Babyface

Released: July 23, 1989

Songwriter: Daryl Simmons LA Reid Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1]
Baby, baby
Don't 'cha think
You would like to
Spend the night with me?
Darlin', darlin'
Can't you see
That you and I were
Always meant to be?

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, if you believe in magic
Baby, I'll reach for the stars
And I'll bring the dream to you
Whatever you wish for you can have it
It'll come straight from the heart
Baby, 'cause I, I want you
To want me like I do want you, oh

[Chorus]
I can't stop my heart, I'm in love (oh)
You're the only one that I want
I want it, I need it
I wanna be the one and only one you love

(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

I want it, I need it
I wanna be the one and only one you love

[Verse 2]
Girly, girly
It's plain to see
Ain't no other
Place I'd rather be
Girly, baby
Live with me
I'll make you happy
And that I guarantee

[Pre-Chorus]
Baby, 'cause I believe in magic
Baby, I wished upon a star
And I found a dream called you
Baby, 'cause you can make love happen
Let it fall straight from your heart
Baby, 'cause I, I want you
To want me like I do want you, oh, ooh ooh

[Chorus]
I can't stop my heart, I'm in love (oh)
You're the only one that I want
I want it, I need it
I wanna be the one and only one you love

Oh baby

Baby, 'cause I, I want you
To want me like I do want you, oh, ooh ooh

Oh yeah

I can't stop my heart, I'm in love
You're the only one that I want
I want it, I need it
I wanna be the one and only one you love
Girly, girly, girly, girly, baby

I can't stop my heart, I'm in love
You're the only one that I want
I want it, I need it
I wanna be the one and only one you love
Wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna be the only one

(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)
(oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh)

I can't stop my heart, I'm in love
You're the only one that I want
I want it, I need it
I wanna be the one and only one you love

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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