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Penny Lover is a 1984 song by Lionel Richie that he wrote with ex-wife Brenda Harvey Richie and produced with James Anthony Carmichael.
history
Penny Lover was released worldwide in September 1984. The song was released as the fifth single from the album Can't Slow Down . It became quite successful in some countries like Germany (37th place), the Netherlands (14th place) and New Zealand (30th place). Just like Stuck on You , this song also achieved great commercial success in the United States : it placed eighth on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and eighth on the Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop charts and number one on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart.
The song is 3:46 minutes long. On the B-side is the piece Tell Me .
In Billboard magazine was Penny Lover as "another, unfailingly effective, generally appealing ballad " section. Allmusic called Penny Lover like the other ballads on the album as "smooth" but "convincing". The track was named "Track Pick" on the website as a selected track from the album.
Music video
The music video was directed by Bob Giraldi, who also did the same on Running with the Night and Hello . The video shows Richie in a night club , where he plays the piano and sings the piece around, as well as cuddling with a woman in other scenes.
Cover versions
- 1997: Luther Vandross
- 1998: Sly & Robbie
- 1999: Steve Perry
- 2006: Eamon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
- ↑ release date
- ^ Wesley Hyatt: The Billboard Book of # 1 Adult Contemporary Hits , Billboard Publications 1999, p. 288.
- ↑ www.allmusic.com: Can't Slow Down review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
- ↑ Music video on Youtube.com