The Sweetest Love

"The Sweetest Love"
Single by Robin Thicke
from the album Something Else
Released	September 9, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	R&B soul smooth jazz
Length	3:55
Label	Interscope Star Trak
Songwriter(s)	Robin Thicke
Producer(s)	Robin Thicke
Robin Thicke singles chronology
"Magic" (2008) "The Sweetest Love" (2008) "Sex Therapy" (2009)

"The Sweetest Love" is a song by American R&B singer Robin Thicke. The R&B ballad is the follow-up single to the moderately successful "Magic" and is the second official single from Something Else . The song was released to radio on September 9, 2008.

Charts

The single charted on various amounts of Billboard charts in late November/early December 2008 and peaked at #20 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. While successful on many other Billboard R&B charts, "The Sweetest Love" has not been successful on many mainstream or pop charts. For example, the single has only peaked at #5 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart, (which would actually be equivalent to #105 if the Hot 100 singles went beyond 100 positions).

Chart positions

Chart (2008–09)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	5
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	20
U.S. Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop	35
U.S. Billboard Adult R&B Songs [1]	2
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay [2]	20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay [3]	75

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [4]	72

Music video

The music video premiered on Yahoo! Music on November 13 and later was released on MTV's TRL . ^[5] It shows Thicke playing the piano, and at bed with model Jessica White. It was directed by fashion photographer Marc Baptiste.

References

1. "The Sweetest Love, Robin Thicke, Adult R&B". Billboard.com/biz. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
2. "The Sweetest Love, Robin Thicke, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay". Billboard.com/biz. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
3. "The Sweetest Love, Robin Thicke, Hot 100 Airplay". Billboard.com/biz. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
4. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
5. "Premieres on Yahoo! Music". Archived from the original on 2008-01-10. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

External links

• Robin Thicke - "The Sweetest Love" music video