Anita Baker

Released: October 18, 1988

Songwriter: Michael J. Powell Vernon Hill Anita Baker

Producer: Michael J. Powell

[Verse 1]
Where did you go?
I've been looking for you
Where did you go?
I'm pacing the floor
When you're gone from me
I'm pacing this floor

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, I stand by you so close
Caution is not my approach
My heart I expose

[Chorus]
Baby, I reveal more than you know
I do

[Verse 2]
Wasting my time
Everybody says I'm wasting my time
I must reply
That the time I waste is certianly mine

[Pre-Chorus]
Darlin' I stand by and I watch and wonder why
Your eyes don't meet mine
Caution is not my approach
My heart I expose

[Chorus]
More than you know
My baby, I reveal more than you know
My baby, I expose...

[Pre-Chorus]
Darlin' I stand by you so close
Caution is not my approach
My heart I expose to you

[Chorus]
More than you know
Baby, I reveal more than you know
I tell you more than you know
(Too much, baby; show you too much, baby)
I show you more than you know
(Too much, baby; show you too much, baby)
Baby, I reveal more than you know
Darling, I show more than you know

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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