Robbed hit of the week 9/4/17 - Deee-Lite's "Power Of Love"...
from the album World Clique (1990)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #47
This week's "robbed hit" comes from the vivacious dance music trio Deee-Lite, who had landed themselves a top 5 pop hit in America with one of the best club records of the 1990's "Groove Is In The Heart", in the fall of 1990. That sample-heavy party classic was followed by the more straight-on house music jam "Power Of Love". Written by the act's lead singer Lady Miss Kier, DJ Dmitry and Towa Tei, the song was an instant hit in the gay dance clubs where they started...
Although "Power Of Love" spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance Club Play chart, the single stopped short of the pop top-40 in America in February of 1991. (Some say Madonna's similar-sounding "Rescue Me" which was rush-released at around the same time stole its thunder.) It did manage to cross over to become a minor R&B hit at #54. Internationally, the track did get into the top-40 in Britain (#25), Ireland (#21), and New Zealand. Before calling it quits, Deee-Lite racked up another seven club hits, with four of them reaching #1.
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Here's the "Sample-delic" remix that helped the song top the dance club play chart for two weeks...
They performed the song when Deee-Lite appeared on Saturday Night Live...
Deee-Lite : Power of love live 1990 by tartenpion333
...and an early version of "Power Of Love" from 1989, which has the trio cavorting with New York club kids...
Later in 1991, Eurodance act Clubhouse sampled Lady Miss Kier's background vocal "heys" for their own #1 dance hit "Deep In My Heart"...
Finally, here's Deee-Lite proving they're a bonafide live act at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in 1991, with Parliament's Bootsy Collins on bass in the back...
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