Aretha Franklin ft Luther Vandross - Love Me Right (Arista Records 1982)

"Love Me Right" is a song written and arranged by Luther Vandross. Vandross also plays keyboard and provides backing vocals.

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer and songwriter. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister. In 1960, at the age of 18, she embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only achieving modest success. Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Spanish Harlem" and "Think". By the end of the 1960s she had gained the title "The Queen of Soul".

Franklin eventually recorded a total of 112 charted singles on Billboard, including 77 Hot 100 entries, 17 top ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries and 20 number-one R&B singles, becoming the most charted female artist in the chart's history.

Franklin also recorded acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Lady Soul, Young, Gifted and Black and Amazing Grace before experiencing problems with her record company by the mid-1970s. After her father was shot in 1979, Franklin left Atlantic and signed with Arista Records, finding success with her part in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers and with the albums Jump to It (1982) and Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985).

In 1998, Franklin won international acclaim for singing the opera aria "Nessun dorma", at the Grammys of that year replacing Luciano Pavarotti. Later that same year, she scored her final Top 40 recording with "A Rose Is Still a Rose".

Franklin's other popular and well known hits include "Rock Steady", "Jump to It", "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who", "Chain Of Fools", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Something He Can Feel", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with George Michael), and a remake of The Rolling Stones song "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

Franklin has won a total of 18 Grammy Awards and is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold over 75 million records worldwide.

Franklin has been honored throughout her career including a 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in which she became the first female performer to be inducted. She was inducted to the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In August 2012, Franklin was inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Franklin is listed in at least two all-time lists on Rolling Stone magazine, including the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

On August 13, 2018, Franklin was reported to be gravely ill at her home near Detroit. She was reported to be under hospice care and surrounded by friends and family. Stevie Wonder and Jesse Jackson, among others, had visited her. Franklin died at home in Detroit on August 16, aged 76. The cause was reported to be advanced pancreatic cancer.

(Love me right) Love me
(Love me right) Come on
(Love me right, love me right) You got to do it to me right.

What could take the place of you? Nothing in the whole world
You’ve been bad boy even though I’ve been a good girl
Well the point is I’m in love
And you’re not acting like you should
You have treated me so wrong
Treated me bad and that ain’t good (come on)

Love me right (love me right)
Make my body jump and shout tonight (you gotta love me right)
Make me have to say “Oh me oh my” (love me right)
You’re quite a guy (dynamite)
Love me right (love me right)
Love me right (love me right)
Take me to the highest kind of height (you gotta love me right)
Give me all you’ve got and don’t be jive (love me right)
(Fight after fight, stay tonight) Love me right

My friends can see that you are shady (well)
You don’t treat me like a lady, uh uh (uh uh)
I used to ignore that information, about your reputation (bad)
But you don’t leave me much choice
It’s been so long since I heard your voice
Not another night will I let you walk leaving me to cry (come on)

Love me right (love me right)
Make my body jump and shout tonight (you gotta love me right)
Make me have to say oh me oh my (love me right)
You’re quite a guy (dynamite)
Love me right (love me right)
Love me right (love me right)
Take me to the highest kind of height (you gotta love me right)
Give me all you’ve got and don’t be jive (love me right)
(Fight after fight, stay tonight) Love me right

I ain’t never gonna love no one who don’t love me right
If you keep treating me wrong you don’t love me right
Don’t be jive keep love alive, come on love me right
We can start real love tonight, come on and love me right

(Love me right, jump and shout tonight, you gotta love me right)
(Love me right, you’re quite a guy, dynamite)
(Love me right, highest kind of heights, you gotta love me right)
(Love me right, fight after fight, stay tonight)

[janicenelson]

Dam!! This one is a HIT🎉 love, love this song Luther singing in the background. Yelp! that's my song 😊

[BigShirley_MsGigi_FP]

This my first time hearing this Aretha Franklin was sounding good on here you can tell Luther Vandross coached her alone on this song 🎶 and she sounds really good 💯🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴💪🏾😘

[ABCDuwachui]

Luther really knew how to produce Aretha right!

[andya]

Luthers voice was so damn buttery smooth!!! Out of this world, Two legends showing out!!

[harveymoore]

two wonderful GREAT singers Duet, it's a shame that it didn't get air play on the radio back then.. It really was a GOOD song to me...

[joycecarter]

Timeless Beauty...RIP.. Aretha & Luther 💞🎶🎧🎤👍

[ronaldfrancis]

This is a great song with Luther Van dross singing a duet with Aretha Franklin, and I believe that Luther and Aretha was real good friends and great singers. It's makes feel good and happy to hear this song with Luther singing a duet with Aretha, and the reason I say this is because I've read and found out some information on Luther Vandross and rumors about him being gay, and him having a boyfriend and being a closeted man. I believe that it really was a rumor that Luther was gay, because this song with him singing a duet with Aretha Franklin is about love between man and woman, and Luther sings the title of the song to Aretha. Luther Vandross and Aretha Franklin were real good friends and great singers, and they will always be remembered through their music, even through this song.

[doubleolove]

Thanks for posting the extended version!

[marcellamcduffie]

This is an awesome duet . Aretha and . Luther great little tune and much love to the. Franklin family and have a good night.

[ronaldfrancis]

This is a great song with Luther Vandross singing a duet with Aretha Franklin.

[antwainkerley]

This song is for my oldest daughter mom china and my oldest son and my youngest daughter and son too love ya 💘💘😘💜💚💙💛😘😚👊👊👪👪

[vfiel]

Yes! Luther LOVED Aretha 💕and Aretha LOVED Luther 💕.

[paulaparish]

FIRST TIME HEARING THIS!!! ITS GREAT!!!

[therealrodney]

Lesson with these A list celebrities passing over is the more talent you have the more you have to diversify and take care of the body with exercise diet No alcohol, drugs, cigarettes!

[ippolitatavas]

Oh yeah! Aretha end Luther!!
Adesso ballo!

[antwainkerley]

Rip to mom pauline cowans thank you mom for the 💘 love you mom rip

[rooseveltmccarter]

Who's singing background vocals on Love Me Right?