Anita Baker

Released: March 20, 1986

Songwriter: David Lasley

Producer: Michael J. Powell

[Verse 1]
You bring me joy
When I'm down
Oh so much joy
When I lose my way, your love comes smiling on me
I saw your face and then I knew
We would be friends
I was so afraid but your eyes, they'd say, "Come to me"
So I'd say to you
"Can we talk for a while?"
You'd say "It's alright"
When you love me, I smile
I feel your heart and you feel mine
You bring me joy

[Verse 2]
You bring me joy
Don't go too far away
If I can't see your face, I will remember your smile
But can this be right
Oh, and should we be friends
I get lonely sometimes
And I'm mixed up again
'Cause you're the finest thing I've seen in all my life
You bring me joy

[Bridge]
(My joy) My joy

[Saxophone solo]

I believe this is gonna be what you want it to be
I just love you, I just, I love you, why can't you see
That you're the finest thing I've seen in all my life
You bring me joy

[Outro]
(My joy) You are, you're my joy
(My joy) My... (You bring me joy) my joy
I, thank you, baby, thank you, baby
(You bring me joy)
I just love you, baby
I just love you, baby
I...I just love you
When I lose my way, your love comes smiling on me

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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