Anita Baker

Released: October 18, 1988

Songwriter: Gary Taylor

Producer: Michael J. Powell

[Verse 1]
On many days it goes unspoken
But this desire never seems to go away
It's gonna take much more than hope to bring you close
I think I'll pray

I hear you say you've got got a lot to give up
And there is so much more this heart of mine can take
If what you have to bring to me is positive
You send it right away
Right away

[Chorus]
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
I want a love that's sure to stand the test of time
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love (I wanna know)
Morning, noon and night, forever all my life
Good love, good love
Good love, good love

[Verse 2]
There is a void that stands between us
And it seems it's getting harder to relate
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine
Life this way

[Chorus]
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
I want a love that's sure to stand the test of time
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love (Show me)
Morning, noon and night, forever all my life

I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
I want a love that's sure to stand the test of time
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
Hear me when I say, bring it to me baby

[Bridge]
If you're the man I hear you say you are
I don't quite understand why loving me is so hard
Never have I felt the need to be this close
Words cannnot say, heaven only knows

[Chorus]
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
I want a love that's sure to stand the test of time
(stand by me)
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
Morning, noon and night, forever all my life

I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
I want a love that's sure to stand the test of time
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
Morning, noon and night, forever all my life

I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
I want a love that's sure to stand the test of time
(somebody stand by me)
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love (show me)
Morning, noon and night, forever all my life

I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
I want a love that's sure to stand the test of time
I want to know what good love feels like
Good love, good love
Morning, noon and night, forever all my life

Anita Baker is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter known for her distinct low contralto vocals. She started out in the band Chapter 8, which had the hit song “I Just Wanna Be Your Girl” that was later sampled by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony for their hit song “1st of tha Month.” “Anita” went on to become a big name in ‘80s R&B alongside “Luther” and “Whitney” as she began to rack up #1 hits.

Her debut album, The Songstress, was released in 1983 on independent label Beverly Glen and featured the hit song “Angel.” She left Beverly Glen and signed with Elektra Records, releasing her second album Rapture in 1986, which went on to sell over 5 million albums and peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart thanks to the hits “Sweet Love,” “Same Ole Love,” and “Caught Up in the Rapture.”

Her third album, Giving You the Best That I Got, was released in 1988 and hit #1 on the Billboard 200, and the title track hit #1 on both the Billboard R&B and Adult Contemporary Singles charts. Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got accounted for five of her eight Grammy Awards, with her sixth in that time frame coming from her gospel collaboration with The Winans on the song “Ain’t No Need To Worry” in 1988.

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