Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
Single by Four Tops
from the album On Top
B-side	"I Like Everything About You"
Released	1966
Recorded	Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); April 5, 1966
Genre	Soul, pop
Label	Motown
Songwriter(s)	Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)	Ivy Jo Hunter
Four Tops singles chronology

"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" is a 1966 song written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder and performed by the Four Tops, on the Motown label.^[1] In addition to co-writing the song, Wonder also instrumentally contributed drums to the track.

Cash Box described the song as a "hard-pounding, rhythmic, pop-r&b romancer all about a lucky guy who has finally found the gal that he’s always dreamed about."^[2]

Credits[]

Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs
Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, and Lawrence Payton
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
Drums by Stevie Wonder

Chart Performance[]

The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart and number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3]

Cover versions[]

Bryan Ferry released a version in 1973.
Nick Kamen released his version in 1987, where it went to number 16 in the UK Singles Chart.^[4]

References[]

^ "Four Tops – Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever / I Like Everything About You". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 28, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
^ Brown, Tony.; Warwick, Neil (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 426. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.

External links[]

List of "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" recordings

This 1960s R&B/soul music song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[1] "Four Tops – Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever / I Like Everything About You". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[cb-2] "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 28, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.

[autogenerated426-4] Brown, Tony.; Warwick, Neil (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 426. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t Four Tops singles discography
1960s	1964 "Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" 1965 "Ask the Lonely" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It's the Same Old Song" "Something About You" 1966 "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" 1967 "Bernadette" "7-Rooms of Gloom" / "I'll Turn to Stone" "You Keep Running Away" 1968 "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday's Dreams" "I'm in a Different World" 1969 "What Is a Man" "Do What You Gotta Do" "Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me"
1970s	1970 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (re-issue) "It's All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "River Deep – Mountain High" (with The Supremes) 1971 "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" (with The Supremes) "In These Changing Times" "MacArthur Park (Part II)" 1972 "A Simple Game" "Bernadette" (re-issue) "Walk with Me, Talk with Me, Darling" "(It's the Way) Nature Planned It" "Keeper of the Castle" 1973 "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" "Are You Man Enough" "Sweet Understanding Love" 1974 "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind" "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" "Midnight Flower" 1975 "Seven Lonely Nights" "We All Gotta Stick Together" 1976 "Catfish" "I'm Glad You Walked into My Life"
1980s	1981 "When She Was My Girl" "Don't Walk Away" 1982 "Let Me Set You Free" "Back to School Again" "Sad Hearts" "Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over" 1983 "I Believe in You and Me" "I Just Can't Walk Away" 1985 "Sexy Ways" 1988 "Reach Out I'll Be There" (re-issue) "If Ever a Love There Was" (with Aretha Franklin) "Indestructible" "Loco in Acapulco" 1989 "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine"