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Giving Him Something He Can FeelEn Vogue

Released: March 24, 1992

Songwriter: Curtis Mayfield

Producer: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

[Intro: En Vogue + (Dawn Robinson)]
Shoo (Shoo-doo-doo-doo-doo, ah)
Shoo (Shoo-doo-doo-doo-doo)
Shoo (Oh, oh, oh)
Shoo (Hey)

[Verse 1: Dawn Robinson + En Vogue]
Many say that I'm too young
To let you know just where I'm coming from, yeah
But you will see, it's just a matter of time
My love will surely make you mine

[Pre-Chorus]
Well, I'm livin' in a world of ghetto life
Everyone seems so uptight
But nothin's wrong and it's alright with my man (My man)
I like the way we carry on
His love will send me on and on, with my man
People out there can understand

[Chorus: En Vogue + (Dawn)]
I'm giving him something he can feel
(Ooh) To let him know this love is real (hey, oh, I'm...)
Giving him something he can feel (All my lovin')
To let him know this love is real (Oh my love is real)
This love is real

[Interlude: Dawn]
So much joy for us, it seems
So much hope for material things
Are they only in my dreams?
(Hey, hey, oh yeah)
And that's exactly why I'm singing this song to you
To let you know that real dreams do come true
You tell me what does it mean
(Hey, hey, yeah, yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]
Livin' in a world of ghetto life
Everyone is so uptight, hey
Nothin's wrong, it's alright, my man (My man)
I like the way we carry on
His lovin' will send me on and on, with my man
People out there can understand that

[Chorus: En Vogue + (Dawn)]
I'm giving him something he can feel
To let him know this love is real
(That I'm giving love, giving giving love, yeah)
Giving him something he can feel
(Nah nah, nah nah, yeah yeah, talk to me)
To let him know this love is real
(I gotta let him know that this love's strong, yeah)
This love is real

Giving him something he can feel
(Giving, I'm giving, I'm giving, I'm giving love)
Giving him something he can feel
(Giving, I'm giving, I'm giving, I'm giving love)
Giving him something he can feel
(Ooh, so sweet to me, so sweet to me, baby, yeah)
Giving him something he can feel...

En Vogue

Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, Maxine Jones, and Dawn Robinson are the original members of the R&B girl group En Vogue. The group was put together by producers Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster after a talent search in Oakland, California in 1989. Their debut album Born to Sing was released in 1990 and featured the #1 R&B hits “You Don’t Have To Worry,” “Lies,” and their platinum debut single “Hold On,” which also peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won a Billboard and Soul Train Music Award. Their 1992 follow-up album Funky Divas hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart and peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 on its way to triple platinum status. The lead single, “My Lovin' (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” helped propel that success as it hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also featured the #1 R&B hit cover of Aretha Franklin’s “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” as well as the Top 10 pop single “Free Your Mind.”

In 1993, they released the EP Runaway Love and made appearances on the TV shows In Living Color, Roc and A Different World. In 1994, they collaborated with Salt-N-Pepa on their Top 3 platinum single “Whatta Man” and in 1996 they contributed to the Set It Off soundtrack with their hit single “Don’t Let Go (Love)” which peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit #1 on the R&B Singles chart.

While working on their third album, Dawn Robinson decided to leave the group due to issues with management. The group decided to go on as a trio and released their third platinum album EV3 in 1997 featuring the Top 10 R&B/Top 20 pop hit “Whatever,” which was produced and co-written by Babyface. They went on to release three more albums—Masterpiece Theatre in 2000, The Gift of Christmas in 2002, and Soul Flower in 2004. During that time, Maxine Jones left the group in 2001 and was replaced by Amanda Cole, and Cole was later replaced in 2003 by Rhona Bennett. While the original four members have reunited for performances throughout the years, the current lineup consists of Herron, Ellis, and Bennett, and they released the single “Déjà Vu” in 2016 and released their album Electric Café in 2018.

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