By the late 1960s Austin was a prolific session musician and commercial jingle singer. By the 1980s she was signed to Jones's Qwest Records and she began having hits. She charted twenty R&B songs between 1969 and 1991 and had success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where she hit number one in 1981 with "Do You Love Me?" / "The Genie."
The album containing that hit, Every Home Should Have One, also produced her biggest mainstream hit. "Baby, Come To Me," a duet with James Ingram, peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1982. After being featured as the love theme in a prominent storyline on the soap opera General Hospital, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October and went to number one in early 1983.
Next Austin released her third album in three years entitled "Gettin' Away With Murder". In addition to the title track, she had two more hit singles, "Honey For The Bees" (#24 R&B and #6 Dance) and "The Heat of Heat". Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, noted for their later work with Janet Jackson, the latter track returned Austin to the top 15 of the R&B charts for what would be the last time to date. It would also be her last Hot 100 charting to date, peaking at number 55, although she would score a top-5 dance hit with the single Reach that appeared originally on her 1994 CD That Secret Place (GRP Records). "Gettin' Away With Murder" used producers Russ Titelman, Tommy LiPuma, Monte Moir (of "The Time"), and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Billy Joel (Austin sang background on his "Just The Way You Are"), Dan Hartman, friends Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown, along with Chaka Khan were among the background vocalists on the project, with successful songwriters, Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton, Jam & Lewis plus several other big name writers offering up their best compositions on what was likely a big budget affair. She next appeared with Jeff Bridges and Joan Allen in Francis Ford Coppola's critically acclaimed period piece Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988). That year, Austin released The Real Me, a collection of standards which garnered her the first of several Top 10 showings on the Jazz Albums chart. "The Real Me" was chiefly produced by David Pack who had been a part of the Pop group Ambrosia. Austin served as a co-producer and as Executive Producer on the project. Austin sang "It's the Falling in Love" with Michael Jackson on his album Off The Wall. Other duet partners include George Benson ("Moody's Mood for Love" and "Keep Your Dreams Alive"), and Luther Vandross ("I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning"). Earlier she'd recorded featured duets with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons on "Our Day Will Come" and "Swearin' To God" with little billing. Austin also sang lead and background vocals on many contemporary Jazz instrumentalists' records in the 1970s. In 1985 she sang lead vocals on a collaboration with her producer, Narada Michael Walden, and the single, "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme", went top 40 on the R&B charts. In 1991, she recorded the duet "You Who Brought Me Love" with music legend Johnny Mathis, which was received with critical acclaim. That same year she was invited to be a guest on a Johnny Mathis television special that was broadcast across North America.
Austin led a new group of Raelettes for the 2006 album Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra = Genius². That group also featured veteran session singer Valerie Pinkston and members of the group Perry.
During a 2007 interview promoting her latest recording, Austin reflected how as a teenager she reluctantly attended one of Judy Garland's last concerts and the experience helped focus her career, stating "She (Judy Garland) ripped my heart out. I wanted to interpret a lyric like that, to present who I was at the moment through the lyric."
In 2007 Patti Austin participated in the Avo Session Basel with a program dedicated to Ella Fitzgerald.
In 2008, fifty-three years after getting her first record contract, Patti Austin was awarded her first Grammy Award, winning Best Jazz Vocal Album for "Avant Gershwin" at the 50th annual Grammy Awards. The award came for her ninth nomination in that category.
Austin is co-producer and one of over 70 artists singing on "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti", a charity single in aid of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
In 2011 Austin released a mostly covers album project titled "Sound Advice" which contained re-works of Bob Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody", Brenda Russell's "A Little Bit Of Love", a lesser known Jacksons tune, "Give It Up," her tribute to late friend/collaborator, Michael Jackson, a cover of Bill Withers, "Lean On Me" which she first sang at a milestone birthday for her Godfather Quincy Jones. Also on "Sound Advice" standout performances of Don McLean's "Vincent" (aka Starry Starry Night) and a deeply female take on "My Way." Austin wrote the anthemic "The Grace Of God" after watching an episode of the old "Oprah Winfrey Show" which featured a facially scarred woman ... Keeping relevant, Austin offered the bouncy slice of Pop/Rock/RandB "Round And Round" including the latest trendy vocal effects, though Austin remains one singer who clearly needs no such production techniques to cover a crystal clear, flexible, and knowing voice imitated by many, duplicated by none. Austin co-wrote and sings in the star-studded L.O.V.E. - Let One Voice Emerge, encouraging especially younger Americans to get out there and exercise their right to vote.[citation needed]
Austin appears in the Academy Award-winning documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom (2013), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released on 21 June 2013. She is working on an upcoming, as yet untitled duets album project with James Ingram.
