Such a Wicked Love

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"Such a Wicked Love"
Single by La Toya Jackson
from the album La Toya
B-side "Does It Really Matter"
Released1988
Genre
Length5:33
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Curt Bedeau
  • Gerry Charles
  • Hugh L. Clarke
  • Brian George
  • Lucien George
  • Paul George
Producer(s) Full Force
La Toya Jackson singles chronology
"You're Gonna Get Rocked!"
(1988)
"Such a Wicked Love"
(1988)
"You Blew"
(1988)

"Such a Wicked Love" is a song by American singer La Toya Jackson from her fifth album La Toya . A remix, produced by hip-hop production team Full Force, was released on a 12" single in the U.S. The album track "Does It Really Matter" was included as a B-side.

To promote the single, Jackson set up a hotline where fans could phone in to hear the song. Jackson's hotline, an early form of podcasting, reached 20,000 listeners per day. [1]

Jackson debuted "Such a Wicked Love" on "Bob Hope's Easter Vacation in the Bahamas", screened on March 25, 1989. [2] Broadcaster NBC's Standards and Practices department censored Jackson's performance, deeming her dance moves "too prurient" for prime time television. [3]

Jackson performed the song in Puerto Vallarta for Mexican television and in Caracas for the Venezuelan television program "Only For Men" in March 1989. [4] [5] The number was also part of her September 1989 Sizzling Spectacular concert on pay-per-view at Bally's Reno.

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