Anita Baker

Released: September 13, 1994

Songwriter: Mike Reid Mack David

Producer: Tommy LiPuma

Sometimes I wonder why
I go on loving you this way
When I'm not sure that you are sure
That you will stay
Sometimes I wonder why
I go on hurting like I do
I guess this heart ain't very smart
It wants no one but you

But when I lay in your arms
Child, this isn't pretending
This is a real fairytale with a happy ending

This tightrope that I walk
A tightrope without a net below
And if I fall, child, I just fall
I want no one but you

But when I lay in your arms
Child, this isn't pretending
This is a real fairytale with a happy ending

Darling, this tightrope that I walk
A tightrope without a net below
If I fall, child, I just fall
Because I know, I know
I'll love you 'til I die
Sometimes I wonder why

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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