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Damn I Wanna Be Your LoverEn Vogue

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Ivan Matias Andrea Martin Pro-Jay

Producer: Ivan Matias Andrea Martin Pro-Jay

[Verse 1: Terry Ellis]
My heart's in chains
And still remains in deja vu
But first I wanna spend the night with you
Everything you need, come get it from me
Set your emotions free
Oh, yes baby

[Pre-Chorus: Terry Ellis]
Come on and give in the name of love
And let our bodies slowly touch
Then we'll carry on
Tonight, let's move on

[Chorus: En Vogue & (Terry)]
Yes, I do take you to be
How about you and me?
Damn I wanna be your lover
(Your lover, baby, yeah yeah)
Don't refuse (Oh no)
'Cause I need you (I need you)
Damn I wanna be your lover
(I wanna be your love, your lover, oh baby, yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2: Terry Ellis]
Why don't you stay?
Dessert will make you call out my name
My first and my last name
That she is being all you'll ever need
To take you higher than eyes can see
Oh, yes, baby, yeah

[Pre-Chorus: Terry Ellis]
Why don't you give in the name of love
And let our bodies become one
'Cause tonight I wanna give you all
Baby, let's move on

[Chorus: En Vogue & (Terry)]
Yes, I do take you to be
How about you and me?
Damn I wanna be your lover
(I wanna be your lover, your lover, your lover, baby, baby)
Don't refuse (Oh no)
'Cause I need you (Need you)
Damn I wanna be your lover
(Ooh, I wanna be your lover, baby, yeah)

[Bridge: Terry Ellis]
I don't wanna have to compromise
The things you make me visualize
Intuition keeps on telling me
These emotions need to be set free
Don't you want to give it to me?
Fulfill the heaven's prophecy
Take a visit to my paradise
We can hang around for the rest of our lives

[Chorus: En Vogue & (Terry)]
Yes, I do take you to be
How about you and me?
Damn I wanna be your lover
(Your love, baby, your lover, baby baby, baby, I, ooh ooh ooh)
Don't refuse
'Cause I need you (I need you)
Damn I wanna be your lover
(Ooh, I wanna be, I got to be, I wanna be your lover, yes I do)
Yes, I do take you to be
How about you and me?
Damn I wanna be your lover
(Yeah yeah, don't refuse me)
Don't refuse (I wanna be)
'Cause I need you (I gotta be)
Damn I wanna be your lover
(Ooh)
Yes, I do take you to be
How about you and me?
Damn I wanna be your lover
(I wanna be, I wanna be your lover, your lover)

En Vogue

Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones, and Dawn Robinson are the original members of the R&B girl group En Vogue. The group was put together by producers Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster after a talent search in Oakland, California in 1989. Their debut album Born to Sing was released in 1990 and featured the #1 R&B hits “You Don’t Have To Worry,” “Lies,” and their platinum debut single “Hold On,” which also peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won a Billboard and Soul Train Music Award. Their 1992 follow-up album Funky Divas hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 on its way to triple platinum status. The lead single, “My Lovin' (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” helped propel that success as it hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also featured the #1 R&B hit cover of Aretha Franklin’s “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” as well as the Top 10 pop single “Free Your Mind.”

In 1993, they released the EP Runaway Love and made appearances on the TV shows In Living Color, Roc and A Different World. In 1994, they collaborated with Salt-N-Pepa on their Top 3 platinum single “Whatta Man” and in 1996 they contributed to the Set It Off soundtrack with their hit single “Don’t Let Go (Love)” which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit #1 on the R&B Singles chart.

While working on their third album, Dawn Robinson decided to leave the group due to issues with management. The group decided to go on as a trio and released their third platinum album EV3 in 1997 featuring the Top 10 R&B/Top 20 pop hit “Whatever,” which was produced and co-written by Babyface. They went on to release three more albums—Masterpiece Theatre in 2000, The Gift of Christmas in 2002, and Soul Flower in 2004. During that time, Maxine Jones left the group in 2001 and was replaced by Amanda Cole, and Cole was later replaced in 2003 by Rhona Bennett. While the original four members have reunited for performances throughout the years, the current lineup consists of Herron, Ellis, and Bennett, and they released the single “Déjà Vu” in 2016 and released their album Electric Café in 2018.

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