Baby Love - Song Lyrics

  • Written by the great Motown songwriting team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, & Edward Holland Jr.
  • These songwriters penned more than a dozen #1 hits while at Motown, including hits for The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Isley Brothers, and Marvin Gaye
  • Originally performed by The Supremes, (Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, &
    Florence Ballard)
  • The song shot to #1 on the Top 40 charts in 1964 & remained #1 for four weeks
  • The song was the second of 12 #1 hits for The Supremes
  • The Supremes were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1988
  • Oracle Band performs this song as part of a Supremes Medley, so we do not perform the song in it's entirety 

An excerpt from a live Oracle performance is available as both a streaming RealAudio format, or as a higher quality downloadable MP3.  Select the version you'd prefer.

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Ooh baby love, my baby love
I need you, oh how I need you
But all you do is treat me bad
Break my heart and leave me sad
Tell me, what did I do wrong
To make you stay away so long

'Cause baby love, my baby love
Been missing ya, miss kissing ya
Instead of breaking up
Let's do some kissing and making up
Don't throw our love away
In my arms why don't you stay
Need ya, need ya
Baby love, ooh, baby love

Baby love, my baby love
Why must we seperate, my love
All of my whole life through
I never loved no one but you
Why you do me like you do
I get this need

Ooh, ooh, need to hold you
Once again, my love
Feel your warm embrace, my love
Don't throw our love away

Please don't do me this way
Not happy like I used to be
Loneliness has got the best of me
My love, my baby love

I need you, oh how I need you
Why you do me like you do
After I've been true to you
So deep in love with you

Baby, baby, ooh 'til it's hurtin' me
'Til it's hurtin' me
Ooh, baby love
Don't throw our love away
Don't throw our love away


Note that the lyrics posted here are those as interpreted and performed by The Oracle Band. In a few cases we have taken some liberties with the lyrics to make them more appropriate for tasteful gatherings. Their use here is intended as an aid for people in selecting music for their wedding reception or private party, and may not be reproduced for any commercial, for-profit use.

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