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En Vogue is an American female R&B vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.
The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music Awards, and seven Grammy nominations. According to Billboard Magazine they were the 18th most successful act of the 1990s, and one of the most popular and successful female groups of all time. En Vogue have accumulated over 2,800 weeks on various Billboard charts.
Assembled in Oakland, California in July 1989, En Vogue launched with original members Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis. The inspiration for the group came when production duo of Foster and Mc Elroy envisioned a modern-day girl group in the tradition of the 1950s/1960s female trios. The blueprint was based on the plan of recruiting singers who possessed strong voices, noticeably good looks, and intelligence. Auditions were held in 1988, with Herron, Jones and Robinson making the final cut. Like previous girl groups, En Vogue was originally conceived as a trio, but after hearing Ellis audition, Foster and McElroy decided to create a quartet. At first, they selected the name "For You." They shifted to "Vogue", but ultimately settled on En Vogue, upon learning that another group had already claimed the Vogue moniker.
My love, we vowed to be together
Through the good times and stormy weather
But if it falls around us
It shouldn't lose you in sudden darkness
You should always know I'll be
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home
I'm waitin' on you to come back home, my baby
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home
I'll be waitin', no hesitatin'
All I know is from this day on
We bond as one forever more
No way, no way, we can lose
And any mountain we can move
With a team who beat the game called love
And you know the time will come
When life will end somehow
And one of us is left without the other
If it happens to be me
Don't worry much, darling
I'll leave a passage to my heart and this is where I'll be
With the key in my hand
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home
Waitin' for you, baby
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home
Waitin', baby, for you
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home
Sittin' by Heaven's door
I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Waitin' for you to come home
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Come on home to me
Waitin' for you to come home
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home
Sittin' by Heaven's door
Waitin' for you to come home