Shalamar

Released: May 25, 1981

Songwriter: Dana Meyers Howard Hewett

Producer: Leon Sylvers III

[Verse 1: Howard Hewett]
It's got to be real
Girl, I could write a book on how you're making me feel
I know I'll never find
Another who could match the love you've given to me
So

[Chorus: Shalamar, Howard Hewett]
This is for the lover in you
This ring means I'll always be true
This is how we'll start love anew
This time, it's gonna last forever

[Verse 2: Howard Hewett]
I trust you, yes, I do
And girl, you're not the kind a guy could easily charm
'Cause the meaning of love
Is always shown to me when you are wrapped in my arms
Oh baby

[Chorus: Shalamar, Howard Hewett]
This is for the lover in you
This ring (This ring means I'll always be true)
This is how we'll start love anew
This time, it's gonna last forever
(I don't wanna, I don't want to give you up)
This is for the lover in you (I love you, baby)
This ring (Ooh)
This is (For the lover in you, girl)
This time, it's gonna last forever

[Bridge: Howard Hewett]
I could say I never met a girl, no, no
Who satisfies my mental and my physical thing
When I lay me down to sleep
I'm rest assured with the thought that you are right next to me
My baby

[Chorus: Shalamar, Howard Hewett]
This is for the lover in you (Take this ring)
This ring (It means I'll always be true)
This is how we'll start love anew
This time, it's gonna last forever
This is for the lover in you (Take my ring)
This ring (Oh, oh, oh)
This is (Sweet baby)
This time, we're gonna be together

[Outro: Howard Hewett, Shalamar]
Oh, so much love between us
I'll be the one to come running (Be the one to come running)
Oh, home to you (Home to you)
You give me sweet love
With a woman like you, I don't need to play around
Oh, you're more than just one woman
You're blowing my mind with the love that you're giving
That's what you hear me say
Girl, every day
(This is)
It's for the lover in you, baby
(For the lover in you)
With this ring (This ring), I'll show you that there ain't no maybes
(This is)
It's for the lover in you, baby
And this time, we're gonna last forever
(This is)
It's for the lover in you, baby
(For the lover in you)
With this ring (This ring), I show you that there ain't no maybes
(This is)
It's for the lover in you, baby
And this time, we're gonna be together
(This is)
It's for the lover in you, baby
(For the lover in you)
With this ring (This ring), I show you that there ain't no maybes
(This is)
It's for the lover in you, baby
And this time, we're gonna last forever

Shalamar is an American R&B and soul music vocal group, active in the mid-1970s and throughout the 1980s. Their original lineup consisted of Jeffrey Daniel, Jody Watley, and Gary Mumford. The group went through various lineup changes throughout the years, with Mumford replaced by Gerald Brown, and again by Howard Hewett. The lineup of Daniel, Hewett, and Watley was the most successful, selling two Platinum albums (Three For Love, Friends) and one Gold album (Big Fun).

Despite more lineup changes in the ‘80s, the group still churned out hits such as “Dancing in the Sheets” and “Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills”, which won them a Grammy.

Daniel, Hewett, and Watley eventually reunited several times in the ‘90s and as recently as 2015, playing in the UK where they’ve had the most success.

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