Love T.K.O.
"Love T.K.O." is a song written by Cecil Womack & Gip Noble, Jr. for soul singer David Oliver appearing first on the Oliver album Here's To You in 1980.
However it is mainly associated with R&B and soul artist Teddy Pendergrass, who recorded the song that same year on his 1980 album, TP and released it as a single that same year. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It has been covered by several artists, including Deborah Harry, Regina Belle, Hall & Oates, Bette Midler, Boz Scaggs, Lambchop, Michael McDonald and Seal. Cecil & Linda Womack recorded the song themselves as Womack & Womack and it appeared simply as "T.K.O." on their debut album Love Wars in 1983.
In 2006, Pendergrass' version of the song was featured in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, on fictional radio station VCFL. It was also used in 2005 video game Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy). DJ Spooky referenced the song in his essay entitled "Groove Theory" in URB. Artist Ahmad Lewis used the melody for a remix of his 1994 song, "Back in the Day" from his self-titled album Ahmad. In 1995, R&B group Xscape would sample it for their remix of Who Can I Run To. The song was sampled also by Kenny Lattimore and Total.
Podcasts:
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by Regina Belle
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by Boz Scaggs
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by Seal
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by Hall & Oates
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by Lambchop
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by Bette Midler
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by Nylons
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by Teddy Pendergrass
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by Rory Block
Love TKO
by: Regina BelleOoh...hoo...ooh...
Oh, I gotta let this thing go
I, yi, my, da
Ey...hey...hey...hey...hey
Oh, baby
Lookin’ back over my years
I guessed, I’ve shedded some tears
I told myself time and time again
This time I’m gonna win
But another fight, things ain’t right
I guess I’m losin’ again
Takes a fool to lose twice
And start all over again
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I think I’d better let it go (Mmm...mmm...)
Looks like another love T.K.O.
(Whoa...oh...oh...whoa...)
I think I’d better let it go, let it go, baby
Looks like another love T.K.O. (Mmm...mmm...mmm...yeah)
Tried to take control of the love
The love took control of me
‘Cause you lose all thoughts, sense of time
And have a change of mind
Takin’ the bumps and the bruises
Of all the pain of a two-time loser
Tryin’ to hold on, my faith is gone
It’s just another sad song, I...
I think I’d better let it go (Oh, baby, yeah, yeah,
yeah)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (Whoa...oh...oh...yeah)
I think I’d better let it go (Let it go, baby), let it
go, baby (Baby, yeah, yeah)
Looks like another love T.K.O.
(Oh...oh...oh...oh...yeah...yeah...)
I don’t to, but I better
But I need let it go, baby, yeah
Let it go, baby
Tryin’ to hold on, boy
But I need to let it go, yeah
I still love you, baby
I still want you, baby
But I gotta let it go
Takin’ the bumps and the bruises
Of all the pain of a two-time loser
Tryin’ to hold on, my faith is gone
It’s just another sad song, I
I think I’d better let it go (Let it go)
Looks like another love T.K.O.
(Oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh...oh, yeah, baby)
Think I’d better let it go, let it go, baby (Yeah,
yeah, yeah)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (Ooh...yeah, yeah, oh,
yeah, yeah)
Ain’t no use in tryin’ to hold on
Think I’d better let it go
I don’t think that I could stand
Another love T.K.O. (Another love T.K.O., yeah)
Ain’t no use in tryin’ to hold on
Think I’d better let it go (Let it go, baby, hey...)
I don’t think that I could stand
Another love T.K.O. (T.K.O.)
Think I’d better let it go
Looks like another love T.K.O.
Think I’d better let it go (I tried to hold on), let it
go, baby (Oh, my, baby, oh my, baby)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (Oh, boy, oh...yeah,
hey, yeah, hey...)
Ain’t no use in tryin’ to hold on
Think I’d better let it go (I)
I don’t think that I could stand
Another love T.K.O. (Think I better let it go)
Ain’t no use in tryin’ to hold on