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Thread started 06/05/09 8:37pm

daPrettyman

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SWV - Use Your Heart

I know this was not their biggest hit, but I still like this song.

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Reply #1 posted 06/05/09 8:42pm

Lovesexy82

I'm the first one, YAH! Ha ha. No, really I love this song. I would say it is my favorite SWV song. I this CD single out back in 1996.(Damn, I'm hella old). Pharell Williams produced this song, but I did not have any idea who he was until about five years later. The ladies' voices sound very mature on this song and them harmonies are tight. Also, the most appealing thing about the song was that it had (and still has) a dreamlike quality to it.
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Reply #2 posted 06/05/09 8:47pm

sms130

CLASSIC! biggrin
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Reply #3 posted 06/05/09 10:22pm

silverchild

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My favorite SWV jam! I really think by the time they came out with this album and single, they were more developed and mature with their image and sound.
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Reply #4 posted 06/05/09 10:30pm

Timmy84

I like it too. nod

Like I said earlier, SWV had some good, nah, great songs. smile
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Reply #5 posted 06/06/09 12:03am

muse87

It wasn't their biggest hit but it's my personal favorite from them biggrin Rain is a close second
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Reply #6 posted 06/06/09 12:12am

alphastreet

This takes me back to grade 8, I remember spending all my allowance on the New Beginning CD.
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Reply #7 posted 06/06/09 12:42am

junebug18

probably my fav swv song. my top 3 are this, "ur always on my mind", and "right here (human nature)".
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Reply #8 posted 06/06/09 12:44am

alphastreet

I love it's really all about you on the CD, there is something so Jackson 5 about it.
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Reply #9 posted 06/06/09 7:06am

DigitalGardin

daPrettyman said:

I know this was not their biggest hit, but I still like this song.




This is a nice song..it showed the group's maturity.
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Reply #10 posted 06/06/09 9:12am

Cinnie

This is when I started paying attention to The Neptunes. Y'all know they produced this?
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Reply #11 posted 06/06/09 9:52am

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I wasn't a huge SWV fan but this is my favorite track by them.
It's smooth and laid back. It was a nice follow up to the
skanky You're the one for me.
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Reply #12 posted 06/06/09 9:54am

Timmy84

phunkdaddy said:

I wasn't a huge SWV fan but this is my favorite track by them.
It's smooth and laid back. It was a nice follow up to the
skanky You're the one for me.


The lyrics WERE very skank-licious, weren't they? lol
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Reply #13 posted 06/06/09 10:07am

DigitalGardin

Timmy84 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I wasn't a huge SWV fan but this is my favorite track by them.
It's smooth and laid back. It was a nice follow up to the
skanky You're the one for me.


The lyrics WERE very skank-licious, weren't they? lol


Everyone says that USE YOUR HEART wasnt a hit..so what did it do on the charts? I know it tanked pop, but it had to be top ten r&b.. I remember hearing it a lot on BET and r&b radio
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Reply #14 posted 06/06/09 10:19am

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Cinnie said:

This is when I started paying attention to The Neptunes. Y'all know they produced this?

Yep, no the Neptunes produced this track.AT the time it was released however, I didn't know, hell I didn't know they existed. I didn't know of them until "Shake Yo Ass" about 4 years later. I did know the songs SuperThug and Lookin' At Me and I Hate You (So Much Right Noe) but didn't know those cats yet.

# 22 Pop / # 6 RnB, not a bad follow up.
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Reply #15 posted 06/06/09 10:26am

Timmy84

DigitalGardin said:

Timmy84 said:



The lyrics WERE very skank-licious, weren't they? lol


Everyone says that USE YOUR HEART wasnt a hit..so what did it do on the charts? I know it tanked pop, but it had to be top ten r&b.. I remember hearing it a lot on BET and r&b radio


It was a BIG R&B hit.
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Reply #16 posted 06/06/09 10:29am

alphastreet

^ yeah I remember that too. I cant believe it was half my life ago.
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Reply #17 posted 06/06/09 11:10am

piepie1976

Love this group, love this album, love this JAM! Man those were the days...
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Reply #18 posted 06/06/09 12:32pm

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I liked this cut we actually got to hear Taj's voice which IMO wasn't all that bad...
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Reply #19 posted 06/06/09 1:24pm

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boriquateddy said:

I liked this cut we actually got to hear Taj's voice which IMO wasn't all that bad...

