New Edition

Released: March 15, 1983

Songwriter: Maurice Starr Michael Jonzun

Producer: Maurice Starr Arthur Baker

[Intro/Chorus]
Got to gimme your love
Got to give it up
Got to gimme your love
Just can't get enough

[Verse 1]
I said gimme the love that I need so bad
‘Cause girl, without you I'm, oh, so sad
I never want to be without you
Without you, girl, I don't know what I'd do

[Chorus]
Got to gimme your love
Got to give it up
Got to gimme your love
Just can't get enough

Gimme your love, I want it
Gimme your love, I need it
Gimme your love, I want it
Gimme your love

[Verse 2]
You are the one for me now, baby
And I'm the one for you
Whenever I'm without you, darlin'
I don't know what to do

You got me, girl (You got me, girl)
You know it (You know it)
You got me, girl (You got me, girl)
Don't blow it (Don't blow it)

I got to tell you just how I feel
‘Cause all these feelings are all for real

[Chorus]
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I need it (I need it)
Gimme your love (And gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (And gimme your love) I got to have your love

[Verse 3]
Every night and every day, my baby
I'm thinkin' of you
I would die if you left me, darlin'
[Tell me] Oh, what should I do

You got me, girl (You got me, girl)
You know it (You know it)
You got me, girl (You got me, girl)
Don't blow it (Don't blow it)

I just got to let you know
I could never let you go

[Chorus]
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (And gimme your love), I need it (I need it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love)

[Rap]
I said gimme the love that I need so bad
‘Cause girl, without you I'm, oh, so sad
I never want to be without you
Without you, girl, I don't know what I'd do

If I had the world, girl, I'd give it to you
I promise that I will always be true
Now let me get right down to the point
What I'm tryin' to say is I'm simply the joint

Give me your love, girl, uh, give me a kiss
This is something you should not miss

And girl, don't make a big mistake
‘Cause this is something my heart just cannot take
What I'm tryin' to say is I'm the one for you

Got to gimme your love
Just can't get enough

[Chorus]
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I need it (I need it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love)

Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I need it (I need it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love), I want it (I want it)
Gimme your love (Gimme your love)

New Edition is a Boston-based R&B group that was seen as the inspiration of the boy bands that followed them during the 1980s and 1990s. The group initially consisted of Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe. They released their debut album Candy Girl in 1983 after being discovered by producer Maurice Starr. This album yielded the hits “Candy Girl,” “Popcorn Love,” and “Is This the End.” After a financial dispute, New Edition cut ties with Starr and released their second album New Edition in 1984, which features two of their biggest “Cool It Now” and “Mr. Telephone Man.” In November 1985, they released All for Love featuring the hits “Count Me Out” and “A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes)” and one month later released Christmas All Over the World.

Before the end of 1985, the group decided to vote Bobby Brown out of the group for his disruptive behavior. After their 1986 doo-wop cover album Under the Blue Moon, lead singer Ralph Tresvant was considering a solo career as the group’s direction was in question. In 1987, Johnny Gill was added to the group and the quintet went on to create their most popular album Heart Break with producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis in 1988. This album was released on June 20, 1988—the same day as Bobby Brown’s Don’t Be Cruel—and features two more of their biggest “If It Isn’t Love” and “Can You Stand the Rain.”

In 1990, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill and Bell Biv Devoe all went on to have successful hits. Among these hits was the remix to BBD’s “Word to the Mutha,” which was the first song to feature all six members. After a hiatus, all six members came together in 1996 to create the album Home Again, which hit #1 on the Billboard 200 and was a multi-platinum success. After some friction on the Home Again tour, Bobby Brown decided to depart the group again. In 2004, after leaving their longtime label MCA Records, New Edition signed with Bad Boy Records and released the album One Love but they left Bad Boy a year later due to a lack of promotion. The group continues to tour together and sell out shows after 30 years in the business. The group was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 23, 2017—one day ahead of the BET premiere of their 3-night mini-series The New Edition Story.

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