THE 3 DEGREES - WHEN WILL SEE YOU AGAIN

WHEN WILL SEE YOU AGAIN

THE 3 DEGREES

SONGWRITERS: LEON HUFF & KENNY GAMBLE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE THREE DEGREES

LABEL: PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1974

 

         "When Will I See You Again" is a song released in 1974 by American soul group The Three Degrees, from their third album The Three Degrees. The song was written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Sheila Ferguson sang the lead, accompanied by Fayette Pinkney and Valerie Holiday. Billboard named the song #67 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.

         Sheila Ferguson recalled that "the song was played to me by Kenny Gamble at the piano in 1973 and I threw a tantrum. I screamed and yelled and said I would never sing it. I thought it was ridiculously insulting to be given such a simple song and that it took no talent to sing it. We did do it and several million copies later, I realized that he knew more than me." She would later have a #60 hit with a solo remake of the track in 1994. The song is unique in that every sentence is a question, heightening the overall effect and emotion. The Three Degrees performed the song at Prince Charles' 30th birthday party at Buckingham Palace in 1978.

Hoo, hah

Hah, hoo

Precious moments

 

When will I see you again?

When will we share precious moments?

Will I have to wait forever?

Will I have to suffer (suffer)

And cry the whole night through?

 

When will I see you again?

When will our hearts beat together?

Are we in love or just friends?

Is this my beginning or is this the end?

(Is this the end?)

 

When will I see you again

When will I see you again

When will I see you again

 

Hah, hoo

Precious moments

 

Are we in love or just friends?

Is this my beginning or is this the end?

(Is this the end?)

 

When will I see you again?

When will I see you again?

Sweet sweet love of mine

(When will I see you again?)

Come, come

(When will I see you again?)

Tell me, yeah

(When will I see you again?)

My sweet lover, yeah

(When will I see you again?)

Ooh yeah

(When will I see you again?)

Come on, come on

(When will I see you again?)

(When will I see you again?)

Ooh yeah

(When will I see you again?).