Love T.K.O

About 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 his album Here's To You in 1980. However it is mainly associated with R&B and soul artist Teddy Pendergrass, who recorded the song for his 1980 album, TP releasing 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, Seal and the Pittsburgh R&B/Dance/Cover band Modern Man. 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 (a.k.a. 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 also sampled by Kenny Lattimore and Total, as well as being featured in the 2015 motion picture Concussion. more »

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2004

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Lookin' back over my years
I guessed, I've shed some tears
Told myself time and time again
This time I'm gonna win

But another fight, things ain't right
I'm losin' again
Takes a fool to lose twice
And start all over again

Think I'd better let it go
Looks like another love T.K.O. (oh, oh, oh,)
Think I'd better let it go (what you think about it, girl), let it go, baby (oh, yeah)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (mm, mmm, mmm)

Tried to take control of the love
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 things of a two-time loser
Tryin' to hold on, faith is gone
It's just another sad song

I think I'd better let it go (what you say about it?)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (oh, oh, ho, whoa, yes)
I think I'd better let it go, let it go, baby (oh, baby)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (mm, hmm, oh, ho, oh)

Oh, ho, whoa, ho
Ooh, hoo
Oh, ho, oh
Ooh, ooh
Mmm, mmm

Tried to take control of the love
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 things of a two-time loser
See I try to hold on, my faith is gone
It's just another sad song

And I think I'd better let it go (let it go, let it go)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (I think I'd better)
Think I'd better let it go, let it go, baby (if I know what's good for you, girl)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (I couldn't stand this pain much longer)

Think I'd better let it go, let it go, baby (Whoa, oh, yeah)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (Ooh, ooh, baby)
(Oh, sometimes, sometimes I just feel like I wanna say)
(I wanna say, mmm, mmm, )

'Cause it looks like another love T.K.O.
(Tired of gettin' beat up by love)
Think I'd better let it go, let it go, baby (before it's too late, yeah)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (hey, ey, oh, yeah) (mm, hmm, mmm, hmm, mmm, hmm, mmm, hmm)

Think I'd better let it go (Yeah)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (hey, yeah, whoa, I think I'd better)
Think I'd better let it go (let it go), let it go, baby (oh, yeah)
Looks like another (yeah) love T.K.O.
(Oh, they say love is better the second time around)

Think I'd better let it go (I can't stand on my feet)
Looks like another love T.K.O. (I'm falling down, no, 'cause, 'cause, 'cause)
I think I'd better let it go (let it go, baby)

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Teddy Pendergrass

Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade. In 1982, he was severely injured in an auto accident in Philadelphia, resulting in his being paralyzed from the waist down. After his injury, he founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance, a foundation that helps those with spinal cord injuries. Pendergrass commemorated 25 years of living after his spinal cord injury with star filled event, 'Teddy 25 - A Celebration of Life' at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. His last performance was on a PBS special at Atlantic City's Borgata Casino in Nov… more »

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