Released: May 8, 1970
Songwriter: Stevie Wonder Paul Riser Lula Mae Hardaway Don Hunter
Producer: Hal Davis
[Intro]
Oh, sho'nuff baby, baby, baby... ooh, ooh
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you but I love you
[Verse 1]
Always treat me like a fool
Kick me when I'm down that's your rule
I don't know why I love you, but I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Oh you'll never, you'll never stop your cheatin' ways
With another guy you laughed in my face
Lord how long must I be disgraced
'Cause I love you, oh, baby, baby, baby
[Chorus]
I don't know why I love you
I don't know you and me, baby, oh yeah
I don't know why I love you, but I love you, baby
Oh darling, darling, darling, darling ...
[Verse 3]
You throw my heart down in the dirt
Oh, you make me crawl
On this cold black earth, baby yeah
I never knew, I never knew how much I could hurt
'Til I love you baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah
[Verse 4]
Can't stop, I can't stop crying can't you see
Here I'm pleadin' on my knees
Upon my knees, yeah baby, yeah
Won't you help me, help me please
'Cause I love you, love you, love you, ohh
(Sho'nuff, baby)
[Outro]
I don't know, we don't know, we don't know nothing about it
(I don't know why I love you... Oh! Oh!)
I don't know why I love you baby, baby
(I don't know, I don't know)
I don't know why I love you baby, baby... don't know why though
Oh, sho'nuff baby, baby, baby... ooh, ooh
[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you but I love you
[Verse 1]
Always treat me like a fool
Kick me when I'm down that's your rule
I don't know why I love you, but I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Oh you'll never, you'll never stop your cheatin' ways
With another guy you laughed in my face
Lord how long must I be disgraced
'Cause I love you, oh, baby, baby, baby
[Chorus]
I don't know why I love you
I don't know you and me, baby, oh yeah
I don't know why I love you, but I love you, baby
Oh darling, darling, darling, darling ...
[Verse 3]
You throw my heart down in the dirt
Oh, you make me crawl
On this cold black earth, baby yeah
I never knew, I never knew how much I could hurt
'Til I love you baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah
[Verse 4]
Can't stop, I can't stop crying can't you see
Here I'm pleadin' on my knees
Upon my knees, yeah baby, yeah
Won't you help me, help me please
'Cause I love you, love you, love you, ohh
(Sho'nuff, baby)
[Outro]
I don't know, we don't know, we don't know nothing about it
(I don't know why I love you... Oh! Oh!)
I don't know why I love you baby, baby
(I don't know, I don't know)
I don't know why I love you baby, baby... don't know why though
Anthology (1976 Edition)
- I Want You Back
- Don’t Know Why I Love You
- Goin’ Back to Indiana
- Skywriter
- Hallelujah Day
- Rockin’ Robin
- Lookin’ Through the Windows
- I Found That Girl
- I Am Love
- Body Language (Do the Love Dance)
- Little Bitty Pretty One
- ABC
- Sugar Daddy
- Get It Together
- Mama’s Pearl
- The Boogie Man
- All I Do Is Think of You
- Whatever You Got, I Want
- I’ll Be There
- I Wanna Be Where You Are
- Got to Be There
- Ben
- We’re Almost There
- Just a Little Bit of You
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Dancing Machine
- Daddy’s Home
- That’s How Love Goes
- The Love You Save
- Love Don’t Want to Leave
- Corner of the Sky
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Forever Came Today
- ABC (1970)
- Anthology (1976 Edition) (1976)
- Anthology (1986 Edition) (1986)
- Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5/ABC (2000)
- I Want You Back
- ABC
- I’ll Be There
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- The Love You Save
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Give Love On Christmas Day
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Dancing Machine
- All I Do Is Think of You
- Maybe Tomorrow
- One More Chance
- Ben
- Jamie
- I’m Glad It Rained
- We’re Here To Entertain You
- What You Don’t Know
- The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
- Never Had a Dream Come True
- Under The Boardwalk
- Touch
- Joyful Jukebox Music
- She’s Good