Released: October 2, 1990
Songwriter: Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
[Verse 1]
Our friends think we're opposites
Falling in and out of love
They all said we'd never last
Still we manage to stay together
[Pre-Chorus]
There's no easy explanation for it
But whenever there's a problem
We always work it out somehow
Work it out somehow
[Chorus]
They said it wouldn't last
We had to prove them wrong
'Cause I've learned in the past
That love will never do without you
[Verse 2]
Other guys have tried before
To replace you as my lover
Never did I have a doubt
Boy, it's you I can't do without
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel better when I have you near me
'Cause no other love around
Has quite the same ooh ooh (Ha ha ha!)
Like you do do do do, babe
[Chorus]
They said it wouldn't last
We had to prove them wrong
'Cause I've learned in the past
That love will never do without you
Do without you
Love will never do without you
[Bridge]
Woo, do without you
Sha-uh, ah, uh-uh, it will never do without you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, go on...
Sing
Never do now, ooh
Love will never do
Love will never do, love will never do
Hey, hey, yeah, yeah
What?!
[Outro]
Woo, hey, what do you want?
If you believe in love say...
Our friends think we're opposites
Falling in and out of love
They all said we'd never last
Still we manage to stay together
[Pre-Chorus]
There's no easy explanation for it
But whenever there's a problem
We always work it out somehow
Work it out somehow
[Chorus]
They said it wouldn't last
We had to prove them wrong
'Cause I've learned in the past
That love will never do without you
[Verse 2]
Other guys have tried before
To replace you as my lover
Never did I have a doubt
Boy, it's you I can't do without
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel better when I have you near me
'Cause no other love around
Has quite the same ooh ooh (Ha ha ha!)
Like you do do do do, babe
[Chorus]
They said it wouldn't last
We had to prove them wrong
'Cause I've learned in the past
That love will never do without you
Do without you
Love will never do without you
[Bridge]
Woo, do without you
Sha-uh, ah, uh-uh, it will never do without you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, go on...
Sing
Never do now, ooh
Love will never do
Love will never do, love will never do
Hey, hey, yeah, yeah
What?!
[Outro]
Woo, hey, what do you want?
If you believe in love say...
Design of a Decade 1986/1996
- That’s the Way Love Goes
- Love Will Never Do (Without You) (Single Version)
- Black Cat (Video Mix / Short Solo)
- Come Back to Me (I’m Beggin’ You Mix)
- Escapade
- Let’s Wait Awhile
- Twenty Foreplay
- Runaway
- The Pleasure Principle
- When I Think of You
- Miss You Much
- Control
- Nasty
- Rhythm Nation
- What Have You Done for Me Lately
- Alright (7" House Mix - Solo)
- Love Will Never Do (Without You): The Remixes (1990)
- Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (1995)
- Number Ones (2009)
- No Sleeep
- If
- Nasty
- Would You Mind
- All for You
- Together Again
- BURNITUP!
- Got ’Til It’s Gone
- Any Time, Any Place
- That’s the Way Love Goes
- Dammn Baby
- I Get Lonely
- Doesn’t Really Matter
- Black Cat
- Control
- Again
- No Sleeep (Single Version)
- Unbreakable
- Rhythm Nation
- What About
- Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)
- Feedback
- Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)
- Call on Me