Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Piano
Larry Gold
Conductor
Keith Henderson
Guitar
John Sherrell
Bass
Emma Kummrow
Violin
Dayna Anderson
Violin
Blake Espy
Violin
Charles Parker
Violin
Guillame Combet
Violin
Jennifer Lee
Violin
Davis Barnett
Viola
Jonathan Kim
Viola
Glenn Fischbach
Cello
Steve Tirpak
Trumpet
Jonathan Shaw
Trumpet
Jarred Antonocci
Trombone
Fonzi Thornton
Background Vocals
Cissy Houston
Background Vocals
Tawatha Agee
Background Vocals
Brenda White-King
Background Vocals
Vaneese Thomas
Background Vocals
Tim Gant
Keyboards
Carla Prather
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
BRIAN HOLLAND
Songwriter
Eddie Holland
Songwriter
Lamont Dozier
Songwriter
Larry Gold
String Arranger
Carla Prather
Vocal Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Terry Hunter
Producer
DJ Wayne Williams
Producer
Harvey Mason, Jr.
Vocal Producer
Joey Fernandez
Recording Engineer
Dave Rowland
Engineer
Jason Staniulis
Assistant Engineer
Andrew Hey
Recording Engineer
Todd Fairall
Assistant Engineer
Jezreel Santos
Assistant Engineer
Kenta Yonesaka
Assistant Engineer
Fabian Marasciullo
Mixing Engineer
Jeff Chestek
Engineer
Karl Petersen
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Get out my life, why don't you, babe?
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on
Now you don't really need me
But you keep me hangin' on
[Verse 2]
Why do you keep comin' around
Playin' with my heart?
Why don't you get outta my life
And let me make a new start?
Let me get over you, uh
The way you've gotten over me, yeah
[Verse 3]
Set me free, why don't you, babe? Mm
Get out my life, why don't you, babe?
'Cause you don't really love me, you know it
(You just) You keep me hangin' on
Now you don't really want me
You just keep me hangin' on
[Verse 4]
You say although we broke up
You still wanna be just friends
But how can we still be friends
When seein' you only breaks my heart again?
Get over it, baby, get over it
[Verse 5]
Set me free, why don't you, babe? (Why don't, you, babe?)
Get out my life, why don't you, babe? (Get out, get out, get out)
Set me free, why don't you, babe? (Yeah)
Get out my life, why don't you, babe? Mm
You don't really love me (You don't really love me)
But you keep me hangin' on (Oh, but you keep me danglin' right there)
You don't really need me (You know you don't need me)
But you keep me hangin' on (Yeah, yeah, you keep me hangin' on)
[Verse 6]
You claim you still care for me
But your heart and soul need to be free
Now that you got your freedom
You wanna still hold on to me
You don't want me or yourself
So let me find somebody else, hey, hey, hey
[Verse 7]
Why don't you be a man about it? (Why don't you be a man about it?)
And set me free (And set me free)
Now you don't care a thing about me (You)
(You don't care a thing about me, baby)
You're just usin' me (You know, you know it, you know it, you know)
Go on, get out (Get out), get outta my life (Get outta my life)
And let me sleep at night (I want to sleep at night)
'Cause you don't really love me (You don't really love me)
You just keep me hangin' on (You know you're just, you know)
(You know, you know, you know, you know it)
[Verse 8]
Why don't you be a man about it? (Get out)
(Why don't you be a man about it?)
And set me free (Man up)
Man up
You don't care a thing about me (You don't care a thing about me)
You're just usin' me (You're just usin')
Go on, get out, get out of my life (You're usin' me, usin' me)
(You know it, you know it, you're playin' games)
And let me sleep at night (Get to steppin', baby, get to steppin')
'Cause you don't really love me (You don't really love me)
You just keep me hangin' on (You keep me, keep me, you keep me)
[Verse 9]
Keep me
Keep
Keep me hangin' on
Keep
Keep me hangin' on
[Verse 10]
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Get out my life, why don't you, babe?
You don't really love me
But you keep me hangin' on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hangin' on
[Verse 11]
Set me free, why don't you, babe?
Get out my life, why don't you, babe?
You don't really love me
But you keep me hangin' on
You don't really need me
But you keep me hangin' on
Written by: Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier


