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No Way To Treat A Lady | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Bonnie Raitt | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Jim Vallance Bryan Adams |
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| Date Written: | 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Nine Lives (Warner Bros, 1986) The Bonnie Raitt Collection (Warner Bros, 1990) |
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| Charts: | #15 - Billboard Album Rock Tracks Chart / 1986 (9 weeks on the chart) | ||||||||||||
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| Audio-1: | Released version | ||||||||||||
Bonnie Raitt: vocals and guitar Bill Payne: keyboards Rosemary Butler: backing vocals Michael Landau: guitar solo Nathan East: bass |
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Produced by George Massenburg and Bill Payne. |
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| Audio-2: | Unreleased version | ||||||||||||
Bonnie Raitt: vocals and guitar Christine McVie: vocals |
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We were sent a cassette of Bonnie's finished recording prior to its intended release. I remember being really happy with the production and the performance, in particular the vocal interplay between Bonnie and Christine, which was magical. The musicians also delivered a solid basic track. Then we got the bad news. Bonnie had parted ways with her record company, and the company had refused to turn over the session tapes! Our song wasn't going to be released after all. Bonnie did eventually record another version of "No Way To Treat A Lady", but it lacks the energy and "loose feel" of the first recording ... and Christine McVie does not appear on the remake. It's hard to complain when an artist as amazing as Bonnie Raitt covers one of your songs, but it's a bit disappointing to know how good it could have been! |
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| Lyrics: | You can tease me You can sweet-talk and lead me on But believe me Won't be long till I'm catchin’ on Now you left me here with nothin’ And you put my love on hold Well there must be somethin’ behind those eyes Cuz I believed every lie you told That ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a woman in love That ain't no way to treat a lady I coulda sworn that you'd had enough So you’d leave me When I'm lonely and in despair It intrigues me How you don't really seem to care Well I ain't here for nothin’ And my love doesn't come that cheap I would hold you to all your promises If I could find one you meant to keep That ain't ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a woman in love That ain't ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a woman in love You can tease me You can sweet-talk and lead me on But believe me Won't be long till I'm catchin’ on Cuz I ain't here for nothin’ And my love doesn't come that cheap And I would hold you to all your promises If I could find one you meant to keep That ain't ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a woman in love That ain't ain't no way to treat a lady That ain't no way to treat a woman in love |
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