ROBERTA FLACK - WHERE IS THE LOVE

WHERE IS THE LOVE

ROBERTA FLACK

SONGWRITERS: RALPH MCDONALD & WILLIAM SALTER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORD

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1992

 

          Roberta Cleopatra Flack(born February 10, 1937) is an American singer. She is known for her Nº 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love"; and "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack is also noted for her influence on the subgenre of contemporary R&B called quiet storm, along with her interpretations of songs by various songwriters, such as Leonard Cohen and members of The Beatles.

              Flack was the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in two consecutive years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won in 1973 and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won in 1974.

          This famous song written by Ralph McDonald and William Salter was released in 1972. It was a huge hit and the single (taken from the album Donny Hathaway and Roberta flack) reached number 1 in R&B US charts in August 1972. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 the same summer. The song was certified gold (First one for Donny) won a Grammy award for Best Pop Performance by a duo or a group with vocal.

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love?

Where is the love?

You said, you'd give to me

As soon as you were free

Will it ever be?

Where is the love?

You told me that you didn't love him

And you were gonna say, goodbye

But if you really didn't mean it

Why did you have to lie?

Where is the love?

You said, was mine, all mine

Till the end of time

Was it just a lie?

Where is the love?

If you had, had a sudden change of heart

I wish that you would tell me so

Don't leave me hangin' on the promises

You've got to let me know

Oh, how I wish, I never met you

I guess, it must have been my fate

To fall in love with someone else's love

All I can do is wait

That's all I can do, yeah yeah

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)

Where is the love? (Where is the love?)