Songoftheday 12/23/17 - Take me in your arms caress me gently oh I can't get enough, thrill me say the word I will surrender to your poetic charms...
from the album Ritual Of Love (1991)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 19
Today's song of the day comes from R&B/pop singer Karyn White, whose eponymous debut album had scored her a trio of top ten pop hits with "The Way You Love Me", "Superwoman", and "Secret Rendezvous". In 1991 White released her sophomore effort, Ritual Of Love, and while her first set was dominated by the writing and production team of Babyface and L.A.Reid, eight of this one's twelve songs involved the Minneapolis Flyte Tyme crew of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (the latter she would go on to marry in 1992). This included the first single, "Romantic", which Jam and Lewis created in the Janet Jackson dance-pop mold. Nevertheless, without a current single from Ms. J, radio welcomed the record, and it became Karyn's biggest hit...
"Romantic" climbed all the way to #1 on the American pop chart in November of 1991. The single also topped Billboard's R&B chart for a week, and crossed over to their Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio format list at #37. The remixes on the 12" vinyl/CD single helped it go to #6 on their Dance Club Play list as well. Internationally, the song reached the top-40 in Canada (#16), the UK (#23), and Ireland (#29).
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Here's the edit of the "Candlelight Mix" that helped the track reach the top ten on the dance chart...
...and finally, Karyn live in concert performing the song...
Up tomorrow: A far-fetched metal band goes folksy again for a big hit.
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