Eric Benét, Spend My Life with You | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

On the 5^th edition of Throwback Vibez, we recollect and reflect on, “Spend My Life with You” performed by Eric Benét featuring Tamia.   

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he vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome – we don’t discriminate ‘round here! On the 5^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶, we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Spend My Life with You”, performed by 🎙 Eric Benét featuring 🎙 Tamia.  

There were numerous awesome R&B songs released in 1999 – it was a special year.  Among the best – and one of my personal favorites – was 🎵 “Spend My Life with You.”  “Spend My Life with You” paired 🏆 Grammy-nominated artists 🎙 Eric Benét and 🎙 Tamia.  The result? An unforgettable, romantic slow jam where their voices mesh celestially 👼.  Basically, you can’t listen to “Spend My Life with You” and not feel those nostalgic, 90s vibes – that good old, adult contemporary, grown folks R&B!  It appears on Mr. Benét’s 1999 album, 💿 A Day in the Life. 

The verses are fabulous, with Benét taking first blood: “And I never knew what my life was for / But now that you’re here I know for sure.” Sweet! Tamia follows up sublimely on the second verse: “And I never knew that my heart could feel / So precious and pure / One love so real.”  Later, the format is similar, with Benét singing a brief third verse, and Tamia ‘bringing it on home’ on the fourth.  There’s a sweet bridge as well, but we all know that the crowning achievement is the chorus, with both singers bringing it in spectacular fashion.

“Can I just see you every morning when
I open my eyes
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me?
Every night
Can we just feel this way together?
Till the end of all time
Can I just spend my life with you?” 

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Final Thoughts 💭

Yes, there were bigger songs in 1999, even in the R&B realm. That said, “Spend My Life with You” was nominated for a 🏆 Grammy for good reason.  Also, it peaked at a respectable no. 21 on the Hot 100.  The big story is that vocal chemistry between Benét and Tamia which is nothing short of incredible.  Benét, 🎼 ✍ 🎛 Demonte Posey, and 🎼 ✍ 🎛 George Nash Jr. wrote and produced a gem.

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 11 Best R&B Songs: 1990 – 2000

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🎙 Eric Benét • 💿 A Day in the Life • 🏷 Warner • 🗓 1999
Eric Benét, “Spend My Life with You”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 5 [📷: Brent Faulkner, cotton bro,  The Musical Hype, Warner]

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