Arlene Bishop

Arlene Bishop is a Canadian lyricist, screenwriter, artist and singer-songwriter.

Arlene Bishop was born in Churchill, Manitoba and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She currently resides in Toronto. As a songwriter Arlene Bishop has released four CDs, independently, and has placed several songs in film and television. Most notably her song "98 Points" has appeared in the Canadian film "New Waterford Girl" (directed by Allen Moyle), "The Michael Jackson Story", and "The Man in the Mirror" for VH1. As a first time music producer Arlene (along with Scott Dibble), released "Begin Again" with two parts: Part One as a voice production with acoustic guitar and Part Two with an array of special guests that included Amin Bhatia, Blair Packham, Simon Law (Soul II Soul) and Will Ackerman.

As a screenwriter Bishop (along with Blair Packham, David Mackenzie and Brigitte Gall) penned the Fringe Festival one-woman play Joan of Montreal, which became Brigitte Gall's Joan of Montreal for The Comedy Network. She has also written several unproduced screenplays. As an experimental artist she created the "I, Butterfly" digital collage for Begin Again and as a videomaker created an animated video series for the same CD.

As a theme lyricist Arlene Bishop has written for "Pandalian", "Pecola", "Beyblade", "Beyblade: Metal Fusion", and "Jane and the Dragon". As a guest singer she has appeared on recordings by Marc Nadjiwan, Scott Dibble and Barenaked Ladies. Arlene Bishops songs and co-writes have appeared on recordings by Blair Packham, John Alcorn, Suzie Vinnick, Jackie Richardson, and Marie Rottrova.

Discography

Pinky (1996)

1. Spin Another One
2. Cherry Moon
3. Small Girlish Hand
4. I Can't Stand It
5. Black Cat
6. Rabbit

Snarky Girlpop (2001)

1. NV
2. 98 Points
3. Hurricane
4. Bow Before Your Love
5. Six Little Angels
6. Eleven Seconds
7. Eddie Standing Ready
8. My Way of Saying Goodbye
9. Sympathy
10. Irresponsible Thing
11. Human Being

Cut a Man's Heart Out

1. Metaphor For Your Life
2. Cut A Man's Heart Out (Angel Mix)
3. Invisible Woman
4. Ruin Me
5. One Shoe
6. Arctic Wolf
7. (You Can't) Bend the River
8. Insomniac
9. Half Plus Half More
10. Au Revoir
11. Superstar
12. In Context
13. Cut A Man's Heart Out (Devil Mix)

Begin Again (Part One of Two)

1. Save Me
2. My Time Will Come
3. Beehive
4. Let Them Swing
5. Now
6. Once it Changes
7. Get Back Home
8. Window
9. Your Name Carved
10. If There’s a God (You’ll be with Me)
11. Ring of Truth
12. Begin Again

• ^ MacNeil, Jason "Arlene Bishop: Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved January 15, 2011.