All About Sertab – Turkey’s 2003 Eurovision Winner

All About Sertab - Turkey's 2003 Eurovision Winner

Sertab Erener is a popular Turkish pop singer. She is best known internationally as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 with the song titled “Every Way That I Can”.

A native of Istanbul, Sertab Erener began her musical career with the help of Turkish pop singer Sezen Aksu. She released her first album, Sakin Ol (Calm Down), in 1992, and followed it with four more Turkish-language albums over the next decade. Her album Lal was included by Sony Music in its “Soundtrack For A Century” collection.

She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, representing Turkey with the song Everyway That I Can, co-written by Demir Demirkan. The song climbed the charts in countries all over Europe, including Sweden and Greece.

In the wake of her Eurovision success, Erener released her first English-language album, No Boundaries, in 2004. Her renditions of “Here I Am” and Bob Dylan’s “One More Cup of Coffee” were used in international movie soundtracks.

In 2005, Erener released a Turkish-language album named Aşk Ölmez (Love Is Immortal), promoted with songs such as “Aşk Ölmez, Biz Ölürüz” (“Love Is Immortal, We Aren’t”) and “Satılık Kalpler Şehri” (“City of Hearts For Sale”). She also appeared on the movie soundtrack album of Fatih Akın’s Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, with a rendition of Madonna’s song “Music”.

On March 15 2007 Sertab released a best of album. In addition to her Eurovision winner song, “The Best of Sertab Erener” features samples from the singer’s extensive repertoire with songs in Spanish, Greek and English and duets with other singers.

Erener has sung duets with Ruslana, José Carreras, Ricky Martin and Greek singer Mando. She has also worked with musicians Desmond Child, Anggun, and Belgian band Voice Male.

Sertab – Every Way That I Can Lyrics

I feel you moving on a different course
Making a way for a distant cause
You say you love me and you roll your eyes
Turn to stare at the empty skies
I thought it was over and we passed all that
All we’ve done is to pass back to frame number one
Come on, now, now
I wanna show you all again what it would be like
If you just let go and let me love you
Every way that I can
I’ll try to make you love me again
Every way that I can
I’ll give you all my love and then
Every way that I can
I’ll cry, I’ll die
Make you mine again
Hold me closer, oh, so good
You make me feel just like I should
I know what you’re thinking: uhuh good
Now the rest of the world is overruled
Tell me what you see in other girls all around
Come on closer and tell me what you don’t find here
Come on, now, now
I wanna be the everything you’ve been missing out
Just let go and let me love you
Every way that I can
I’ll try to make you love me again
Every way that I can
I’ll give you all my love and then
Every way that I can
I’ll cry, I’ll die
Make you mine again
I’m in love with you
I’ll do all you want me to
You make me wanna huhuh
Make me wanna huhuhuh
I’m in love with you
I’ll do all you want me to
You make me wanna huhuh
Make me wanna huhuhuh
Nothing in the world that will stop me, no sir
Nothing in the world that will stop me, no sir
No, no, no, no, no
Every way that I can
I’ll try to make you love me again
Every way that I can
I’ll give you all my love and then
Every way that I can
I’ll give you all my love and then
Every way that I can
I’ll cry, I’ll die
Make you mine again

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