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adv. 1 In a kneeling position. 2 (by extension) supplicatingly, imploringly
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"On Bended Knee" is a 1994 number-one hit single by Boyz II Men for the Motown label. It is the second single from their second album, II. Written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song reached #1 on the Hot 100 Airplay and #2 on the Hot Singles Sales on December 3, 1994. "On Bended Knee" stayed at number one for a total of six weeks.
The single is notable for having replaced the previous Boyz II Men single, " I'll Make Love to You", as the top song on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. This was the first time that an act had replaced itself at number one since the Beatles, when " I Want to Hold Your Hand", " She Loves You", and " Can't Buy Me Love" monopolized the top of the chart for a total of 14 weeks.
In the lyrics, the speaker begs "on bended knee" for his ex-lover to come back to him, and apologizes for his wrongdoing.
Usage examples of "on bended knee".
Feston should meet him on bended knee in recompense for what has happened and with the deference such as that shown to the queen.
As Ashalind made her duty on bended knee, a dark-haired maiden, lissom as a stemmed orchid, stepped forward: the Lady Rithindel.
That is why I beg you now-I beg you on bended knee-to follow and join him, James!
Eddy really wrote or translated the Annex, her original draft was exactly in harmony with the English of her plague-spot or bacilli which were gnawing at the insides of the metropolis and bringing its heart on bended knee, thus exposing to the eye the rest of the skeleton breathing slowly through a barren breast.
Each course was presented to the queen by a servant on bended knee.
As each was on bended knee before me, I saw a vision of them lying with another woman.