(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right

Song the TV series If Loving You Is Wrong September 2019 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right single Luther Ingram If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right Puttin' Game Down April 1972 Soul 3:32 KoKo Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson John Baylor You Were Made For Me 1972 I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time of Storm) 1972 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right Yes single Millie Jackson Caught Up The Rap December 1974 1974 Soul 3:27 (single version)3:56 (album version) Spring Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson Brad Shapiro (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right (If_Loving_You_Is_Wrong)_I_Don't_Want_to_Be_Right_-_Barbara_Mandrell.jpg single Barbara Mandrell Moods I Feel the Hurt Coming On February 17, 1979 c. 1978 Country 3:05 ABC Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson Tom Collins Sleeping Single in a Double Bed 1978 Fooled by a Feeling 1979 "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" is a song written by Stax Records songwriters Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, and Raymond Jackson. Originally written for the Emotions, it has been performed by many singers, most notably by Luther Ingram, whose original recording"If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)", SecondhandSongs.com. Retrieved March 13, 2017 topped the R&B chart for four weeks and rose to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2004 Record Research 274 Billboard ranked it as the No. 16 song for 1972.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972 In 1972–73, the Faces recorded the song as an outtake for Ooh La La (1973), its final studio album. In 1974, Millie Jackson released her version of the song,which received two Grammy Award nominations.http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/jackson_millie/artist.jhtml#bio https://web.archive.org/web/20080507175501/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/jackson_millie/artist.jhtml#bio dead May 7, 2008 Millie Jackson MTV Artists April 16, 2015 http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Music/1974/Grammys.asp Grammy Awards for 1974 December 31, 2008 Patrick Mondout Super70s.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081012205337/http://www.super70s.com/super70s/Music/1974/Grammys.asp October 12, 2008 In 1979, Barbara Mandrell's version topped the U.S. country chart, reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 (number 27 Cashbox), and was nominated for Single of the Year at the 1979 CMA (Country Music Association) Awards. Rod Stewart recorded the song for Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977), his eighth album; as a single it peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart in 1980. Content The song is about an adulterous love affair, told from the point of view of either the mistress or the cheating husband, depending on the gender of the performer. In both cases, the singer expresses their desire to maintain the affair while acknowledging that the relationship is immoral. Millie Jackson took a different approach. On both studio and live recordings, her version is divided into three parts: "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right", "The Rap", and "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right (Reprise)", which have a combined running time of over 11 minutes.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000HYCR MILLIE JACKSON: Caught Up / Still Caught Up Amazon Music 1999 April 16, 2015 The first and third parts have the song as originally written, while the middle part was written by Jackson. Titled "The Rap", the middle segment is a monologue in which an unrepentant Jackson discusses her status as the "other woman" and why she loves it.https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5416489 Catching Up with Soul Icon Millie Jackson May 19, 2006 National Public Radio April 16, 2015 Other versions The song was first recorded by the Emotions (but its version has never been released), and by Veda Brown, whose version was finally released in 2008.The Stax Solo Recordings: Judy Clay & Veda Brown, Kent label Cd, Ace Records, London, (2008). Other notable singers to cover it include country singer Jackie Burns (whose version made the Hot Country Songs chart in 1972),Joel Whitburn, Top Country Singles 1944-1993, p.488 Isaac Hayes, Millie Jackson, Rod Stewart, Percy Sledge, Bobby "Blue" Bland, David Ruffin, Barbara Mason, LeAnn Rimes, Renée Geyer, Ramsey Lewis, jazz chanteuse Della Reese; reggae singers Alton Ellis, George Faith and Glen Washington; Tom Jones, Cassandra Wilson, Nathan Cavaleri, Rania Zeriri, Barbara Mandrell, and Johanne Desforges (French cover titled "Si je ne peux t'aimer a quoi bon exister"). In 2020, electronic musician Nicolas Jaar (under his moniker Against All Logic) released his own version called "If Loving You Is Wrong" from his second album 2017-2019, which heavily samples Ingram's version, notably the chorus. The song is sampled in Travis Scott, Young Thug, and Rich Homie Quan's song "Mamacita", and Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar's song "Nosetalgia". Chart performances Luther Ingram Chart (1972)PeakPositionBillboardhot100 3 Luther IngramUS Best Selling Soul Singles (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/luther-ingram/chart-history/bsi/ Luther Ingram Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) Billboard1 Jackie Burns Chart (1972)PeakPositionUS Billboard Hot Country Singles71 Millie Jackson Chart (1975)PeakPositionBillboardhot100 42 Millie JacksonUS Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/millie-jackson/chart-history/bsi/ Millie Jackson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) Billboard42 Barbara Mandrell Chart (1979)PeakPositionBillboardhot100 31 Barbara MandrellBillboardcountrysongs 1 Barbara MandrellUS Billboard Adult Contemporary Joel Whitburn Joel Whitburn 1993 Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 Record Research 1486 Year-end charts Chart (1979)PositionUS Hot Country Songs (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-country-songs Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979 Billboard July 31, 202119 Rhonda Clark Chart (1992)PeakPositionUS Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/rhonda-clark/chart-history/bsi/ Rhonda Clark Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) Billboard6 See also Other songs with adulterous themes: "Me and Mrs Jones" "Somebody Else's Guy" References External links mn1qF4aC71U Video: Luther Ingram cZ13jHp7_P4 Video: Millie Jackson live performance a5WDHYRCWh4 Barbara Mandrell - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right Category:1972 songs Category:1972 singles Category:1976 singles Category:1979 singles Category:Millie Jackson songs Category:Rod Stewart songs Category:Renée Geyer songs Category:Barbara Mandrell songs Category:David Ruffin songs Category:Songs written by Homer Banks Category:Songs written by Raymond Jackson (songwriter) Category:Song recordings produced by Tom Collins (record producer) Category:Soul ballads Category:ABC Records singles Category:Songs about infidelity Category:Songs written by Carl Hampton