Vanity - "Under The Influence"

[Ling-Ling]

Well, it's pretty safe to say that after Vanity left Prince and Vanity 6 for Motown, she had a pretty dismal solo career. Both of her albums sold badly and were wildly uneven. Released in 1986, this was her most successful solo song, going top 10 on the R&B chart and hitting the lower rungs of the Pop chart. Aside from "Pretty Mess" (Hot 100 #75, R&B #15, Club Play #13) and "Mechanical Emotion" (R&B #23), I don't believe any of her other solo songs charted (If anyone knows otherwise, please step forward).

Anyways, I love this song, a funky/sexy mid-tempo with great percussion from the legendary Paulinho Da Costa and guitar work by Robbie Nevil. Vocally, Vanity never sounded better (face it, she was not a great singer).

Chart History:

Billboard Hot 100: #56
R&B: #9
Hot Dance Music/Club Play: #6
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales: #18

[Ling-Ling]

Goodness, more than a week later and no reply? I guess no one remembers the track, or just didn't like it?

Anyways, I recently found some Vanity radio promos at a flea market for "Undress," "Animals," and "Faraway Eyes," can anyone tell me if those songs charted anywhere? I can't find a complete chart history for her.

[stevie nice]

I have this 12 inch, played it a few times, maybe used the instrumental or extended mix to see if I could mix it with someone else (i think this was around 116 bpm) but yeah, I never liked this very much.

[Night Senses]

I love this song. Vanity's music is such a guilty pleasure for me!

duh5, if you don't mind, I'd like to steal your Animals promo. It belongs to me, damnit. Why should you have been the lucky one!?

[Ling-Ling]

I've always had a strange obsession with Vanity. I have no idea why. Here's the extended version of "Under The Influence" for those interested.

s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31YMRIWTTLCFF2J7LOXQMO1DZW

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JustifiedMusicLady said:

I love this song.

[Ling-Ling]

Here's the video. Horrible!

www.youtube.com/w/Vanity---Under-the-Influence?v=0d5-oHFKWzE&search=vanity%20under

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My favorite solo song by her.

RIP Vanity.