Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba
Samantha Mumba &
“Gotta Tell You” was Samantha Mumba’s debut single and the title song of her debut album.
The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, #2 on the U.K. Singles chart, #3 on the ARIA Charts in Australia and topped the charts in Ireland in 2000.
[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 1]
Your love for me came as a waterfall
Flowin' inside me like never before
Your love for me, somethin' I didn't see
But baby, I know better now
When you walked in the room that very night
A special feelin' just burst inside
There was only you, nobody else
But baby, I know better now
[Chorus]
Don't wanna love you if you don't love me
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be right
If I (If I) didn't tell you this tonight
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2]
And now you're back inside my house again
I'm tryin' deeper to explain
'Cause baby, I wanna get it on
And baby, you're the one for me
But now that I have got you all alone
After all this talkin' on the phone
I should be strong, there's nothing wrong
I'll tell you this is where you belong, where you belong
[Chorus]
Don't wanna love you if you don't love me (If you don't love me)
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be right
If I (If I) didn't tell you this tonight
Don't wanna love you if you don't love me (If you don't love me)
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be right
If I (If I) didn't tell you this tonight
[Bridge]
It was just something in your eyes
That made me realize
But now I hear voices deep inside
Tellin' me, tellin' me
It's you and I
[Chorus]
Don't wanna love you if you don't love me
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be right
If I (If I) didn't tell you this tonight
Don't wanna love you if you don't love me (If you don't love me)
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be right
If I (If I) didn't tell you this tonight
Gotta Tell You was written by Arnthor Birgisson & Anders Bagge.
Gotta Tell You was produced by BAG & Arnthor.
Samantha Mumba released Gotta Tell You on Fri Jun 02 2000.
The song was ranked by Billboard at #74 on its list of “The 100 Greatest Chourses of the 21st Century”. They had this to say:
When the strings crescendo into the hook of the Dublin pop sensation’s 2000 hit, Mumba’s chorus flows in like a waterfall. The urgency of the message (“Don’t wanna tell you...