I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?)

I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?)[a] is the second studio album by American soul group The Chi-Lites, produced and largely written by lead singer Eugene Record. The album was released in 1970 on the Brunswick label.

I Like Your Lovin'
(Do You Like Mine?)
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1970
GenreR&B, soul
Length29:05
LabelBrunswick
ProducerEugene Record
The Chi-Lites chronology
Give It Away
(1969)
I Like Your Lovin'
(Do You Like Mine?)

(1970)
(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
(1971)
Singles from I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?)
  1. "Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)"
    Released: 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

History

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Although the album is always categorized in discographies as an original release, it contains only three new tracks, the remaining seven being recycled from the group's 1969 debut album Give It Away. It is believed that Brunswick decided to release the album in this form due to the group not having recorded enough material for a completely new album at the time the title track was released as a single. (This strategy would be repeated in 1975, when the group's album Half a Love was released with an even split of new and previously released tracks). It was an unsuccessful move, as I Like You Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?) is the only Chi-Lites album for Brunswick which failed to register in the top 100 of either the R&B or the pop chart.[citation needed]

"Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)", a moderate hit at the time of its original single release, has since become one of the group's best-known tracks after its horn riff was sampled heavily on Beyoncé's 2003 global bestseller "Crazy in Love".[3]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)"Eugene Record3:02
2."Troubles A' Comin"Eugene Record3:19
3."24 Hours of Sadness"Eugene Record, Carl Davis2:04
4."The Twelfth of Never"Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster2:44
5."Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was"Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin3:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)"Eugene Record, Sandy Wilburn2:48
7."I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"Ken Gamble, Jerry Ross, Jerry Williams2:31
8."Give It Away"Eugene Record, Carl Davis2:47
9."My Whole World Ended"Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Pamela Joan Sawyer, Jimmy Roach3:08
10."You're No Longer Part of My Heart"Eugene Record3:00
  • Tracks 3-5, 7-10 also appear on Give It Away

Personnel

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Charts

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Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
1970 "I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)" 72 11
"Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)" 72 8

Notes

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  1. ^ Original issues had the title written as I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine) (without the question mark after "Mine").[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bush, John. I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine?) review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  2. ^ "The Chi-Lites – I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine) (1970, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1970. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ^ Owsinski, Bobby (2013). Bobby Owsinski's Deconstructed Hits: Modern Pop & Hip-Hop: Uncover the Stories & Techniques Behind 20 Iconic Songs. Alfred Music. ISBN 9781470614225.
  4. ^ a b "US Charts - The Chi-Lites". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
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