Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Jeffrey Cohen Narada Michael Walden

Producer: Narada Michael Walden

[Verse 1]
I've seen you hanging? out
Looking? like you know what life's about
Laughing?, jiving? with your friends
Baby, that ain't where the world ends, oh yeah
I'm laying? my love on you
You'll be feeling? something? brand new, oh yes, you will
Gonna hold you tight with all my might
Squeeze you right, what you want to do tonight? Yeah
I'm going to hold you in the afternoon
Tease you from the sun
Dancing 'neath the island moon
We'll go on and on, yeah

[Chorus 1]
Ain't nobody ever loved you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah, oh, baby, no
Ain't nobody ever loved you, boy
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
Hey, drag a comb across your hair
Change your shirt, we're going somewhere, ain't we, baby?
I'll throw a little lipstick on
Check the mirror twice and we're gone
I believe in rain
We can bring the heat up again, oh, yes, we can
I'm going to take my time and treat you fine
Baby, baby, baby, I'm making you mine, oh tonight, boy

[Chorus 2]
Hear the people laugh and sing
Right outside your door
Something? great is happening?
And you can be sure

[Chorus 1][x2]

[Chorus 2]

[Verse 3]
Nobody else can love you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah
Ain't nobody ever loved you
Like I'm gonna love you, yeah, yeah

[Chorus 1][x2]

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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Who’s Zoomin’ Who?

From the albums

Who’s Zoomin’ Who? (1985)
Black Music Month Sampler (1986)

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