''Samantha Fox'' is the second studio album by the English

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, released in July 1987 by

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. The album charted at number 22 in the United Kingdom, number 51 in the United States, number 41 in Canada, number 86 in Australia and number 16 in Germany. After her debut studio album, '' Touch Me'' (1986), went gold, Fox returned to the studio to record her eponymous second album. Emerging English songwriting and record production trio

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were enlisted to contribute one track, " Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now", after her label reportedly became concerned the album did not contain any obvious hits. However, US producers

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, who were helping

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at that time, also delivered a top 5 US hit for the album with "

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". The album also spawned the singles " I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night)", " I Promise You (Get Ready)", and " True Devotion". Jim Lea and

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(of the English rock band

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) wrote and demoed the song " Shooting Me Down" for the album after being approached by Jive. However, Fox never recorded the song as there was not enough time to do so before the album's release date.

Track listing

European, Australian and Japanese edition

US and Canadian edition

Notes * signifies a remixer * signifies a main producer and remixer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samantha Fox (Album) 1987 albums Albums produced by Full Force Albums produced by Stock Aitken Waterman Jive Records albums Samantha Fox albums