Taj wasn't bad as a singer at all. I really liked the song "It All About U" from the same album. She sang lead on most it.
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Reply #20 posted 06/06/09 1:46pm

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"Use Your Heart" was SWV's 7th-consecutive top-10 R&B hit, reaching #6 in 1996. After their lead single "Right Here" peaked at #16, they hit big with "I'm So Into You" (#2), "Weak" (#1), "Right Here/Human Nature"/"Downtown" (#1), "You're Always On My Mind" (#8), "Anything" (#4), and "You're the One" (#1). Lack of a physical single helped kill "It's All About U" and "Can We" (my favorite), but they bounced back with "Someone" (#5) and "Rain" (#7).
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Reply #21 posted 06/06/09 8:20pm

Abdul

Timmy84 said:

phunkdaddy said:

I wasn't a huge SWV fan but this is my favorite track by them.
It's smooth and laid back. It was a nice follow up to the
skanky You're the one for me.


The lyrics WERE very skank-licious, weren't they? lol



Lol!! I was in this type of situation that summer before this song hit, my girl's so called friend came at me like those SWV lyrics, I was only 17 at the time and her so called friend looks wise was bangin' so like a dummy I took the bait.....
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Reply #22 posted 06/06/09 8:22pm

Timmy84

Abdul said:

Timmy84 said:



The lyrics WERE very skank-licious, weren't they? lol



Lol!! I was in this type of situation that summer before this song hit, my girl's so called friend came at me like those SWV lyrics, I was only 17 at the time and her so called friend looks wise was bangin' so like a dummy I took the bait.....


Damn, lol. I know your girl was probably pissed when she found out.
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Reply #23 posted 06/06/09 8:30pm

Abdul

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Damn, lol. I know your girl was probably pissed when she found out.


Yep she was very pissed Timmy, it took till the end of the next school year to even get her to talk to me at all again, and her and the "Friend" actually got in a fist fight over it. We're actually cool again, I just hung out with her and some old H.S. friends of mine on my B-Day May 17th.
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Reply #24 posted 06/06/09 8:46pm

Timmy84

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Timmy84 said:





Damn, lol. I know your girl was probably pissed when she found out.


Yep she was very pissed Timmy, it took till the end of the next school year to even get her to talk to me at all again, and her and the "Friend" actually got in a fist fight over it. We're actually cool again, I just hung out with her and some old H.S. friends of mine on my B-Day May 17th.


Haha, glad everything turned out okay considering. smile
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Reply #25 posted 06/06/09 10:32pm

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Man, this brings me back. Yeah, this was SWV's best song.
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Reply #26 posted 06/07/09 4:44am

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LittleBLUECorvette said:

Cinnie said:

This is when I started paying attention to The Neptunes. Y'all know they produced this?

Yep, no the Neptunes produced this track.AT the time it was released however, I didn't know, hell I didn't know they existed. I didn't know of them until "Shake Yo Ass" about 4 years later. I did know the songs SuperThug and Lookin' At Me and I Hate You (So Much Right Noe) but didn't know those cats yet.

# 22 Pop / # 6 RnB, not a bad follow up.


Let's not forget that they also co-produced, "Rump Shaker", with Teddy.
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Reply #27 posted 06/07/09 6:20am

Cinnie

shorttrini said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:


Yep, no the Neptunes produced this track.AT the time it was released however, I didn't know, hell I didn't know they existed. I didn't know of them until "Shake Yo Ass" about 4 years later. I did know the songs SuperThug and Lookin' At Me and I Hate You (So Much Right Noe) but didn't know those cats yet.

# 22 Pop / # 6 RnB, not a bad follow up.


Let's not forget that they also co-produced, "Rump Shaker", with Teddy.


They certainly weren't on my producer radar then. Back then I thought that was all Teddy Riley behind "Rump Shaker".
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Reply #28 posted 06/07/09 7:03am

junebug18

Cinnie said:

This is when I started paying attention to The Neptunes. Y'all know they produced this?

yup! a lotta folks dont know this...
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Reply #29 posted 06/07/09 7:05am

Cinnie

junebug18 said:

Cinnie said:

This is when I started paying attention to The Neptunes. Y'all know they produced this?

yup! a lotta folks dont know this...


Understandably so. It sounds way different from the digital style that would make them blow up.
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