JAMES INGRAM - I BELIEVE IN THOSE LOVE SONGS

I BELIEVE IN THOSE LOVE SONGS

JAMES INGRAM

SONGWRITER: JAMES INGRAM

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FOREVER MORE

LABEL: PRIVATE MUSIC

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1999

 

        James Edward Ingram(February 16, 1952 – January 29, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song. After beginning his career in 1973, Ingram charted eight Top 40 hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart from the early 1980s until the early 1990s, as well as thirteen top 40 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In addition, he charted 20 hits on the Adult Contemporary chart(including two number-ones). He had two number-one singles on the Hot 100: the first, a duet with fellow R&B artist Patti Austin, 1982's "Baby, Come to Me" topped the U.S. pop chart in 1983; "I Don't Have the Heart", which became his second number-one in 1990 was his only number-one as a solo artist.

        In between these hits, he also recorded the song "Somewhere Out There" with fellow recording artist Linda Ronstadt for the animated film An American Tail. The song and the music video both became gigantic hits. Ingram co-wrote "The Day I Fall in Love", from the motion picture Beethoven's 2nd(1993), and singer Patty Smyth's "Look What Love Has Done", from the motion picture Junior(1994), which earned him nominations for Best Original Song from the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Grammy Awards in 1994 and 1995.

[Verse 1]

Open your eyes

Now what do you see

Your man in love standing right where you need me to be

Oh my love

Take your time

You’re such a part of me

 

Come taste the wine

I’ll take you somewhere

The romantic music just flows in the air and we’ll be

Wrapped up in memories

 

[Chorus]

I do believe

I believe in those love songs (in those love songs)

They were written for our lovers those songs

I believe in those magic words

The sweetest melodies that I’ve ever heard

 

[Verse 2]

You touched my life

In so many ways

The sound of your laughter the joy that we share everyday

I’m in love

When you smile

Something comes over me

 

I cherish our lives

The good and the bad

The songs and the sweet times with all that we’ve had

I’m pleased

Of all of those memories

 

[Chorus]

I do believe

I believe in those love songs (in those love songs)

They were written for our lovers those songs

I believe in those magic words

The sweetest melodies that I’ve ever heard

I do believe

I believe in those love songs (in those love songs)

They were written for our lovers those songs

I believe in those magic words

The sweetest melodies that I’ve ever heard

 

[Bridge]

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, means I love you

You’re the only one I want to meet

Sweetest melodies remind me of your tenderness

And I hear them on the radio

 

[Chorus]

I do believe

I believe in those love songs (in those love songs)

They were written for our lovers those songs

I believe in those magic words

The sweetest melodies that I’ve ever heard

I do believe

I believe in those love songs (in those love songs)

They were written for our lovers those songs

I believe in those magic words

The sweetest melodies that I’ve ever heard.