Anita Baker

Released: September 13, 1994

Songwriter: Bacharach & David Burt Bacharach Hal David

Producer: Tommy LiPuma

[Verse 1]
The look of love
Is in your eyes
A look your smile can't disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more than words could ever say
And what my heart has heard
Well that and it takes my breath away, yes

[Chorus]
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go, don't ever go
I love you so

[Verse 2]
You've got the look of love
It's on your face
The look that time can't erase
Be mine tonight
Let this be just the start of so many nights like this
Let's take a lovers vow
And baby, we'll seal it with a kiss

[Chorus]
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel these arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go, don't ever go
I love you so

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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