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Since I Lost My BabyLuther Vandross

Released: September 21, 1982

Songwriter: Smokey Robinson Warren “Pete” Moore

Producer: Luther Vandross

[Verse 1]
The sun is shining, there's plenty of light
A new day is dawning, sunny and bright
But after I've been crying all night
The sun is cold and the new day seems old

[Chorus]
Since I lost my baby
Oh, since I lost my baby

[Verse 2]
The birds are singing and the children are playing
There's plenty of work, and the bosses are paying
Not a sad word should a young heart be saying
But fun is a bore, and with money I'm poor

[Chorus]
Since I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
Oh, since I lost my baby
(My baby), my baby, (my baby)

[Bridge]
Next time I'll be kinder, to my baby
Won't you please help me find her (I've got to find my girl)
Someone just remind her
(Someone just remind her, someone just remind her)
Of this love she left behind her (of me, ooh ooh ooh)
'Til I find her, I'll be trying to ('Til I find her, I'll be trying to)
Every day I'm growing kinder
Tryin'...inclined to...find her
Inclined to find my baby (My baby)
I've been looking everywhere (My baby)
Hey baby, I really really care
I care, I care...

[Verse 3]
My determination is fading fast, so fast, so fast
Inspiration is a thing of the past
I can't see how my hope's gonna last
But good things are bad (so bad) and what's happy is sad
So sad, so sad, I'm sad, so sad, so sad

[Chorus]
Since I lost my baby (since I lost my girl)
Oh, since I lost my baby (since I lost my baby)
I feel so bad (Got to find that girl, I've got to find my girl)
I feel so sad, yeah-eh
(Since I lost my-, since I lost my-, my, my, my, my baby)
'Cause everything is gone (Got to find that girl, I've got to find my girl)
And it's hard girl, to carry on
(Since I lost my-, since I lost my-, my, my, my, my baby)
I know it's up to me (Got to find that girl, I've got to find my girl)
What's gonna happen to me?
(Since I lost my baby)
What's gonna happen to me?
Oh, I don't know, I don't know, what I'm gonna do no, no, no, no
I don't know
Since I lost my baby
I don't know, I don't know what to do without, my girl, my girl, my girl
I don't know
Since I lost my baby, yeah

(No no) I can't find her nowhere (don't go)
Nowhere (Since I lost my baby, yeah)
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, oh no
(I don't know, since I lost my baby, yeah)
Yeah (Don't know) I can't find her nowhere (don't know)
Nowhere (Since I lost my baby)
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere, nowhere
(I don't know, since I lost my baby, yeah)

(Don't know) I can't find her nowhere (I don't know)
Nowhere (Since I lost my baby)
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere
(I don't know, since I lost my baby, yeah)

(Don't know) I can't find her nowhere (I don't know)
Nowhere (Since I lost my baby)
Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere...

Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who made “Luther” a household name in the 1980s with his tenor tone on #1 R&B hits such as “Never Too Much,” “Stop To Love,” “Any Love,” and “Here and Now.” He continued the hits into the ‘90s with “Power of Love/Love Power” and his duet with Janet Jackson “The Best Things in Life are Free.” He also released the hit song “Dance With My Father” in 2003, which went on to win Song of the Year at the 2004 Grammy Awards while the album of the same name peaked at #1 on the Billboard charts and also won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. During his career, he won eight Grammy Awards, sold over 30 million albums and also produced hits for other artists such as Aretha Franklin (“Jump To It” and “Get It Right”).

Luther broke into the music business as a background singer in the 1970s for artists such as David Bowie, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, Chic, Sister Sledge, Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer among others. He was also a vocal arranger and songwriter, creating songs such as “Everybody Rejoice (Brand New Day)” used in the Broadway musical The Wiz. After releasing two albums with the group Luther in 1976 and 1977, his profile began to rise with his lead features on the group Change’s 1980 hits “Searching” and “The Glow of Love.” Luther’s debut album Never Too Much was released in 1981 and hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. His five subsequent albums through 1991 also peaked at #1 on the R&B chart and are certified Platinum. All six of these albums featured contributions from his longtime musical partners Marcus Miller and Nat Adderley Jr, and the trio continued to work together on Luther’s Gold and Platinum albums up through his last, 2003’s Dance With My Father.

Luther was also known for his remakes that outshined the originals. Songs like Major Harris' “Love Won’t Let Me Wait”, Dionne Warwick’s “A House is Not a Home”, Brenda Russell’s “If Only For One Night”, The Carpenters' “Superstar”, The Temptations' “Since I Lost My Baby”, Stevie Wonder’s “Creepin'” and his duet cover with Cheryl Lynn of the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell classic “If This World Were Mine” all became associated with Luther. He even won a Grammy in 2004 along with Beyoncé in the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category for their cover of the Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway duet “The Closer I Get To You.” His music has also been sampled in many hip-hop hits such as Jay Z’s “Excuse Me Miss” and the Twista/Kanye West/Jamie Foxx collaboration “Slow Jamz” among others.

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