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Love Makes You Do ThangsEn Vogue

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

Producer: Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy

[Verse 1: Terry Ellis]
Here I go again
I guess I can't pretend
I'm a sucker for pure love, my friend
I find myself always thinking
About that first romantic weekend
It's like there's nothing else to do
But sit and fantasize of you

[Chorus: En Vogue]
Love, love, love (Love)
Makes you do thangs (Do thangs)
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs (Uh-huh)
Love, love, love (Love)
Makes you do thangs (Do thangs)
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs

[Verse 2: Terry Ellis]
You can't fight it, anyway
It grabs you by the heart
And makes you walk away
So far, you gave me love
What more could I be asking for?
I'll make him mad he leaves
'Cause I won? go all the way from me

[Chorus: En Vogue]
Love, love, love (Love makes you)
Makes you do thangs (Do thangs)
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs (Do da do da do do thangs)
Love, love, love (Love makes you do thangs)
Makes you do thangs (Do thangs)
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs (Do thangs)

[Verse 3: Maxine Jones]
Letters all the time
Why can't I simply say what's on my mind?
I got to make it hard and thangs with poetic sayings
Why it's so hard to see the signs of love in front of me?
Maybe I don't believe there could ever be a love for me

[Bridge: Cindy Herron]
Find yourself a bit confused
Wonder why you're doin' things you don't normally do in life
I got news for you: it's the same for everyone
Once you're in you can't win, so you might as well have fun

[Chorus: En Vogue]
Love (Love), love (Love), love (Ooh)
Makes you do thangs (Do thangs)
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs (Do da do da do do thangs)
Love, love (Love, yeah), love (Love makes you do thangs)
Makes you do thangs (Do thangs)
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs

[Bridge: Cindy Herron]
If you choose not listen to me
Don't you say I didn't warn you
One day love comes back to haunt you
Don't be fooled, baby, it's the same for everyone
Once you're in you can't win, so you might as well have fun, hoo

[Chorus: En Vogue]
Love (Love), love, love
Makes you do thangs
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs
Love (Love, yeah), love, love
Makes you do thangs (Do thangs)
Do thangs (Do thangs), do thangs (Do da do da do do thangs)

[Outro: En Vogue]
Ba da da da da (Ho) ba da ba
Ba da da (Do do do) da da ba da ba (Do)
Ba da da (Do do do do do do do thangs) da da ba da ba
Ba da da (Do do do do do do do thangs, yeah) da da ba da ba
Ba da da (Do do do do do do do thangs, yeah) da da ba da ba
Ba da da (Do do do do do do do thangs, yeah) da da ba da ba

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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