"Saturday Love" is a song performed by American R&B singers Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal. The song was written and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and was released in October 1985. It peaked at No. 2 on the US R&B chart and became a moderate pop hit peaking at No. 26 on the US

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in the spring of 1986. It reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 4 on the New Zealand Top 40 and No. 7 on the

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. The song appeared on Cherrelle's gold album, '' High Priority'' on

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and included an extended spoken dialogue introduction skit set in a bar. In 2007, O'Neal re-recorded the song for his album ''Alex Loves...'', released in February 2008. This version featured the vocals of Bianca Lindgreen, a long-time friend of O'Neal's. Also in 2008, the special edition EP ''Saturday Love - 2008 Remixes'' was released, featuring 11 club/house remixes as well as an

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version. O'Neal and Cherrelle reunited and performed the song at the 2011 BET Awards and afterwards presented the Best New Artist Award. The song has been sampled almost 100 times. This includes both samples and interpolations. Popular songs that sample "Saturday Love" include Junior Jack's "My Feelings",

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's " I Get It In",

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's "Friday" and

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's " How Can I Not Know What I Need Right Now".

Keke Wyatt version

"Saturday Love" was recorded by American R&B singer

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, taken from her third studio album '' Unbelievable'' (2011). It features

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and was produced by "J.R." Hutson. The song was released as the album's lead single on May 24, 2011 worldwide.

Track listing

Digital download #"Saturday Love" – 3:59 #"Saturday Love" (Misfitz Remix) – 3:26

Charts

Release history

References

External links

1985 songs 1985 singles Cherrelle songs Alexander O'Neal songs Keke Wyatt songs Male–female vocal duets Song recordings produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Songs written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Tabu Records singles {{1980s-single-stub