En Vogue

Released: March 24, 1992

Songwriter: Curtis Mayfield

Producer: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

[Verse 1]
Your tender smile gives me happy thoughts of you
You got me so close to my dreams now they have to come true
Ooh baby, nothing to be shy about
Nothing we have to lie about
Hope lovin' you don't confuse you
Ooh baby baby, I don't wanna lose ya

[Pre-Chorus]
And when we touch our hearts move at a steady pace
I'm tryin' hard not to show the blushin' over my face
Ooh yeah yeah, you bring out the woman in me (Ah ha ha ha)
What can I see that you can't see?
I like the way we carry on
Hope you understand my feelings got me just a reeling

[Chorus]
What can I do with this feeling?
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(What can I do with this sweet sweet feeling, baby)
What can I do with this feeling?
Hooked on your love, sweet love love (Ooh)

[Verse 2]
Your eyes within me
They send me just a starin' me down
I'm so turned on in time, and child, I got to move around
Ooh, yes I do
Over and over you astound me
I take pleasure to have you around me
My lovin' arms would love to squeeze ya
Ooh ooh ooh, baby take it, I don't want to tease you

[Chorus]
What can I do with this feeling? (Ooh)
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(What can I do? Oh yeah)
What can I do with this feeling?
(With this feeling, yeah yeah)
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(Ooh)

[Pre-Chorus]
Nothing to be shy about
Nothing we have to lie about
Hope lovin' you don't confuse you
Hope you understand these feelings got me just a reeling

[Chorus]
What can I do with this feeling?
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(Oh, what can I do?)
What can I do with this feeling?
(Woo woo, yeah)
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(What can I do? Ooh ooh)
What can I do with this feeling?
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(Hit with this feeling, this feeling, this sweet, sweet, sweet feeling, baby)
What can I do with this feeling?
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(Mmm, somebody somebody somebody tell me now now yeah)
What can I do with this feeling?
(What can I do?)
Hooked on your love, sweet love love
(This feeling, baby, ooh ooh yeah)
What can I do with this feeling?

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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