Who Do You Love (Bernard Wright song)

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"Who Do You Love"
Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love single cover.jpg
Single by Bernard Wright
from the album Mr. Wright
Released1985 (1985)
Recorded1985 (1985)
Genre R&B
Length4:16
Label Manhattan
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Lenny White
  • Marcus Miller [2]
Bernard Wright singles chronology
"Video Generation"
(1983)
"Who Do You Love"
(1985)
"After You"
(1985)
Music video
"Who Do You Love" on VH1.com

"Who Do You Love" is a song performed by American contemporary R&B singer Bernard Wright, co-written [1] by Wright and Lenny White. The song was issued as the first single from Wright's third studio album Mr. Wright . The song was his highest chart appearance on the Billboard R&B chart, peaking at #6 in 1985. [3] [4] The female vocalist was Marla Adler.

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"Who Do You Love" was covered by co-writer Lenny White in 1995 [5] as well as gospel group Winans Phase 2 in 1999. Since the song's release, it has been sampled in numerous songs: "Never Been in Love B4" by Shinehead, "If It Ain't Love" by Tichina Arnold, "Tell Me (I'll Be Around)" by Shades, "Who Is a Thug" by Big Pun, and "Is It Kool?" by Luniz; as well as in the remix of "Loungin" by LL Cool J. [6] The song was regarded as Wright's most significant R&B appearance. [7]

The official music video for the song was directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński. [8]

Chart positions

Chart (1985) [3] Peak
position
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales ( Billboard )44
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)6

References

  1. 1 2 "Who Do You Love - Bernard Wright | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  2. "Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs . Zink Media. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Bernard Wright | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  4. Company, Johnson Publishing (1985-12-30). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company.{{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. "Present Tense - Lenny White | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  6. "Who Do You Love - Bernard Wright | WhoSampled". WhoSampled . Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  7. Neog, Anupal Sraban (2022-05-21). "Who was Bernard Wright? Tributes pour in as Roberta Flack's godson dies aged 58". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  8. Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - Bernard Wright - "Who do you love?"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 17, 2015.