A Little Bit of Love
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"A Little Bit of Love" is a song and music video performed and produced by drag
Drag queen
A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and...

 icon RuPaul
RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles , best known as simply RuPaul, is an American actor, drag queen, model, author, and singer-songwriter, who first became widely known in the 1990s when he appeared in a wide variety of television programs, films, and musical albums. Previously, he was a fixture on the Atlanta...

 and released on February 25, 1997. This was the second single released from the Foxy Lady
Foxy Lady (RuPaul album)
-Chart positions:-Personnel:*Pete Lorimer Arranger, Producer*Richard "Humpty" Vission Arranger, Producer*Rachel Gutek Art Direction, Design*Diana Germano Assistant Engineer*Jason Perez Assistant Engineer*Charles Barwick Engineer...

 album. The song was written by RuPaul and Joe Carrano and released through Rhino Records and features guest vocals by Vicki Sue Robinson.

The song reached number twenty-eight on the Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 chart in th US. The CD single contained six remixes: Welcome's Extended Original Mix, Moretta Electro-Funk Mix, Welcome's Sly Vocal Extended Mix, Hot Mix Version Mix, Moretta Love Beats Mix, and the Edge Factor Dub Mix.

The single's music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 depicted RuPaul along with female impersonator Jazzmun
Jazzmun
Jazzmun is the stage name of Nichcalo Dion Crayton , an American actor and nightclub performer specializing in female impersonation in the Los Angeles area.-Background:...

 and transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....

 cabaret performer Candis Cayne
Candis Cayne
Candis Cayne is an American actress and performance artist.Known in the New York City nightclub scene since the 1990s, Cayne came to national attention in 2007 for portraying transgender mistress Carmelita on ABC's prime time drama Dirty Sexy Money...

 as aliens out to conquer the world. The video received a GLAAD Media Award
GLAAD Media Awards
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives...

 nomination for "Best Video of 1998." The clip, directed by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, was in included on RuPaul's Work It Girl compilation DVD.

RuPaul performed the song that same year on The Ricki Lake Show
Ricki Lake (talk show)
Ricki Lake was the first daytime tabloid talk show hosted by American actress Ricki Lake.The show specialized in sensationalist topics involving invited guests and incorporated questions and comments from a studio audience...

.

Track listings

  • A Little Bit Of Love 12" Vinyl promo (PR 7221)
  1. A Little Bit Of Love (Plastik Vocal) (7:44)
  2. A Little Bit Of Love (Edge Factor Dub) (7:30)
  3. A Little Bit Of Love (Welcome's Sly Vocal Extended Mix) (7:32)
  4. A Little Bit Of Love (Welcome's Extended Original Mix) (7:07)

Chart performance

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Chart (1997) Peak
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