My Love Is for Real
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| "My Love Is For Real" | ||
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| Single by Paula Abdul | ||
| from the album Head Over Heals | ||
| Released | 1995 | |
| Format | cassette, vinyl, CD | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Label | Virgin | |
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| Paula Abdul singles chronology | ||
| "Will You Marry Me?" (1992) |
"My Love Is For Real" (1995) |
"Crazy Cool" (1995) |
"My Love Is For Real" is the first single off of the Paula Abdul album, Head Over Heals in 1995.
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[edit] Song information
The song is a middle-eastern sounding groove, with background vocals from the popular Israeli singer Ofra Haza. This was Abdul's first music release in 3 years.
The single did not live up to expectations of being a big comeback hit for Abdul. Although it was a moderate success on radio and sales it peaked at a underwhelming #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. It ended up becoming a success in the clubs, becoming #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart.
A popular music video was directed by Michael Haussman. It followed the theme of the song of the middle-eastern sounding track. The video is considered one of Abdul's best, it was also nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards.
"Didn't I Say I Love You" was the b-side to the single written by Elliot Wolf and Stacey Piersa.
[edit] Track listing and formats
US 12" Record
1. My Love Is For Real - E-Smoove's Fever Mix
2. My Love Is For Real - Strike's Pink Wig Dub
3. My Love Is For Real - Downtempo Club Dub
4. Didn't I Say I Love You
US 5" CD
1. My Love Is For Real - Radio Edit
2. Didn't I Say I love You
3. My Love Is For Real - LP Version
4. My Love Is For Real - R&B Remix
[edit] Official remixes
- Radio Edit
- R&B Remix
- E-Smoove Fever Edit
- E-Smoove Fever Mix
- Junior Vasquez Club
- Junior Vasquez Factory Mix
- Junior Vasquez Soundfactory Mix
- Junior Vasquez Club Extended Mix
- Strike's Pink Wig Dub
- Strike's Straight Up There Mix
- Strike's Straight Up There Edit
- Downtempo Club Dub
- Uptempo Club Vocal
- Hardhouse Dub
- Lawrence/Mokran Edit
- Short Intro. Edit
- The Sensuous Mix
- The Soft Single Mix
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100 | 28 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 13 |
| US ARC Weekly Top 40 | 10 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| US Top 40 Rhythmic Singles | 30 |
| US Top 40 Mainstream Singles | 16 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 96 |
| UK Singles Chart | 28 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 7 |
