Songoftheday 10/19/19 - My mind is hazy and I'm mixed up, feeling crazy over you let's not waste any time...

"Every Little Thing I Do" - Soul For Real
from the album Candy Rain (1995)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 24

Today's song of the day comes from the soul vocal group Soul For Real, who had landed a big pop hit in the spring of 1995 with their debut single "Candy Rain". For their follow-up, the four Dalyrimple brothers offers the ultra-smooth mid-tempo jam "Every Little Thing I Do". Placed on a sample of the Gap Band's #1 R&B hit from 1983, "Outstanding", the track, written by producers Heavy D and the Trackmasters along with Ray Calhoun and Terri Robinson, was much more than a sum of its parts, with a vibe perfect for the roller rink setting in the video, as brother Chris ("Choc") takes over lead vocals...

"Every Little Thing I Do"  became Soul For Real's second and so far last top-40 pop hit in August of 1995. More surprisingly, the song stopped just short of the R&B top 10 in Billboard at #11. Internationally, the single was a top-40 hit in New Zealand (#28) and the UK (#31), and a minor hit in Australia at #63. A third release from their debut album, "If You Want It", peaked at #53 on the American R&B chart, while only "bubbling under" the pop Hot 100 at #102.

The group returned in 1996 with their second album For Life.... Though produced by Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, the set was a commercial disappointment, with only second single "Love You So" ending up slipping on to the R&B chart at #64, while again "bubbling under" the pop Hot 100 at #117. Leaving Uptown Records to go indie and distributed by dance label Warlock, the brothers returned with their most recent album Heat in 1999. From it the track "Come See Me" which slipped on to the R&B Airplay chart for a week at #73. Since then they've released a few singles but nothing radio or fans have grown to.

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Here's the brothers in concert...

and more recently at the Foxwoods casino in 2017...

Up tomorrow: Stormy weather for these Pennsylvania alternative rockers.