Anita Baker

Released: June 12, 1990

Songwriter: Anita Baker

Producer: Michael J. Powell

You don't know what I been through
It's been rough I'm telling you
All night long
Toss and turn
Nobody's bridges left to burn

I tell you a story about a lonely girl
Had no one to love her
In the whole wide world
You know she was lonely
Lonely

Didn't want to feel this good
Didn't know I ever could
You spoke
Your voice so sweet
Child, your sound surrounded me

I'll tell you my story about a lonely girl
Had no one to love me
In the whole wide world
You know I was lonely
Lonely, yeah

Unlock my chains, child
And set me free
I'm a different woman
Look at what you done to me

Don't know what you did, babe
But it feels so right
Don't know how you did it
But do it again tonight

I'm walking on over
I'm coming on in
I'm depending on you
So won't you be my friend?
Be my...

Didn't want to feel this good
Didn't realize that I ever could
You came here
You came to stay
I'm so glad cause
Babe, you made my day
Yeah
Yes, you did

Anita Baker is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter known for her distinct low contralto vocals. She started out in the band Chapter 8, which had the hit song “I Just Wanna Be Your Girl” that was later sampled by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony for their hit song “1st of tha Month.” “Anita” went on to become a big name in ‘80s R&B alongside “Luther” and “Whitney” as she began to rack up #1 hits.

Her debut album, The Songstress, was released in 1983 on independent label Beverly Glen and featured the hit song “Angel.” She left Beverly Glen and signed with Elektra Records, releasing her second album Rapture in 1986, which went on to sell over 5 million albums and peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart thanks to the hits “Sweet Love,” “Same Ole Love,” and “Caught Up in the Rapture.”

Her third album, Giving You the Best That I Got, was released in 1988 and hit #1 on the Billboard 200, and the title track hit #1 on both the Billboard R&B and Adult Contemporary Singles charts. Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got accounted for five of her eight Grammy Awards, with her sixth in that time frame coming from her gospel collaboration with The Winans on the song “Ain’t No Need To Worry” in 1988.

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