Chaka Khan - Love Of A Lifetime Lyrics






Love of a lifetime

Good for you (heart of change)
Got to be the heart of change
Good for me - a heart of change
I know we'll get it better
Stir it up (got to be)
Stir it tender heartedly
Stir it and
The whole world's gettin' better

[Bridge:]
I believe the world to be
Fast and ever changing
That's the way my love will be
Got to last and satisfy me

[Chorus:]
You got the love of a lifetime
You're such a rock steady lover, baby
Keep up the good love for Chaka
You can hold it, boy
'Cause you don't let it go

Good for you
Good for me
The way we work together
Short and sweet (hit and run)
I know where you're comin' from
We can steal
And baby, we'll hit and run together

[Bridge]

We got the love of a lifetime
Ooh, we're such rock steady lovers, baby
Keep up the good love together
We can hold it, boy
And never let it go

We got the love of a lifetime
We got to keep on rockin' steady
I really think I'm ready now
Baby, I'm burnin', burnin', burnin'

You got the love of a lifetime
You're such a rock steady lover, baby
Keep up the good love for Chaka
You can hold it, boy, never let it go
We got the love of a lifetime
Ooh, we're such rock steady lovers, baby
Keep up the good love together
Hold it, boy

Love of a lifetime

(Love of a lifetime)
We got the love, we got the love
We got the love
Guess it's just a heart of change
We got the love, we got the love
We got the love
It's got to be a heart of change
We got the love, we got the love...





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  1. C.... ....

    I remember this video and the one thing I kept saying, "Damn Chaka should be dizzy ass hell from all of that spinning around!" LOL!

  2. T.... ....

    SUMMER 1986!💝

  3. k.... o....

    Love it 2019 and beyond ! Why can't we sing like this anymore. Talent !

  4. L.... ....

    Chaka Khan <3

  5. S.... ....

    Scritti Politti!

  6. C.... K....

    I love this song! August 2019

  7. G.... W....

    I hope she sings this tonight (July 27, 2019) at GSR CASINO & RESORT. I am gonna fsll iut if she doesnt.

  8. R.... T....

    Love Chaka and Scritti Politti. Perfect song

  9. M.... H....

    This song is GOLD!

  10. S.... J....

    Love the song. Hate the video, but thanks for the time travel back to the 80’s.

  11. L.... A....

    ride the gravitron like a boss

  12. r.... ....

    I only searched for this to see the original Gravitron ride lol

    r.... ....

    me too! haha

  13. m.... m....

    Chaka muster to melt any ice and throw away dark clouds

  14. F.... M....

    I finally understand the symbolism of the blue dish-gloves. It shows how women can go from the kitchen sink, to ultimate pop-stardom---all in one day at the amusement park!

  15. N.... B....

    Classic Chaka from 86. Amazing production and killer vocal.

  16. T.... E....

    Nobody, NOBODY, can do it like Chaka Khan!

  17. n.... ....

    Someone commented on facebook about this song and mentioned the Scritti Politti connection. I had to seek it out. How I never knew about it is beyond me. Love it! Perfect combination.

  18. S.... E....

    I always love this song, it reminds me of being a kid and hearing it on rollercoaster ride .😥❤

  19. B.... 4....

    Filmed at adventureland on long island. Chaka mannerisms dresses and way she dances reminds me of stevie nicks a little bit. Both are beautiful IMO

    B.... 4....

    I have been saying that for the longest! There are similarities between Chaka and Stevie. This was 1986. Just look at Stevie's " I Can't Wait" video. Big hair, long gowns, big boots, gloves. And the rocked out dancing they both do!

  20. J.... J....

    What's with the pink hair

  21. J.... J....

    This video is aweful

  22. T.... ....

    According to Green Gartside of Scritti Politti (who wrote and arranged this song, and produced it with Arif Mardin), they were slated to produce Chaka's "I Feel for You" two years earlier, but couldn't due to a scheduling conflict, and the production duties ultimately fell into the hands of Arif Mardin only. Can you imagine what a Scritti-produced "I Feel for You" would have sounded like??? :-)

  23. T.... ....

    Scritti Politti ALL OVER this... Written, performed, and arranged by Green Gartside and David Gamson, and produced by them with Arif Mardin! ...with backing vocals by Green himself!

  24. A.... F....

    The Gravitron brought me here...

  25. S.... W....

    Hey...was that Shirley Murdock in the background?

  26. B.... C....

    Loving Chaka is still a LOVE OF A LIFETIME! LMFO!

  27. T.... ....

    ...I see why Mell Mel wanted to rock her

  28. T.... ....

    Her sexiness is
    UNDENIABLE

  29. R.... C....

    Listening to Chaka Khan is still a LOVE OF A LIFETIME 2 me in 2018!

  30. g.... ....

    Green/Gamson till I die!!!

  31. G.... S....

    LOOKS LIKE ADVENTURELAND IN NY .. ANYONE KNOW?

  32. C.... C....

    This is a great pop song, should have been a way bigger hit

  33. D.... K....

    Great to see this video again, love this song and superb backing vocals by Green Gartside. Thx for the upload 👌

  34. F.... ....

    I’m only here because I live around this video’s film location

  35. M.... ....

    This was my Jam! I didn't know she had a video for it tho. Thanks for uploading.

  36. J.... M....

    why have I only just discovered this. It's awesome

  37. L.... F....

    Besides myself did anyone else notice the similarity of Mariah Carey Fantasy video and this one. I guess MC bit

  38. K.... M....

    Chaka's voice has power and range!

  39. A.... W....

    this is such a catchy song couldn't get it out of my head the only time a song gets stuck in my head is when its a really good one this one must have been a really good song

  40. M.... R....

    I see Sandra St. Victor (Family Stand fame) in the video!

