Anita Baker

Released: May 31, 1983

Songwriter: Carlos Turrentine Patrick Moten

Producer: Otis Smith Patrick Moten

[Verse 1]
Something has come over me
A feeling I can't explain
The love I lost I found again
My broken heart you came to mend
But it still seems as though
We are miles and miles apart

The very best is all I got
It's all I got to give
My soul was lost in the dark of night
But you arrived to see me through
And you came to me all by surprise
To remove the darkness right out of my eyes
And it's plain to see
That you were all I need
And I wanna know...

[Chorus]
Will you be mine?
Sugar, will you be mine?
Sugar, will you be mine?
Sugar, will you be mine?

[Verse 2]
This kind of love only comes around
Only once in a lifetime
But the last love I tried to hold
It left me feeling so empty and blue
And it made me afraid
To let my true feelings show

[Verse 3]
I need you here right by my side
Each and every night
My soul is crying out to you
It's reaching out for something true
What do I have to do
To get you into my life?
The suspense is tearing me, tearing me apart
Won't you bring your love
Bring it all to me
So that we can live together eternally
Will you be mine?

[Chorus]
Will you be mine?
Sugar, will you be mine?
Sugar, will you be mine?
Oh baby, would you be, would you be mine?
Will you be mine?
Sugar, will you be mine?
Will you be mine?
Sugar, will you be mine?

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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