It's a Love Thing (The Whispers song)

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"It's a Love Thing"
Single by The Whispers
from the album Imagination
B-side "Girl I Need You"
ReleasedJanuary 1981 (1981-01)
Genre
Length
  • 3:44 (7" version)
  • 5:09 (12" and album version)
Label SOLAR
Songwriter(s)
  • Dana Meyers
  • William Shelby
Producer(s)
The Whispers singles chronology
"Out the Box"
(1980)
"It's a Love Thing"
(1981)
"I Can Make It Better"
(1981)

"It's a Love Thing" is a song by American R&B group The Whispers, released in January 1981 (and in March in the UK) as a single from their album Imagination .

Contents

Reception

Reviewing the song for Record Mirror , James Hamilton described it as "skippable, but distinctive synth tones intro this thunderously smacking 0-117-118-119 bpm 12in smash-bound chunderer with cheerful catchy vocals and, as has been proved beyond question, real grow-on-you appeal". [1]

Music video

The music video features then-unknown actress Daphne Maxwell Reid as a correspondent in Hollywood waiting for the arrival of the group. As Scott gets out of the limousine, she asks him "how does it feel being platinum?", to which he replies "it feels great". She then asks another question and talks to the rest of the group before it cuts to the Whispers performing the song. [2]

Track listings

7"

  1. "It's a Love Thing" – 3:44
  2. "Girl I Need You" – 4:17

12"

  1. "It's a Love Thing" – 5:09
  2. "Girl I Need You" – 4:17

Personnel

The Whispers

Additional musicians

Charts

It peaked at number 2 on Billboard's R&B chart and number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their second and last UK top-ten hit. [3]

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 9
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 12
France (IFOP) [6] 10
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 11
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 9
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 28
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 2
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 4

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