B-side "Paint It Blue" Format 7", 12" Genre New wave, synthpop | Released 1983 Recorded 1982 Length 4:00 | |
"Should I Love You" is the debut single from German singer Cee Farrow, released in 1983 from his debut album "Red and Blue". The single was released by Rochshire Records in America only, becoming Farrow's only charting release, where it peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rochshire Records was distributed by MCA Records.
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Release
The song, produced by Andy Lunn, was written by Farrow and Frankfurt/Germany-based keyboardist, composer and producer Lothar Krell. The single's b-side was the album track "Paint It Blue" which was also produced by Lunn and taken from Farrow's debut album.
The single was released on 7" vinyl, promotional 7" vinyl and 12" vinyl. The 12" extended version of "Should I Love You" appeared on both sides of the 12" vinyl, lasting a duration of 7:20. Each side of the vinyl were labeled as "Face A" and "Face B". Two separate artworks were created for the 7" and 12" vinyl.
Background
Recorded at Hotline Studios during March–December 1982, "Should I Love You" peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a total of six weeks, as well as charting at #91 on the Billboard R&B Chart.
The next single "Wildlife Romance" was a promotional 12" vinyl single only, leaving "Should I Love You" as the only fully released single from the album.
The debut album that "Should I Love You" appeared on has remained out-of-print to date, having never been issued on CD or even available to purchase and download online, making "Should I Love You" only available on the original vinyl single release of the album's original vinyl and cassette release.
The label the album was released under suffered legal problems and all its assets, including master tapes were seized in January 1984. Rocshire Records started with distribution by MCA Records and despite signing a diverse range of artists, the label was shut down by the U.S. Federal Marshalls as Rocshire was financed entirely by millions of dollars that owner Rocky Davis' wife Shirley Davis had embezzled from Hughes Aircraft, while she was working as an accountant there. Master Tapes were confiscated by the Feds, artists left without a home whilst the owners served jail time.
Due to the downfall of Rocshire Records and the master tapes being seized, "Should I Love You" has never appeared on any various artists compilations.
Although Farrow released an unsuccessful comeback single in 1991 titled "Imagination" under the Graphite Records label, He died in 1993 in West Hollywood, California of a brain disease attributed to AIDS.
In 2009, the song was covered by UH, on their album Room Keys.
Music Video
A music video was created for the single, where in recent years it has appeared on YouTube, where it has gained approximately 30,000 views since mid-2007.
The video features a mixture of Farrow performing the song with backing musicians, as well as footage of Farrow in a restaurant where a woman who is sat with an older man can't help but notice Farrow. As the video progresses, the older man gets more suspicious, to the point where he reveals his cane to actually be a sword weapon.
The woman in the video is said to be Justine Johns, also known as Deborah William, who had released her own debut album in 1983 under Artist International Records, where Farrow created her album's artwork.
Track listing
- "Should I Love You" - 4:00
- "Paint It Blue" - 4:55
- "Should I Love You" - 4:00
- "Paint It Blue" - 4:55
- "Should I Love You" - 7:20
- "Should I Love You" - 7:20