Clive Griffin (born 30 December 1961) is a British soul vocalist, best known for his hit duet, "When I Fall in Love" (US No. 23) with pop singer Celine Dion.
Clive was discovered by producer/composer Richard Niles who got him a deal with Mercury Phonogram Records. Produced by Niles, the first album, "Step By Step", was composed of songs written by Niles and Griffin. The album sold 10,000 copies in his native UK in the late 1980s, and featured several singles, "Head Above Water", "Don't Make Me Wait", "The Way We Touch" and "Be There", which also featured James Ingram on backing vocals.
His second album Inside Out did not fare quite so well, with only "I'll Be Waiting" making any notable impact on the charts. Thus ended his recording contract with Phonogram. Picking up the pieces, in 1992 the singer embarked on a tour with Eric Clapton, before signing a US record deal with Sony Records and releasing a self-titled album in 1993.
His third album contained the Diane Warren compositions "Commitment of the Heart" (US No. 96) and "We Don't Know How to Say Goodbye".
The album proved to be his last, and aside from a guest vocal on the Preluxe track "You're the One for Me", Griffin has only surfaced vocally on session work for other musicians, most notably Take That ("Never Forget") and Kylie Minogue ("Your Disco Needs You").
As a child, Griffin provided the vocal for the Cadbury Fudge jingle, "A finger of fudge is just enough",[1] written by Mike d'Abo.
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] | AUS [3] | GER [4] | ITA [5] | NED [6] | NZ [7] | US Hot 100 [8] | US Adult [9] | US Main. [10] | US Radio [11] | ||||||||
| 1988 | "The Way We Touch" | 129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Step By Step | |||||
| "Don't Make Me Wait" | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1989 | "Be There" | 76 | 163 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Head Above Water" | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1991 | "Reach for the Top" | 80 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Inside Out | |||||
| "I'll Be Waiting" | 56 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 1993 | "When I Fall in Love" (duet with Celine Dion) | — | 93 | — | — | 37 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 40 | 28 | Clive Griffin | |||||
| "Commitment of the Heart" | — | — | 57 | — | — | — | 96 | 38 | — | — | |||||||
| 1994 | "We Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1998 | "You're the One for Me" (Preluxe featuring Clive Griffin) | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||
