Night Time Lover

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"Night Time Lover"
Single by La Toya Jackson featuring Michael Jackson
from the album La Toya Jackson
B-side"Lovely Is She"
Released1980
Genre
Length4:22
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
  • Michael Jackson
  • La Toya Jackson
Producer(s)Michael Jackson
La Toya Jackson singles chronology
"If You Feel the Funk"
(1980)
"Night Time Lover"
(1980)
"Stay the Night"
(1981)

"Night Time Lover" is the second single by American singer La Toya Jackson, from her eponymous debut (1980). The track was produced and co-written by her brother, fellow American singer Michael Jackson, who was credited for background vocals. They originally wrote the song for Donna Summer under the title "Fire Is the Feeling".[1]

Bobby DeBarge of American musical band Switch, La Toya's love interest at the time, wrote the 1980 song "You and I" in response. The song begins: "You know, I was listening to the radio the other day, and I heard the words that you said, that I'm your night time lover."[2]

La Toya performed the song on the November 10, 1980 episode of the Dutch TV program TopPop and a month later on the December 13 episode of American Bandstand.[3]

On the online music database AllMusic, editor Justin Kantor provides the following description to the song: "Another primer is 'Night Time Lover,' a softly seductive, simultaneously kinetic number produced by brother Michael."[4]

Charts[edit]

Chart (1980–1981) Peak
position
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[5] 59

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jet - Google Boeken". Johnson Publishing Company. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  2. ^ "Switch You And I Lyrics". Justsomelyrics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  3. ^ "American Bandstand Jimmy Hall / LaToya Jackson Season 24, Episode 6, Aired 12/13/80". TV.com. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ^ "La Toya Jackson", AllMusic.
  5. ^ "La Toya Jackson Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-10.