Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “School/Books/Learning.”
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Written by Angela Winbush and René Moore, of the singing duo Rene & Angela, American R&B singer, songwriter, and actress Stephanie Mills made I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love the second single from her 1985 self-titled album.
The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, and remained number one for two weeks in May 1986. I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love was Mills’s sixteenth entry on the chart and her first number-one single. It is one of her most successful singles in the R&B markets.
FUN FACTS:
- I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love did not make the Billboard Hot 100.
- The song first appeared on the self-titled album, Alton McClain & Destiny (Polydor, 1979). This album was later re-released as It Must Be Love. Alton McClain & Destiny are best known for their disco song, It Must Be Love.
- I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love also appeared on the Angela Winbush album, The Real Thing (1989).
I went with an still video as there was no official music video and all the live performances were extremely long and ad-libbed, and I felt didn’t do the original recording justice.
Enjoy!
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I’ve Learned to Respect the Power of Love
Mmm, hmm
Mmm, mmm
(Mmm mmm)
A dee dee dee dee doo doo
Mmm
I was a victim of my foolish thinking
Carelessly
I’ve risked my love and my life
There’s no self-pity
I admit I obliged
Overpowered by love
I pretended to be blind
Faith has survived
All the doubts I’ve summoned
My heart has stood all the failure and loss
Helpless
I cannot further be driven, mmm
Ooh, ooh
I’ve learned to respect
The power of love
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh…)
The power of love
I’ve learned to respect
(Ooh…)
The power of love
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh…)
The power of love
I was always afraid of being the one left hurt
Running away from the one thing
For which I’ve always yearned
I’m not ashamed to tell you
Many nights
I’ve tossed and I’ve turned
I’ve learned to respect
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
The power of love
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh)
The power of love
(Yes, I did)
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh…ooh…)
The power of love
(Woo, woo, woo)
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh)
The power of love
I need you
I want you beside me
(Beside me)
I trust you
I believe
I believe in you
I adore you
I love you so
Don’t you know I learned
I’ve learned to respect
(I’ve learned)
The power of love
(Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I’ve learned to respect
The power of love
(I’ve learned)
I’ve learned to respect
The power of love
(Baby, baby, baby, I’ve learned the power of love)
I’ve learned to respect
The power of love
(I learned it, yes, I did, oh)
I’ve learned to respect
(Yeah)
The power of love
(And I’m not ashamed to tell you, oh)
I’ve learned to respect
The power of love
(Oh, honey, honey, I need you)
Oh
It’s that power, oh
Baby, baby, baby
I’ve learned
I’ve learned to respect
The power of love
(And I’m not ashamed to tell you that)
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh)
The power of love
I’m talking about the power, yeah
I’m talking about the power, oh
(Power of love)
Ooh
The power
Oh, ho
It’s so good
It’s so good to me
I’m talking about power, oh
(Power of love)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The power of love, ooh
Yeah, say it to me
You’re talking about
(Power of love)
And oh
Let’s talk about the yearning, oh
And everybody
I-I-I wanna talk about the feeling, ooh
(Power of love}
Oh, ho
I wanna talk about the screaming
Ooh
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let’s talk about the loving
(Power of love)
Oh, ho, oh, ho, oh, ho
Let’s talk about the power
(Power of love)
Oh
‘Cause I-I’ve learned the power
I’ve learned to respect
(I’ve learned, I’ve learned, I’ve learned, oh)
The power of love
(I said I’ve learned)
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh…)
The power of love
(Baby, baby, I’ve learned)
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh, and I’m not ashamed to tell you that)
The power of love
(That I-I’ve learned)
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh, I’m not ashamed to tell you)
The power of love
(I’ve learned it, oh)
I’ve learned to respect
(And everybody, everybody needs to learn it, ooh)
The power of love
I’ve learned to respect
(Ooh, ooh…)
The power of love
(Oh, baby, baby, I’ve learned it)
I’ve learned to respect
(Oh, ho, yeah, oh…)
The power of love
I’ve learned to respect
nice mellow song
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For some reason, I don’t recall this song. Very nice and it was wonderful to listen to.
~Mary
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Literary Gold
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Ohh, what a great choice. I loved Stephanie Mills but I have to admit I hadn’t heard this song before (I would have remembered!).
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This is really a beautiful song Felicia. It was a nice way to start off my day.
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Thanks, Jim! 😊
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