B-side "What About Me?" Recorded 1979 Length 4:39 | Released 1979 Genre Disco | |
Format 7" vinyl single
12" vinyl single | ||
"My Forbidden Lover" is the second single from Chic's 1979 album Risqué. The song was written and produced by Chic's two frontmen, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.
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The song's backing track has been sampled in the 2001 Alcazar song "Sexual Guarantee", the 2006 Luther Vandross song "Shine" (along with its cover by Booty Luv), the Darryl Pandy song "Sunshine & Happiness", and the 2010 The Black Eyed Peas song "Fashion Beats".
Canadian producer deadmau5 sampled this song in one of his early works, I Don't Want No Other, released on his SectionZ page in 2001.
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The song reached #15 on the UK pop charts in October 1979, spending 8 weeks on the chart. On US disco chart, along with the tracks, "Good Times" and "My Feet Keep Dancing", "My Forbidden Lover" went to #3. It failed to enter the US Billboard top 40 pop chart.