Jane Child

Jane Richmond Hyslop (born 15 February 1967), known professionally as Jane Child, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record-producer. Her single "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" was number two for three consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 from April 14 to April 28, 1990. She is also known for her unusual fashion style, which included a hairstyle made of spikes and ankle-length braids and a nose chain piercing.

Early life

Child was born in Ontario, and is the daughter of Canadian classical musician Ricky Hyslop, while her mother was a singer and pianist. Her exposure to funk music came from having Christmases in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and listening to local music there on the beaches.

At age 12 she joined the Canadian Opera Company's children's chorus, and soon after studied piano briefly at the Royal Conservatory of Music under Samuel Dolin. At age 15 she dropped out of school despite good grades. While seeking a summer job she saw an ad in a newspaper for a band looking for a keyboardist, which she applied for and joined. It was a touring rock and roll band of Deadheads known as Summerhill that played remote northern Canadian towns, and paid her $25 a week. She played the synthesizer, piano, and organ, and sang in their shows for over 45 weeks in their first year together.

Her single "Don't Wanna Fall in Love", peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. The song was also a big hit on the R&B chart, peaking at No. 6. Her previous single, "Welcome to the Real World", was a modest hit, peaking at No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100. was released in early 2002 on her own label, Sugarwave.

She recorded a cover of Tina Turner's "We Don't Need Another Hero" for the tribute album, What's Love? A Tribute to Tina Turner, released in 2004.

Artistry

Child's look was inspired by African and East Indian cultures, as well as the punk movement, which came from living amongst these diasporas in Toronto. Her notable hair style, which she started at the age of 17, would be redone once a month by 3 women taking 14 hours to do.

! scope="row" rowspan=4|Juno Awards

| rowspan=4|1991

| Most Promising Female Vocalist

| rowspan=4|

| Songwriter of the Year

| Producer of the Year

| rowspan=2|"Don't Wanna Fall in Love"

| Dance Recording of the Year

! scope="row"|MTV Video Music Awards

| 1990

| Best New Artist in a Video

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable"

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Label

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

! style="width:35px;"| US

! style="width:35px;"| US R&B

| 1989

| Jane Child

| rowspan="2" |Warner Bros.

| align="center"| 49

| align="center"| 40

| 1993

| Here Not There

! style="width:35px;"| US Dance

! style="width:35px;"| AUS

| rowspan="1" |1989

| "Welcome to the Real World"

| rowspan="2" |Jane Child

| rowspan="7" |Warner Bros.

| align=center | 59

| align=center | 49

| align=center | ―

| 1990

| "Don't Wanna Fall in Love"

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 2

| align=center | 11

| align=center | 6

| align=center | 22

| align=center | 97

| 1992

| "Mona Lisa Smiles"

| rowspan="5" |Here Not There

| align=center | ―

| rowspan="3" |1993

| "Here Not There"

| align=center | ―

| "Do Whatcha Do"

| align=center | ―

| "Perfect Love"

| align=center | ―

| 1994

| "All I Do"

| align=center | 80

| align=center | ―

| align=center | 25

| align=center | ―

| rowspan="2" |2001

| "World Lullabye 2001"

| rowspan="3" |Sugarwave

| align=center | ―

| "Almost Beautiful"

| rowspan="2" |Surge

| align=center | ―

| 2002

| "Nice Day"

| align=center | ―

| colspan="10" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

{| class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Label

|1998

|"Maybe Tomorrow"

(Tomohiko Nishimura feat. Jane Child)

|Fun House

Early life

Artistry

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

As featured artist

References

External links