  41. J.... B....

    I came for the factory original Gravitron.

    J.... B....

    the true star of the video

  42. B.... ....

    It's been 30 years since this song came out. Summer of 1986 this video got major airplay on BET & VH1 I always liked this song

  43. h.... ....

    Such a great song!! Hard to believe this video only has a little over 22K views.

    h.... ....

    Even harder to believe this did not hit the top 40...peaked at #53 on the charts after its release. Such a funky, great pop song. Should have been a bigger hit!

    h.... ....

    WOW!! I did not know that! What a shame. This is one of the songs that remind me of my senior year in high school as well as my freshman year in college. What year did this song come out? Can't remember. ~~Alex

    h.... ....

    hojofan 1986

  44. C.... ....

    I work at this amusement park lol

    C.... ....

    Cujo What’s it called?

    C.... ....

    Rankin 109 Adventureland on Long Island

  45. N.... S....

    for some reason I could not get the melody of the song out of my head I had to find it

    N.... S....

    Just sneaks up on you don't it? :)

  46. T.... K....

    Chaka must've pissed someone off a Warner Brothers because this follow up to the Grammy Award winning "I Feel For You" album should've shot Chaka into the superstar pop stratosphere!!!
    This album had some very solid tracks if promoted right, would have done just that!!!

    T.... K....

    from what I read she did piss people off with erratic behavior because of a drug problem and she was black balled from what I understand. She's come along way.

    T.... K....

    I agree. I'm not sure many people know this, but Chaka actually sang on the original version of Robert Palmer's 1986 #1 hit Addicted To Love, but record disputes kept that version from getting released. Thing was, that was the single that essentially rejuvenated his career, along with the Power Station the year before. By the way, is that the lady from a-ha's classic "Take On Me" video playing the love interest again here?

    T.... K....

    Maybe, but Madonna and Prince's battles with Warner Bros. were also legendary. They are the whole reason he had that little name change for a while. It may have been a combination of both.

  47. K.... ....

    This song was written and produced by Green Gartside of Scritti Politti. It sounds just like their style!

    K.... ....

    Gartside* .... Gamson/Maher made Scritti in the 80's awesome songs

    K.... ....

    krys1301 -
    This first one is more like the Chaka track
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qCaCcfjXg- Boom! There She Was

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMdf1onDkxA - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gjZSVOELbI - Perfect Way
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=382YYvtCBls - Hypnotize

    K.... ....

    Not just their style and producer, Green is the backing vocalist in the song, heard clearly at the very beginning of the song :)

    K.... ....

    They should have kept this track for their Provision album. It could have used another uptempo track or two like this.

    K.... ....

    Gartside was the primary songwriter, but the production duties were influenced by the other Scritti member at the time that had a co-write credit, David Gamson (himself later producing Meshell Ndegeocello, who in turn later after that would also produce Chaka), and the third SP member of the core at the time, Fred Maher played drums on the track. Arif Mardin, who produced the overall record for Chaka, had also worked with SP in the 80s, so it was one big overlapping layer cake.

  48. M.... ....

    I found my new favorite chaka khan song.  You can't be sad after listening to this.  I want to go back in time.

  49. m.... ....

    The chorus and chords are good but, it's too repetitive and lacks lower chords and the drums sound very synthetic. Love Chaka's voice!!

    m.... ....

    mylovofvideo
    That's probably because the drums were a Linn drum computer?

  50. A.... T....

    If you think this sounds a bit like Chaka Khan's Grammit hit, "I Feel For You" - it should. Arif Mardin is the arrangement/production genius behind both bands, having also produced Scritti Politti's 1985 album, "Cupid & Psyche '85".

  51. B.... K....

    I hadn't seen this in ages! Love it! I was thinking this song was in moratorium as she had contract and artistic disputes with the record company. She left the pop music scene for Jazz and kept busy. She certainly never had to do anything again because she needed money, only because she liked it.

  52. j.... ....

    This was written by Scritti Politti who is also backing Chaka on this killer track. And yes, the opening line is sung by none other then Green 'Scritti' himself :)

    j.... ....

    It does really sound like a Scritti Politti track when you think about it.

  53. A.... A....

    This is my very favorite Chaka tune! It is funkier than 3 musty armpits & Chaka sang her heart out as only she could. I think this may have been her last big hit. The quality of music across the board took a big nosedive the following year.

  54. D.... W....

    THIS WAS A VERY BIG HIT GOTTA REMEMBER MOST OF CHAKA STUFF HIT IT BIG BY THIS TIME SHE WAS STARTING TO SLOW DOWN BUT ANYTHING SHE DOES IS AN HIT.

  55. M.... C....

    firehouse brought me here

  56. M.... F....

    By the way..............what happened to Scritti Politti ?????

    M.... F....

    Martin Fisker still going. Green has released a few more albums since the 80s and has been doing live appearances.

  57. M.... P....

    I haven't seen this video or heard the song since I was 12 in '86. This song brought back so many memories of growing up. Chaka hands down is one of my all time favorite recording artist. Her debut album w/ Rufus came out the same year I was born. Felt like I was in a time machine watching the video...I'll be 40 very soon and this song still makes me feel as it did in 1986!! Thanks for posting this!!

  58. j.... s....

    Love your stuff-Take a look at this
    The Fabsisters - Ain't Nobody (Cover of Chaka Khan)

  59. R.... 5....

    I love this record it is so Chaka Khan.  She is a peach

  60. o.... ....

    the best of chaka

  61. P.... ....

    Chaka + Green = Fast and never changing.

    Peace brothers and sisters. Paolox

  62. t.... ....

    Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! For the upload. You can hear Green Gartside in the harmonies.... Fab!

  63. s.... f....

    youre such a, rock steady lover baby