The Lover in Me (Sheena Easton song)

Infobox Single
Name = "The Lover in Me"


Artist = Sheena Easton
from Album =
The Lover in Me
Released = 1988
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Bond theme / Ballad
Length = 4:10
Label =
Writer = Antonio "L.A." Reid Babyface and Daryl Simmons
Producer = Antonio "L.A." Reid Babyface
Last single = "U Got the Look"(by Prince)"
(1987)
This single = "The Lover in Me"
(1988)
Next single = "Days Like This"
(1989)
Misc =

The title song from "The Lover In Me" reached (US#2) on the Billboard Hot 100 (UK#15) and became her biggest pop hit since "Morning Train".

The snazzy L.A. and Babyface number "The Lover in Me" (number two pop, number five R&B) is one of the album's most solid, memorable moments, but it soon becomes hard to distinguish from "Days Like This," "No Deposit, No Return" and "One Love" -- three other selections produced by the duo. Easton was apparently becoming more of a producer's puppet than she planned early in her career, as further evidenced by the synthetic "Without You," which is too low in the singer's range to be effective to start with. Luckily, a few saving moments do surface: the Winbush-produced "Fire and Rain," a calming quiet-storm ballad that allows Easton to showcase a more vulnerable side of her voice; and the Prince-penned "101," a subtly haunting, understated dance romp with what is one of the singer's most passionate, revealing performances on record. Otherwise, this is a fun record, but a bit too monotonous

Track listing

*1. The Lover In Me
*2. The Lover In Me (Instrumental)

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