When You Talk About Love
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"When You Talk About Love" is a song recorded by Patti LaBelle
. It was released from her 1997 album, Flame.
and musically composed and produced by the team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
and James "Big Jim" Wright. The song became one of the singer's most popular hit singles in the 1990s reaching number 56 US pop and number 12 R&B in the summer of the year. A dance remix of the song helped to bring the song to number-one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, making it the fourth number-one dance single in LaBelle's career. The video featured LaBelle playing a teacher giving a "class" about love. LaBelle and her students later dance in the song featuring the singer doing a then-popular dance step at the time called the "Bankhead Bounce" created in Atlanta
. The song borrows heavily from Al Green's "Love & Happiness". Both songs have the same vibe and the organ riffs are nearly identical. In addition, the cadence chant of the background singers shouting "Patti Patti" after she asks "what's my name" was taken from the Alexander O'Neal
hit, "Fake".
"When You Talk About Love" was issued on a two song cd single in 1997 from MCA records. Hex Hector
& Gomi remixed the second track on the single. Tracks are-
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
. It was released from her 1997 album, Flame.
Song information
The song was written by Ann NesbyAnn Nesby
Ann Nesby is an American R&B, gospel, and dance music singer and actress. She is the former lead singer of Sounds of Blackness; a songwriter with credits including hits sung by Patti Labelle and Gladys Knight; plus she co-starred in the 2003 romance musical The Fighting Temptations with Cuba...
and musically composed and produced by the team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B and pop-music songwriting and record production team...
and James "Big Jim" Wright. The song became one of the singer's most popular hit singles in the 1990s reaching number 56 US pop and number 12 R&B in the summer of the year. A dance remix of the song helped to bring the song to number-one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, making it the fourth number-one dance single in LaBelle's career. The video featured LaBelle playing a teacher giving a "class" about love. LaBelle and her students later dance in the song featuring the singer doing a then-popular dance step at the time called the "Bankhead Bounce" created in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. The song borrows heavily from Al Green's "Love & Happiness". Both songs have the same vibe and the organ riffs are nearly identical. In addition, the cadence chant of the background singers shouting "Patti Patti" after she asks "what's my name" was taken from the Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal is an American R&B singer. He is best-known for the songs "If You Were Here Tonight" and "Fake", and the duets with Cherrelle, "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This".-Biography:...
hit, "Fake".
"When You Talk About Love" was issued on a two song cd single in 1997 from MCA records. Hex Hector
Hex Hector
Hex Hector , is an American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for "Best Remixer".-Biography:Hector was born in in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, and was raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan...
& Gomi remixed the second track on the single. Tracks are-
- "When You Talk About Love" (LP Version) 5:32
- "When You Talk About Love" (Main Club Pass) 6:56