My Love Is for Real
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| Single by Paula Abdul from the album Head Over Heals |
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| Released | 1995 | ||||
| Format | cassette, vinyl, CD | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Label | Virgin | ||||
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"My Love Is For Real" is the first single off the 1995 Paula Abdul album, Head Over Heals. The song was reconstructed by dance group Strike in 1996.
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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 three years.
The single did not live up to expectations of being a big comeback hit for Abdul. It peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, but did end up becoming a success in clubs, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
A popular music video was directed by Michael Haussman. It had a Middle Eastern theme showing Abdul as the head mistress of a harem. The video was nominated for several MTV Video Music Awards. It was shown across the United States before the film Clueless as a promotional gimmick.
"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 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 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 20 |
[edit] See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
[edit] Sources
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