Released: June 9, 1983

Songwriter: Ray Parker Jr.

Producer: Ray Parker Jr.

I wanna get it straight up front
Let's tell each other what we want
So we can both decide up front
If we like it or we don't

Just as long as I'm single
I'm gonna do what the heck I please
I don’t feel it's fair
For you to be restricting me
If you want a serious commitment
You gotta first make one yourself
If you want it one sided
You'd better find somebody else

That’s why I wanna get it straight up front
Let's tell each other what we want
So we can both decide up front
If we like it or we don't

I've been in relationships
Where I've given all of myself
I did everything for him
He did everything for someone else
Now don't misunderstand me
I'm not prejudging you
But if you plan to fool around
Let me know so I can do it too

Baby get it straight up front
Let's tell each other what we want
So we can both decide up front
If we like it or we don't
Decide up front

I know everything can't be predicted
Because love don't work that way
But we can at least agree on the rules
Before we start to play

Baby get it straight up front
Let's tell each other what we want
So we can both decide up front
If we like it or we don't
Decide up front

Diana Ross

Diana Ross is an American singer, songwriter, actress and record producer.

She rose to fame as the lead singer of The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown’s most successful act and is to this day America’s most successful vocal group as well as one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. Departing from the Supremes in 1970, Ross released her debut solo album, Diana Ross, which contained the hits “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” and the #1 hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”.

She released the album Touch Me in the Morning in 1973. Its title track reached #1, becoming her second solo hit.