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Looking for a New LoveJody Watley

Released: January 6, 1987

Songwriter: Jody Watley André Cymone

Producer: David Z. André Cymone

[Verse 1]
I gave you love
You did me wrong
I didn't know what to do
But baby, I'm strong
I'll get over you
A new boy I'm gonna choose
You'll see

My love was true
Still you threw it all away
Now other guys will have me
They'll appreciate my love
Tell me, how does it feel?

[Pre-Chorus]
You know that I needed you
You know that you meant the world to me
You know I had to have you
Now I'm gonna find somebody new

[Chorus]
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
Was she hot?
Did she turn you out?
Curiosity rules my brain
Was she worth my heart
It's torn all apart
Are you going back again?
Tell me

My love was true
Still you threw it all away
But now your like the rest
Unworthy of my best
Hasta la vista, baby

[Pre-Chorus]
You know that I needed you
You know that you meant the world to me
You know I had to have you
Now I'm gonna find somebody new

[Chorus]
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
Other guys will have me
They'll appreciate my love
Tell me, how does it feel?
Now you're like the rest
Unworthy of my best
Hasta la vista, baby

[Outro]
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love
I'm looking for a new love, baby
A new love

Jody Watley

Jody Watley is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer that first danced her way to fame at 14-years-old as a dancer on Soul Train. That experience led show host Don Cornelius and booking agent Dick Griffey to place her and fellow dancer Jeffrey Daniel in the group Shalamar in 1977, with lead singer Howard Hewett added to the group in 1979. They produced the hits “Second Time Around,” “Make That Move,” “This is for the Lover in You,” and “A Night to Remember” before Watley left the group in 1983 due to conflict within the group and a lack of payment from Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Records label.

She released her self-titled debut album in 1987 featuring the #1 Dance hits “Don’t You Want Me,” “Some Kind of Lover,” and “Looking for a New Love,” which also peaked at #1 on the R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Pop chart. This album went Platinum and led to her winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1988. Her follow-up album Larger Than Life was released in 1989 and featured the Top 10 Pop hits “Everything,” “Friends” with Rakim, and the #1 Dance and R&B hit “Real Love.” She worked on these albums with Prince bassist André Cymone, who she would later marry in 1991 before separating in 1995.

She released nine studio albums between 1987 and 2006, and in 2008, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Her last project was the 2014 EP Paradise on her own Avitone label and she made an appearance on DâM-FunK’s Invite the Light album in 2015 on the track “Virtuous Progression.” She also formed “Shalamar Reloaded” with two new members and continues to tour.

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