Gimme Your Love
"Gimme Your Love" | ||||
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Single by Aretha Franklin and James Brown | ||||
from the album Through the Storm and Soul Session Live | ||||
Released | September 18, 1989 | |||
Genre | R&B, dance-pop | |||
Length | 5:18 (album version) | |||
Label | Arista 9885 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Narada Michael Walden | |||
James Brown charting singles chronology | ||||
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"Gimme Your Love" is a song recorded as duet between American singers Aretha Franklin and James Brown in 1989. The two singers' only collaboration, it is the lead track on Franklin's album Through the Storm and also appeared on Brown's Soul Session Live.[1] It was written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, and produced by the former. It was released as the album's third and final single on September 18, 1989 by Arista Records which charted #48 R&B.[2] The song was poorly received by critics, with Rolling Stone describing it as "a series of whoops and grunts as challenging to [the singers] as yawning".[3]
Personnel[]
- Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, synth bass
- Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
- James Brown – lead vocals
- Lincoln Clapp – engineer
- Marlene Cohen – art direction
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, vocal engineer
- David Frazer – engineer
- Liz Jackson – backing vocals
- Skyler Jett – backing vocals
- Ren Klyce – Fairlight CMI programming
- Peter Max – front & back cover art
- Norman Parkinson – photography
- Marc Russo – saxophone solo
- Corrado Rustici – guitar
- "Bongo" Bob Smith – drum programming
- Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements, Simmons drums
See also[]
References[]
- ^ (1989). Soul Session Live [CD liner notes]. Santa Monica: Scotti Brothers Records.
- ^ "Album Search for "through the storm"". allmusic.com.
- ^ "Through the Storm". rollingstone.com. 10 August 1989.
Categories:
- James Brown songs
- Aretha Franklin songs
- Songs written by Narada Michael Walden
- 1989 singles
- Dance-pop songs
- Vocal duets
- Arista Records singles
- 1989 songs
- Songs written by Jeffrey E. Cohen
- 1980s rhythm and blues song stubs