Babyface

Released: September 18, 2007

Songwriter: Eric Clapton

Producer: Babyface

[Verse 1]
It's late in the evening
She's wonderin' what clothes to wear
She puts on her make-up
And brushes her long brown hair

And then she asks me, says: "Do I look all right?"
And I say, "Yes, girl, you look wonderful tonight"

[Verse 2]
We go to a party
And everyone turns to see, yeah
This beautiful lady
That'ts walking around with me

And then she asks me, she says: "Do you feel all right?"
And I say, "Yeah, I feel wonderful tonight"

Ooh yeah...

[Bridge]
I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes
And the wonder of it all is that you just don't realize
How much I love you

I love you
I love you

[Verse 3]
It's time to go home now
And I've got an aching head, yeah
So I give her the car keys
And she helps me straight to bed

And then I tell her
As I turn out the light
I said, "My darlin', you were wonderful tonight, oh Lord, yeah"
Said, "My darlin', you were wonderful tonight"

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds (born April 10, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a Grammy Award-winning producer, singer, and songwriter responsible for a string of hits in the 1980s and 1990s. He has written and produced more than 20 number-one hits and won 11 Grammys—including three for Producer of the Year—for his work with Boyz II Men, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, Alicia Keys, and Toni Braxton, as well as his own work as an artist.

Babyface got his nickname from funk legend Bootsy Collins after joining his backing band in the 1970s. He joined the group Manchild in the late ‘70s—a group that also included his frequent collaborator Daryl Simmons—before moving out West and working with the group The Deele in the early 1980s, forming a bond with his bandmate and future production partner L.A. Reid. After producing the hit “Two Occasions” for The Deele, L.A. & Babyface broke off and became one of the biggest superproducer duos in R&B, rivaling the hits of fellow superproducer duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

L.A. & ‘Face had their hands in a string of #1 R&B hits in the late '80s and early '90s from artists such as Pebbles (“Girlfriend”), Karyn White (“Superwoman”), The Whispers (“Rock Steady”), Johnny Gill (“My, My, My”) and many more. They were also instrumental in the success of post-New Edition era Bobby Brown as they produced his #1 hits “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Every Little Step,” “On Our Own,” and “Humpin' Around.” They made history with Boyz II Men in 1992 as they wrote and produced “End of the Road,” which spent a record-breaking 14 consecutive weeks atop the pop chart.

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