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Post by pophector on Nov 3, 2003 18:41:29 GMT -5
#1 on Hot 100 for 1 week & CHR/Pop for 2 weeks Excellent one... still strong in the mid 80s  |
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Post by jond7699 on Nov 3, 2003 18:46:29 GMT -5
I like this song alot more than most of his other stuff. I can't pinpoint my attraction to it.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Nov 3, 2003 18:49:45 GMT -5
It was good, but not his best.
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Post by tico on Nov 3, 2003 23:15:16 GMT -5
It's an OK song. Not as overplayed as other Stevie songs. The follow-up, "Go Home", was much better.
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Post by stevie nice on Nov 3, 2003 23:35:55 GMT -5
I don't think I liked "Go Home" that much, but from around this era Stevie Wonder, the track I really dug was "Love Light In Flight." I always found it funny that a white, suburban mom could like this song about infidelity, but have problems with rap and their hardcore lyrics. Sweet melodies mean sweet forgiveness obviously.
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Post by jimmy74747 on Nov 3, 2003 23:53:01 GMT -5
Okay song, but it doesn't even come close to his older stuff.
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Nov 4, 2003 14:48:38 GMT -5
I did not really care for the song however i did care for his follow-up "Go Home". For some reason Soul Train just knew that it was going to be his very next single. You see they played it more than once way before radio caught on to it while "Part Time Lover" was still being heavily promoted. One other thing, I was hoping Aretha Franklin's "Freeway Of Love" would been the number one song of 1985 on the R&R Urban chart, but not only was it this one but Aretha only placed number five.
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Post by Hervard on Nov 4, 2003 16:54:40 GMT -5
I liked the third song from "In Square Circle" (the album from which "Part Time Lover" and "Go Home" came from), "Overjoyed". That song did well at A/C radio, but petered out at 27 on the R&R CHR chart.
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Post by reception on Mar 26, 2004 14:26:13 GMT -5
It's an okay song.
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Post by prenatt1166 on Mar 26, 2004 18:51:05 GMT -5
UU-BRU Internet Radio
For Week Ending November 2, 1985[/color]
(Rank This Week, Last Week, Artist, Title)
01 09 Starship - We Built This City
02 01 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
03 03 Hooters - And We Danced
04 05 Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme
05 02 Madonna - Dress You Up
06 08 Don Henley - Sunset Grill
07 06 John Cougar Mellencamp - Lonely Ol' Night
08 14 Heart - Never
09 10 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover
10 11 Paul Young - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
PTL spent a single week at #9, big enough to rank at #96 for 1985.
:)
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Post by reception on Dec 29, 2004 15:19:11 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2004 18:28:55 GMT -5
I think this was written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller. I really don't like it. His 70's material is so much better. The only 80's song of his I like is "Overjoyed".
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Post by johnnywest on Mar 17, 2006 23:09:45 GMT -5
It's OK. I believe his wife sings backup.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Mar 5, 2007 15:12:48 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2012 16:48:20 GMT -5
One of his best.
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Post by Soulsista on Feb 7, 2012 17:47:52 GMT -5
Not bad, but he's had way better.
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Post by esoteric76 on Feb 8, 2012 16:25:32 GMT -5
I loved when Nikko Smith slayed this on Idol, but not when that Chicken Little kid ruined it.
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Post by Soulsista on Apr 9, 2016 11:53:43 GMT -5
This topped the R&B chart for 6 weeks.
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Post by Live Your Life on Apr 9, 2016 12:29:42 GMT -5
Love it.
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Post by Dreams on Apr 9, 2016 17:35:34 GMT -5
^ Me too.
Of his entire 80's output (as far as singles go) this is my favorite. Luther wrote so many jams in the 80s.
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Post by Unhinged on Feb 10, 2017 19:47:02 GMT -5
Classic 80's tune from the genius, Stevie Wonder. Love this.
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Post by divasummer on Feb 10, 2017 22:02:18 GMT -5
My friend has been putting this on her car mixes lately.
This song still sounds fresh and never really sounded old to me.
However I grew up in the 80's. lol
Love it!!
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 11, 2017 10:55:22 GMT -5
Already done!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Feb 11, 2017 15:57:33 GMT -5
I like it- it's Stevie Wonder, after all- but I would never put it near the top of a Classic Stevie list.
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Post by Dreams on Jun 26, 2018 20:04:38 GMT -5
 From Stevie's 1985 album In Square Circle. A big, record setting #1 hit on Billboard (Hot 100, R&B, AC, Dance). Also, went top 5 pretty much all over the world, becoming one of the biggest international hits of Stevie's legendary career. It features vocals from Luther Vandross, Syreeta Wright and Philip Bailey. I love it. In my top 5 Stevie Wonder songs actually. Besides the fact it's a complete earworm, I love how high Stevie goes with the vocals, and as a composition I admire it because it's very of its time and yet it retains Stevie's essence if that makes sense to anyone else. I also love the song thematically. |
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Sept 6, 2018 1:45:21 GMT -5
I really like this song. It's very nice.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Sept 6, 2018 16:57:45 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 19:55:00 GMT -5
It doesn't have a patch on most of his 70's hits, but it's one of his best after that. Luther and Marcus Miller made magic together.
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Post by disman00911 on May 26, 2021 15:38:55 GMT -5
Probably my favorite post-1982 Stevie Wonder hit. Used to hear this one as an 80s flashback on the AC stations (100.3 FM and 93.9 Lite FM) in my market.
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