Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)

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"Sweet Love" is a song by American R&B singer-songwriter Anita Baker. It was released in May 1986 as the second single from her second studio album, Rapture (1986).

The song was Baker's first big hit single, peaking at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart, number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and number 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1986. In the UK, it reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 21 on Canada's Top Singles chart.

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Awards

Baker won two Grammys at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards (1987): Best R&B Song, earning her (along with Gary Bias and Louis Johnson) a songwriting award. Also, the album containing this song, Rapture, won in the category Best Female R&B Vocal performance.

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Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: Ricky Lawson
• Bass: Freddie Washington
• Guitars: Paul Jackson Jr., Greg Moore
• Synthesizers, Keyboards, Piano: Sir Gant
• Arrangements by Sir Gant

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Performances and cover versions

• Baker performed "Sweet Love" on Soul Train on November 15, 1986.
• Baker performed "Sweet Love" on Saturday Night Live on April 11, 1987.
• In 1994, jungle artist M-Beat released a cover version with singer, Nazlyn, on vocals.
• American R&B group EOL (Elements Of Life) covered the song in 1998.
• British R&B female trio Fierce covered the song in 2000, peaking at number 3 in their native United Kingdom (ten places higher than Baker's original version had peaked there fourteen years earlier) on February 6 of that year. This version had the slightly altered title "Sweet Love 2K".
• Jazz musician Najee covered the song and turned it into an instrumental version for his debut album, Najee's Theme.
• Beyoncé covered "Sweet Love" during her medley of "Sweet Dreams" and "Dangerously in Love 2" for her I Am... Yours revue.
• Filipino R&B singer Jay R covered the song from his album, Soul In Love (2008).

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Chart performance

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References

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External links

• AMG Allmusic
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Source of the article : Wikipedia