Pillow Talk (song)

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"Pillow Talk"
Single by Sylvia
from the album Pillow Talk
B-side	"My Thing"
Released	1973
Format	7" single
Genre	Soul
Length	4:25
Label	Vibration
Writer(s)	Sylvia Robinson, Michael Burton
Producer	Sylvia Robinson, Michael Burton

"Pillow Talk" in 1973 song by American soul singer-songwriter Sylvia.

[edit] History

Sylvia had originally hoped the song would be recorded by Al Green, who turned it down as he though it was too risqué and against his religion. She eventually recorded "Pillow Talk" and released it in 1973. The drums on the recorded version seem to have been influenced by the productions of Willie Mitchell for Green.

"Pillow Talk" spent two weeks at number one on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100,^[1]. and is an early example of prototypical disco music. The vocals are replete with moaning and heavy breathing, predating Donna Summer's orgasmic moans on 1975's "Love to Love You Baby". The drumming rhythm would reappear in 1985 on Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", then again in 1987 on Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love".

The song returned to prominence by being featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film 54.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles	1
UK Top 75	14

Preceded by "Masterpiece" by The Temptations

U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles number-one single April 28, 1973 – May 5, 1973

Succeeded by "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players

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