Simply Red

Released: November 8, 2019

Songwriter: Mick Hucknall

Producer: Andy Wright

Ooh, sweet child
We'd better take care of you
Ooh, sweet child
'Cause you, you, you
Are the future

I see tears where there should be joy
For every little girl
And every little boy
A desert that needs some rain
To help you out and ease your pain
Sweet child
Sweet child of mine

Ooh, sweet child
Never, never, never be blue
Ooh, sweet child
Yes, you, you, you
Are our future

We know that you are
And I'm hoping that you will go far
And whatever you need
I'll try to be with you
'Cause you, you, you
Are the future, yeah-yeah, yeah
Oh-oh, yeah
Sweet child
Yeah-yeah, yeah

Ooh, sweet child
I'm gonna take care of you
Ooh, sweet child
We'd better do nurture for you, yeah, you, yeah
Alright
Alright

I can feel you, baby
You're my sweet child of mine
And I love ya
Always, I will love ya
Sweet child of mine
Sweet child of mine
Alright
Oh, baby

Simply Red is a British soul and pop band. The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, whose seven-year run produced limited releases on local labels and ended in 1984 upon critical acclaim for their final single, “Holding Back the Years”.

By early 1985, Mick Hucknall and manager Elliot Rashman had assembled a band of local session musicians and begun to attract record company attention. The group adopted the name “Red” (after Hucknall’s nickname, denoting his hair colour) but then Mick decided it would sound better with the addition of the word ‘Simply.’

Since the mid 1980s, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.

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