Acclaimed singer/songwriter Bonnie Raitt already knew she had a hit with her 1991 release "Something to Talk About," but she was left nearly speechless when the song was named the winner in the Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female category at the 1992 GRAMMY Awards.
By the time Raitt won this trophy, she was already a fairly prolific artist at the GRAMMYs. Not only did she already have four golden gramophones at home when she walked into the ceremony in 1992, but she picked up three more that night — a fact she acknowledged when she stepped onstage and expressed her surprise at the overwhelming recognition.
In this episode of GRAMMY Rewind, turn back the clock to February 1992, as Raitt made her way to the stage to claim her Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female trophy for "Something to Talk About."
"I was not expecting this, and I wanna thank everyone that voted for me. I don't know what to say,"`Raitt said as she began her speech. "I had enough already! Really!"
The singer went on to thank those closest to her, including her team and her then-husband, actor Michael O'Keefe. "I wanna thank my husband Michael for loving me so good and giving me 'Something to Talk About' all the time. And my mother who's here tonight, and my dad who's at home," she continued.
Raitt went on to thank her team, the song's sole writer, Shirley Eikhard, and all the "bad women" who were in the star-studded category — Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Amy Grant and Oleta Adams.
"And I thank God for letting me live another day to have a night like this," Raitt added as she wrapped up her speech.
Raitt has always had a hand in several different genres, and that was reflected in her GRAMMY outing in 1992. "Something to Talk About" won in a pop category, but she also won two GRAMMYs that night in the rock field, recognizing her solo song "Luck of the Draw" and her Delbert McClinton duet, "Good Man, Good Woman."
Press play on the video above to watch Raitt's full acceptance speech, and keep checking back to GRAMMY.com for more episodes of GRAMMY Rewind.
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