Songoftheday 7/23/12 - Like the sun I rise and shine, with last night on my mind...

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Jermaine Jackson (Featuring Devo) - "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy"
from the album Let Me Tickle Your Fancy (1982)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #18 (two weeks)
Weeks in the top-40: 7

Today's Song of the Day is by Jackson brother Jermaine, and his foray into New Wave. Jermaine started the 80s with a bang, courtesy of a top-10 pop hit, "Let's Get Serious", from the top-10 LP of the same name. However, two rush-released followups, Jermaine and I Like Your Style, which failed to even place a top-40 pop hit (though collectively they scored three top-40 R&B hits).

So, for the next album in 1982, Berry Gordy got new-wave it-band Devo (of "Whip It" fame) to back Jackson up on "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy", an electronic jam that made the US top-20...


ahh, Fred Travalena.

"Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" not only scored a needed pop hit for Jackson, but he returned to the top-5 of the R&B chart with the song, as well as making the dance club chart (#24). However, Jackson would leave Motown and Gordy after this record, and return in 1984 with a self-titled album that gave him even bigger hits.

Up Tomorrow: the guy with "the other woman" seeks release.

Comments

John said…
I was never that big a fan of this track, but the next album was where Jermaine caught my attention.
7/23/2012 2:29 PM
twostepcub said…
heh heh actually I'm a little fonder of this than I was originally, probably since my sister had the album on cassette and would play it all the time. It still isn't his best, but coming off "Lets Get Serious" how could he? Yeah, the next album of his rocked, that'll be coming up way down the road.
7/23/2012 5:27 PM
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