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Yearning for Your Love
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Wikipedia article
'"Yearning for Your Love"' is a 1980 ballad recorded and released by The Gap Band on Mercury Records. The single was the third release off the band's fifth album, 'The Gap Band III' (1980). Four different singles, each with a different B-side, were released in 1981.
The song became a modest hit on the US and UK charts when it was released; it arose to number five on the Hot Soul Singles chart and number sixty on the 'Billboard' Hot 100. Written by Gap Band backing member/keyboardist Oliver Scott and keyboardist Ronnie Wilson, it was a romantic love song dedicated to Wilson's wife at the time and was performed by Ronnie's brother Charlie Wilson.
Structure
The song was markedly different in style from the past few hits, with less emphasis on synthesizers, instead on "light slices of guitar, smooth keyboard pads and soft percussion". It is said, Charlie Wilson's smooth baritone take on the song helped the song become influential to contemporary R&B singers, such as Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill and Gerald Levert.
Charts
Track listing
Releases
#Yearning For Your Love/Burn Rubber#Yearning For Your Love/Humpin'
#Yearning For Your Love/When I Look In Your Eyes
#Yearning for Your Love/Oops Upside Your Head
Credits
*Lead vocals by Charlie Wilson*Background vocals by Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson and Robert Wilson
*Drums by Ronnie Kaufman
*Guitars by Fred Jenkins, Glenn Nightingale
*Bass by Robert Wilson
*Synthesizers by Ronnie Wilson
*Keyboards by Oliver Scott
Cover versions
In 1989, French pianist Alex Bugnon covered the song for his album, 'Love Season'.
In 1990, Guy also covered the song on their 1990 album, 'The Future'.
In 2001, keyboardist Kevin Toney covered the song on his album 'Strut'. The song featured Evelyn "Champagne" King on vocals.
In 2019, singer PJ Morton covered the song from his album 'Paul'.
Sampling
The song has been sampled several times including some of the following:
*"Gank Move" by Big Mello (1992)
*"Always On My Mind" by SWV (1993)
*"Life's a Bitch" by Nas feat. AZ and Olu Dara (1994)
*"Outta My Life" by Paris (1994)
*"My Woman" by Coop MC (1995)
*"Sacramento Summertime" by Gangsta Dre (1996)
*"Keep Hustlin" by WC feat. E-40 and Too Short (1998)
*"Pad & Pen" by A Tribe Called Quest (1998)
*"Keep It Comin'" by Heavy D (1997)
*"Watcha Wanna Do" by Mia X feat. Charlie Wilson (1998)
*"It's Going Down by Parle (2000)
*"I-95" by Styles P feat. Tre Williams (2007)
*"Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey (2007)
*"Love Like This" by Natasha Bedingfield feat. Sean Kingston (2008)
*"Lifes a Bitch" by Elzhi feat. Royce da 5'9 & Stokley Williams (2011)
*"Real" by Common feat. Elijah Blake (2014)
*"Yernin" by Sevyn Streeter (2018)
*"Only God Knows" by D-Flexx (1997)
References
Category:1980 songs
Category:1981 singles
Category:The Gap Band songs
Category:Funk ballads
Category:MCA Records singles
Category:Rhythm and blues ballads
Category:1980s ballads
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