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Loving You (Chris Rea song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Loving You
| cover = Chris Rea Loving You 1982 single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Chris Rea
| album = Chris Rea
| B-side = Let Me Be the One
| released = 5 February 1982
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:47
| label = Magnet
| writer = Chris Rea
| producer = Jon Kelly, Chris Rea
| prev_title = Dancing Girls
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Every Beat of My Heart
| next_year = 1982
| misc =
}}
"'Loving You'" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1982 as the lead single from his fourth studio album 'Chris Rea'. It was written by Rea and produced by Jon Kelly and Rea. "Loving You" reached No. 65 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for three weeks. It also peaked at No. 88 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100.
"Loving You" features an eighteen-piece string section. A music video was filmed to promote the single, directed by Dave Mallett.
Critical reception
On its release, 'Billboard' listed the song as a recommended 'Pop' choice under their "Top Single Picks". 'Cash Box' listed the single as one of their "feature picks" during February 1982. They wrote: "Rea sounds a little more raspy-throated since the monster "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" in 1978 but his music still has that slick, thick production sound, like a pop blues." In a review of 'Chris Rea', 'The Philadelphia Inquirer' described the song as "especially appealing" on an album of "superbly structured songs, mostly in the ballad form".
Track listing
'7" single'
# "Loving You" 3:47
# "Let Me Be the One" 3:42
'7" single' (Japanese release)
# "Loving You" 3:47
# "One Sweet Tender Touch" 3:48
'7" single' (US promo)
# "Loving You" 3:44
# "Loving You" 3:44
'12" single'
# "Loving You" 3:47
# "Let Me Be the One" 3:42
Personnel
'Loving You'
* Chris Rea - vocals, guitar, electric piano, piano
* Carol Kenyon, Katie Kissoon, Linda Taylor - backing vocals
* Jim Mullen - guitar
* Bruce Lynch - bass
* Dave Mattacks - drums
* Andrew Powell - string arrangement
'Production'
* Jon Kelly - producer, engineer
* Chris Rea - producer
Charts
References
Category:1982 songs
Category:1982 singles
Category:Magnet Records singles
Category:Songs written by Chris Rea
Category:Chris Rea songs
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