Real Love (Jody Watley song)

"Real Love"
"Real Love"
Single by Jody Watley
from the album Larger Than Life
Released	March 18, 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	New jack swing
Length	4:23
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	André Cymone; Jody Watley;
Producer(s)	André Cymone
Jody Watley singles chronology

"Real Love" is a song by American singer Jody Watley from her second studio album Larger Than Life (1989). "Real Love" became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1989.

History[]

The single reached the number-one spots of the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and Dance Club Play chart. On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Real Love" rocketed into the Top 40 from #51 to #37, the week of April 1, 1989. The single lingered in the Top 10 for six weeks, peaking at #2 for two of those weeks, on May 20 and 27, 1989, during which it was the final peak position before Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl".

During the summer of 1989, Watley's "Real Love" video, directed by David Fincher, was nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Dance Video, and Best Female Video at the 1989 award show. That record was held until Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's video "Scream" received eleven VMA nominations in 1995. The song was also nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best Female Single. The music video premiered in March 1989 on Cable television networks.

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Award
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Dance Video for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Direction for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Art Direction for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Editing for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Breakthrough Video for "Real Love"

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[1]	78
Belgian Singles Chart^[2]	26
Canadian Singles Chart	2
Dutch Singles Chart^[3]	21
German Singles Chart^[4]	15
Irish Singles Chart^[5]	25
New Zealand Singles Chart^[6]	35
Swiss Singles Chart^[7]	21
UK Singles Chart	31
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

Year-end charts[]

Year-end charts (1989)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[8]	57
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[9]	46
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles^[10]	25
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play^[11]	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance 12-Inch Singles^[12]	17

References[]

^ Gavin Scott. "25 Years Ago This Week: April 16, 1989". chartbeat.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
^ top30-2.radio2.be Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ dutchcharts.nl
^ www.musicline.de
^ www.irishcharts.ie
^ www.charts.org.nz
^ www.hitparade.ch
^ "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. December 23, 1999. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
^ "Billboard Pop Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
^ "Billboard Black Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
^ "Billboard Dance Club Play Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
^ "Billboard Dance 12-Inch Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[1] Gavin Scott. "25 Years Ago This Week: April 16, 1989". chartbeat.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-20.

[2] top30-2.radio2.be Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine

[3] utchcharts.nl

[4] www.musicline.de

[5] www.irishcharts.ie

[6] www.charts.org.nz

[7] www.hitparade.ch

[8] "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. December 23, 1999. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.

[9] "Billboard Pop Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.

[10] "Billboard Black Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.

[11] "Billboard Dance Club Play Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.

[12] "Billboard Dance 12-Inch Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.

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show v t Jody Watley
Studio albums	Jody Watley (1987) Larger Than Life (1989) Affairs of the Heart (1991) Intimacy (1993) Affection (1995) Flower (1998) The Saturday Night Experience (1999) Midnight Lounge (2001) The Makeover (2006)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1996)
Remix albums	You Wanna Dance with Me? (1989) Remixes of Love (1994)
Singles	"Looking for a New Love" "Still a Thrill" "Don't You Want Me" "Some Kind of Lover" "Most of All" "Real Love" "Friends" "Everything" "Precious Love" "I Want You" "I'm the One You Need" "It All Begins with You" "Your Love Keeps Working on Me" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Ecstasy" "Affection" "Off the Hook" "Looking for a New Love" "Borderline" "I Want Your Love"
Featured singles	"This Is for the Lover in You" (w/ Babyface feat. LL Cool J, Howard Hewett & Jeffrey Daniel)
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