The Lover in Me (song)

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"The Lover in Me"
The Lover in Me 12-inch cover.jpg
Single by Sheena Easton
from the album The Lover in Me
Released11 October 1988
Genre Dance-pop [1]
Length
  • 5:01 (album version)
  • 6:59 (extended version)
Label MCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sheena Easton singles chronology
"Eternity"
(1987)		"The Lover in Me"
(1988)		"Days Like This"
(1989)
Music video
"The Lover in Me" on YouTube

"The Lover in Me" is a song by Scottish singer Sheena Easton for her ninth studio album of the same name (1988). Released as the album's lead single on 11 October 1988, the song became Easton's first top-20 hit in the United Kingdom after a seven-year hiatus. The song was also Easton's final top-10 single on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Contents

"The Lover in Me" was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid and Daryl Simmons, and produced by Reid and Babyface, who were at the peak of their success at the time as a songwriting and production team.

Chart performance

"The Lover in Me" reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming her biggest hit there since "9 to 5 (Morning Train)", and it stayed on the chart for 25 weeks. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart. [2]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "The Lover in Me" was directed by Dominic Sena and features Easton singing and dancing in a nightclub.

Track listings

7-inch single and cassette single [3] [4] [5]

  1. "The Lover in Me" – 4:10
  2. "The Lover in Me" (instrumental) – 4:10

Standard 12-inch single [6]

A1. "The Lover in Me" (extended version) – 6:59
B1. "The Lover in Me" (radio edit) – 5:20
B2. "The Lover in Me" (instrumental) – 6:59

UK 12-inch and mini-CD single [7] [8]

A1. "The Lover in Me" (extended version) – 6:55
B1. "The Lover in Me" (instrumental) – 6:55
B2. "The Lover in Me" (bassapella) – 5:13

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States11 October 1988
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • cassette
 MCA [ citation needed ]
Japan28 November 1988Mini-CD [27]
United Kingdom9 January 1989
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [28]

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