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* CreatorBreakdown: Life was not easy for him during the production of ''Human Being''. [[DarkerAndEdgier It shows in the music, big time.]]
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* InMemoriam: The title track to his third album, Human Being, was inspired by and dedicated to Music/TupacShakur and Music/TheNotoriousBIG after their murders. The lyrics are a meditation on mortality.
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* ShrugOfGod: The Genius page for "Kiss From A Rose" has [[https://genius.com/8225386 an annotation]] from Seal himself regarding the song's meaning.

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* ShrugOfGod: The Genius page for "Kiss From A from a Rose" has [[https://genius.com/8225386 an annotation]] from Seal himself regarding the song's meaning.
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* ApprovalOfGod: According to Seal, [[Music/SteveMillerBand Steven Miller]] approved of his cover of "[[Film/SpaceJam Fly Like An Eagle]]", and even personally called him up, and said his cover was the best one he had ever heard.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: His would-be fourth album ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togetherland Togetherland]]'' was never released because the label didn't like it. Only "This Could be Heaven" saw the light of day, and even then, that song was released with a recording that differs from the ''Togetherland'' version.

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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: His would-be fourth album ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togetherland Togetherland]]'' was never released because the label didn't like it. Only "This Could be Heaven" saw the light of day, and even then, that song was released with a recording that differs from the ''Togetherland'' version.version.
* ShrugOfGod: The Genius page for "Kiss From A Rose" has [[https://genius.com/8225386 an annotation]] from Seal himself regarding the song's meaning.
-->"I have avoided explaining these lyrics for over 25 years. I am not going to start doing it now."
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* BreakthroughHit: His participation as the featured artist for Adamski's "Killer" kickstarted his career, but it was his follow up single "Crazy" that became his true breakthrough, becoming his first US top ten hit.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: His would-be fourth album ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togetherland Togetherland]]'' was never released because the label didn't like it. Only "This Could be Heaven" saw the light of day, and even then, that song was released with a recording that differs from the ''Togetherland'' version.

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