Anita Baker

Released: September 13, 1994

Songwriter: Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers

Producer: George Duke

My funny Valentine, sweet comic Valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you're my favorite work of art
Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are you smart?

Don't change your hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay with me, Valentine, stay
Each day is Valentine's Day

[Break]

Baby, don't change your hair for me

Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are you...baby, are you smart?

Don't change your hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay, little Valentine, why don't you stay with me, baby
And each day is Valentine's Day
Doo, wee, day
Every day is...
Every night is...
Every day, ooh, ooh...

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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