I was listening to some oldie goody station and they played this funky R&B track where the lyrics went something like this:

Male vocals
"We've been together...for so very long

I would hate to break up...break up our happy home

the way we love and the way we cry....something something

makes me feel...something something"


Female vocals on the chorus
" I will be good to ya
Be good to ya
Be good to ya
I will be good to ya"

What song is it and who sings it? I loved it and it kind of sounded familiar but not really. Anybody?

I'll be good to you by the brothers johnson.

The version you heard was Quincy Jones' new jack swing remake of the Brothers Johnson song by Ray Charles & Chaka Khan.

NMuzakNSoul said:

you rock i thought the male vocals sounded familiar like strawberry #22 but the women fooled me. now i have to look for it on youtube or lastfm.

Timmy84 said:

wha???? ray and chaka? dayum!!!

Timmy84 said:

Could be the remake too, just check both.

Edit: never mind female voice.
[Edited 6/12/09 16:38pm]

DesireeNevermind said:

I don't even think you hear a woman in the original until the ending. Syreeta Wright can be heard hollering alongside one of the brothers (and another vocalist, I think Billy Preston) singing to the end of the track.

Is this the one:

Timmy84 said:

Right. I like the original+ remake.

DesireeNevermind said:

http://www.imeem.com/chak...-for-your/

NMuzakNSoul said:

Likewise, I had a personal connection to the 1989 one sensing I grew up listening to THAT version.

Timmy84 said:

I shoulda known we both be fast with responding, wasn't shocked you knew it Tim.

NMuzakNSoul said:

Especially with lyrics that familiar.