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Minnie Riperton – Lovin' You (3:39)

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“Lovin’ You” is a 1975 hit single by Minnie Riperton. The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 5,1975, #2 in the UK, and #3 on the R&B charts in the US. The song is especially noteworthy due to the unusually high pitches that Riperton reaches during the song.

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It was the fourth single from the album Perfect Angel (1974). The song is notable for Riperton’s use of the whistle register. While it is believed that “Lovin’ You” was the first song to reach number one without the help of a percussion instrument, “Yesterday” by The Beatles accomplished this feat ten years earlier.

According to the liner notes from Riperton’s compilation CD Petals, the melody for “Lovin’ You” was created as a distraction for her daughter (Maya Rudolph) when she was a baby so that Minnie and her husband Richard could hang out. Maya was in the studio with her mother on the day the song was recorded and Riperton can be heard singing her daughter’s name at the end of the song.
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  • rubita10840

    This is best song ever written for a SNL cast member.

    last month

  • frogdog97

    a voice that sounds the way you feel when truely in love

    last month

  • smoothwoman

    Lovely!

    last month

  • RussellChap

    this tune is a bit twee but I like it so there

    February 2012

  • supersteveme

    another untimely death

    February 2012

  • KeithJones

    Beautiful song [2]

    December 2011

  • Nochek

    lOve.

    December 2011

  • Rafa-Music

    401.989 scrobbles 115.923 ouvintes

    December 2011

  • ToshMcArmchair

    A very special lady, what a tune??

    November 2011

  • R4f4el

    398.995 scrobbles 115.230 ouvintes

    November 2011

  • Cazweigun

    Beautiful song.

    November 2011

  • murjanb

    the high pitches can shatter glass but this is a very pretty song though :)

    November 2011

  • LTL71

    "La La La La La...."

    November 2011

  • setarossa

    every day of my life...

    October 2011

  • LeRoyUSBanker

    Miss Minnie Riperton, the Perfect Angel-Adventures in Paradise was first played on WBLS (107.5 NYC) back in 1971, it was an "instant" Hit and went National. We all were devestated to learn of her rare illness and death. Here is any person who passed to soon. Her music will always be with me...I was the Record Librarian @ WBLS at the time...

    October 2011

  • Nothing2Waste

    unbelieveable.. a wonderful voice :D

    October 2011

  • IanAR

    Orig' MV: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg

    October 2011

  • needmymusictoda

    ❤!

    October 2011

  • LychardFlowers

    BEAUTIFUL

    October 2011

  • Rafa-Music

    epic

    October 2011
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