Songoftheday 4/24/18 - I remember how it used to be, you never was this nice you can't fool me...
from the album Funky Divas (1992)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2 (three weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 22
Today's song of the day comes from female soul vocal group En Vogue, whose debut album Born To Sing had landed them two big hits with the #2 single "Hold On" and top-40 follow-up "Lies". The third single from the record, "You Don't Have To Worry", followed the others to the top of Billboard's R&B chart, but stalled down at #57 on the pop Hot 100. A fourth release, "Don't Go", missed the pop chart but did go to #3 R&B. After releasing a remix album (a trend in the late 80s/early 90s), the quartet of Maxine Jones, Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis, and Dawn Robinson recorded their sophomore effort Funky Divas. The first single from the record would be the ultra-sassy jam "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)". Written by their producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, with a prominent sample of James Brown's "The Payback" as a percussive base, the track brought their even more mainstream success, and eventually a drag queen lipsynch anthem...
"My Lovin'" became En Vogue's second single to reach the runner-up spot on the American pop chart in May of 1992. The song also was their fourth to top Billboard's R&B chart, spending two weeks there, while the remixes on the 12" single helped the track climb to #8 on their Dance Club Play chart. Internationally, the single reached the top ten in the UK (#4), Ireland (#9), and the Netherlands (#10). It also made the top-40 in New Zealand (#11), Austria (#13), Switzerland (#16), Belgium (#17), Sweden (#19), Germany (#23), France (#34), and Australia (#36). The Funky Divas album earned them a second Grammy nomination for R&B Duo/Group Vocal Performance (which like the previous year's loss went to Boyz II Men). The music video for "My Lovin'" did won and MTV Music Video Award for best choreography.
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Here's the "Theo's Cheaptrick Remix" that helped the song reach the top ten on the dance chart...
And the women performing live at the MTV Music Video Awards...
...and again on Saturday Night Live...
En Vogue | My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) & Hold On | SNL from En Vogue Craze on Vimeo.
Back to the group reuniting in 2009...
Up tomorrow: Canadian rocker saw "the light", possibly.
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