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"Step in the Name of Love" (remix)
Single by R. Kelly
from the album Chocolate Factory
B-side"Thoia Thoing"
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)
Length
  • 5:42 (album version)
  • 7:12 (remix)
  • 4:29 (radio edit)
  • 5:09 (remix edit)
Label
SongwriterRobert Kelly
ProducerR. Kelly
R. Kelly singles chronology
"Hotel"
(2003)		 "Step in the Name of Love" (remix)
(2003)		 "Gigolo"
(2003)

"Step in the Name of Love (Remix)" is a song by American R&B singer R. Kelly. Taken from the fifth studio album, Chocolate Factory (2003), the song became the 10th single from Kelly (and the final one as of 2026) to reach number one on the US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and it also peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song was issued as a double A-side with "Thoia Thoing".

The original "Step in the Name of Love", which is on the unreleased 2002 album Loveland as well as the Chocolate Factory album, describes a dance style initially created in Chicago called "stepping". The dance, and the music associated with it, was heavily featured on disc one of his 2004 double album, Happy People/U Saved Me. The song became an impromptu "anthem" for steppers and the dance.

Critical reception

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The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau found the remix of "Step in the Name of Love" to be "hugely engaging". However, he believed it was "cavalier" or "stupid" for Kelly, amid his child pornography charges, to declare himself "the pied piper of R&B" given the moniker's "pedophilic implications".[1]

Chart performance

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"Step in the Name of Love" took 61 weeks to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart,[2] making it the longest trip to number one in the chart's history.[citation needed] The song has spent 70 weeks on the chart,[2] making it one the longest stays on that chart.[citation needed]

Music video

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The music video is directed by Little X.[3]

Track listing

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UK CD single

  1. "Step in the Name of Love" (remix) (radio edit)
  2. "Thoia Thoing" (album version)
  3. "Thoia Thoing" (Silk & Peoples Choice remix)
  4. "Step in the Name of Love" (remix) (enhanced video)

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States September 2, 2003
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United Kingdom November 3, 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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References

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  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert (January 27, 2004). "Good Morning Little School Girl". The Village Voice. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. 1 2 3 "R Kelly Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Little X | Videography".
  4. ↑ "R. Kelly – Step in the Name Of Love" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  5. ↑ "R. Kelly – Step in the Name Of Love" (in French). Ultratip.
  6. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name.
  7. ↑ "Tipparade-lijst van week 51, 2003" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  8. ↑ "R. Kelly – Step in the Name Of Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 9/11/2003 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  10. ↑ "R. Kelly – Step in the Name Of Love". Swiss Singles Chart.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 9/11/2003 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart on 9/11/2003 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  13. ↑ "R Kelly Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  14. ↑ "R Kelly Chart History (Rhythmic Airplay)". Billboard.
  15. ↑ "2003 Year End Charts – The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  16. ↑ "R&B Rap Hip-Hop Year-End Charts – 2003 – Soul System".
  17. ↑ "2004 Year End Charts – The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  18. ↑ "R&B Rap Hip-Hop Year-End Charts – 2004 – Soul System".
  19. ↑ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1513. July 18, 2003. p. 22.
  20. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. November 1, 2003. p. 29.
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