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==Phil Collins version== |
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| Name = (Love Is Like a) HeatWave |
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| B-side = [[Going To A Go-Go]], [[Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer]] |
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| Artist = [[Phil Collins]] |
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| Album = [[Going Back (Phil Collins album)|Going Back]] |
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| Cover = |
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| Format = [[Single (music)|7" single]] |
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| Released = September 2010 |
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| Recorded = [[Dinemec Studio]], Geneva, 2009/2010 |
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| Genre = [[Motown]] |
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| Length = 2:53 |
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| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] <br><small>G 7022</small> |
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| Producer = [[Phil Collins]] |
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| Last single = "You Touch My Heart" <br />(2005) |
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| This single = "'''(Love Is Like a) HeatWave'''"<br />(2010) |
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| Next single = "[[Going Back (Phil Collins album)|Going Back]]"<br />(2010) |
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In 2010, [[Phil Collins]], released Heatwave as the lead single from his Motown covers album Going Back. It was his first single release in over 5 years. As with all the songs on the album, Collins strived to recreate the original version during the recording. As a result, 3 of the famous Funk Brothers, Bob Babbitt, Ray Monette, and Eddie Willis were part of the recording process. |
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A video was premiered on 31st July. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 13:49, 26 September 2010
| "Heat Wave" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" |
"(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" is a 1963 hit single penned by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team and made popular by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. It was originally released in July 1963, on the Motown subsidiary label Gordy, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart. It was later covered by rock vocalist Linda Ronstadt on her Platinum-selling 1975 album Prisoner in Disguise. Ronstadt's version of the song was also released as a single in September 1975, reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although the song is most often referred to as "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave", the title on the label of the original 1963 single was "Heat Wave".[1]
Overview
"(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" was one of several songs written and produced by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting and producing team. It was the second hit collaboration between Martha and the Vandellas and the team, with the first being "Come and Get These Memories". The lyrics of "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" feature the song's narrator singing about a guy who has her heart "burning with desire" and "going insane" over the feeling of his love.
Produced and composed with a gospel backbeat, jazz overtones and, doo-wop call and responsive vocals, "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" was one of the first songs to exemplify the style of music later termed as the "Motown Sound". The single was a breakthrough hit, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart.[2]. It also garnered the group's only Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for 1964,[citation needed] making The Vandellas the first Motown group ever to receive a Grammy Award Nomination.
Personnel
- Lead vocals: Martha Reeves
- Background vocals: Rosalind Ashford and Annette Sterling
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers:
- Richard "Pistol" Allen: drums
- James Jamerson: double bass
- Joe Hunter: electric piano
- Robert White: guitar
- Eddie Willis: guitar
- Thomas "Beans" Bowles: saxophone solo
Covers and influence
The success of "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" helped popularize both Martha and the Vandellas and Holland-Dozier-Holland, while cementing Motown as a strong musical force. The song has since been covered by several acts, including Lou Christie on his 1966 album Lightnin' Strikes; labelmates The Supremes, on their 1967 album The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland; The Jam, on their 1979 album Setting Sons; The Who in their early concerts and on their second album A Quick One; Joan Osbourne, in a version done for the Funk Brothers documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown; and Bruce Springsteen. The song was also covered by Whoopi Goldberg in the film Sister Act. It is also featured in the films Backdraft and More American Graffiti. It's been covered four times on American Idol, by Kimberley Locke, Jennifer Hudson, Vonzell Solomon, and Lil Rounds. The song was also sampled by R&B singer Solange Knowles for her 2008 single "I Decided" and by the UK band Doves in their 2005 single "Black and White Town." Covered in August of 2010 by Phil Collins for his album Goin' Back.
In a 2007 DVD entitled "The Lovin' Spoonful with John Sebastian - Do You Believe in Magic," songwriter John Sebastian explained how he sped up the three-chord intro from "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" to come up with the intro to his 1965 hit for The Lovin' Spoonful, "Do You Believe in Magic."
Linda Ronstadt version
| "Heat Wave" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "Love Is a Rose" |
In 1975, Linda Ronstadt, who'd had previous success already covering former R&B and Motown hits, included a cover of the song on her album Prisoner in Disguise. Released as the album's first single, it reached reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and became a staple of her concert performances. On Ronstadt's version, both album and single releases listed the song simply as "Heat Wave", omitting "(Love is Like a)" from the title.
Chart performance
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 19 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 12 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 12 |
Phil Collins version
| "Heat Wave" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "Going To A Go-Go, Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer" |
In 2010, Phil Collins, released Heatwave as the lead single from his Motown covers album Going Back. It was his first single release in over 5 years. As with all the songs on the album, Collins strived to recreate the original version during the recording. As a result, 3 of the famous Funk Brothers, Bob Babbitt, Ray Monette, and Eddie Willis were part of the recording process.
A video was premiered on 31st July.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 378.; Discogs photo, accessed July 13, 2009. Archived 2009-07-20.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 378.
