I Want Your Love (Chic song)

"I Want Your Love" is a song by American band Chic from their second album C'est Chic (1978). Featuring a solo lead vocal by Alfa Anderson, the song went on to become a very successful follow-up^[2] to their iconic "Le Freak".

Critical reception

"[The song] swirls around a tricky horn-and-strings riff that builds and builds until the track practically levitates," Rolling Stone stated.^[3] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier called the song a "timeless floor-filler" and a "dancefloor anthem."^[4] Amy Hanson from AllMusic:

Chic's smooth, up-tempo follow-up to their searing disco epic "Le Freak," "I Want Your Love" was a chart-topper in its own right in early 1979. And while it may not have been as commercially heart-stopping as the former, it was a stunning, and often better, example of just how easily Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers could magic a song together.

Simple, yet extraordinarily textured, this is Rodgers' autobiographical and bittersweet lament of an unrequited love. Dominant here is the song's four-note riff, which plays out across the intro on bells before being swept up in the lilting strings which ultimately drive the melody. Echoed by both horns and vocals, the slightly melancholy refrain "I want your love, I need your love" was the passionate repetition that made the song so endearing an unending circle -- a sonic masterpiece.^[5]

Chart performance

In the United States, "I Want Your Love" peaked at #7 (#5 soul) on the Billboard pop chart in May 1979. The song remained on the charts for 19 weeks. In United Kingdom the song reached #4 (the highest position of any Chic singles) and spent 11 weeks on the charts.

Covers and uses in the media

Paul Rutherford (formerly of Frankie Goes to Hollywood), covered "I Want Your Love" on his 1989 solo album, "Oh World".
Former Today member Big Bub sampled the song "Need Your Love" featuring Queen Latifah and Heavy D from the 1997 album, Timeless.
Electronica musician, Ali Love, covered the song as part of his 2007 Secret Sunday Lover EP.
R&B dance musician, Quentin Elias, also covered the song for his forthcoming untitled album in 2010.
In 1999 Navigators a late 1990s Swedish R&B hip hop duo released their third and most successful single "Superstar" which reached number 20 in Swedish Singles Chart and stayed there for 11 weeks. In the single "Superstar", Jassy and Avellán sampled bassline from "I Want Your Love".
Singer/musician Jody Watley recorded "I Want Your Love" as part of her 2006 album,The Makeover.^[6] Watley's version was released as a single in 2007 ^[7] and reached #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart for the week of June 16, 2007. The Watley cover was produced by DJ Spinna and featured Nile Rodgers on guitar. Chic co-founder (and co-writer of "I Want Your Love"), Bernard Edwards, had previously produced a massive hit for Watley in the form of her 1987 single, "Don't You Want Me".
Sampled in the 2010 song "Fashion Beats" by The Black Eyed Peas off their album The Beginning.
In 2015, Lady Gaga and Nile Rodgers recorded a version of this song for Tom Ford's Spring/Summer 2016 promotional video which directed by Nick Knight, Ford first asked Rodgers to update the song and then recruited Gaga to provide vocals on the track. The video was first released on Ford's official site.^[8]^[9]

Track listing and formats

7" vinyl single

A. "I Want Your Love" – 3:28
B. "(Funny) Bone" – 3:41

12" vinyl single

A. "I Want Your Love" – 6:53
B. "(Funny) Bone" – 3:41

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	81
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[10]	21
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	10
Canada Top Disco Singles (RPM)	3
Germany (Official German Charts)^[11]	27
Ireland (IRMA)^[12]	20
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[13]	14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[14]	14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[15]	15
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[16]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[17]	7
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[18]	9
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[19]	5
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[20]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)^[21]	Gold	1,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "45cat - Chic - I Want Your Love / (Funny) Bone - Atlantic - USA - 3557". 45cat. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
↑ "I Want Your Love". All Music.
↑ "Chic: C'est Chic: Music Review". Rolling Stone. 2003. Archived from the original on March 16, 2008.
↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "I Want Your Love: Music Review". All Music.
↑ Hanson, Amy. "I Want Your Love: Music Review". All Music.
↑ "Jody Watley - The Makeover (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
↑ "Jody Watley - I Want Your Love (The Remixes) (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
↑ Kreps, Daniel (2 October 2015). "Watch Lady Gaga, Nile Rodgers Update Chic's 'I Want Your Love'". Rolling Stone.
↑ Mettler, Mike (2016-01-01). "Interview: Riot City on Recutting Lady Gaga for Tom Ford". Digital Trends. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Chic – I Want Your Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Chic – I Want Your Love". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Want Your Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Chic search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Chic – I Want Your Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Chic – I Want Your Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Chic: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Chic – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Chic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Chic – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Chic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Chic – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Chic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "Chic – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Chic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
↑ "American single certifications – Chic – I Want Your Love". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 6, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Chic

Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers Tony Thompson Nathaniel S. Hardy, Jr. Omar Hakim Robert Sabino Sylver Logan Sharp Luther Vandross Norma Jean Wright

Studio albums	Chic (1977) C'est Chic (1978) Risqué (1979) Real People (1980) Take It Off (1981) Soup For One (1982) Tongue in Chic (1982) Believer (1983) Chic-ism (1992)

Live albums	Live at the Budokan (1999) A Night in Amsterdam (2006)

Produced by Chic	Norma Jean Wright: Norma Jean (1978) Sister Sledge: We Are Family (1979) Sheila and B. Devotion: King of the World (1980) Sister Sledge: Love Somebody Today (1980) Diana Ross: diana (1980) Debbie Harry: KooKoo (1981) Johnny Mathis: I Love My Lady (1981, unreleased)

Main compilations	Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988) Megachic: Best of Chic (1990) Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991) The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992) Everybody Dance (1995) Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997) The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999) The Very Best of Chic (2000) Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005) The Definitive Groove Collection (2006) Up All Night (2013)

Notable singles	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" "Everybody Dance" "Le Freak" "I Want Your Love" "Good Times" "My Forbidden Lover" "My Feet Keep Dancing" "Rebels Are We" "Real People" "Stage Fright" "Soup for One" "Hangin'" "Chic Mystique" "I'll Be There"

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Jody Watley

Studio albums	Jody Watley (1987) Larger Than Life (1989) Affairs of the Heart (1991) Intimacy (1993) Affection (1995) Flower (1998) The Saturday Night Experience (1999) Midnight Lounge (2001) The Makeover (2006)

Compilations	Greatest Hits (1996)

Remix albums	You Wanna Dance with Me? (1989) Remixes of Love (1994)

Singles	"Looking for a New Love" "Still a Thrill" "Don't You Want Me" "Some Kind of Lover" "Most of All" "Real Love" "Friends" "Everything" "Precious Love" "I Want You" "I'm the One You Need" "It All Begins with You" "Your Love Keeps Working on Me" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Ecstasy" "Affection" "Off the Hook" "Looking for a New Love" "Borderline" "I Want Your Love"

Featured singles	"This Is for the Lover in You" (w/ Babyface feat. LL Cool J, Howard Hewett & Jeffrey Daniel)

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The Fame	"Just Dance" "LoveGame" "Paparazzi" "Poker Face" "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich"

The Fame Monster	"Bad Romance" "Alejandro" "Monster" "Speechless" "Dance in the Dark" "Telephone" "So Happy I Could Die" "Teeth"

Born This Way	"Marry the Night" "Born This Way" "Government Hooker" "Judas" "Americano" "Hair" "Scheiße" "Electric Chapel" "You and I" "The Edge of Glory"

Artpop	"Aura" "Venus" "G.U.Y." "Sexxx Dreams" "Do What U Want" "Artpop" "Swine" "Dope" "Gypsy" "Applause"

Cheek to Cheek	"Anything Goes" "Cheek to Cheek" "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" "Nature Boy" "Goody Goody" "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" "I Won't Dance" "They All Laughed" "Lush Life" "Let's Face the Music and Dance" "But Beautiful" "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" "The Lady's in Love with You" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"

Joanne	"A-Yo" "Joanne" "Perfect Illusion" "Million Reasons"

Collaborations	"Chillin" "Video Phone" (remix) "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" "The Lady Is a Tramp"

Non-album songs	"Christmas Tree" "Winter Wonderland" "Til It Happens to You" "I Want Your Love"

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