Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
"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 | July 25, 1974 | |||
Format | 7 inch vinyl | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Genre | Disco, soul | |||
Length |
3:28 (Single version) 4:31 (Album version) | |||
Label | Philips, 20th Century Fox | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry White | |||
Producer(s) | Barry White | |||
Barry White 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 his album Can't Get Enough in 1974, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts[1] and has since become one of his signature tunes. It was his second US chart-topper, after "Love's Theme". It became a gold record.
White performed this song live on The Midnight Special in 1974, and on Soul Train on May 24, 1975.[2]
Chart performance
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 23 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] | 17 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 5 |
France (SNEP)[5] | 57 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 12 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] | 8 |
US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 1 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] | 26 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] | 1 |
Taylor Dayne version
"Can't Get Enough of Your Love" | ||||
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CD Single Cover | ||||
Single by Taylor Dayne | ||||
from the album Soul Dancing | ||||
B-side | "Let's Spend the Night Together" | |||
Released | June 10, 1993 | |||
Format |
Cassette single CD single 12" vinyl | |||
Recorded | 1993 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:25 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry White | |||
Producer(s) | David Cole, Robert Clivillés | |||
Taylor Dayne singles chronology | ||||
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In 1993 the song was covered – as "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" – by Taylor Dayne. When Dayne submitted her planned third album to Arista Records, label president Clive Davis strongly suggested that she 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.[11] 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 but her eighth single "Heart of Stone" peaked at #12. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" was her final Top 40 hit with the follow-up single, "Send Me a Lover", being her last Hot 100 entry.
The track had more impact for Dayne internationally; in Australia, it spent three weeks at #2 in August 1993.
Track listing
- "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (Album version) – 4:25
- "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (C+C extended club mix I) – 6:05
- "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (C+C extended club mix II) – 6:46
- "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (C+C special edition mix) – 6:12
- "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 5:35
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 14 |
US 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 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1993) | Position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[12] | 99 |
In popular culture
- The Barry White recording was featured in the films Cookie (1989), Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004), Robots (2005), and 16 Blocks (2006), where the song appeared on the soundtrack and, in the film, was heard during the closing credits.
- The song appears in several episodes of the Fox TV series The Simpsons, most notably, during scenes in "Whacking Day" and "The Last Temptation of Homer". Barry White was a big fan of The Simpsons. He recorded a version specially for the episode "Whacking Day", in which he also appeared as a guest star. The song also appeared in the 1994 clip show episode in one of the clips at the end.
- The song also appears on the original motion picture soundtrack for the movie Beautiful Girls (1996), performed by the band Afghan Whigs.
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 620.
- ↑ The Best of Soul Train Live (booklet). Time Life. 2011.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Barry White – Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Lescharts.com – Barry White – Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Barry White – Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Barry White: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Barry White – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Barry White. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Barry White – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Barry White. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Barry White – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Barry White. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 71.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1993". Archived from the original on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
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Preceded by "I Shot the Sheriff" by Eric Clapton |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (Barry White version) September 21, 1974 (one week) |
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 21 1974 (three weeks) |
Succeeded by "You Haven't Done Nothin'" by Stevie Wonder |