Native Love (Step by Step)

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"Native Love (Step By Step)"
Single by Divine
from the album Jungle Jezebel
Released1982
Genre Hi-NRG [1]
Label Break Records
Songwriter(s) Bobby Orlando
Producer(s) Bobby Orlando
Divine singles chronology
"Born To Be Cheap"
(1981)
"Native Love (Step By Step)"
(1982)
"Shoot Your Shot"
(1982)
Audio
"Native Love (Step by Step)" on YouTube

"Native Love (Step By Step)" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1982. The song also appeared on Divine's first album, Jungle Jezebel (titled My First Album in some territories), in 1982 [2] [3] and was later reissued on the 1984 compilation album The Story So Far . [4] It was produced by Bobby Orlando.

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Chart performance

"Native Love (Step By Step)" became Divine's first single to chart on the Dutch Singles Chart. It debuted at #37 before climbing to and peaking at #28 in its second week. The song spent a total of 11 weeks on the chart. [5]

"Native Love (Step By Step)" remains Divine's highest charting song on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs, where it peaked at #21.

Track listing

  1. "Native Love (Step By Step) (Dance Mix)" - 5:10
  2. "Native Love (Step By Step) (Remixed Version/ USA Remix)" - 8:13

Song usage

"Native Love (Step By Step)" was used in the movie An Englishman in New York . [7]

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
Position
Dutch Singles Chart [8] 28
U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs [9] 21

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