| In My Songs | ||||
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| Released | February 13, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 Midtown Multimedia Studio (Cleveland, Ohio) Studio 7303 (Houston, Texas) | |||
| Length | 51:06 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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In My Songs is the ninth studio album by American singer Gerald Levert. It was released posthumously on February 13, 2007 on Atlantic Records. Levert reteamed with longtime collaborator Edwin 'Tony' Nicholas to work on the entire album which was completed shortly before his death from an apparent heart attack in November 2006.[1]In My Songs debuted and peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200, becoming his highest-charting effort, and won Levert his first Grammy Award in the Best Traditional R&B Performance for the title track at the 50th awards ceremony.
Track listing[edit]
Gerald Levert sang with his brother, Sean Levert, and Marc Gordon in the R&B trio LeVert. He was also a member of LSG, an R&B trio also featuring Johnny Gill and Keith Sweat During the 1980s and early 1990s, Levert scored big hits with ' Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop (Goes My Mind) ', ' Casanova ', and ' ABC-123 ' (not to be confused with the Jackson Fi read more. Song information for In My Songs - Gerald Levert on AllMusic. We currently don't have any genres associated with this song. Would you like to contribute? Listen to In My Songs by Gerald Levert on Apple Music. Stream songs including “In My Songs”, “I Don't Get Down Like That” and more. Album 2007 13 Songs.
Information taken from the album's liner notes.[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 'In My Songs' |
| 5:08 | |
| 2. | 'I Don't Get Down Like That' |
| 3:51 | |
| 3. | 'DJ Don't' |
| 3:28 | |
| 4. | 'Wanna Get Up with You' |
| 3:29 | |
| 5. | 'Fall Back' |
| 3:40 | |
| 6. | 'Deep As It Goes' |
| 5:04 | |
| 7. | 'Hang in There' |
| 4:50 | |
| 8. | 'Sweeter' |
| 4:41 | |
| 9. | 'What Cha Think About That' |
| 3:48 | |
| 10. | 'To My Head' |
| 3:58 | |
| 11. | 'M'Lady' |
| 3:49 | |
| 12. | 'Is This the Way to Heaven' |
| 4:51 |
Notes
- ^[A] denotes additional producer
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Sample credits
- 'DJ Don't' contains a replayed sample from 'Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)' as performed by Snoop Dogg, cNate Dogg, Warren G, and Kurupt.[3]
- 'Hang in There' contains re-sung lyrics from 'Cry for You', as performed by Jodeci.[4]
- 'M'Lady'contains samples from the recording 'Let's Spend Some Time' as performed by Slave.[5]
Personnel[edit]
- Gerald Levert - lead vocals (tracks 1, 3, 7, 10-11), background vocals (1, 3, 7, 10-11), keyboards (10)
- Daris Atkins - additional guitar (track 7)
- Ronald Bookman - recording engineer (track 2)
- Randy Bowland - guitar (track 8)
- Tony Detwiley - guitar (track 1)
- Joe Little III - background vocals (track 10)
- Glen Marchese - audio mixing (tracks 3, 5, 7, 9)
- Manny Marroquin - audio mixing (track 10)
- Marq Moody - recording engineer (track 12, assistant on track 2)
- Edwin 'Tony' Nicholas - keyboards (tracks 1-8, 11-12), drum machine (1-6, 8, 10-12), bass guitar (1-2, 12), guitar (5), string arrangement (7-8)
- Russell Thompson - saxophone (track 1)
- Pete Tokar - recording engineer (tracks 1, 3-11, overdubs on tracks 2, 12), audio mixing (1-2, 4, 6, 8, 12), organ played by (1)
- Dennis Williams - string arrangement (track 8)
- Raymond Williams - guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6, 11)
- Raymond Wise - string arrangement (track 7)
- Sherena Wynn - background vocals (track 1)
- Kenny Zahorcak - trumpet (track 1), flugelhorn (1)
- Monica Culpepper - Drum Programming (track 1)
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^'Cleveland'. TripSavvy.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^Gerald Levert - In My Songs (CD liner notes). Atlantic Records. 100341-2
- ^'DJ Don't' Sample of 'Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)'. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/346009/Gerald-Levert-DJ-Don%27t-Snoop-Dogg-Nate-Dogg-Kurupt-Warren-G-Ain%27t-No-Fun-(If-the-Homies-Can%27t-Have-None)/
- ^'Hang in There' Sample of 'Cry for You'. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/346026/Gerald-Levert-Hang-in-There-Jodeci-Cry-for-You/
- ^'M'Lady' Sample of 'Let's Spend Some Time'. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/346015/Gerald-Levert-M%27Lady-Slave-Let%27s-Spend-Some-Time/
- ^'Gerald Levert Chart History (Billboard 200)'. Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^'Gerald Levert Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)'. Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^'Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2007'. Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^'Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End 2007'. Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
I don't mind making your day
Feels so good to give
But I never, never seem to get my way
I'm tired of waking up with nobody laying next to me (next to me)
I'm tired of being alone and everybody else is lovey dovey (lovey dovey)
I'm so tired of all y'all being happy but me
If I could only find a lover to sing about (oh oh)
When I sing my songs
When I sing my songs
Oh, oh, yeah
See, I know what I want
Something real, something I can feel
And I know it don't come easy
I wanna be with somebody who can share my ups and downs (ups and downs)
And when they're feeling bad, I can be the one to make a smile (make a smile)
Make her realize that I'm the special guy I sing about
(If I could only find her) If I could only find her, a love
I'm searching, I'm searching here and there and everywhere
(If I could only find her) find, if I could find a love to sing about when I
See, every night on my knees
I pray send her to me (please, send her to me, send her to me)
See, I ain't been perfect
In fact, I been dead wrong
But it's time for me to live off the love that I sing about
In my songs
See, listen, I wanna walk down the aisle to my song
I want the first dance to be my song
And I wanna, and I wanna, wanna make love to my song, to my song, yeah
Wanna have babies to my song
I wanna cry, cry, cry, cry when I'm singing my song
I wanna say, 'damn it's too good, it's too good to be my song.'
I wanna break-up to make-up (break-up to make-up) to my song (oh)
I wanna spend quality time, quality time like my song
Years to years to my song (just like my song)
Waiting for the time when we can say, hmm, this is a song, yeah
Sing it together, sing it together
If I could only find a (if I could only find a) lover (lover to sing about) sing about
(If I could only find a) I been looking and looking, (lover)
Searching here and there, see, this is what I been doing
One week it's good, two weeks is great, three weeks is turbulence
Fourth weeks we just crash and burn, then it's all over
So I gotta find, find a lover to sing about (sing)
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In My Songs [Album Version] Lyrics as written by Edwin Lamar Nicholas Eddie Levert
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