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Work It OutEn Vogue

Released: May 23, 2000

Songwriter: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy B. Thompson Dave Meyers Maxine Jones Cindy Herron Terry Ellis (En Vogue)

Producer: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

[Verse 1: Terry Ellis]
You know I got a thing for you
I know you got a thing for me too
So tell me, baby, what's it gonna be? Ooh
Here we are alone again
Just like before we had a chance
For romance, baby
And now it's slippin' out our hands, baby
Oh well

[Chorus: Terry Ellis & En Vogue]
Sittin' here (Sittin' here)
Ain't got much to talk about (Talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out? (Work it out)
'Cause this here's not enough
We need changes
Sittin' here (Sitting here)
Ain't got much to talk about (To talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out? (Work it out)
'Cause this shh is gettin' old
(Ooh woo woo, woo woo)

[Verse 2: Maxine Jones]
The love is gone
Who's gonna be the first to say goodbye?
How do we choose
When we have so much to lose?
Stop it, stop pretending nothing is wrong
Just admit this is it so we can move on
'Cause I can't go on living my life this way
Day after day just sitting here

[Chorus: Maxine Jones & En Vogue]
(Sittin' here)
Ain't got much to talk about (Talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out? (Work it out)
'Cause this here's not enough
We need changes
Sittin' here (Sitting here)
Ain't got much to talk about (Talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out? (Work it out)
'Cause this shh is gettin' old
(Gettin' old)

[Bridge: Cindy Herron]
We could be livin' like my dream fantasies
Where you hold me in your arms and kiss me so softly
My thoughts would be always of you
And the kind and gentle things you do, yeah
But reality pulls me out of my mind
And instead of that I'm still sittin' here

[Chorus: Cindy Herron & En Vogue]
(Sittin' here)
Ain't got much to talk about (Talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out? (Work it out)
'Cause this here is getting old
We need changes
Sittin' here (Sitting here)
Ain't got much to talk about
(I ain't got a lot to talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out?
(I don't know what we're gonna do)
'Cause this shh is gettin' old
(I don't know what we're gonna do, baby)
I know that we're sittin' here (Sittin' here)
Ain't got much to talk about (Talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out? (Work it out)
'Cause this old mess, this old mess is getting old
We need changes
Sittin' here (Sitting here)
Ain't got much to talk about
(I ain't got a lot to talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out?
(What we gonna do?)
'Cause this shh is gettin' old
(What are we gonna do, baby?)
Hey, I'm just sittin' here (Sittin' here)
Ain't got much to talk about (Talk about)
What we gonna do to work it out? (Work it out)
It's getting old, it's getting very, very old
We need changes
Sittin' here
Ain't got much to talk about
What we gonna do to work it out?
'Cause this shh is gettin' old

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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