That's Enough For Me
Patti Austin Lyrics
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Maybe you don't but I don't really care
Maybe you see the forests for the trees, babe
Maybe you see the things that I don't dare
Whatever it is, we're together that's enough for me
Don't need no questions or answers your love's enough, you see
What ever it is, we're together and that's how love should be
Maybe I know just how to turn you on, babe
Maybe I know just how to make you smile
Maybe I don't quite know what's right from wrong, babe
Maybe we'll find out in a little while
Whatever it is, we're together that's enough for me
Don't need no questions or answers your love's enough, you see
What ever it is, we're together and that's how love should be
Don't need nobody to tell me, your love's enough for me
Whatever it is, we're together that's enough for me
Don't need no questions or answers your love is enough, you see
What ever it is, we're together and that's how love should be
Don't need nobody to tell me, your love's enough for me
Whatever it is, we're together your love is enough for me
Don't need no questions or answers your love is enough, you see
What ever it is, we're together and that's how love should be
Don't need nobody to tell me, your love is enough
Your love's enough for me, your love's enough for me
Your love's enough for me whatever it is, babe
Your love's enough for me, whoa, yeah
Your love's enough for me
(It's so supernatural)
Maybe you know the reason why I love you
(Your love's enough for me)
Maybe you don't but I don't really care
(Your love's enough for me)
Your love's enough for me, hmm
(Your love's enough for me)
The lyrics of Patti Austin's song That's Enough for Me suggest that the singer is content with just being with her lover, regardless of the unknowns in their relationship. She questions whether her lover understands her deeply (seeing "the forests for the trees") and whether she is capable of making the right decisions in their relationship. However, none of that matters because they are "together" and that is enough for her. She explains that she doesn't need "questions or answers" and that "whatever it is, we're together and that's how love should be". The lyrics suggest that love is not just about understanding and finding answers but also about accepting and appreciating one another, even with all of their imperfections.
Throughout the song, the repeated phrase "your love's enough for me" emphasizes the idea that their love is all that truly matters. The singer seems to have found peace in the stability of the relationship and truly believes that love can conquer all. The final repetition of this phrase is especially poignant, with Austin adding the descriptor "supernatural" to highlight the powerful and enduring nature of their love.
Overall, the lyrics of That's Enough for Me profess a deep understanding of the complexities of relationships balanced with a simplicity of love. The song suggests that while love may not always provide certainty, it can offer companionship and security that is enough to sustain a relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Maybe you know the reason that I love you
You may understand why I love you or you may not, and I am content either way.
Maybe you don't but I don't really care
Whether or not you know why I love you does not affect my feelings towards you.
Maybe you see the forests for the trees, babe
You may have a deeper understanding of things than I do.
Maybe you see the things that I don't dare
You may be able to see things that I am afraid to acknowledge.
Whatever it is, we're together that's enough for me
Regardless of the specifics, being with you is all I need to be happy.
Don't need no questions or answers your love's enough, you see
I don't need to analyze or question our love because it is already sufficient for me.
What ever it is, we're together and that's how love should be
The most important thing is that we are together, and that is the essence of true love.
Don't need nobody to tell me, your love's enough for me
I don't require anyone else's reassurance because your love is already fulfilling enough for me.
Maybe I know just how to turn you on, babe
I may be able to arouse you in a romantic sense.
Maybe I know just how to make you smile
I know how to bring joy and positivity to your life.
Maybe I don't quite know what's right from wrong, babe
I admit that I may make mistakes and may not always make the best choices.
Maybe we'll find out in a little while
We may need to learn from our mistakes and grow together as a couple.
Your love's enough for me, your love's enough for me
Your love is sufficient to make me feel loved and appreciated.
Your love's enough for me whatever it is, babe
Your love is more important than any specific quality or attribute that you possess.
It's so supernatural
Our love is beyond natural explanation or understanding.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: AUSTIN, GRUSIN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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134.194 is the bpm for all my samplers out there
@waldobageltopper
You're a god send! Thank you!
@nondox
we need more people like this in the world, thank you !
@Uwoqueheax2719
Thanks man
@ATMontana16
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@surfe531
ur a sweet pea
@williamcoleman8770
Thank you mom for having the best taste in music!!!!
@M.L.7
Dave Grusin + Patti Austin = True Magic!
@SunnyIlha
The string section is doin alright for Patti Austin right here .
Luv this song by PaH'Aws
@branco44444444
One of the most beautiful song that i ever heard ... with a so special and sensual rhythm!!!! Pure magic!