American actress and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt has recorded songs for four studio albums as well as a number of soundtracks and other projects. Hewitt first rose to prominence in the entertainment industry for acting in television commercials and the children's television series Kids Incorporated. At age 10, she moved with her mother from Killeen, Texas to Los Angeles to pursue a music career, and collaborated with Earth, Wind & Fire on the song "One World" for the 1990 compilation album Music Speaks Louder Than Words. Two years later, Hewitt recorded her first studio album Love Songs (1992) under the name "Love Hewitt". The video game company Meldac released Love Songs exclusively in Japan, and it includes cover versions of songs by ABBA and Michael Jackson. Prior to the album's release, Hewitt released the stand-alone cover of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" earlier in 1990. According to a 2013 Rolling Stone article, Love Songs led to Hewitt becoming a pop star in Japan.
After Hewitt attracted further attention following her role in the family drama Party of Five, she released two studio albums in the United States through Atlantic. Let's Go Bang (1995) featured dance-pop and "light R&B", and her self-titled album (1996) had R&B-inspired pop music and adult contemporary music with lyrics about "love, loss, and longing". Following the two albums' poor sales, Hewitt was dropped by Atlantic and went on to act in several films and television programs. As well as starring in the 1998 slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, she recorded the 1999 single "How Do I Deal" for its soundtrack, which became the best-selling song of her career. In 2002, Hewitt signed a record contract with Jive, and her fourth studio album BareNaked was released in October that year. Recording "rock-oriented" songs, Hewitt collaborated with Meredith Brooks for the album. Hewitt said that she had more creative freedom with BareNaked since she was "able to find [her]self as an artist". She co-wrote nine of the album's thirteen songs and was involved with its arrangements and instrumentation.
In 2002, Hewitt wrote and recorded "I'm Gonna Love You (Madellaine's Love Song)" for the animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, in which she also voiced the character Madellaine. She appeared in the 2004 television film A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of the original novella, and contributed to its soundtrack. Despite finding commercial success with BareNaked, Hewitt shifted away from music in 2004 to focus on her acting career, including the lead role in the supernatural television show Ghost Whisperer. Her final record was the compilation album, Cool with You: The Platinum Collection, released in Asia in June 2006. In 2013, she recorded five songs for the television drama The Client List, in which she starred as the lead character. The same year, she collaborated with Sophie B. Hawkins for a song for the comedy film Alpha Males Experiment. In 2024, Hewitt released a cover of Kenny Rogers's and Dolly Parton's "Islands in the Stream" after it was featured on 9-1-1, a show in which she plays a lead role.
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+ Name of song, writers, original release, and year of release Song Writer(s) Release(s) Year Ref. "90's Kids" Ed GrengaGary McLaughlinJennifer Love Hewitt Love Songs 1992 "Avenue of the Stars" Jennifer Love HewittMeredith BrooksAndy GoldmarkScot Sax BareNaked 2002 "Baby I'm-a Want You" David Gates Let's Go Bang 1995 "BareNaked" Jennifer Love HewittMeredith BrooksGuy ErezEmerson Swinford BareNaked 2002 "Bedtime Stories" Robert EtollDeborah Gibson Love Songs 1992 "Ben" Don BlackWalter Scharf Love Songs 1992 "Can I Go Now" Meredith BrooksLivingstone BrownMike Stevens BareNaked 2002 "Can't Stand in the Way of Love" Enid LevineWayne Cohen Let's Go Bang 1995 "Cool with You" Joleen BelleRobert Palmer Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 Golden (1999): p. 85 "Couldn't Find Another Man" Angelo Montrone Let's Go Bang 1995 "Dancing Queen" Benny AnderssonBjörn UlvaeusStig Anderson Love Songs 1991 "" Camus CelliNicky HollandAndres Levin Let's Go Bang 1995 "Don't Push the River" Wayne CohenBilly Mann Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "Don't Turn Your Head Away" Debbie KayeAngelo Montrone Let's Go Bang 1995 "Everywhere I Go" Gerry StoberSusan PomerantzTerrah Smith Let's Go Bang 1995 "First Taste of Love" Porter CarrollRobert EtollJerry Stober Love Songs 1992 "First Time" Meredith BrooksGuy ErezPaul GoldoEmerson Swinford BareNaked 2002 "Free to Be a Woman" Jennifer Love HewittAngelo Montrone Let's Go Bang 1995 "" Angelo Montrone Let's Go Bang 1995 "" Wayne CohenConner Reeves Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "Heart of Glass" Debbie HarryChris Stein 1990 "Hey Everybody" Jennifer Love HewittMeredith BrooksLivingstone Brown BareNaked 2002 "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" Civilla D. Martin 2013 "How Do I Deal" Dillon O'BrianPhil RoyBob Thiele I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 1998 "I Always Was Your Girl" Tracey ThornBen Watt Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "I Believe In..." David BryantFran LucciDara Stewart Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "I Know You Will" Jennifer Love HewittMeredith BrooksDave Darling BareNaked 2002 "I Want a Love I Can See" Smokey Robinson Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "I'll Find You" Robert Etoll Love Songs 1992 "I'm a Woman" Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2013 "I'm Gonna Love You (Madellaine's Love Song)" Jennifer Love Hewitt Disney's Superstar Hits 2002 "In Another Life" Andrew GoldGreg PrestopinoSam Lorber Let's Go Bang 1995 "It's Good to Know I'm Alive" Dick RudolphMichael Sembello Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "Islands in the Stream" Barry GibbRobin GibbMaurice Gibb 2024 "Just Try" Meredith BrooksBrian McKnight BareNaked 2002 "Kiss Away from Heaven" Peter BlissAngelo Montrone Let's Go Bang 1995 "Last Night" Wayne CohenPeter Zizzo Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "Let's Go Bang" Andy GoldmarkBruce RobertsGeorge Lyter Let's Go Bang 1995 "Listen (To Your Heart)" Austin RobertsRobert Etoll Love Songs 1992 "" Danny YoungMelanie Andrews Love Songs 1992 "Me and Bobby McGee" Kris KristoffersonFred Foster BareNaked 2002 "Never a Day Goes By" Wayne Cohen Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "No Ordinary Love" Deborah CoxLascelles Stephens Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "One World"(featuring Earth, Wind & Fire) P.P. OlandF. PreviteSergey ManukyanM. Targo Music Speaks Louder Than Words 1990 Barry GibbBlue Weaver Jennifer Love Hewitt 1996 "" Lynn AhrensAlan Menken 2004 "Please Save Us the World" Lance Cosgrove Love Songs 1992 "Rock the Roll" Jennifer Love HewittMeredith BrooksPaul Goldo BareNaked 2002 "Something to Talk About" Shirley Eikhard 2013 "Stand in Your Way" Meredith BrooksLivingstone BrownShelly Peiken BareNaked 2002 "Stronger" Jennifer Love Hewitt BareNaked 2002 "What's It Gonna Take" Peter MargolisSeth Mellman Love Songs 1991 "When I'm With You" JJ Heller 2013 "When It Hurts"(featuring Sophie B. Hawkins) Sophie B. HawkinsJennifer Love Hewitt Alpha Males Experiment 2013 "When You Say Nothing at All" Paul OverstreetDon Schlitz 2013 "Where You Gonna Run To?" Jennifer Love HewittMeredith BrooksPaul Goldo BareNaked 2002 "Won't U B Mine" Robert Etoll Love Songs 1992 "You Make Me Smile" L. DesmondRen Toppano Let's Go Bang 1995 "You" Jennifer Love HewittMeredith Brooks BareNaked 2002
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