Released: June 25, 1984

Songwriter: Prince

Producer: Prince

Baby, baby, baby
What's it gonna be?
Baby, baby, baby
Is it him or is it me?

Don't make me waste my time
Don't make me lose my mind, baby

Baby, baby, baby
Can't you stay with me tonight?
Oh baby, baby, baby
Don't my kisses please you right?

You were so hard to find
The beautiful ones, they hurt you every time

Paint a perfect picture
Bring to life
The vision in one's mind
The beautiful ones
Always smash the picture
Always, every time

If I told you, baby
That I was in love with you
Oh baby, baby, baby
If we got married
Would that be cool?

You make me so confused
The beautiful ones, you always seem to lose

Baby, baby, baby

What's it gonna be, baby?

Do you want him?
Or do you want me?
'Cause I want you

Say I want you
Tell me, baby
Do you want me?
I gotta know
I gotta know
Do you want me?

Can I tell you a story?
Sometimes you lose
Let me tell you
Sometimes
Sometimes
Sometimes you win
Yes, you do
I say sometimes
Sometimes
I get so confused
Yes, I do
But I say right now
Right now
I know what I want
I want you

Baby, baby, baby
Listen to me
I may not know where I'm going, baby, woo!
Look here
I said, may not know what I need
One thing
One thing's for certain, baby

I know what I want, yeah
And it's to please you, baby
Please you, baby
I'm begging down on my knees
I want you
Yeah
I want you
Baby, baby, baby, baby
I want you, woo!
Yes, I do

Prince and the Revolution

“The Revolution” was originally the live backing band for Prince in the early years of his career. They first appeared in a studio capacity on 1999, but it wasn’t until 1984’s Purple Rain when they were officially credited. The band is noted for its diverse range of musicians, which wasn’t very common in the 1980s and inspired by what Sly Stone did with The Family Stone.

The most famous line-up consisted of Prince on lead vocals, guitar, and piano, Wendy Melvoin on guitar and vocals, Brown Mark on bass guitar and vocals, Lisa Coleman on keyboards, piano, and vocals, Matt “Doctor” Fink on keyboards and vocals, and Bobby Z on drums and percussion. The last albums where the Revolution was credited was 1985’s Around the World In A Day & 1986’s Parade.