LOOSE ENDS - SLOW DOWN

SLOW DOWN

LOOSE ENDS

SONGWRITERS:CARL MCINTOSH, JANE EUGENE & STEVE NICHOL

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: ZAGORA

LABEL: MCA RECORDS

GENRE: RHYTHM AND BLUES

YEAR: 1986

Loose Ends was a successful British R&B band that had several urban contemporary hits. The trio was formed in London in 1980, initially comprising vocalist and guitarist Carl McIntosh, vocalist Jane Eugene, and keyboard player, Steve Nichol. The latter two left the group in 1989 due to poor progression and since their departure the newer Loose Ends sound has gained higher chart positions globally and a wider fan base in the R&B genre through Carl McIntosh.

Zagora is the third studio album by British R&B band Loose Ends, released in 1986 by MCA Records. The album spawned the hits "Slow Down", "Stay a Little While, Child" and two others, all of which were hits on the U.S. R&B charts, with "Slow Down" reaching number one on the chart. Between the years 1991-2009 the album sold an additional 303,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan 5 years after its initial release, the album remains uncertified with overall sales unknown.

"Slow Down" is the 11th single by English R&B band Loose Ends from their third studio album, Zagora. It was released in September 1986 by MCA Records and produced by Loose Ends' longtime collaborator Nick Martinelli. The single was the group's second and last number one on the Soul Singles chart.

[Hook]

 Shake the ground

[Verse 1]

[Jane Eugene]

I've been waiting

While you've been living

How do I get through to you?

Well my body's shaking

Anticipating

Trying to figure your next move

[Carl McIntosh]

Baby, I've got to move

'Cause I'm tired of watching you

And I can't slow down

Or keep my feet on shaky ground

[Chorus]

Slow down (Slow down)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Ooh, slow down, baby)

Slow down (Can't stop for you)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Slow down...ooh ooh)

[Refrain]

Is this the part you take my heart to wipe your feet on?

(Is this the part? Oh no)

Is this the part you take my heart to wipe your feet on?

(Oh, is this the part?) (Don't wipe your feet on me)

[Verse 2]

[Jane Eugene]

If you won't give me what I've been missing

Then someone else will have to do, oh baby

[Carl McIntosh]

Then I guess that's how it's got to be

You for you, and me for me

[Chorus]

Slow down

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Slow down, baby, ooh yeah)

Slow down

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Now tell me what you're going through)

(Don't wipe your feet on me)

[Refrain]

Is this the part you take my heart to wipe your feet on?

(Is this the part, baby?)

Is this the part you take my heart to wipe your feet on?

[Chorus]

Slow down (Slow down now)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

('Cause I can't take the heat; no, I can't take the heat)

Slow down (Come on now, slow down)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Ooh, slow down)

Slow down

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Slow...slow down)

Slow down (You for you...)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down (And me for me, yeah)

Slow down (I'm on your side)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(But you move too fast)

Slow down (Join me)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down (Slow down, baby)

(Is this the part you take my heart to wipe your feet on?)

Slow down (Join me)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Slow down, yeah; slow down)

Slow down (I'm in the fast lane now)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down

(Oh, this dissipating love with you)

(Is this the part you take my heart to wipe your feet on?)

Slow down (Slow)

'Cause I can't take the heat, slow down...