Let Me Entertain You (Live at the Brits)

Track Info

  • Title
    Let Me Entertain You (Live at the Brits)
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Original Release

Cover Art for Strong

Strong

Single

About

This live version of Let Me Entertain You was released as a B-side to Strong in 1999, recorded during Robbie Williams’s high-octane performance at the BRIT Awards that year. The show marked one of his defining moments as a live entertainer, confirming his status as Britain’s most charismatic solo performer of the era.

The recording captures Williams at his most confident and theatrical, backed by a full band and gospel-style chorus. His delivery is raw, urgent and playful, demonstrating the same energy that had made Let Me Entertain You a concert opener and fan favourite. The crowd’s reaction adds to the spectacle, illustrating how Williams had transformed from an ex-boyband member into a commanding rock showman.

Although the studio version from Life Thru a Lens was already well established, this BRITs performance added a new sense of scale and danger to the song. It became a defining live anthem for his tours that followed, embodying the mix of bravado and humour that would become his signature onstage.

That night I stopped trying to prove I could entertain people — I just went out there and did it.Robbie Williams

Lyrics

Hell is gone and heaven's here
There's nothing left for you to fear
Shake your arse come over here
Now scream
I'm a burning effigy
Of everything I used to be
You're my rock of empathy, my dear

So come on
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you

Life's too short for you to die
Go grab yourself an alibi
Heaven knows your mother lied
Mon cher
Separate your right from wrongs
Come and sing a different song
The kettle's on so don't be long
Mon cher

So come on
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you

Look me up in yellow pages
I will be your rock of ages
See through fads and your crazy phrases yeah
Little Bo Peep has lost his sheep
Popped a pill and fell asleep
The dew is wet but the grass is sweet my dear

Your mind gets burned
With the habits you've learned
But we're the generation that's got to be heard
You're tired of your teachers and your
school's a drag
You're not going to end up like your mum
and dad

Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
He may be good he may be outta sight
But he can't be here so come around tonight
Here is the place where the feeling grows
You gotta get high before you taste the lows
One hand in the air
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
You gotta love me
Let me entertain you
Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on

Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on
Come on come on come on come on

Let me enter-tain you
Let me enter-tain you

Credits

  • Vocalist

    Robbie Williams

  • Songwriter

    Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers

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