Lovin' You
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| “Lovin' You” | ||||||||||||||
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| Single by Minnie Riperton | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "The Edge Of A Dream" | |||||||||||||
| Released | January 13, 1975 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Soul | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:44 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Epic 32561 |
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| Writer(s) | Minnie Riperton Richard Rudolph |
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| Producer | Stevie Wonder | |||||||||||||
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"Lovin' You" is the 1975 hit single by Minnie Riperton. The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 5,1975, #2 in the UK, and #3 on the R&B charts in the US.
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[edit] Setting
It was the fourth single from the album Perfect Angel (1974). The song is notable for Riperton's use of the whistle register. While it is believed that "Lovin' You" was the first song to reach number one without the help of a percussion instrument, in fact "Yesterday" by The Beatles accomplished this feat ten years earlier.
According to the liner notes from Riperton's compilation CD Petals, the melody for "Lovin' You" was created as a distraction for her daughter (Maya Rudolph) when she was a baby so that Minnie and her husband Richard could hang out. Maya was in the studio with her mother on the day the song was recorded and Riperton can be heard singing her daughter's name at the end of the song.
[edit] Charts
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"Lovin' You (Minnie Riperton)" The intro and first verse (couplet) from Lovin' You (1974) by Minnie Riperton. - Problems playing the files? See media help.
| Chart (1975) | Peak Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 3 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 2 |
| Preceded by "Lady Marmalade" by LaBelle |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single April 5, 1975 |
Succeeded by "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John |
[edit] Cover versions
The song has been covered several times, notably by R&B singer Shanice. Leona Lewis also recorded a version with producer Marley J Wills, at the age of 15. In 1998 a trance version was released by UBM. The song has also appeared in several movies and TV-shows, such as South Park, Disturbia, The Nutty Professor (performed by Eddie Murphy while trying to show off to an offensive comic played by Dave Chappelle), Vegas Vacation (Wayne Newton covers the song during a Wayne Newton show at the MGM Grand), as well as a commercial for Visa featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers, where the song is supposed to be Who Let The Dogs Out by the Baha Men. Singer Chante Moore performs the song during William's and Yvonne's ill-fated wedding on an episode of Girlfriends. On an episode of The Steve Harvey Show, Romeo's father serenades his mother with his version of "Lovin' You" to woo her back (she had left him and moved in with Romeo and Steve).
The song was also sampled heavily by Dubstep artist Coki in a track entitled "Ruff Lovin'". This song is also featured on Justin Lo's debut Cantonese album 'Justin' in 2005. In 2007 the Japanese rock band Electric Eel Shock covered the song on their album Transworld Ultra Rock.
The Orb's epic single "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld", also known as "Loving You", was based around a sample of the Riperton original.
[edit] Shanice version
| “Lovin' You” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Shanice from the album Inner Child |
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| Released | August 11, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, Cassette single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | R&B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Motown 2175 |
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| Writer(s) | Minnie Riperton Richard Rudolph |
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| Producer | Narada Michael Walden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shanice's cover of the song was released in the summer of 1992 months after the success of her hit single "I Love Your Smile." It only achieved minor success on the R&B chart peaking at #59, and also peaked at #54 on the UK charts. The music video for the song is set on a beach. In 2005, she recorded another cover of the song for her 2006 album Every Woman Dreams.
[edit] Track listing
- Single Version
- I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Single Remix)
- I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Club Remix)
- Instrumental
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1992) | Peak Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 59 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | 67 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales | 40 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 54 |
[edit] Credits
- drums and programming by Narada Michael Walden
- keyboards and programming by Louis Biancaniello
- Produced by Stevie Wonder under the pseudonym "El Toro Negro" ("the Black Bull").
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