"Night Time Lover" | ||||
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Single by La Toya Jackson featuring Michael Jackson | ||||
from the album La Toya Jackson | ||||
B-side | "Lovely Is She" | |||
Released | 1980 | |||
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Length | 4:22 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Michael Jackson | |||
La Toya Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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Michael Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
"Night Time Lover" is the second single by American singer La Toya Jackson, from her eponymous debut (1980). The track was produced and co-written by her brother, fellow American singer Michael Jackson, who provides co-lead vocals on the chorus. They originally wrote the song for Donna Summer under the title "Fire Is the Feeling".[1]
Bobby DeBarge of American musical band Switch, La Toya's love interest at the time, wrote the 1980 song "You and I" in response. The song begins: "You know, I was listening to the radio the other day, and I heard the words that you said, that I'm your night time lover."[2]
La Toya performed the song on the November 10, 1980 episode of the Dutch TV program TopPop and a month later on the December 13 episode of American Bandstand.[3]
On the online music database AllMusic, editor Justin Kantor provides the following description to the song: "Another primer is 'Night Time Lover,' a softly seductive, simultaneously kinetic number produced by brother Michael."[4]
Charts
Chart (1980–1981) | Peak position |
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US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[5] | 59 |
References
- ↑ "Jet - Google Boeken". Johnson Publishing Company. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "Switch You And I Lyrics". Justsomelyrics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "American Bandstand Jimmy Hall / LaToya Jackson Season 24, Episode 6, Aired 12/13/80". TV.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ "La Toya Jackson", AllMusic.
- ↑ "La Toya Jackson Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-10.