I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)

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"I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)"
Single by Kashif
from the album Kashif
B-side "Instrumental Version"
Released1982
Genre Post-disco, R&B
Length
  • 3:46(single version)
  • 4:50 (expanded version)
  • 5:48 (album & 12" version)
Label Arista Records
Songwriter(s) Kashif
Producer(s)
  • Kashif
  • Morrie Brown
Kashif singles chronology
"I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)"
(1982)
"Stone Love"
(1983)

"I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)" is a song by Kashif, released as a single in 1982 on Arista Records. This was the first single from his 1983 self-titled debut album. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Critical reception

Craig Lytle of AllMusic exclaimed, Kashif's "urgent delivery oozes with vibrancy accompanied by a poppin' rhythm arrangement and some solid change-ups." [5]

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ( Billboard )103
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard) [6] 5
US Disco Top 80 (Billboard) [6] 28
UK Singles Chart [7] 79

References

  1. Kalia, Ammar (October 4, 2016). "Cult heroes: Kashif – inspirational pioneer of boogie and R&B". The Guardian . Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  2. "Dit zijn de beste producties van Kashif". NPO Radio 2 . September 12, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  3. Anderson-Rich, Louis (June 4, 2018). "10 early-80s post-disco tracks that helped inspire house". Mixmag . Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  4. Blues & Soul: Issues 538-551. Napfield Limited. 1989. p. 34. Retrieved April 30, 2021 via Google Books.
  5. Lytle, Craig. "Kashif (1983): album review". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Kashif - Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. "Chart History of "I Just Gotta Have You" (Official Singles Chart)". Official Charts. 19 March 1983. Retrieved 19 August 2025.