Love and Affection
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"Love and Affection" is a song by Joan Armatrading
. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records
, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart
in November 1976. One of her best known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad... an instant classic." It appeared on her eponymous third album
. The male backing vocal, which has been described as a "honeyed baritone", was performed by American actor and singer Clarke Peters
.The song has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection: Classics 1975-1983.
covered "Love and Affection" on her 1984 Platinum album A Private Heaven
.
Martha Davis
(of the Motels) and Sly Stone
perform a duet of the song which appeared on the 1986 soundtrack for Soul Man
.
In 1990 American singer Sinitta covered the song. It was produced by Barry Anthony Andrews and released as a non-album single. The single peaked at #62 in the UK.
Melissa Etheridge
performed the song in 1996, live on the VH1 channel, with Joan Osborne
, Paula Cole
, Jewel
and a backing band.
The song was covered by Two Nice Girls
in a medley with the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane
" and later by Courtney Pine
and Kele Le Roc
and appeared on the Jazz Album 2003.
In 2001, it was heavily sampled by the artist Mr Pink presents The Program and released on Manifesto records, with the same title, as a dance track.
Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist...
. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in November 1976. One of her best known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad... an instant classic." It appeared on her eponymous third album
Joan Armatrading (album)
Joan Armatrading is the third studio album from the British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading.Released in 1976, it was Armatrading's first taste of chart success and included her sole Top 10 hit single "Love and Affection"...
. The male backing vocal, which has been described as a "honeyed baritone", was performed by American actor and singer Clarke Peters
Clarke Peters
Clarke Peters is an American actor, singer, writer and director best known for his role as Detective Lester Freamon on the HBO drama The Wire.-Early life:...
.The song has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection: Classics 1975-1983.
Other versions
Sheena EastonSheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
covered "Love and Affection" on her 1984 Platinum album A Private Heaven
A Private Heaven
A Private Heaven, released in 1984, was the sixth album release by Scottish singer Sheena Easton. Released by EMI America, the album featured the US Top 10 hit singles "Strut" and "Sugar Walls." A third single, "Swear", reached #80. The album itself reached US #15 and sold one million copies,...
.
Martha Davis
The Motels
The Motels are a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area best known for "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and 1983, respectively. Their song "Total Control" reached #4 on the Australian charts in 1980...
(of the Motels) and Sly Stone
Sly Stone
Sly Stone is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly & the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role in the development of soul, funk and psychedelia in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1993, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of...
perform a duet of the song which appeared on the 1986 soundtrack for Soul Man
Soul Man (film)
Soul Man is a comedy film made in 1986 about a man who undergoes racial transformation with pills to qualify for a Black only scholarship at Harvard Law School. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, Leslie Nielsen, James B...
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In 1990 American singer Sinitta covered the song. It was produced by Barry Anthony Andrews and released as a non-album single. The single peaked at #62 in the UK.
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter and musician.Etheridge is known for her mixture of confessional lyrics, pop-based folk-rock, and raspy, smoky vocals...
performed the song in 1996, live on the VH1 channel, with Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne
Joan Elizabeth Osborne is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.-Biography:Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, a suburb...
, Paula Cole
Paula Cole
Paula Cole is an American singer/songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.-Early life:...
, Jewel
Jewel (singer)
Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet...
and a backing band.
The song was covered by Two Nice Girls
Two Nice Girls
Two Nice Girls were a self-styled "lesbian rock" band from Austin, Texas, featuring singer-songwriter Gretchen Phillips.The group's original line up was*Gretchen Phillips - guitar, bass, mandolin and vocals...
in a medley with the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
"Sweet Jane" is a song by The Velvet Underground, originally appearing on their 1970 album Loaded. The song was written by band's leader Lou Reed, who continued to incorporate the piece into live performances years later as a solo artist....
" and later by Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine
Courtney Pine CBE is an English jazz musician. At school he studied the clarinet, although he is known primarily for his saxophone playing. Pine is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing the flute, clarinet, bass Clarinet and keyboards...
and Kele Le Roc
Kele Le Roc
Kele Le Roc is a British pop, UK garage and R&B singer.-Career:Le Roc began singing at the age of three, and she attended Langdon Comprehensive School in East Ham. She first found widespread acclaim in 1995 with the underground hit "Let Me Know"...
and appeared on the Jazz Album 2003.
In 2001, it was heavily sampled by the artist Mr Pink presents The Program and released on Manifesto records, with the same title, as a dance track.