Bette Midler

Released: November 17, 1977

Songwriter: Bob Merrill

Producer: Brooks Arthur

I've got some records here
To put you in the mood
The phone is off the hook
So no one can intrude
I feel romantic
And the record changer's automatic, baby

Sweetheart, we hurried through the dinner
And we hurried through the dance
We left before the picture show was through
Why did we hurry through the dinner
And hurry through the dance?
To leave some time for this
To hug and hug and kiss and kiss

Take off your shoesies, dear
And loosen up your tie
I got some kisses here
Let's try one on for size
Turn the lights low. Oooh, turn 'em low
Whoa, baby

Ooh, to hug and hug and kiss and kiss
Now, baby, take off your shoes
And loosen up you tie
I got some kisses here
Let's try one on for size
Turn the lights low. Come on, turn 'em low
Ohh, baby

Sha boomp boomp bah dah boomp bah dah boomp
Bah ba dah ba wee eeh bah ba dweeb bah pretty baby
You know I just wanna take you up with me to paradise
Boy ya da bah do bah do do bah buh bah da
Please pour a little bit of wine, will ya pretty baby?
Pretty baby, why don't you come over here
And get comfortable? Make yourself comfortable
All I really wanna hear is that
Ya really like what I'm givin'
And I hope that you know I love you
Darlin'! Look how much time
It took me to say I love you!
Look what I went through to say I love you!

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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