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Anita Baker Songs

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Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. Starting her career in the late 1970s with the funk band Chapter 8, Baker eventually released her first solo album, The Songstress, in 1983. In 1986, she rose to stardom following the release of her platinum-selling second album, Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "Sweet Love". To date, Baker has won eight Grammy Awards and has five platinum albums and one gold album to her credit. Baker's vocal range is contralto.

Below is a list of Anita Baker songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Elektra 69371
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #55, US AC #1
written by: Anita Baker, Skip Scarborough & Randy Holland
album: Giving You the Best That I Got
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker Giving You the Best That I Got
1988 Elektra
2 record label: Elektra 44
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #13, US AC #3
written by: Anita Baker, Gary Bias & Louis Johnson
album: Rapture...
Anita Baker Sweet Love
1986 Elektra
3 record label: Elektra 69327
chart position: RandB #1, US #14, UK #93, US AC #4
written by: Michael O'Hara, Sammy McKinney, Alex Brown
album: Giving You the Best That I Got
comments: [beat ballad]
Anita Baker Just Because
1988 Elektra
4 record label: Elektra 1438
chart position: RandB #4, US #36, UK #48, US AC #25
written by: Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
album: Rhythm of Love
Anita Baker Body and Soul
1994 Elektra
5 record label: Elektra 69511
chart position: RandB #6, US #37, UK #51, US AC #9
written by: Garry Glenn & Dianne Quander
album: Rapture...
Anita Baker Caught Up in the Rapture
1986 Elektra
6 record label: Elektra 69456
chart position: RandB #5, US #44, US AC #9
written by: Ken Hirsch & Marti Sharron
album: Rapture...
Anita Baker No One in the World
1987 Elektra
7 record label: Elektra 69484
chart position: RandB #8, US #44, UK #100, US AC #6
written by: Marilyn Mcleod & Darryl K. Roberts
album: Rapture...
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker Same Ole Love
1987 Elektra
8 record label: Elektra 64964
chart position: RandB #3, US #44, UK #68, US AC #4
written by: Anita Baker, Michael Powell & Vernon Fails
album: Compositions
Anita Baker Talk to Me
1990 Elektra
9 record label: Elektra 5375
chart position: RandB #4, US #32
written by: Steve Lane & Larry Prentiss
album: Giving You the Best That I Got
comments: [beat ballad]
Anita Baker Lead Me Into Love
1989 Elektra
10 record label: Elektra 201
chart position: RandB #8, US #74, UK #80
written by: Anita Baker, Barry Eastmond and Gordon Chambers
album: Rhythm of Love
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker I Apologize
1994 Elektra
11 record label: Blue Note 0724386745026(UK)
chart position: RandB #25, US #74, UK #104, US AC #40
written by: Anita Baker , Curtis Boone, Gloria Ridgeway and Esther Ridgeway
album: My Everything
Anita Baker You're My Everything
2004 Blue Note
12 record label: Blue Note
chart position: RandB #41, US #121
written by: Anita Baker and Barry Eastmond (as Barry J. Eastmond)
album: My Everything
Anita Baker How Does It Feel?
2004 Blue Note
13 record label: Beverly Glen 2010
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Anita Baker, Patrick Moten & Sandra Sully
album: The Songstress
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker Angel
1983 Beverly Glen
14 record label: Elektra 64910
chart position: RandB #8, US AC #27
written by: Vernon Fails, James McBride and Michael Powell
album: Compositions
Anita Baker Fairy Tales
1990 Elektra
15 record label: Elektra 64935
chart position: RandB #16, US #72, US AC #11
written by: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Compositions
Anita Baker Soul Inspiration
1990 Elektra
16 record label: Qwest 8274
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Marvin Winans
album: Decisions
comments: [ballad]
The Winans featuring Anita Baker Ain't No Need to Worry
1987 Qwest
17 record label: Elektra 64910
chart position: RandB #23
written by: Anita Baker
album: Rapture...
Anita Baker Watch Your Step
1986 Elektra
18 record label: Beverly Glen 2011
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Patrick Moten & Geronne C. Turner
album: The Songstress
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker You're the Best Thing Yet
1983 Beverly Glen
19 record label: Elektra 61555
chart position: RandB #32
written by: Sami McKinney, Michael O'Hara and Mary Unobsky
album: Rhythm of Love
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker It's Been You
1995 Elektra
20 record label: Electra 64415
chart position: RandB #71, US #111, US AC #39
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Anita Baker, Carole Bayer Sager and Marc Shaiman
album: Forget Paris OST
Anita Baker & James Ingram When You Love Someone
1995 Electra
21 record label: Beverly Glen 2005
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Michael J. Powell
album: The Songstress
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker No More Tears
1983 Beverly Glen
22 record label: Beverly Glen 2013
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Patrick Moten
album: The Songstress
comments: [beat ballad]
Anita Baker Feel the Need
1984 Beverly Glen
23 record label: Blue Note
chart position: RandB #83
album: My Everything
comments: [album cut]
Anita Baker Serious
2005 Blue Note
24 record label: Beverly Glen 2005
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Patrick Moten & Carlos Turrentine
album: The Songstress
comments: [beat ballad]
Anita Baker Will You Be Mine
1983 Beverly Glen
-- record label: Beverly Glen 2010
written by: Patrick Moten
album: The Songstress
Anita Baker Do You Believe Me
1983 Beverly Glen
-- record label: Beverly Glen 2032
written by: Patrick Moten
album: The Songstress
Anita Baker Squeeze Me
1983 Beverly Glen
-- record label: Beverly Glen 2013
written by: Patrick Moten, Sandra Sully
album: The Songstress
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker Sometimes
1984 Beverly Glen
-- record label: Elektra
written by: David Lasley
album: Rapture...
comments: [ballad album cut]
Anita Baker You Bring Me Joy
1986 Elektra
-- record label: Elektra 60827
album: Giving You The Best That I Got
comments: [album cut]
Anita Baker Rules
1988 Elektra
-- record label: Elektra 57 (UK)
written by: Anita Baker
album: Rapture...
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker Been So Long
1987 Elektra
-- record label: Elektra 69554
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Rapture...
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker Mystery
1986 Elektra




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