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Song#: 0982 Date: 04/03/1982
Debut: 66
Peak: 10
Weeks: 17
Genre: R&B
Pop Bits: Williams scored a gold record with her 1981 album "My Melody." Her follow-up, "Niecy," couldn't sell as much, but did well on the pop chart (#20) thanks to this single that became her first solo pop Top 10. It would be her first solo R&B #1 as well. (Williams had previously scored a #1 on both charts but in duo form - "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" with Johnny Mathis hit #1 in 1978.) Williams would receive a Grammy nod for Best Female R&B Performance for this song.
ReduxReview: This is a terrific revival of a song that didn't really make it the first time around. Sometimes that is the best way to do a cover - do a song that wasn't originally a hit and make it one. Williams sounds so great on this song and her little boo-ap-ap-bop's at the end are so awesome. I'm not sure why the original (see below) didn't make it. That version is really good as well.
ReduxRating: 8/10
Trivia: This song is a remake of the 1965 single put out by the girl group The Royalettes. Their original reached #41 on the pop chart and #28 at R&B. It would be their biggest hit. Singer/songwriter Laura Nyro covered the tune for her 1971 album of the same name. On that album, Nyro would be backed by LaBelle, three years before that trio hit #1 with "Lady Marmalade."
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