Lovin' You

"Lovin' You" is a 1975 hit single by Minnie Riperton. The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 5,1975, #2 in the UK, and #3 on the R&B charts in the US. The song is especially noteworthy due to the unusually high pitches that Riperton reaches during the song. Setting It was the fourth single from the album Perfect Angel (1974). The song is notable for Riperton's use of the whistle register. While it is believed that "Lovin' You" was the first song to reach number one without the help of a percussion instrument, "Yesterday" by The Beatles accomplished this feat ten years earlier. According to the liner notes from Riperton's compilation CD Petals, the melody for "Lovin' You" was created as a distraction for her daughter (Maya Rudolph) when she was a baby so that Minnie and her husband Richard could hang out. Maya was in the studio with her mother on the day the song was recorded and Riperton can be heard singing her daughter's name at the end of the song.

[Verse 1] Lovin' you is easy cause you're beautiful Makin' love with you is all I wanna do Lovin' you is more than just a dream come true And everything that I do is out of lovin' you [Chorus] La la la la la, la la la la la La la la la la, la la la la la Do do do do do, ooh [Verse 2] No one else can make me feel The colors that you bring Stay with me while we grow old And we will live each day in springtime Cause lovin' you has made my life so beautiful And every day of my life is filled with lovin' you Lovin' you I see your soul come shinin' through And every time that we, ooh, I'm more in love with you [Chorus] La la la la la, la la la la la La la la la la, la la la la la Do do do do do, ooh [Verse 3] No one else can make me feel The colors that you bring Stay with me while we grow old And we will live each day in springtime Cause lovin' you is easy cause you're beautiful And every day of my life is filled with lovin' you Lovin' you I see your soul come shinin' through And every time that we, ooh, I'm more in love with you [Chorus] La la la la la, la la la la la La la la la la, la la la la la Do do do do do, ooh Lovin' you La la la la la, la la la la la Do do do do do Dee do, dee do, dee do Maya, Maya, Maya, Maya Maya, Maya La la la la la la la la Dee do, dee do, dee do