Anita Baker

Released: March 24, 1990

Songwriter: Carly Simon Michael McDonald

Producer: Arif Mardin

[Intro:]
You don't have to prove to me that you're beautiful to strangers
I've got loving eyes of my own, of my own
You belong to me

[Verse 1:]
Why'd you tell me this?
Were you looking for my reaction?
What do you need to know?
Don't you know I'll always be your girl?
You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers
I've got loving eyes
Of my own

[Chorus:]
You belong to me
You belong to me
You belong to me
You belong to me

[Verse 2:]
You belong to me
Can it be, baby, you're not sure
That you belong to me
Thought we'd closed the book
I thought we locked the door, baby
You don't have to prove you're beautiful to strangers
I've got loving eyes of my own, of my own
And I can tell, I can tell darling

[Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
Tell that woman something, baby
I believe you know what I want to say to her, yes
Want you to tell her, baby
Tell her that I love you
Tell this woman
Tell her
I ain't lying, baby
I ain't lying

[Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
Everybody knows this baby
All of your friends
All of your friends, all of my friends, baby
Told me this was going on
I can't stand it, baby
What you doing?
Baby, what you doing?
What you doing?
Baby, what you doing?
Where you going?
Baby, where you going?
Where you going?

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.

more tracks from the album

Rubaiyat (Elektra’s 40th Anniversary)

From the albums

Rubaiyat (Elektra’s 40th Anniversary) (1990)
Rhythm Of Love (1994)

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