See 14 more photos
Paula Cole
681,173 plays (117,153 listeners)
Listening now: doritadinamita
female vocalists, singer-songwriter, pop, alternative, rock… see all
Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968 in Rockport, Massachusetts, USA) is an American singer and songwriter. Among her hits include “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone,” “Me,” “I Am So Ordinary,” “I Believe In Love,” and the theme to the WB’s hit series “Dawson’s Creek,” “I Don’t Want to Wait.”
Cole released her debut album, Harbinger, in 1994 with Imago Records. She so entranced the industry with her vocals that she was asked to tour as an opening act for Peter Gabriel; she also appeared with Melissa Etheridge to sing a duet on VH1 though she was not well-known at the time.
Harbinger featured songs dwelling on Cole’s personal experience with discrimination and unhappiness. The songs were musically lush but driven and bleak. The accompanying artwork featured photographs of Cole with a boyishly short haircut, wearing loose fitting black sweatclothes, combat boots and nose ring. Unfortunately the Imago label folded and promotion of Harbinger was limited, affecting its sales. A single, “I Am So Ordinary”, was released with a bleak, low-budget black and white video that reflected the album’s artwork.
In late 1996 Cole released her sophomore album on Warner Brothers, This Fire, which she entirely self produced. The song’s debut single “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” became an instant smash radio and music television hit, and it shot to the top of the pop charts. The follow up single, “I Don’t Want To Wait”, was another #1 hit, thanks in part to the fact that it was made the theme song to the popular teen drama Dawson’s Creek. (The song was considered by so many to be so overplayed that it was lampooned on various sketch comedy shows.
Cole released her debut album, Harbinger, in 1994 with Imago Records. She so entranced the industry with her vocals that she was asked to tour as an opening act for Peter Gabriel; she also appeared with Melissa Etheridge to sing a duet on VH1 though she was not well-known at the time.
Harbinger featured songs dwelling on Cole’s personal experience with discrimination and unhappiness. The songs were musically lush but driven and bleak. The accompanying artwork featured photographs of Cole with a boyishly short haircut, wearing loose fitting black sweatclothes, combat boots and nose ring. Unfortunately the Imago label folded and promotion of Harbinger was limited, affecting its sales. A single, “I Am So Ordinary”, was released with a bleak, low-budget black and white video that reflected the album’s artwork.
In late 1996 Cole released her sophomore album on Warner Brothers, This Fire, which she entirely self produced. The song’s debut single “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” became an instant smash radio and music television hit, and it shot to the top of the pop charts. The follow up single, “I Don’t Want To Wait”, was another #1 hit, thanks in part to the fact that it was made the theme song to the popular teen drama Dawson’s Creek. (The song was considered by so many to be so overplayed that it was lampooned on various sketch comedy shows.
Videos
-
Play
Paula Cole - Amen
-
Play
Paula Cole - Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
-
Play
Pearl by Paula Cole
-
Play
Paula Cole - I Am So Ordinary (Video)
Top Albums
Top Tracks
| 1 |
 |
|||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 |
|
El Greco
full track
|
||
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | ||||
| 6 | ||||
| 7 |
|
14
full track
|
||
| 8 | ||||
| 8 |
|
It's My Life
full track
|
||
| 10 | ||||
| 10 |
|
Hard To Be Soft
full track
|
||
| 12 |
|
Comin' Down
full track
|
||
| 13 | ||||
| 14 |
|
Lonelytown
full track
|
||
| 15 |
|
Safe In Your Arms
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
paulfranco wrote:
i wish her latest album was a bit darker but i still love her music.
-
Apatheticash wrote:
hmm
-
yyaners wrote:
dawson's creek ost unforgettable.
-
SilentPoet82 wrote:
"This Fire" is still breathtaking! Each song is powerful, but if you listen to the whole album it's incredible.
-
luke_suspicious wrote:
The saturn girl has always bled. <3
-
frostiblack wrote:
Courage is so lovely. I'd almost forgotten how much her music means to me.
-
abibimina wrote:
sentido y sensibilidad!!!!!!!
-
xenooreo wrote:
It is indeed! "This Fire" is completely spectacular
-
Suor_Genoveffa wrote:
"This fire" is hugely underrated :(.
-
Nakito_LaMaga wrote:
Where have all the cowboys gone...precious
-
Chelseaclub wrote:
i don't want to wait, best song of paula cole!
-
TarsolyGer wrote:
I loved Paula singing "In Your Eyes", and all the songs with Peter Gabriel on tha Secret World Tour, and I love the solo songs, too.
-
haruspex08 wrote:
Paula, I remember when you were the opener for Sarah McLachlan in Austin, Texas once in the early 90s. The crowd was rowdy and not very appreciative. But you won me over with a hip-grinding, grunting, down-in-the-dirt cover of "Jolene," which may have been a big middle finger to all those drunk fools in the back laughing and dropping their beer bottles. I've been waiting to hear you do it that way again ever since.
-
littlemuff wrote:
me too =(
-
apoldecena wrote:
i miss dawson...
-
aleromero wrote:
The best female singer in this world. Courage Paula, courage...
-
ButchHaynes wrote:
What's up with all these different versions of Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?, I just don't get it.
-
verdena wrote:
Her album This Fire still remains THE album that made me fall in love with her.. but oh well those were the 90s, those were the days, those were my unforgettable precious ones... *getting nostalgic here*
-
BonooruTSC wrote:
She has an amazing voice!
-
CovinS wrote:
Amen is a great album, but I'm too skeptical that her other stuff is as good.
Listeners
-
brunobonastre
Listening now
to Feelin' Love -
doritadinamita
Listening now
to El Greco -
frida27ponce
Listening now
to El Greco -
konraaad
Top Listener
-
turik
Top Listener
-
asgarcia
Top Listener
Recent Activity
- mitchellmcd, msnglk, tukn and 6 other people added Paula Cole to their libraries. 52 minutes ago
- queenella tagged Paula Cole with ‘singer-songwriter’ and ‘female vocalists’. yesterday evening
- raenstorm, rolfpinto, rodristeph and 2 other people added Paula Cole to their libraries. yesterday evening
- Dyren tagged Paula Cole with ‘special’. yesterday morning
- audioknife, jllopez1409, rahulb82000 and 18 other people added Paula Cole to their libraries. yesterday morning
- strastoon tagged Paula Cole with ‘j-pop’ and ‘female vocalists’. Saturday afternoon
- lizkas, mannudi, jarmansfuse and 22 other people added Paula Cole to their libraries. Saturday afternoon
- firebird013 tagged Paula Cole with ‘female vocalists’ and ‘singer-songwriter’. August 2008
- firebird013, lifeshot, AzulineAtaraxia and 22 other people added Paula Cole to their libraries. August 2008
- ians_the_end tagged Paula Cole with ‘seen live’. August 2008
Related Journals
-
adoration
by luke_suspicious |
5 Aug 2008 | 
Add comment
-
All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me.
by jakeandlola |
25 Jul 2008 | 2 comments
-
top blah blah graphic
by poor-de-chirico |
20 Jul 2008 | Add comment
Groups (29)
-
People who still listen to the music of Dawson's Creek and will admit it in public
105 members
-
Vegans and Vegetarians
7,415 members
-
Female Voices
5,237 members
-
Singer-Songwriters
3,741 members
-
South Park
1,903 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Paula Cole from Universal Music.
