CHAKA KHAN - AIN'T NOBODY

AIN'T NOBODY

CHAKA KHAN

SONGWRITER: DAVID HAWK WOLINSKI

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1983

"Ain't Nobody" is a song by American funk band Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4, 1983, as a bonus track for their live album Stompin' at the Savoy(1983). "Ain't Nobody" quickly gathered popularity, and reached number one on the US Billboard R&B chart and number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It has become one of Khan's signature songs.

Rufus keyboardist David "Hawk" Wolinski wrote the song around a repeating synthesizer loop backed by a Linn LM-1 drum computer; however, John J. R. Robinson, the band's drummer, played real drums for the recording session. The band did a democratic vote and they decided to include the song in their album repertoire. Once the song was recorded, Warner executives wanted to issue another song as the album's first single. Wolinski threatened to give the song to American singer Michael Jackson and American producer Quincy Jones for Jackson's album Thriller if the song was not the lead-off single. The label relented and "Ain't Nobody" was issued and hit number one on the R&B chart for the week ending October 15, 1983.

The song was also included on the soundtrack album to the 1984 film Breakin'.

The song was adopted in the United Kingdom by fans of some of the country's soccer clubs, with the words: Ain't nobody loves (player), makes me happy, makes me feel this way. Teams include Fulham(Tom Cairney), Nottingham Forest(Joe Lolley), Arsenal(Laurent Koscielny), Wales (Joe Ledley) and West Ham(Manuel Lanzini).

Captured effortlessly

That's the way it was

Happened so naturally

I did not know it was love

The next thing I felt was

You holding me close

What was I gonna do?

I let myself go

And now we're flying through the stars

I hope this night will last forever

I've been waiting for you

It's been so long

I knew just what I would do

When I heard your song

Filled my heart with your bliss

Gave me freedom

You knew I could not resist

I needed someone

And now we're flying through the stars

I hope this night will last forever

Oh oh oh oh

Ain't nobody

Loves me better

Makes me happy

Makes me feel this way

Ain't nobody

Loves me better than you

I wait for night time to come

And bring you to me

Can't believe I'm the one

I was so lonely

I feel like no one could feel

I must be dreaming

I want this dream to be real

I need this feeling

I make my wish upon a star

And hope this night will last forever

And first you put your arms around me

Then you put your charms around me

I can't resist this sweet surrender

Oh my nights are warm and tender

We stare into each other's eyes

And what we see is no surprise

Got a feeling most with treasure

And a love so deep we cannot measure.