In the United States,"I'll Be Your Shelter" reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada,it topped the RPM 100 Singles chart on the week dated August 4,1990,becoming Dayne's only chart-topper there. Outside North America,the song reached number four in Australia,number 33 in New Zealand,and number 43 in the United Kingdom. Billboard ranked the track Warren's 22nd-biggest hit on the Hot 100 as a songwriter.[1]
Background and release
According to Clive Davis in his autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life,he first heard the track when writer Diane Warren played him three demos of her compositions.[2] It also was the same day Warren found out American singer Tina Turner had declined to record the track,which had upset Warren. She said in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits,"So I said,'Well I'm going to show them. I'm going to get it cut by somebody else.' [...] I played him 'I'll Be Your Shelter' and he freaked. He thought it would be good for Taylor Dayne."[3]
Critical reception
People Magazine wrote that Dayne had "the spirit and rhythmic sense" to turn the track into a "vivacious party track," although they did note Wake's production as too similar to country rock band Lone Justice's track "Shelter".[4] Steven Daly from Spin called it "a brazen move onto Tina Turner's tuff turf" although saying that the track "almost stalls thanks to some ham-fisted synth bass and clumsy drums."[5]
Chart performance
In the United States,"I'll Be Your Shelter" was Dayne's seventh consecutive (and final) top-10 single on the Billboard Hot 100,where it peaked at number four in 1990.[6] On the Billboardyear-end chart for 1990,the track was ranked at number 63.[7] The song also reached number one in Canada for one week in August 1990 and peaked at number four in Australia.[8][9]
↑ I'll Be Your Shelter (Canadian cassette single sleeve). Taylor Dayne. Arista Records, BMG Music Canada. 1990. CAS-2005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ I'll Be Your Shelter (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Taylor Dayne. Arista Records. 1990. 612 996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ I'll Be Your Shelter (German maxi-CD single liner notes). Taylor Dayne. Arista Records. 1990. 662 996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ I'll Be Your Shelter (UK CD single liner notes). Taylor Dayne. Arista Records. 1990. 663 211.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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