I Feel for You (album)
I Feel for You is the Platinum certified fifth solo album by American R&B/funk singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1984.
Overview
After having balanced her two simultaneous careers as a member of the band Rufus and a solo performer during the years 1978 to 1983, which culminated with the release of the final Rufus & Chaka Khan album Stompin' at the Savoy - Live after which the band dissolved, Khan recorded the album that was to make her a pop star with mainstream chart success; 1984's "I Feel for You".
The title track, "I Feel for You" was a cover of a 1979 Prince track, featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel on the classic Ch-ch-ch-chaka-chaka-chaka Khan rap intro and Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica (and also a sample from one of his first hits, "Fingertips") and saw Khan embracing high-tech funk, rap and hip hop and stands as one of her best known songs and her biggest commercial hit, reaching #3 on the US Pop Chart (and becoming Billboard's #5 song of the year in 1985), and was #1 US R&B, Dance, and UK singles. The song earned her a second Grammy Award in 1985 for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female.
This Night
Didn't I sayI wasn't ready for a romanceDidn't we promise
We would only be friendsAnd so we dancedThough it was only a slow dance
I started breaking my promisesRight there and thenDidn't I swear
There would be no complicationsDidn't you wantSomeone who's seen it all before
Now that you're hereIt's not the same situation
Suddenly I don't remember the rules anymoreThis night is mineIt's only you and I
TomorrowIs a long time awayThis night can last foreverI've been around
Someone like me should know betterFalling in love
Would be the worst thing I could doDidn't I sayI needed time to forget her
Aren't you running from someoneWho's not over youHow many nights
Have I been lonely without youI tell myselfHow much I really don't care
How many nightsHave I been thinking about youWanting to hold you
But knowing you would not be thereThis nightYou're mineIt's only you and I
I'll tell youTo forget yesterdayThis night we are togetherThis nightIs mine
It's only you and ITomorrowIs such a long time awayThis night can last forever