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Artist (Band): Glenn Medeiros / Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser

If I had to live my life without you near me
The days would all be empty
The nights would seem so long
With you I see forever oh so clearly
I might have been in love before
But it never felt this strong
Our dreams are young and we both know
They'll take us where we want to go
Hold me now, touch me now
I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

If the road ahead is not so easy
Our love will lead a way for us
Like a guiding star
I'll be there for you if you should need me
You don't have to change a thing
I love you just the way you are
So come with me and share the view
I'll help you see forever too
Hold me now, touch me now
I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought to know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

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Our dreams are young
And we both know they'll take us
Where we want to go

Hold me now
Touch me now
I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

If the road ahead is not so easy,
Our love will lead the way for us
Like a guiding star
I'll be there for you if you should need me
You don't have to change a thing
I love you just the way you are
So come with me and share the view
I'll help you see forever too

Hold me now
Touch me now
I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you
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Mark Morrison sostiene unas esposas en la portada de este disco haciendo referencia a su recién estrenada libertad, tras pasar una buena temporada en la carcel. "Return of the Mack" (El Retorno de Mack), no podía llamarse de otra manera, es un disco de funky ochentero donde sobresale este tema redondo y mil veces versionado y remezclado.

Uno más de los miles de artistas de un sólo tema, como Glenn Medeiros, aunque este mucho más macarra sin duda. ¿Que habrá sido del bueno de Mark?, un día tengo que investigarlo.

This classic was first sang by George Benson and later by Glenn Medeiros which made it more popular worldwide because of his youthful look and boyish vocal which suit the young audience. Later in 2000s, Westlife joined the fray. Judge yourself which is the better version.

Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

I prefer the original version sang by George Benson.

George Benson  sang in 1984

MTV

Live Performance

From the movie Superman

Glenn Medeiros sang in 1987

MTV

Stage Performance

Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

If I had to live my life without you near me
The days would all be empty
The nights would seem so long
With you I see forever oh so clearly
I might have been in love before
But it never felt this strong

Our dreams are young
And we both know they'll take us
Where we want to go

Hold me now
Touch me now
I don't want to live without you

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought know by now how much I love you
One thing you can be sure of
I'll never ask for more than your love

Nothing's gonna change my love for you
You ought know by now how much I love you
The world may change my whole life through
But nothing's gonna change my love for you

If the road ahead is not so easy,
Our love will lead the way for us
Like a guiding star
I'll be there for you if you should need me
You don't have to change a thing
I love you just the way you are
So come with me and share the view
I'll help you see forever too

Westlife

Other Renditions

Just don't ask me who this handsome chap is. It's definitely not Geeky as he is more handsome than that .

A instrumental version of the song,

Again, don't ask me who this beautiful gal is. It's definitely not Geeky's GF as she is more .... well, so much for .

Okay, her name is Kobayashi Kaori , a Japanese musician.

 how annoying was it when your parents pointed out that your new favourite mc hammer tune was in fact a total ripoff?

well, there are so many tracks that i thought were originals and found out later that they were in fact mere updates. some are terrible - notably any of liberty x's many cover versions - and some are actually just different as per some of the list below.

i think i must be getting old as i get furious when i hear updates of 90s house music on kiss fm that doesn't sound better than the original - what's the point in that?

download here

bootsy collins - i'd rather be with you

hands up who thought beyonce's 'be with you' was a welcome respite from the screechy ballads that populated the rest of 'dangerously in love'? how many spotted that she'd totally ripped off this track? that girl just does not learn.

cool notes - i should have loved ya

popularised by narada michael walden, this was actually a demo by brit lovers rockers turned jheri curled soulsters, the cool notes.  i prefer this version.

george benson and al jarreau - nothing's gonna change my love for you

this is a ballad, a slushy one at that. but what mr benson and mr jarreau must have been thinking when they saw bouffant hawaiian glenn medeiros strolling alongside crashing waves crooning their song all the way into the top ten cheesiest records of all time, is anyone's guess.

gloria jones - tainted love

it was easy to assume the all conquering soft cell version was the original. but with many of the early 80s classics, there was a reggae, or in this case, a northern soul classic lurking in the shadows. i bet that writer got paid.

