"Gimme Your Love" is a song recorded as

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between American singers

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With ...

and

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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 ''

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''. It was written by

Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden ( ; Michael Walden; born April 23, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy. He began his career as a drummer, working primarily in the jazz ...

and Jeffrey Cohen, and produced by the former. It was released as the album's third and final single on September 18, 1989, by

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and peaked at No. 48 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. The song was poorly received by critics, with ''

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'' describing it as "a series of whoops and grunts as challenging to he singersas yawning". Nevertheless, it was nominated for the 1990 Grammy Award for

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Personnel

– lead vocals, vocal engineer *

– lead vocals * Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals * Liz Jackson – backing vocals * Skyler Jett – backing vocals *

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– keyboards, synth bass *

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– saxophone solo * Corrado Rustici – guitar *

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–

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programming * "Bongo" Bob Smith – drum programming *

– producer, arrangements, Simmons drums * Lincoln Clapp – engineer * David Frazer – engineer

References

1989 singles 1989 songs Aretha Franklin songs James Brown songs Songs written by Narada Michael Walden Songs written by Jeffrey E. Cohen Arista Records singles American dance-pop songs Male–female vocal duets {{1980s-R&B-song-stub