B-side "Part of Me" Format CD Length 4:42 | Released March 17, 1992 (US) Recorded 1991—January 1992 | |
Genre Dance-pop, new jack swing, post-disco, hip hop soul, R&B | ||
"My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" is a song by American female group En Vogue, released in 1992. It is the lead single from their multi-platinum hit album, Funky Divas. VH1 ranked it #43 on its list for the "100 Greatest Songs of the '90s".The single was certified gold by the RIAA for sales/shipments of over 500,000 units.
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The song appears in the 1995 movie Canaleo and the 2007 Chris Rock film, I Think I Love My Wife, as well as on the soundtrack to video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and in the episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch titled "Ping, Ping A Song". In 2016, the song appears in the introduction of the movie Central Intelligence. In Lip Sync Battle, Queen Latifah sang this.
Production
"My Lovin'" contains a sample of the guitar riff from the James Brown song "The Payback". The guitar sample is looped throughout the entire song and forms the basis of the melody. The song features Maxine Jones and Dawn Robinson on lead vocals. In a 1992 article, En Vogue mentioned this was one of the last songs they recorded for Funky Divas, which resulted in it being released as a single so close to the album's release date.
Chart performance
"My Lovin'" was the group's fourth number one on the Hot Soul charts. It debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #71, the week of March 21, 1992, and jumped to #47 by the following week. The single glided into the top tier, reaching its peak of #2 by the week of May 16, 1992, where it remained for three consecutive weeks. "My Lovin'" was one of several top contenders during the summer of 1992 that was held out of the top spot by Kris Kross (#1 for 8 weeks with "Jump").
Nevertheless, the song was one of the most notable and popular songs of the year, remaining in the Top 10 for thirteen weeks, and in the Top 40 for twenty-two weeks. The song also reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. (Due in large part to a performance of the single by En Vogue on the legendary UK music show Top Of The Pops which helped the song reach the top 5 there.)
Music video
The video for the song was directed by Matthew Rolston in February 1992. The video features the group singing the song, intercut with footage of two male back-up dancers, clad in zentai, dancing.
Impact and legacy
In 2011 Slant Magazine ranked the song #39 in its The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s-list.
Track listing
- "My Lovin'" (Radio Active #2) – 4:41
- "My Lovin'" (Hyper Radio Mix) – 5:12
- "My Lovin'" (Theo's Cheaptrick Remix) – 4:41
- "My Lovin'" (Radio Edit) – 4:16
- "My Lovin'" (Extended) – 5:03
- "My Lovin'" (LP Version) – 4:44
- "My Lovin'" (Extended Edit) – 4:11
- "My Lovin'" (Theo's Cheaptrick Remix) – 6:46
- "My Lovin'" (Radio Active) – 4:50
- "My Lovin'" (The Morning After Dub) – 5:37
- "My Lovin'" (Hyperradio) – 5:13