otis clay - the only way is up

thank god for this northern soul classic. the horrific acid-pop-rave of yazz is now put into perspective as the irritating and unnecessary cover version it really was.

patti labelle - if you asked me to

patti's belting vocals are relatively calm on this track, and a million miles and some light years better than frozen featured freak celine dion's.

ready for the world - tonight

as appropriated by twista for girl tonight. i stumbled upon this by chance.

side effect - always there

well, i love the david morales remix of the incognito version and i had no idea there was a disco era original, but it makes sense. i have both on my ipod - i usually plump for originals but the incognito version is amazing. i'd even go so far as to say that i prefer their cover of stevie wonder's 'don't you worry 'bout a thing' and i LOVE stevie.

siedah garrett - do you want it right now

this really is the track that won't die. right now we have a remix of the degrees of motion version, which at the time of release in 1992 i thought was the original. in the mid 90s there was a bootleg-gone-legit version blending it with get decor's passion'. then i discovered a taylor dayne version from the late 80s and now this which i think predates it. degrees of motion provided the soundtrack to a happy summer for me - 1992 - and had the balls to record the video for 'shine on' at the same shoot at this one.

silk - freak me

you would have had to really watch a lot of mtv europe in the early 90s to spot this one as r&b did not feature heavily in the mainstream video playlists. when another level released this in 1998 many people thought it was their song. those that knew thought ' damn, fat little dane bowers sounds just like that guy from silk.'

sos band - just be good to me

to be fair, many of you are probably thinking i've gone mad with this one. but, in the uk, the main target audience of beats international's 'dub be good to me' had no idea that this existed. so different, and both are cool. although this version is severely lacking a 'tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty, you're listening to the boy from the big bad city, this is jaaam hot.'

valentine brothers - money's too tight to mention

not too far from the simply red classic we all know and, if not love, well, it wasn't bad. it's just that after hearing this original you wonder what the point was. but you can't fault the flame haired one for trying to bring soul music to the masses.

so, i thought i should get this one in sharpish before the weather collapses! 

by the time it was the 90s I was old enough to enjoy my summers unsupervised. ibiza and uk club culture were kicking off and novelty summer records were more likely to be one off pop crossovers from reggae artists than grown men in animal suits. thank GOD.

i haven't included any of said tracks, as at the time, i wasn't so keen. now i can appreciate 'sweat' by inner circle for its escapist genius, but back then it was part of comedy hour in the dismal local nightclubs i was forced to frequent before i 'escaped to london'. an oxymoron if i ever heard one. still, i will do a reggae pop post at some point, as an excuse to post 'shy guy' by diana king.

 i was 14 in 1990 and 23 in 1999 so the early summers of this decade were spent chasing boys, getting pissed on one can of super strongbow (later archers, then came the alcopops invasion) and trying to secure myself as much time in the sun as possible. late 90s,  trying to wangle time outside the office when it was hot and being pissed off at those tinted office windows that make you think its cloudy, until you go outside at lunchtime and realise its blazing. i seem to remember the weather being pretty good most years. not as steaming hot as 2006, but hot enough and sunny, not humid.

don't laugh at the glenn medeiros track - bobby negates any cheese factor, and anyway, glenn is hawaiian and therefore IS summer. st etienne are a dancey indie act but i love this tune - 1991 was balearic its pointless trying to avoid that fact. the janet and luther track is the r&b soundtrack version which didn't see the light of day in the UK. the version of 'dreamlover' i've posted is a r&b remix that was overshadowed at the time by the huge david morales house remix. and the lighthouse family track is also a funkier remix, not the plodding original. enjoy!

 the sounds of summer in the 90s - download here

1990 - bobby brown and glenn medeiros - she ain't worth it

1991 - st etienne - only love can break your heart

1992 - janet jackson and luther vandross - the best things in life are free

1993 - mariah carey - dreamlover

1994 - joe - i'm in luv

1995 - lighthouse family - ocean drive

1996 - ll cool j and total - loungin'

1997 - puff daddy, mase and notorious big - mo money mo problems

1998 - next - too close

1999 - destiny's child - jumpin jumpin