Love Don't Live Here Anymore

About Love Don't Live Here Anymore

"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" is a song written by Miles Gregory and originally recorded by Rose Royce. It was produced by former Motown songwriter and producer Norman Whitfield for Whitfield Records. Lead vocals were sung by Gwen Dickey and the song was released as the second single from their third studio album Strikes Again. The song was developed as a result of producer Whitfield's interest to work with Paul Buckmaster, the British arranger and composer. Together they asked songwriter Miles Gregory to write a song for them. Gregory's undergoing medical care for his deteriorating physical health became the inspiration behind the song. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" incorporated the use of the Electronic LinnDrum machine, and was one of the first songs to effectively use the sound reverbs of the instrument. The song was mainly recorded at music contractor Gene Bianco's house, where Dickey was present during the recording. After its release, the song was critically appreciated, but was only moderately successful commercially. It reached a peak of 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and five on the Hot Black Singles chart. It achieved its highest position in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom, where it reached number two. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" has been covered by a number of artists, including Madonna, Morrissey–Mullen, Jimmy Nail and Faith Evans. Madonna's version was included in her second studio album Like a Virgin (1984), and it was the idea of Michael Ostin, the head of the A&R department of Warner Bros. Records, that Madonna record a cover version of the song to include in the album. A remix of Madonna's cover was included in her 1995 ballad compilation album Something to Remember. more »

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1995

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[Faith Evans]
1 you abandoned me 
Love don't live here anymore 
Just a vacancy 
Love don't live here anymore 

When you lived inside of me 
There was nothing I could conceive 
That you wouldn't do for me 
Trouble seemed so far away 
You changed that right away 

[repeat 1]
Oh oh 
[Mary J Blige]
Love don't live here anymore 
Just emptiness and memories of what we had before 
You went away 
Found another place to stay another heart 

[repeat 1]
Oh oh oh 
[Faith Evans]
Through the windows of my eyes 
Everyone can see the loneliness inside of me 
Why did you have to go away 
Don't you know I miss you so 
I need your love 

[repeat 1]
[Mary J Blige]
[repeat 1]

[Both]
Love don't live here 
Love don't live here anymore 
Love don't live here 
Love don't live here anymore 
Love don't live here 
Love don't live here anymore 
Love don't live here 
Love don't live here anymore

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Faith Evans

Faith Renée Evans, (born June 10, 1973), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles in 1993 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure and Christopher Williams, she became the first female artist to be contracted with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment recording company during 1994, for which she collaborated with several label mates such as Mary J. Blige and Carl Thomas and released three platinum-certified studio albums between the years 1995 and 2001, including Faith (1995), Keep the Faith (1998) and Faithfully (2001). more »

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