"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" | ||||||||
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Single by Barry White | ||||||||
from the album Can't Get Enough | ||||||||
B-side | "Just Not Enough" | |||||||
Released | 1974 | |||||||
Format | 7 inch vinyl | |||||||
Recorded | 1974 | |||||||
Genre | Soul/disco | |||||||
Length | 4.35 (3:21 single version) | |||||||
Label | 20th Century Records | |||||||
Writer(s) | Barry White | |||||||
Producer | Barry White | |||||||
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"Can't Get Enough of Your Love" | ||||
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Single by Taylor Dayne | ||||
from the album Soul Dancing | ||||
B-side | "Let's Spend the Night Together" | |||
Released | June 10, 1993 [1] | |||
Format | Cassette single CD single 12" vinyl |
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Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:25 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Writer(s) | Barry White | |||
Producer | David Cole, Robert Clivillés | |||
Taylor Dayne singles chronology | ||||
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"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" is a song written, recorded and produced by Barry White. Released as the first single from White's album Can't Get Enough in 1974, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and U.S. R&B chart[1] and has since become one of White's signature tunes. It was his second U.S. chart-topper, after "Love's Theme".
The song is a pop-soul track with lush string arrangements and a disco-influenced beat behind it. The single differs from the LP version - Barry sings solo during the intro of the single whereas on the LP version, he performs background vocals. The single is also an edit and is mixed differently.
Barry White performed this song live on The Midnight Special in 1974.
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Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
UK Singles Chart | 8 |
In 1993 the song was covered - as "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" - by Taylor Dayne. When Dayne had submitted her planned third album to Arista Records, label president Clive Davis strongly suggested that Dayne remake the Barry White classic to serve as the album's lead single (replacing Dayne's choice: the self-penned "I'll Wait" which was the planned title cut; the album's title was amended to Soul Dancing).
Produced by David Cole and Robert Clivillés of C+C Music Factory, Dayne's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" became a smash dance club hit peaking at #2.[2] However the track evinced a sharp drop in Dayne's profile on the Billboard Hot 100 with a #20 peak; Dayne's first seven singles had all reached the Top Ten with her eighth single "Heart of Stone" rising as high as #12. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" has proven to be Dayne's final Top 40 hit to date with the followup single "Send Me a Lover" being her last Hot 100 entry.
The track had more impact for Dayne internationally notably in Australia where with three weeks at #2 in August 1993 "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" became Dayne's career record.
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 14 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 2 |
UK Singles Chart | 14 |
Australian Singles Chart | 2 |
Japanese Orican Singles Chart | 6 |
Swiss Singles Chart | 17 |
Austrian Singles Chart | 29 |
Dutch Singles Chart | 9 |
Swedish Singles Chart | 34 |
German Singles Chart | 56 |
Chart (1993) | Position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] | 99 |
Preceded by "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Barry White version) September 21, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim |
Preceded by "Feel Like Makin' Love" by Roberta Flack |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single (Barry White version) September 7, 1974 - September 28, 1974 |
Succeeded by "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder |