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About This Track
“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.
Setting
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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supersteveme wrote:
another untimely death
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KeithJones wrote:
Beautiful song [2]
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Nochek wrote:
lOve.
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Rafa-Music wrote:
401.989 scrobbles 115.923 ouvintes
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ToshMcArmchair wrote:
A very special lady, what a tune??
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R4f4el wrote:
398.995 scrobbles 115.230 ouvintes
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Cazweigun wrote:
Beautiful song.
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murjanb wrote:
the high pitches can shatter glass but this is a very pretty song though :)
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LTL71 wrote:
"La La La La La...."
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setarossa wrote:
every day of my life...
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LeRoyUSBanker wrote:
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...
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Nothing2Waste wrote:
unbelieveable.. a wonderful voice :D
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IanAR wrote:
Orig' MV: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg
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needmymusictoda wrote:
❤!
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LychardFlowers wrote:
BEAUTIFUL
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Rafa-Music wrote:
epic
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tettigonia wrote:
definitely too sweet....♥
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dannygrl wrote:
gives me chill
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LadyEhab wrote:
I think is the most beautiful voice I've ever heard. She and Barbara Striesand have voices only an angel can have. RIP Minnie
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ImogeneMeek wrote:
This song is kick a**. Makes me want to rock hard!!!
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