Help! Help me identify a song

[Monson]

This has been bugging me on and off for years. This song often pops into my mind but I've never been able to figure out what it is and who made it. It bothers me a bit.

Probably released in 1985-86? I'm quite sure I heard it in '86 first and had it on a mixtape. It's a fairly typical/mainstream '80s pop production. It kicks off with a rather dramatic (church?) organ or synth intro. It's slow to medium tempo. Male vocal (IIRC). Possibly the first line is something like "You don't have to..". The chorus is an ascending three-note thing (three whole notes, I believe) and then a lot of whoa oh oh whoa oh oh.

I've tried asking various AI services but they were all useless.

 

[Gorgon90]

The "Don't Have To" bit and the 80s made me think of:

Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off

It was 1986 so in the right era.

 

[Monson]

We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off

It's a darker vibe than that.

 

[baimun]

Maybe?

 

[Monson]

Maybe?

More church organ-ish. Possibly no drums before the chorus, IIRC.

 

[jrockbridge]

I have no idea. So, I'm just going to post a few of the wrong songs from the 80's (and one from 77) that start with organ...

 

[Monson]

The organ sound is about right but it's not "Faith".

 

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[shoeless]

Any other lyrics besides "you don't have to"? That's a wide net.

 

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[baimun]

This is fun.

 

[dmn23]

 

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