Such a Wicked Love

"Such a Wicked Love"
Single by La Toya Jackson
from the album La Toya
B-side "Does It Really Matter"
Released 1988
Format 12" single
Recorded 1988
Genre Breakbeat, Hip-Hop
Length 5:32
Label Teldec Records, RCA Records
Producer(s) Full Force
La Toya Jackson singles chronology
"You're Gonna Get Rocked!"
(1988)
"Such a Wicked Love"
(1988)
"You Blew"
(1988)

"Such a Wicked Love" is a song by American singer La Toya Jackson from her fifth album La Toya. A remix, produced by hip-hop production team Full Force, was released on a 12" single in the U.S. The album track "Does It Really Matter" was included as a B-side.

To promote the single, Jackson set up a hotline where fans could phone in to hear the song. Jackson's hotline, an early form of podcasting, reached 20,000 listeners per day.[1]

Jackson debuted "Such a Wicked Love" on "Bob Hope's Easter Vacation in the Bahamas", screened on March 25, 1989.[2] Broadcaster NBC's Standards and Practices department censored Jackson's performance, deeming her dance moves "too prurient" for prime time television.[3]

Jackson performed the song in Puerto Vallarta for Mexican television and in Caracas for the Venezuelan television program "Only For Men" in March 1989.[4][5] The number was also part of her September 1989 Sizzling Spectacular concert on pay-per-view at Bally's in Reno.

Versions

References

  1. Fulford, D.G. 'La Toya Jackson's line is hot, hotter, hottest' The Spokesman-Review March 12, 1989
  2. 'Now, now, ladies' The Milwaukee Journal March 8, 1989
  3. 'EASTER PROGRAMS DRESS UP CABLE TV SCHEDULE'Richmond Times-Dispatch March 25, 1989
  4. Huebner, Joanne. 'People in the news' The Milwaukee Sentinel February 23, 1989
  5. Video on YouTube