Cover art for Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) by Soul II Soul

Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)

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May. 29, 19891 viewer83.3K views

Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) Lyrics

[Intro]
Back to life, back to reality
Back to life, back to reality

[Verse 1]
Back to life, back to reality
Back to the here and now, oh yeah
Show me how
Decide what you want from me
Tell me maybe I could be there for you

[Chorus]
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me
However do you want me
However do you need me


[Verse 2]
Back to life
Back to the present time
Back from a fantasy, yes
Tell me now, take the initiative
I'll leave it in your hands
Until you're ready

[Chorus]
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me (Hold me now, do you want me)
However do you need me
However do you want me (However)
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
However do you need me
However do you need me
However do you need me
However do you need me

[Bridge]
I live at the top of the block
No more room for trouble and fuss
(No no no there's not)
Need a change, a positive change
Look, it's my writing on the wall

[Chorus]
Oh oh tell me now how do you want me to be, yeah
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me, how, how
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me
[Verse 3]
Back to life back to the day we had
Let's end this foolish game
Hear me out, don't let it waste away
Make up your mind so I know where I stand

[Chorus]
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me
However do you want me
However do you need me, how
However do you want me
However do you need me...

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The album version of the song was an a cappella which was remixed and re-recorded before being released as a single. Two new versions were produced — the first taking the original recording with instrumentation added, and the second was a re-working of the song with new lyrics and chorus (also adding “However Do You Want Me” to the title). It was the second version (this version) that became most popular.

“Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of Soul II Soul’s most successful singles in the United States (and the only one to enter in the top 10). In the United Kingdom it performed even better, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in June 1989.

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Release Date
May 29, 1989
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