Babyface

Released: July 23, 1989

Songwriter: Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1]
We started out as simple friends
That kind of friendship never ends, no baby
But we were fortunate to care enough
We knew just where we stood
But soon as love appeared
You turned away
And you were so unsure and so afraid
Of feeling what I was feeling
You were scared that love
Would blow your heart away
And you were certain that
In time my love would stray
So...

[Chorus]
Where, where will you go?
And who, who's gonna love you like I do?
Where, where will you go?
And who's gonna love you like I do?

[Verse 2]
What kind of friends could we have been, yeah
If we had kept the feelings in?
When we had made a vow to be the friends
We were since we began
But soon as love appeared
You turned away
And you were so unsure and so afraid
Of feeling what I was feeling
You were scared that love
Would blow your heart away
And you were certain that
In time our love
You were thinking that our love was gonna stray
Oh, tell me where...

[Chorus]
Where will you go?
And tell me who
Who's gonna love you, baby, the way that I do?
Now, baby, where, where where, where where
Where will you go, where will you go?
And tell me who is gonna love, I wanna know who is gonna love
I need to know who's gonna love, who's gonna love who
Oh, help me, ooh...
Where, where will you go, baby?
Who's gonna love you, baby? Tell me
Who's gonna care for you, baby?
Who's gonna be there for you, baby?
Who's gonna love you like you need to be loved?
Where will you go, baby?
And who's gonna love you like I do?
Ooh baby, yes, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh...
I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know, baby...
Like I do

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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