EASY LOVER
PHILIP BAILEY, PHIL COLLINS
SONGWRITERS: NATHAN EAST; PHIL
COLLINS & PHILIP BAILEY
COUNTRY: U. K./U. S. A.
ALBUM: CHINESE WALL
LABEL: COLUMBIA
GENRE: POP MUSIC
YEAR: 1984
Chinese
Wall is the third solo album by Philip Bailey,
released on the Columbia Records label in October 1984. Chinese Wall has been certified gold in the
US on March 11, 1985. The album reached number 22 and number 10 on the Billboard 200 and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts
respectively and it was ranked as the 63rd most successful album of 1985 on the
Billboard 200. In 1986 the album gave Bailey a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male,
while "Easy Lover",
the duet with Phil Collins(who
produced the album), earned a nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.
Philip
James Bailey (born May 8, 1951) is an American R&B,
soul, gospel and funk singer,
songwriter and percussionist best known as an early member, and one of the two
lead singers (along with group founder Maurice White) of the
band Earth, Wind
& Fire. Noted for his four-octave vocal range and
distinctive falsetto register,
Bailey has won seven Grammy Awards.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group
Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind
& Fire. Bailey was also inducted into
the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his work with the band.
Bailey
has released several solo albums. Chinese Wall from 1984, which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male,
included the international hit, "Easy Lover",
a duet with Phil Collins.
"Easy Lover" won na MTV Video
Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video in 1985 and was Grammy nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.
In May
2008, Bailey was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee
College of Music at Berklee's Commencement
Ceremony where he was the commencement speaker.
Bailey
sang on Jazz guitarist Alphonso Johnson 1976's LP Yesterday's Dreams. He
later played percussion alongside Verdine White on bass upon the track "Tahiti Hut" composed by both Maurice White and Eumir Deodato from Deodato's 1978 album Love Island.
He also sang on Ronnie Laws' 1978
album Flame.
(...)As well
he guested on Stevie Wonder's 1985 "In Square Circle"
album, Kenny Loggins' 1985 LP
Vox Humana,
Ray Parker Jr.'s 1987
album After Dark and Anita Pointer's 1987
LP Love for What It Is. Bailey also collaborated with Julio Iglesias on his 1988 album Non Stop,
Little Richard on the soundtrack of the 1988 feature film Twins and Deniece Williams on her 1988 album As Good As It Gets.
(…)Bailey
sung uncredited vocals on Travis Scott's
"STOP TRYING TO BE GOD" from his 2018 album Astroworld.
The song also features fellow musicians Stevie Wonder and Kid Cudi.
Easy
lover
She'll get a hold on you believe it
She's like no other
Before you know it you'll be on your knees
She's an easy lover
She'll take your heart but you won't feel it
She's like no other
And I'm just trying to make you see
She's
the kind of girl you dream of
Dream of keeping hold of
You'd better forget it
You'll never get it
She will play around and leave you
Leave you and deceive you
Better forget it
Oh you'll regret it
No
you'll never change her, so leave it, leave it
Get out quick cos seeing is believing
It's the only way
You'll ever know
Easy
lover
She'll get a hold on you believe it
Like no other
Before you know it you'll be on your knees
She's an easy lover
She'll take your heart but you won't feel it
She's like no other
And I'm just trying to make you see
You're
the one that wants to hold her
Hold her and control her
You'd better forget it
You'll never get it
For she'll say there's no other
Till she finds another
Better forget it
Oh you'll regret it
And
don't try to change her, just leave it, leave it
You're not the only one, ooh seeing is believing
It's the only way
You'll ever know, oh
No
don't try to change her, just leave it, leave it
You're not the only one, ooh seeing is believing
It's the only way
You'll ever know, oh
She's
an easy lover (she's a easy lover)
She'll get a hold on you believe it (get a hold on
you)
(She's) like no other
Before you know it you'll be on your knees (you'll be
down onyour knees)
She's an easy lover
She'll take your heart but you won't feel it (you
won't feelit)
She's like no other
And I'm just trying to make you see (trying to make
you see).
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