Album: Love Come Down: The Best of Evelyn "Champagne" King (1978)
Charted: 39 9
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  • Shame
    Burning, you keep my whole body yearning
    You got me so confused
    It's a shame

    Sometimes I think I'm going insane
    But still I wanna stay
    Wrapped in your arms
    Is where I wanna be, wanna be
    Wrapped in your arms
    That's my high, my high
    Shame, ooh

    My mother says you're playing a game
    And what you do to me is a
    Shame
    Ooh, gonna love you just the same

    Mama just don't understand
    Wrapped in your arms
    Is where I wanna be, wanna be
    Wrapped in your arms
    That's my high, my high

    I can't get enough, ooh baby
    Enough of that magic touch
    Love is in my heart
    Tearing the rules apart
    So, why should I be ashamed
    Only love can be to blame
    If we lose our love it's a
    Shame
    Ooh, I wouldn't want to live with the pain
    Gonna stay forever

    Wrapped in your arms
    Is where I wanna be, wanna be
    Wrapped in your arms
    That's my high, my high

    Shame
    Ooh, only love can be to blame
    If we lose our love it's a
    Shame
    Ooh, I wouldn't wanna live with the pain
    Shame

    Ain't no reason for me to need to wait
    Ooh, ooh it's a shame Writer/s: John Fitch, Reuben Cross
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn August 26th 1978, "Shame" by Evelyn 'Champagne' King performed "Shame' on ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time of her 'Bandstand' appearance the song was at #12 on the Top 100 chart; on September 9rd it peaked at #9 {for 1 week}.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 11th 1978, "Shame" by Evelyn 'Champagne' King entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #87; and on September 3rd it peaked at #9 (for 1 week) and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100...
    Between 1978 and 1985 she had eight Top 100 records; "Shame" was her debut record and biggest hit, her next highest charted record was "Love Come Down", it reached #17 in 1982...
    Ms. King will celebrate her 54th birthday next month on July 25th, 2014.
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