Gimme Your Love
"Gimme Your Love" is a song written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen and recorded as a duet between Aretha Franklin and James Brown in 1989. The two singers' only collaboration, it is the lead track on Franklin's album Through the Storm and also appeared on Brown's Soul Session Live.[1] It was released as a single on Arista Records which charted #48 R&B.[2] The song was poorly received by critics, with Rolling Stone describing it as "a series of whoops and grunts as challenging to [the singers] as yawning".[3]
| "Gimme Your Love" | ||||
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| Single by Aretha Franklin and James Brown | ||||
| from the album Through the Storm and Soul Session Live | ||||
| Released | September 1989 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 5:18 (album version) | |||
| Label | Arista 9885 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Narada Michael Walden | |||
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Personnel
- Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, synth bass
- Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
- James Brown – lead vocals
- Lincoln Clapp – engineer
- Marlene Cohen – art direction
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, vocal engineer
- David Frazer – engineer
- Liz Jackson – backing vocals
- Skyler Jett – backing vocals
- Ren Klyce – Fairlight CMI programming
- Peter Max – front & back cover art
- Norman Parkinson – photography
- Marc Russo – saxophone solo
- Corrado Rustici – guitar
- "Bongo" Bob Smith – drum programming
- Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements, Simmons drums
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References
- (1989). Soul Session Live [CD liner notes]. Santa Monica: Scotti Brothers Records.
- "Album Search for "through the storm"". allmusic.com.
- "Through the Storm". rollingstone.com. 10 August 1989.
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