The song had potential to be a hit had it not been for WB's dumb ass

Love love looooove the song,,,,if there's the best display of a duet between an angel & a demon, that would be it

Which one is the angel???!!

Ms.Stevens of course

Or should I say, she's the lesser evil

It's shocking that this song wasn't released as a single.It's a HOT collaboration!

Chaka just get down low
And see what we will find

It doesn't get better than this

Harlepolis said:

Was it Warners or Motown who refused to let this song become a single? I hate it when record company politics prevent a song from being a single.

SoulAlive said:

Both,,,WB more strongly though(according to Rick's book). Its a pattern to them, they fucked up her chance to sing "Don't Look Any Further" with Dennis Edwards and didn't include her in the video/credit for her duet with Robert Palmer(If I'm not mistaken).

Warner showed complete lack of imagination when it comes to black artists, its no wonder why she still holds deep resentment against them.

Great duet.

One of the worst tracks on that album. Some great stuff on there though, such as "Best In The West" and "So Not To Worry".

Mong said:

That song cracks me up I bet its one of those "Crazy Chaka" moments where she had,,,,,What if I sang with a southern accent? Hey what the hell!!

Loved this the first time I heard it.
I thought it was a great combination. (I'd heard that they had recorded it before its release.)

One of the few Rick James songs in my collection.

Harlepolis said:

I thought she was in the video for Steve Winwood's 'Higher Love?'

Harlepolis said:

That's a shame.I know that this song would have been a Number One R&B hit.Our local R&B station played it like crazy and the response was great.

Love it. I got it in recent years on one of those "Smooth Grooves" compilations.

I always hated that song, even back when it was popular.

vainandy said:

yeah,I have that same 'Smooth Grooves' CD

vainandy said:

Get outta here,that song is a JAM! love the bassline!

And to make matters worse, in the late 80s, all those damn rappers started sampling that song so it just lived on and on and refused to go away.

SUPRMAN said:

Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love" was originally recorded as a duet with Chaka. Warner Brothers refused to have this version released on Robert's album because they felt it would interfer with the promotion of her album "Destiny", which, they didn't even bother to promote. The duet with Robert is currently sitting in the vaults collecting dust.

kitbradley said:

Wow,Warners really screwed things up for Chaka,on more than one occasion She has an excellent unreleased album from 1995 called 'Dare You To Love Me' that Warners refused to release.I can see why she was so eager to leave this label.

SoulAlive said:

They wanted her to be more Faith Evans/Mary J Blige-ish

Harlepolis said:

Why would they want her to imitate her followers?

Timmy84 said:

Because they didn't know they were her followers to begin with...

Which brings me back to my point earlier about them being so fuckin' clueless about black artists.

Harlepolis said:

Basically!

Never heard this before but it is sure funky.

Harlepolis said:

WB's has always allowed their anuses to do their thinking for them, it was true then, it's true now.

"Slow Dancin" got a lot of play on Chicago radio back in the day. Love this song! Thanks for posting this funkpil.

Already!.

TD3 said:

It got alot of airplay here in the Bay Area,too.In fact,they played it so much that for many years,I assumed it was a single.