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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Jan 27, 2005 23:40:02 GMT -5
This is my favorite Sheena Easton song ever!   Mine too!! A classic Babyface & L.A. Reid production... I love it!! |
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Post by ClassicCase on Jan 28, 2005 0:28:16 GMT -5
That's the jam, baby!
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Post by mst3k on Jan 28, 2005 0:55:40 GMT -5
I like it... hit #2 on the Hot 100, and made it all the way to #5 on Billboard's Black Singles (R&B) chart.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2005 6:22:47 GMT -5
I love it. It's one of my favorite Sheena Easton songs. It sounds just like Karyn White's songs from that time though.
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Jan 28, 2005 9:20:29 GMT -5
Jam!
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Post by Hervard on Jan 28, 2005 11:38:59 GMT -5
I never liked this one. It sounds so much like most other material on the radio back in 1989.
I liked her earlier hits, like "For Your Eyes Only", "Telefone" and "Almost Over You". Her music from the mid-80s on never really impressed me.
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Post by Michael1973 on Jan 28, 2005 14:27:02 GMT -5
This song, if I recall correctly, debuted very low on the Hot 100 and lost it's bullet early on. Yet somehow it managed to regain momentum enough to crack the top 5. Very unusual for that time period!
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Post by Hervard on Jan 28, 2005 16:17:07 GMT -5
This song, if I recall correctly, debuted very low on the Hot 100 and lost it's bullet early on. Yet somehow it managed to regain momentum enough to crack the top 5. Very unusual for that time period! "Hands To Heaven" by Breathe did the same thing a year earlier. Lost its bullet twice, actually, but became one of 1988's biggest hits. |
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Post by Jeff on Jan 29, 2005 22:50:07 GMT -5
I love the song, too. I heard it one early morning in '95 via WJDX-FM (Mix 96).
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Aug 29, 2006 21:43:43 GMT -5
Brilliant. Sheena had a lot of good hits, shame she doesn't really get remembered as fondly as other singers from the 80s.
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Post by Mic Technique on Aug 29, 2006 22:02:42 GMT -5
Almost as good as "101", which IMO, is a Prince classic.
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Post by joker on Apr 3, 2007 16:33:06 GMT -5
This is my favorite Sheena Easton song ever! |
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Post by itsbeenaweek on Apr 4, 2007 22:21:27 GMT -5
Love it.
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Post by tico on Apr 5, 2007 10:29:47 GMT -5
Jam!
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Post by unicorns on Oct 8, 2008 21:25:57 GMT -5
love it
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Post by Sir Benji on Nov 14, 2008 10:37:45 GMT -5
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Nov 14, 2008 11:50:12 GMT -5
The entire album was crackin'! I loved it. She worked with not only LA & Babyface, but also as I recall Prince & Angela Wimbush. At the same time she's no Annie Lennox, now she's the real Scottish Blue -eyed soul singer, for real.
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Post by lolhey on Sept 18, 2010 11:34:49 GMT -5
^ Amen you better preach, the whole album is bumpin'. It blows my mind to think that this is same chick who "For Your Eyes Only" and delivers a true urban-esque album like she did. Prince, Angela Winbush, Babyface, Allee Willis, etc did their shit on that album. "The Lover In Me" is hands down my fav. Sheena song... it just still sounds fresh to me even if it's "old" lmao. The urban/dance side of Sheena's catalogue as always been what I have preferred more than her squeaky pop/adult contemporary side from the early start of her career. The Lover In Me, 101, No Deposit No Return, If It's Meant To Last, Fire and Rain (<3),, Days Like This are my overall favs from the album. Heh I got it on vinyl and wear it out occasionally lmao and also jocked some mp3's of the album.
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Post by B-Boy on May 19, 2012 12:10:37 GMT -5
This is hot!! I immediately recognized the L.A./Babyface sound.
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Post by Soulsista on May 19, 2012 12:38:29 GMT -5
I love this, but then I love most LA/Babyface-produced songs.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 17:44:52 GMT -5
YESSSS Love this song!!
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Post by Glove Slap on Jul 2, 2013 14:01:35 GMT -5
I love Sheena and the LaFace sound of the time, so this is really high up in my book. She also does a terrific job of singing it.
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Jul 2, 2013 20:00:57 GMT -5
It sounds just like Karyn White's songs from that time though. Karyn is one of the background singers on this, btw. Love this song... the intro, verses, chorus... the whole thing. |
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Post by Libra on Oct 6, 2015 18:02:35 GMT -5
This is probably my favorite song of hers. This song, if I recall correctly, debuted very low on the Hot 100 and lost it's bullet early on. Yet somehow it managed to regain momentum enough to crack the top 5. Very unusual for that time period! I haven't seen the Hot 100s from that period (well, not the ones straight from the magazine, anyway), but it indeed debuted at #99 on a week in November 88 (I want to say it was the 19th). |
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 7, 2015 12:33:02 GMT -5
She had so many good singles that I still love to this day. Such a jam.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Oct 7, 2015 12:36:47 GMT -5
Fantastic song!  |
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Post by gonecountry on Oct 7, 2015 22:09:48 GMT -5
the video is incredible. she is incredible. great album. 101 is a great Prince tune. Days Like These -also a great song. if you've never heard, I highly encourage
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Post by glenpwood on Oct 12, 2015 10:17:25 GMT -5
Yeah I remember this took its sweet time getting to the Top 10, definitely not typical of the era when the charts in 1989 were back to 74-75 rates of quickie chart runs and turnovers. It's run was....
Date: 11/05/1988 - Run: 99-91-84-77-61-52-41-34-34-30-24-18-14-12- 7-5-4-*2*-8-21-34-51-68-79-100 (25/5 wks) UK:#15/8
Hitting the top 10 in its 15th week was odd since the rule back then seemed to be most tracks were peaked by week 13.....
Great track although I've never warmed to the rest of the album. Will pull it out tonight and see if my opinion has changed.
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Post by Dielawn on Aug 11, 2016 16:45:17 GMT -5
This song must be the most forgotten #2 song in history. I've asked many people who grew up in the 80's about it, (it's one of my all-time favs) NOBODY remembers it. Anyone have any idea why??
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Post by gonecountry on Aug 11, 2016 18:49:25 GMT -5
Anyone who ever saw the video has not forgotten it. Trust me.
Great tune. Some solid songs on the album
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Mine too!! A classic Babyface & L.A. Reid production... I love it!!
