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What Is Love (En Vogue song)

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Wikipedia article




"'What Is Love'" was the final single from En Vogue's second album, 'Funky Divas'. The song was not released commercially, but was instead shipped to dance clubs across the United States. "What Is Love" reached the Top 10 of the US dance charts. The song appeared again in 1993 as part of the group's 'Runaway Love' EP. This was the only song En Vogue produced for market featuring Maxine Jones and Cindy Herron sharing lead vocals. It was initially to be included on 'Remix to Sing' as a new song, but missed the production deadline and was added to 'Funky Divas'.

Critical reception



Larry Flick from 'Billboard' called the song "the only house-minded moment" on 'Funky Divas', adding that it "has been nicely retouched with a thick'n'chewy underground groove by Mentalinstrum, who is better known as a member of the Smack Productions posse. He has done a fine job of taking the song to interesting new depths, while wisely keeping those nifty vocals front and center at all times." Arion Berger from 'Entertainment Weekly' said the album "has an awkward charm", especially on "What Is Love", "in which they archly recite dictionary definitions of the word." Pop Rescue noted that "parts of this song" reminds "a bit of Deee-Lites What Is Love?, pieces of Madonnas Vogue, Ce Ce Peniston and Kym Sims." They added that "the vocals really belt out here, and at times, it doesnt sound very much like En Vogue amongst all the spoken word sections, and sampled bits." Cheo H. Coker from 'Stanford Daily' described the song as "a house groove" with "a rather funky, upbeat note", and added that it "will also be a commercial success."

Charts



References



Category:1993 singles

Category:En Vogue songs

Category:1992 songs

Category:Songs written by Denzil Foster

Category:Songs written by Thomas McElroy

Category:East West Records singles


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