Love Sneakin' Up On You

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"Love Sneakin' Up On You"
LoveSneakinUponYouBonnieRaitt.jpg
Single by Bonnie Raitt
from the album Longing in Their Hearts
B-side "Hell to Pay"
ReleasedMarch 1994 (1994-03)
Length3:39
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bonnie Raitt singles chronology
"All at Once"
(1993)
"Love Sneakin' Up On You"
(1994)
"You"
(1994)

"Love Sneakin' Up On You" is a song by American blues singer Bonnie Raitt. Released in March 1994 from her 12th album, Longing in Their Hearts (1994), the song topped Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart for three weeks and reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also charted in Germany and the United Kingdom. In 1995, it was nominated for both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. [1] Meiert Avis directed the song's music video. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Fell and Rufer from the Gavin Report wrote, "Bonnie gets up and down with this funky preface to her next album, Longing In Their Hearts. How great it is to have a beat-driven fresh track from one of our format's icons." [3]

Track listings

  1. "Love Sneakin' Up On You" – 3:39
  2. "Hell to Pay" – 4:02
  1. "Love Sneakin' Up On You" – 3:39
  2. "Nick of Time" – 3:52
  3. "Baby Mine" – 3:14
  4. "Hell to Pay" – 4:02

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesFebruary 28, 1994 Capitol [22]
March 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
[23]
United KingdomMarch 28, 1994
  • CD
  • cassette
[24]
JapanMarch 30, 1994Mini-CD EMI Japan [25]

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