Hit by Love

"Hit by Love"
Single by CeCe Peniston
from the album Thought 'Ya Knew
B-side Remix
"I'm Not Over You"
"Keep Givin' Me Your Love"
"Finally"
"We Got a Love Thang"
Released August 1994
Format CD single
CD Maxi
Cassette Single
12" maxi
Recorded 1993
Genre House
Dance-Pop
Length 3:25
Label A&M
Writer(s) Steven Nikolas
Brendon Sibley
Soulshock & Karlin
Cutfather
Producer

Soulshock & Karlin
David Morales
Manny Lehman
Damon Jones
CeCe Peniston
Music sample
"Hit By Love" (LP version)
Music video
"Hit By Love (US version)" on YouTube
"Hit By Love (UK version)" on YouTube
CeCe Peniston singles chronology
"I'm Not Over You"
(1994)		 "Hit by Love"
(1994)		 "Keep Givin' Me Your Love"
(1995)
Compact disc

"Hit by Love" is a 1994 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, released as the fourth single from her album record Thought 'Ya Knew, and the fifth number one hit in the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play for the artist.

The song, issued in Europe with "I'm Not Over You" on B-side, climbed in the UK Top 75 chart to number thirty-three as well as it scored at number forty-seven in the US R&B, and at number ninety in the Hot 100 chart.

Contents

Credits and personnel

Additional credits notes

David Morales - mix, arranger, producer
West End - remix, additional producer

Track listings

CD Single, Germany, 580 758-2[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "I'm Not Over You" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:35
CD Single, Japan, Promo, PODM-1041[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
CD Maxi, UK, 580 759-2[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  4. "Hit by Love" (Full Body Mix) - 6:55
CD Maxi, UK, 582 345-2[1]
  1. "Finally" (Classic Funk Radio Mix) - 3:26
  2. "Finally" (Choice' Mix) - 4:09
  3. "We Got a Love Thang" (Silky 7") - 4:28
  4. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:34
CD Maxi, UK, 580 693-2[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  4. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
  5. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  6. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
CD Maxi, UK, AMCD 693[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  4. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
  5. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  6. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
CD Maxi, US, 31458 0769-2[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  2. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 7" Mix) - 4:33
  3. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
  4. "Hit by Love" (LP Edit) - 4:10
  5. "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" (West End Remix) - 5:56
CD Maxi, US, Promo, 31458 8329-2[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (LP Edit) - 4:12
  2. "Hit by Love" (Alternate Radio Mix) - 4:30
  3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  4. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
  5. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
Cassette, UK, 31458 0768-4[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  3. "Hit by Love" (Alternate Radio Mix) - 4:30
  4. "Hit by Love" (Down Tempo Swing Mix) - 4:01
12" Maxi, US, 31458 0765-1[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
  2. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
  3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  5. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  6. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
12" Maxi, UK, AMY 693[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  2. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
12" Maxi, UK & Ireland, 580 723-1[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
  2. "I'm Not Over You" (Jamie's Under The Swing Mix) - 6:56
  3. "I'm Not Over You" (Junior's Factory Mix) - 9:30
12" Maxi, UK, AMY 723[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Full Body Mix) - 6:55
  2. "I'm Not Over You" (Jamie's Under The Swing Mix) - 6:56
  3. "I'm Not Over You" (Junior's Factory Mix) - 9:30
12" Maxi, US, Promo, Double, 31458 8307-1[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
  2. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
  3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  5. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  6. "Hit by Love" (Full Body Mix) - 6:55
  7. "Hit by Love" (Instrumental) - 4:41
  8. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  9. "Hit by Love" (The Factory Vocal Mix) - 10:14
  10. "Hit by Love" (Fierce Factory Dub) - 7:26
12" Maxi, UK, Promo, Double, AMY693DJ[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  2. "Hit by Love" (Full Body Mix) - 6:55
  3. "Hit by Love" (Acappella) -
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  5. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  6. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
12" Maxi, UK, Not On Label (The Laffin' Mixes)[1]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Piano Mix)
  2. "Hit by Love" (Bonus Beats)
  3. "Hit by Love" (Dub Mix 1)
  4. "Hit by Love" (Dub Mix 2)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Japanese Tokio Hot 100[2] 35
UK Top 75 Singles[3] 33
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles[4] 78
U.S. The Billboard Hot 100[5] 90
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play[5] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[5] 47

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Dance Music Club Play Singles[6] 24

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Do You Wanna Get Funky"
by C+C Music Factory		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play
number-one single
October 15, 1994 - October 22, 1994		 Succeeded by
"Drunk on Love"
by Basia

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p For reviewing track lists, covers and/or additional notes regarding the all releases of the single "Hit By Love" issued to date, follow the discogs link.
  2. ^ For peak position of "Hit By Love" in Japan, only Tokio Hot 100 airplay chart is available. Note: Tokio Hot 100 online archive does not allow an option to search by a song title, or an artist's name. Therefore, to check the top position of the single pre-select the peak charting date, ie. 1994, October 16.
  3. ^ For peak positions of "Hit By Love" single in UK, choose the singles link, or the chartstats link to view full run of the single in England.
  4. ^ "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - U.S. Cashbox". Cashbox. Cashbox Magazine. 1994-12-03. cashboxmagazine.com. http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19941203.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. "#78" 
  5. ^ a b c For peak positions of "Hit By Love" in USA, use the general links, and/or, in order to view there not-listed top positions, respectively additional information such as peak date(s) and/or weeks spent on chart(s), you will have to subscribe to billboard.biz website to vie also the specific billboard.biz links.
  6. ^ To check the U.S. end-of-year positions of "Hit By Love" single, only billboard.biz subscribers will access the specific billboard.biz link.

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