Little Bit of Heaven." The remix of "Marvellous & Mine" was also included on the "Dream Away" 1994 single and the 2014 deluxe 2CD + DVD re-release of So Natural (also on The Collection 1989–2003).{{cite web|title=Lisa Stansfield – The Collection: tracklists|publisher=lisa-stansfield.com|url=http://lisa-stansfield.com/lisa-stansfield-the-collection-tracklists/|date=2 October 2014|accessdate=6 March 2015|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027202405/http://lisa-stansfield.com/lisa-stansfield-the-collection-tracklists/|archivedate=27 October 2014}}{{cite web|title=Exclusive: First pictures takes you inside the reissues 'The Collection 1989–2003'|publisher=lisastansfield.net|url=http://www.lisastansfield.net/latest--blog/exclusive-first-pictures-takes-you-inside-the-reissues-the-collection-1989-2003|date=16 October 2014|accessdate=6 March 2015}}

Critical reception

In a retrospective review, Quentin Harrison from Albumism described the song as "luxurious" and "{{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} evocative strings, brass and bass rhythms".{{cite web|first1= Quentin |last1= Harrison |title= Lisa Stansfield's 'So Natural' Turns 25: An Anniversary Retrospective |publisher= Albumism |date= 6 November 2018 |accessdate= 3 April 2020 |url= https://www.albumism.com/features/lisa-stansfield-so-natural-turns-25-anniversary-retrospective}} AllMusic editor William Cooper named it a "sunny, up-tempo number" in his review of So Natural.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/so-natural-mw0000459115|title=Lisa Stansfield - So Natural|publisher=AllMusic|date=|accessdate=15 February 2020}} Pop Rescue called it "a grower" that "starts with a funky bassline".{{cite web|url=https://poprescue.com/2015/02/09/pop-rescue-natural-lisa-stansfield-cd-1993/|title=Review: "So Natural" by Lisa Stansfield (CD, 1993)|publisher=Pop Rescue|date=9 February 2015|accessdate=28 March 2020}} Upon the release, Clark Collis from Select described it as "slinky" and considered it "being [a] prime contender for maximum K-Mart rotation".{{cite magazine|first=Clark|last=Collis|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/08/albums3.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=December 1993|page=90|access-date=4 January 2025}}

Track listings

  • Japanese CD single ("Marvellous & Mine" Natural Selection)
  1. "So Natural" (DJ Duro's Hip Hop Mix) – 5:27
  2. "So Natural" (U.S. Remix) – 5:25
  3. "Little Bit of Heaven" (Bad Yard Club 12" Mix) – 7:27
  4. "Little Bit of Heaven" (Junior Vocal Mix) – 6:39
  5. "Marvellous & Mine" (Edited Master Mix) – 4:14
  6. "Marvellous & Mine" (Sure Is Pure 12" Mix) – 9:43
  • Other remixes
  1. "Marvellous & Mine" (Sure Is Pure 12" Edit) – 8:28

References