Lovin' You

Single infobox
Name = Lovin' You


Artist = Minnie Riperton
B-side = "The Edge Of A Dream"
Released = January 13, 1975
Genre = Soul
Recorded = 1974
Length = 3:44
Label = Epic
32561
Writer = Minnie Riperton
Richard Rudolph
Producer = Stevie Wonder
Last single = "Seeing You This Way"
(1974)
This single = "Lovin' You"
(1975)
Next single = "Inside My Love"
(1975)Extra tracklisting
Album = Perfect Angel
Type = studio
prev_track = "Every Time He Comes Around"
prev_no = 7
this_track = "Lovin' You"
track_no = 8
next_track = "Our Lives"
next_no = 9

"Lovin' You" is the 1975 hit single by Minnie Riperton. The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 5,1975, #2 in the UK, and #3 on the R&B charts in the US. Although the song achieved great standing in the record charts in the 1970'sit is regularly featured in some 'Worst Song' lists due to the annoying high octave singing that Riperton performs.

etting

It was the fourth single from the album "Perfect Angel" (1974). The song is notable for Riperton's use of the whistle register. While it is believed that "Lovin' You" was the first song to reach number one without the help of a percussion instrument, in fact "Yesterday" by The Beatles accomplished this feat ten years earlier.

According to the liner notes from Riperton's compilation CD "Petals", the melody for "Lovin' You" was created as a distraction for her daughter (Maya Rudolph) when she was a baby so that Minnie and her husband Richard could hang out. Maya was in the studio with her mother on the day the song was recorded and Riperton can be heard singing her daughter's name at the end of the song.

Charts

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Cover versions

The song has been covered several times, notably by R&B singer Shanice. Leona Lewis also recorded a version with producer Marley J Wills, at the age of 15. In 1998 a trance version was released by UBM. The song has also appeared in several movies and TV-shows, such as "South Park", "Disturbia", "The Nutty Professor" (performed by Eddie Murphy while trying to show off to an offensive comic played by Dave Chappelle), "Vegas Vacation" (Wayne Newton covers the song during a Wayne Newton show at the MGM Grand), as well as a commercial for Visa featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers, where the song is supposed to be "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men. Singer Chante Moore performs the song during William's and Yvonne's ill-fated wedding on an episode of "Girlfriends". On an episode of "The Steve Harvey Show", Romeo's father serenades his mother with his version of "Lovin' You" to woo her back (she had left him and moved in with Romeo and Steve). Additionally, it was used in a Burger King commercial promoting Cini-Minis.

The song was also sampled heavily by Dubstep artist Coki in a track entitled "Ruff Lovin'". This song is also featured on Justin Lo's debut Cantonese album 'Justin' in 2005. In 2007 the Japanese rock band Electric Eel Shock covered the song on their album "Transworld Ultra Rock".

The Orb's epic single "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld", also known as "Loving You", was based around a sample of the Riperton original.

hanice version

Infobox Single
Name = Lovin' You


Artist = Shanice
from Album = Inner Child
Released = August 11, 1992
Format = CD single, Cassette single
Genre = R&B
Length = 3:57
Label = Motown
2175
Writer = Minnie Riperton
Richard Rudolph
Producer = Narada Michael Walden
Reviews =
Last single = "Silent Prayer"
(1992)
This single = "Lovin' You"
(1992)
Next single = "Saving Forever for You"
(1992)Extra tracklisting
Album = Inner Child
Type = studio
prev_track = "Peace in the World"
prev_no = 8
this_track = "Lovin' You"
track_no = 9
next_track = "You Ain't All That"
next_no = 10Extra tracklisting
Album = Ultimate Collection
Type = compilation
prev_track = "The Way You Love Me"
prev_no = 8
this_track = "Lovin' You"
track_no = 9
next_track = "I'm Cryin'"
next_no = 10Extra tracklisting
Album = Every Woman Dreams
Type = studio
prev_track = "Chocolate"
prev_no = 11
this_track = "Loving You"
track_no = 12
next_track = "Forever Like a Rose"
next_no = 13Shanice's cover of the song was released in the summer of 1992 months after the success of her hit single "I Love Your Smile." It only achieved minor success on the R&B chart peaking at #59, and also peaked at #54 on the UK charts. The music video for the song is set on a beach. In 2005, she recorded another cover of the song for her 2006 album "Every Woman Dreams".

Track listing

#Single Version
#I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Single Remix)
#I Love Your Smile (Driza Bone Club Remix)
#Instrumental

Charts

Credits

* drums and programming by Narada Michael Walden
* keyboards and programming by Louis Biancaniello
* Produced by Stevie Wonder under the pseudonym "El Toro Negro" ("the Black Bull").