I Love Music (song)

Single infobox |
Name = I Love Music (Part I)


Artist = The O'Jays
from Album = Family Reunion
B-side = "I Love Music (Part II)"
Released = 1975
Recorded =
Genre = R&B, Philly Soul
Format = 7" 45 RPM
Length = 3:37 (radio/45 edit)6:51 (full version)
Label = Philadelphia International
Writer = Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Producer = Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Chart position = #5 U.S.
#1 U.S. R&B
Reviews =
Last single = "Let Me Make Love to You"
(1975)
This single = "I Love Music"
(1975)
Next single = "Livin' for the Weekend"
(1976)

Infobox Single
Name = I Love Music


Artist = Rozalla
from Album = Look No Further
Released = November 1993
Format = CD single
Cassette single
7" single
Recorded = 1993
Genre = Dance-pop/Dance
Length = 4:02
Label = Sony Records
Writer = Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Producer = Jellybean
Last single = "Don't Play With Me"
(1993)
This single = "I Love Music"
(1993)
Next single = "This Time I Found Love"
(1994)

"I Love Music" is a disco song written by Gamble and Huff and recorded by The O'Jays. It appeared on the group's 1975 album "Family Reunion". The single version was a #1 R&B hit and reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Cover versions

In 1990, Chicago House music vocalist Darryl Pandy released a version of the song on Warner Bros. Records remaining faithful to the original version. The track featured a prominent keyboard riff, brass, and a driving House beat. In 1993 the Zambian born singer Rozalla covered "I Love Music" on her album "Look No Further". Her version of the song also appeared on the soundtrack to the film "Carlito's Way".

Chart information

Rozalla's recording of "I Love Music" reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It also dented the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 76. The song reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994 and marked something of a comeback after various earlier singles had failed to crack the top 40. In the rest of the world the song, however, struggled to end up in the lower regions of the chart.

Trivia

The solo bongo-drum intro to this song was performed by none other than Bill Cosby, while the "Get-it-on" chorus was sung by the late actor Cleavon Little, both long-time friends and admirers of the Ojays. "I Love Music" was the first of a series of cover versions Rozalla was to record over the years. It was also her first "new" song to be released on Sony Records, as her earlier released had all been released by British indie label Pulse 8 first.

Usage in Film

The song appears in the 1993 film "Carlito's Way" and in the 2007 film "Pride".

References

* Billboard, Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & artist website