Johnny Gill

Released: April 17, 1990

Songwriter: Daryl Simmons LA Reid Babyface

Producer: LA Reid Babyface

[Verse 1]
I would live my life for you
Only because I feel the need
Girl, I would die for you
Precious as gold, you are to me

[Pre-Chorus]
And I betcha
That you never
Ever had real love to call your own
Love wouldn't let ya
Feel the pleasure
Don't put your love on hold
Don't be alone

[Chorus]
You will never know love (Yeah)
If you don't open your heart (Yeah)
Come as you are
You will never know love (Never)
Until you open your heart
Make a new start

[Verse 2]
I'd sacrifice for you
Simply because you're heaven to me
Lay down my life for you
'Cause you are my world, my everything

[Pre-Chorus]
And I betcha
That you never
Ever had real love to call your own
Love wouldn't let ya
Feel the pleasure
Don't put your love on hold
Don't be alone

[Chorus]
You will never know love
(Never, never, never, never, never know love)
If you don't open your heart (Open your heart)
Come as you are
You will never know love (Never, never know love)
Until you open your heart (Baby)
Make a new start
You will never know love (Never, never)
If you don't open your heart (You)
Come as you are
You will never know love (Never, never know love)
Until you open your heart (Until you open)
Make a new start (You, you, you)

[Bridge]
Don't put your love on hold
Don't be alone
You will never, never, never, never, never know love
You'll never know
Baby

[Outro]
You will never know love
If you don't open your heart (Open your heart)
Come as you are
You will never know love
Until you open your heart (All you gotta do)
Make a new start
(All you gotta do, all you gotta do is)
You will never know love
(Trust me, baby, uh, love me, baby, come on)
If you don't open your heart
(Trust me, baby, come on)
Come as you are
(Come on, come on, I will never let you)
You will never know love
(I will never let you go, I will never let you fall, I'll never let you fall)
Until you open your heart
(Never, never, never, never, never, never)
Make a new start
(Never, never, never, never know)
You will never know love
(You'll never know love, you'll never know love)
If you don't open your heart
(Until you open your heart, come on and)
Come as you are
(Let me, let me, let me)
You will never know love
(No, no, no, you'll never, never, never)
Until you open your heart
(Never, never, never, never, never know love)
Make a new start
(Never, never, never)
You will never know love
If you don't open your heart
Come as you are
You will never know love
(You'll never know love, you'll never know love)
Until you open your heart
Make a new start

Johnny Gill is a singer-songwriter that entered the music business when he was 16-years-old. He released his self-titled debut in 1983, a duet album with Stacy Lattisaw titled Perfect Combination in 1984, and his second solo album Chemistry in 1985. It was his next move that turned him into a star as Johnny joined the popular R&B group New Edition in 1987 following the departure of Bobby Brown. He was featured on their 1988 album Heart Break and closed the album as the lead vocalist on the classic song “Boys To Men.”

After Heart Break, New Edition decided to focus on solo projects, leading Johnny to release his third album, a second self-titled album, in 1990. He enlisted the top two R&B super-producer duos at the time to produce the album—L.A. Reid & Babyface and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who he worked with on N.E.’s Heart Break album. These collaborations led to the three #1 R&B singles (“Rub You the Right Way,” “Wrap My Body Tight,” and “My, My, My”), while “Fairweather Friend” peaked at #2. The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 and hit #1 on the R&B Albums chart, while also getting a couple of Grammy nominations for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male and Best R&B Song for “My, My, My.”

He released two more solo albums—Provocative in 1993 and Let’s Get the Mood Right in 1996—before re-joining New Edition in 1996 for the album Home Again and joining another supergroup with Keith Sweat and Gerald Levert, forming LSG in 1997. They released the album Levert Sweat Gill featuring the #1 R&B hit “My Body.” He would go on to make another album with LSG (LSG2 in 2003) and New Edition (One Love in 2004), appear on TV and in stage plays as well as release several solo albums such as 2014’s Game Changer, which features the New Edition reunion track “This One’s For Me and You.”

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