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"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
Single by Four Tops
from the album On Top
B-side	"I Like Everything About You"
Released	May 9, 1966
Recorded	April 5, 1966
Venue	Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre	Soul, pop
Label	Motown
Songwriter(s)	Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)	Ivy Jo Hunter
Four Tops singles chronology

"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" is a 1966 song written by Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder. It was performed by the Four Tops via the Motown label.^[2] In addition to co-writing the song, Wonder also instrumentally contributed drums to the track.

Cash Box described the song as a "hard-pounding, rhythmic, pop-R&B romancer all about a lucky guy who has finally found the gal that he’s always dreamed about."^[3] Record World described it as a "teen beat love ode."^[4]

Credits

Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs
Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson & Lawrence Payton
Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers
Drums by Stevie Wonder

Chart performance

The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart and number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[5]

Cover versions

Nick Kamen released a version in 1987, where it went to number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.^[6] Lola Borg of Smash Hits panned the song she described as an "outrage" to the original version and a "shocking business", adding it was "murdered" by Kamen who "reduce[d] it to utter mush".^[7]
The Band covered the song on the bonus disc of their 1972 concert album Rock of Ages.^{[citation needed]}
Kiki Dee and Elton John did a duet cover on Dee's 1981 album Perfect Timing.^[8]
Susan Tedeschi covered it on her 2005 album Hope and Desire.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Hughes, Keith (2018). "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever". Don't Forget the Motor City. Ritchie Hardin. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
^ "Four Tops – Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever / I Like Everything About You". Discogs. discogs.com. 9 May 1966. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 28, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Record World. May 28, 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
^ Brown, Tony.; Warwick, Neil (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 426. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
^ Borg, Lola (11–24 February 1987). "Singles reviewed by Lola Borg" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 9, no. 3. p. 62. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 20 November 2023 – via World Radio History.
^ "Perfect Timing". Record Collector Magazine. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

External links

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[DFMC2018-1] Hughes, Keith (2018). "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever". Don't Forget the Motor City. Ritchie Hardin. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2024.

[2] "Four Tops – Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever / I Like Everything About You". Discogs. discogs.com. 9 May 1966. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[cb-3] "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 28, 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

[4] "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Record World. May 28, 1966. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-11.

[5] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.

[autogenerated426-6] Brown, Tony.; Warwick, Neil (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts. Omnibus Press. p. 426. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.

[7] Borg, Lola (11–24 February 1987). "Singles reviewed by Lola Borg" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 9, no. 3. p. 62. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 20 November 2023 – via World Radio History.

[8] "Perfect Timing". Record Collector Magazine. 31 May 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

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