En Vogue

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

Producer: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

[Verse 1: Maxine Jones]
My love
We vowed to be together
Through the good times and stormy weather
Ooh, but if it falls around us
If I should lose in you sudden darkness
You should always know I'll be

[Chorus: En Vogue]
Sittin' by heaven's door
Waiting for you to come home
(I'm waiting on you to come back home, my baby)
Sittin' by heaven's door
Waiting for you to come home
(I'll be waiting, no hesitating)

[Bridge: Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones]
All I know is from this day on
We bond as one forever more
No way, no way we can lose, mmm
And any mountain we can move
With a team who beat the game called love
And, oh, oh, ooh, ooh
You know the time will come
When life will end somehow
And one of us is left without the other
If it happens to be me
Don't worry much, darling
I'll leave a passage to my heart
And this is where I'll be
(With the key in my hand)

[Chorus: En Vogue]
Sittin' by heaven's door
Waiting for you to come home
(I'm waitin' for you, baby, ooh yeah)
Sittin' by heaven's door
Waiting for you to come home
(Waiting, baby, for you)
Sittin' by heaven's door
Waiting for you to come home
Sittin' by heaven's door
Waiting for you to come home
Sittin' by heaven's door
(I'm waitin', anticipatin', yeah)
Waiting for you to come home
(Come on, come on, baby, ooh yeah)
Sittin' by heaven's door
(Come on home to me, yeah, ooh ooh)
Waiting for you to come home
(Come on, baby, come on, baby, come on, baby)
Sittin' by heaven's door
(Come on, baby, come on, baby, come on, baby, come on, baby)
Waiting for you to come home
(Come on, baby, come on, baby, come on, baby, come on, baby)
Sittin' by heaven's door
(Now come on back, come on, baby, oh, come on, baby)
Waiting for you to come home
(Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby)
Sittin' by heaven's door

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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