Released: May 10, 1990
Songwriter: Maurice Starr
Producer: Tunde-Ra Aleem Taharqa Aleem Richard Mendelson Mark Doyle Leo Okeke Gregory McPherson Al Lancellotti Maurice Starr
[Intro]
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you, girl
Step by step, rah
[Chorus]
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you, girl
Step by step, ooh baby
Really want you in my world
[Verse 1]
(Step) Hey girl, in your eyes
I see a picture of me all the time
(Step) Hey girl, when you smile
You got to know that you drive me wild
[Pre-Chorus]
(Step by step) Ooh baby
You're always on my mind
(Step by step) Ooh girl
Really think it's just a matter of time
[Chorus]
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step, ooh baby
Really want you in my world
[Verse 2]
(Step) Hey girl, can't you see?
I've got to have you all just for me
(Step) And girl, yes, it's true
No one else will ever do
[Pre-Chorus]
(Step by step) Ooh baby
You're always on my mind
(Step by step) Ooh girl
Really think it's just a matter of time
[Chorus]
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step, ooh baby
Really want you in my world
[Bridge]
Step, step
Step, step by step
(Step one) We can have lots of fun
(Step two) There's so much we can do
(Step three) It's just you and me
(Step four) I can give you more
(Step five) Don't you know that the time has arrived?
Huh!
[Breakdown]
(Step by step)
Don't you know I need you?
(Step by step)
Yes, I do, girl
[Pre-Chorus]
(Step by step) Ooh baby
You're always on my mind
(Step by step) Ooh girl
Really think it's just a matter of time
[Chorus]
Step by step
(Step by step, girl), ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl, to you girl
Step by step, yeah, ooh baby
(I want you, I need you)
Really want you in my world
(I want you in my world)
[Outro]
(Step by step) Ooh, to you girl
(Step by step) Oh girl
Really want you in my world
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step, ooh baby
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you, girl
Step by step, rah
[Chorus]
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you, girl
Step by step, ooh baby
Really want you in my world
[Verse 1]
(Step) Hey girl, in your eyes
I see a picture of me all the time
(Step) Hey girl, when you smile
You got to know that you drive me wild
[Pre-Chorus]
(Step by step) Ooh baby
You're always on my mind
(Step by step) Ooh girl
Really think it's just a matter of time
[Chorus]
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step, ooh baby
Really want you in my world
[Verse 2]
(Step) Hey girl, can't you see?
I've got to have you all just for me
(Step) And girl, yes, it's true
No one else will ever do
[Pre-Chorus]
(Step by step) Ooh baby
You're always on my mind
(Step by step) Ooh girl
Really think it's just a matter of time
[Chorus]
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step, ooh baby
Really want you in my world
[Bridge]
Step, step
Step, step by step
(Step one) We can have lots of fun
(Step two) There's so much we can do
(Step three) It's just you and me
(Step four) I can give you more
(Step five) Don't you know that the time has arrived?
Huh!
[Breakdown]
(Step by step)
Don't you know I need you?
(Step by step)
Yes, I do, girl
[Pre-Chorus]
(Step by step) Ooh baby
You're always on my mind
(Step by step) Ooh girl
Really think it's just a matter of time
[Chorus]
Step by step
(Step by step, girl), ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl, to you girl
Step by step, yeah, ooh baby
(I want you, I need you)
Really want you in my world
(I want you in my world)
[Outro]
(Step by step) Ooh, to you girl
(Step by step) Oh girl
Really want you in my world
Step by step, ooh baby
Gonna get to you girl
Step by step, ooh baby
H.I.T.S.
- Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
- Games (The Kids Get Hard Mix)
- Call It What You Want (The C&C Pump-It Mix)
- My Favorite Girl
- I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)
- Cover Girl
- This One’s for the Children
- Tonight
- Hangin’ Tough
- If You Go Away
- Please Don’t Go Girl
- Valentine Girl
- Step by Step
- Baby, I Believe in You
- You Got It (The Right Stuff)
- Step by Step (1990)
- Tour Souvenir Collection (1991)
- H.I.T.S. (1991)
- Greatest Hits (1999)
- Billboard Top Hits: 1990 (2000)
- Super Hits (2001)
- #1's (2005)
- Greatest Hits (2008 Edition) (2008)
- Just Dance (Official Tracklist) (2009)
- NKOTBSB (2011)
- A Lei do Amor, Vol. 1 (2016)
- Verão 90, Vol. 2 (2019)
- Step by Step
- You Got It (The Right Stuff)
- Please Don’t Go Girl
- I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)
- Merry, Merry Christmas
- Valentine Girl (The C&C Quiet Storm Mix)
- The Right Stuff (The New Kids In the House Mix)
- Jealous (Blue)
- Favorite Girl
- Are You Down?
- Officially Over
- If You Go Away
- Now or Never
- Never Let You Go
- Take My Breath Away
- Call It What You Want
- Twisted
- Funny Feeling
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
- Girls
- Looking Like Danger
- Hangin’ Tough
- Let’s Play House
- Keepin’ My Fingers Crossed