Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)

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"Sweet Love"
Sweet Love by Anita Baker US vinyl.jpg
A-side label of U.S. vinyl pressing
Single by Anita Baker
from the album Rapture
B-side "Watch Your Step"
Released1986
Recorded1985
Genre
Length4:26
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Michael J. Powell
Anita Baker singles chronology
"Feel the Need"
(1984)		"Sweet Love"
(1986)		"Caught Up in the Rapture"
(1986)
Alternative release
Sweet Love - Anita Baker.jpg
Cover art for German vinyl pressings, [4] distributed in continental Europe

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Silver200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

M-Beat version

British jungle musician M-Beat covered the song in 1994 with singer Nazlyn on vocals. This version peaked at No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart. [20]

Fierce version

British R&B female trio Fierce covered the song in 1999 which appears on their debut album Right Here Right Now. It was released as a single in 2000 with new production by Stargate, titled "Sweet Love 2K". This version peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. [21]

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 111–110. ISBN   0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
  2. ↑ "80 best love songs of the 1980s". Cleveland. August 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ Moon, Tom (28 August 2008). "Anita Baker - Rapture". 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 39–40. ISBN   9-780761-139638.
  4. ↑ "Sweet Love" by Anita Baker. Photo by Mark Weiss. Elektra Records. 7": catalog no. 969 557-7. 12": Catalog no. 966 845-0. "Manufactured in Germany by Record Serve GmbH."
  5. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  6. 1 2 "Anita Baker: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0751." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Anita Baker - Sweet Love". songbpm.com. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  9. ↑ Easlea, Daryl (2010). "BBC Review - Baker's career high is an 80s equivalent of Dusty in Memphis". BBC . Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  10. 1 2 "【Best R&B Song】&【Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female】- The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (1986)". The Recording Academy . Archived from the original on February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "Anita Baker - Sweet Love (Song)". Hung Medien . Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 8219." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
  13. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sweet Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Anita Baker – Sweet Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100 - Week of November 1, 1986", Billboard, November 1, 1986, retrieved June 13, 2024
  16. ↑ "Anita Baker Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Anita Baker Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart - 1986". Music Outfitters. 1986. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  19. ↑ "British single certifications – Anita Baker – Sweet Love". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  20. ↑ "M-Beat feat. Nazlyn". Official Charts .
  21. ↑ "Fierce - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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