Bette Midler

Released: October 25, 2005

Songwriter: Sidney Wyche Mayme Watts

Producer: Barry Manilow

Well alright, okay, you win
I'm in love with you
Well alright, okay, you win
Baby, what can I do?
I'll do anything you say
It's just got to be that way
Well alright, okay, you win
I'm in love with you
Well alright, okay, you win
Baby, what can I do?
Anything you say, I'll do
As long as it's me and you
All that I am askin'
All I want from you
Is just love me like I love you
And it won't be hard to do
Well alright, okay, you win
I'm in love with you
Well alright, okay, you win
Well, baby, what can I do?
I'll do anything you say
Oh, it's just got to be that way
All that I am askin'
All I want from you
Just love me like I love you
It won't be hard to do
All night, all day
I'm in, ooh, and I'm telling you
Alright, okay, you win
What are you waiting for?
If you're gonna be my man
Sweet baby, take me by the hand
Well alright, okay, you win

Bette Midler is a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, comedienne and actress. Named in honor of Bette Davis, Midler’s career began performing off-broadway until she developed the stage persona The Divine Miss M while singing at the world-famous Continental Baths gay bathhouse. A pre-fame Barry Manilow, the venue’s in-house piano player, produced her Grammy-nominated debut album which scored three US top 40 singles including the Grammy-nominated “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”. Midler took home the Best New Artist Grammy that year, her first of three career wins.

Throughout the 1970s, Midler found further success with music, Broadway, television and film. The Rose, Midler’s 1979 acting debut, earned her both Oscar and Academy Award nominations, and its namesake song won her a Golden Globe and another Grammy – also giving Midler her first success overseas.

The early 1980s proved less successful for Midler with four under-performing singles and a box office flop with the film Jinxed. However, the second half of the decade would prove far more fruitful with a handful of very successful films including Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Beaches, the latter featuring a chart-topping cover of “Wind Beneath My Wings” that won Midler her third Grammy and is considered one of the greatest songs in American film history.

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