(I Wanna Give You) Devotion
Encyclopedia
" Devotion," was the name of a House/Rave themed club track by the British
Dance outfit Nomad
. The track was a top ten UK hit in 1991, where it reached number 2, and a number 1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Chart single in the United States, where it reached the top spot in June 1991 and stayed there for only one week.
, who also shares writing credits with fellow Nomad member Steve McCutcheon
and rapper MC Mikey Freedom. It also quotes from the earlier club hit "Devotion" by Ten City
. Although Freedom and singer Sharon Dee Clarke were the featured artists on this track when it was released in the United Kingdom and other territories (even though Freedom was the only one to get his name credited), they were listed as uncredited in the US single version up until the act's full-length CD Changing Cabins was released Stateside in the autumn of 1991. Both artists were featured in the video for the track, which had them dressed in body paint while they were performing the song at a rave concert.
The song is notable for being the first song that Steve Mac ever wrote. When asked about the track and its success in an April 2010 interview, Mac said:
In addition to the rap version, there is also a Soul Mix version that features Clarke's vocal performance without the rap. Both versions along with the Italo house version are included on the Changing Cabins CD.
12" Maxi CD (UK/US)
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Dance outfit Nomad
Nomad (band)
Nomad was a house music duo from England, who had several hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, as well as some similar successes in the UK Singles Chart. Group members were Damon Rochefort , Steve McCutcheon and Sharon D. Clarke.In 1991 they hit #1 on the U.S...
. The track was a top ten UK hit in 1991, where it reached number 2, and a number 1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
Chart single in the United States, where it reached the top spot in June 1991 and stayed there for only one week.
Background
The track was produced by Damon RochefortDamon Rochefort
Damon Rochefort is a Welsh musician, songwriter and writer.He was born to Barry and Kaye Rochefort.He has had success in music in the 1990s with his band, Nomad, with the international hits "I Wanna Give you Devotion" and "Just a Groove"; as well as writing and producing hits for Kim Wilde, Bad...
, who also shares writing credits with fellow Nomad member Steve McCutcheon
Steve Mac
Steve Mac , is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London.He has produced more than 22 number one singles in the UK and had several multi-million selling albums worldwide...
and rapper MC Mikey Freedom. It also quotes from the earlier club hit "Devotion" by Ten City
Ten City
Ten City was a Chicago, Illinois-based R&B and house-music act that enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the late Eighties and early Nineties and was one of the first exponents of deep house...
. Although Freedom and singer Sharon Dee Clarke were the featured artists on this track when it was released in the United Kingdom and other territories (even though Freedom was the only one to get his name credited), they were listed as uncredited in the US single version up until the act's full-length CD Changing Cabins was released Stateside in the autumn of 1991. Both artists were featured in the video for the track, which had them dressed in body paint while they were performing the song at a rave concert.
The song is notable for being the first song that Steve Mac ever wrote. When asked about the track and its success in an April 2010 interview, Mac said:
"It was a real accident. I just remember struggling to get the drums right - I didn’t really know how to work the sequencer properly. I didn’t have that much knowledge of what I was doing, and I think if I had then it wouldn’t have been as good a track. I love the naiveté of what I was doing back then, and I miss that a little bit now."
In addition to the rap version, there is also a Soul Mix version that features Clarke's vocal performance without the rap. Both versions along with the Italo house version are included on the Changing Cabins CD.
Track listings
12" CD (UK)- 1 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (6:42)
- 2 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Instrumental Mix) (6:42)
- 3 Sang - Froid (3:32)
12" Maxi CD (UK/US)
- 1 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (7" Mix) (4:09)
- 2 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Original Mix) (6:46)
- 3 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Instrumental) (6:37)
- 4 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Soul Mix) (5:00)
- 5 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (The Joey Negro Mix) (6:48)
- 6 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Rock Shock Mix) (6:39)
- 7 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Trouble's Club Mix) (6:41)
- 8 (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Trouble's Underground Club Mix) (6:37)
External links
- Track listing at e.discogs.com
- Music video from YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....