UK #8 for Tina Turner in 1989
Albert Hammond (writer): I was very jetlagged, I remember I didn?t go to sleep 'til like five in the morning, and my publisher woke me up at about seven-thirty in the morning. I'd had two hours sleep, and he said "we've gotta go down to Graham's. Today is the day." And I said "oh, I can't do it, you have to cancel", and he said "you can't cancel, you've been trying to get together for two years!" So I had a shower, and we went down. I was not in the mood, but once I got there, it was just very comfortable. We had a couple of coffee, then we went upstairs to his studio. And he only had one guitar, and he said "why don't you play this one, and I'll go find another guitar?" So whilst he was going for the other guitar, I was just trying out the guitar, and I was just doing [sings] "I don't wanna lose you, I don't even wanna say goodbye, oh no". And he walked in, and he says "what is that?", and I say "I don't know, I was just playing the guitar, and this came into my head". And he said "well, put it down, that's fantastic! I had a tune, a piece of a verse that I worked on for you, for when you got here". It was a different key, it was in C, mine was in D. So we just had to figure out a way to putting the verse with the chorus. (1992 interview on BBC Radio programs. Thank you to Peter)
See co-writer Graham Lyle's memories of his songwriting sessions with Albert.
Women of a certain age
They learn to rely and judge all his responses
Having played the mating game
She doesn't waste time ?cause all that she wants is
Really honest emotions
Ones he can't help but show
?though I hardly know your name
I know about love and I know
I don't wanna lose you
I don't even wanna say goodbye, oh no
I just wanna hold on
To this true love, true love
Women who have made mistakes
Are a little afraid, they don't like taking chances
She will play the waiting game
She's never impressed by those manly advances
I know I've only just met you
Maybe I should know better
But when you look at me that way
There's something inside that's so right
I don't wanna lose you
I don't even wanna say goodbye, oh no
I just wanna hold on
To this true love, true loveI don't wanna lose you
And I always wanna feel this way, oh yeah
?cause everytime I'm with you
I feel true love, true love
Tell me you're real
You're not pretending
Let's make a deal
?cause my heart's depending on you
I don't wanna lose you
I don't even wanna say goodbye, oh no
I just wanna hold on
To this true love, true loveI don't wanna lose you
And I always wanna feel this way, oh yeah
?cause everytime I'm with you
I feel true love, true loveI don't wanna lose you
I don't even wanna say goodbye, oh no
I just wanna hold on
To this true love, true loveI don't wanna lose you
And I always wanna feel this way
?cause everytime I'm with you
I feel true love, true loveI don?t wanna lose you...
