Lovelite

"Lovelite"
Single by O'Bryan
from the album Be My Lover
Released 1984
Format 12", 7"
Genre Funk, Boogie
Length 6:47 (Vocal, 12")
Label Capitol Records (US V-8583)
Writer(s) Don Cornelius, O'Bryan McCoy Burnette Jr.
Producer Friendship Producers Company, O'Bryan

"Lovelite" is a 1984 single by R&B/funk artist, O'Bryan. The single was his fifth entry on the R&B chart and his only number-one hit, where it placed at the top spot for one week. "Lovelite" did not chart on the Hot 100.[1]. "Lovelite" was produced by O'Bryan and was written by O'Bryan along with Don Cornelius.[2]

The song's original music video became one of the first R&B videos to be banned from MTV, due to extensive nudity.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Lovelite"   6:47
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Lovelite" (Instrumental) 6:47

Chart positions

Chart (1984) Peak
position [4]
U.S. Billboard (Bubbling Under) Hot 100 #101
U.S. Billboard Black Singles #1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436. 
  2. ^ Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 329. 
  3. ^ "Lovelite - O'Bryan at Discogs". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/OBryan-Lovelite/release/190544. Retrieved December 14, 2011. 
  4. ^ Allmusc - O'Bryan. Retrieved 2011-15-12
Preceded by
"Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams
Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single
June 23, 1984
Succeeded by
"When Doves Cry" by Prince