"I Love Music" is a disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 song written by Gamble and Huff

Gamble and Huff

Kenneth Gamble and Leon A. Huff are an American songwriting and record production team who have written and produced over 170 gold and platinum records. They were pioneers of Philadelphia soul and the in-house creative team for the Philadelphia International record label...

 and recorded by The O'Jays

The O'Jays

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1963 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert , Walter Williams , William Powell , Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005...

. It appeared on the group's 1975

1975 in music

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 album Family Reunion

Family Reunion (album)

Family Reunion is a 1975 album by American R&B group The O'Jays.-Reception:Released late 1975 on the Philadelphia International Records label...

. The single

Single (music)

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 version went to number one on the soul singles chart and reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. The single was most successful on the disco/dance charts spending eight weeks at number one.

Cover versions

In 1976, a live cover version appears on the album LIVE performed by 3M Productions, also known as Major Harris

Major Harris

Major Harris is a former college football quarterback for West Virginia University during the 1980s. Harris was a 1989 All American and finished third and fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1988 and 1989, respectively. He was also the ECAC Player of the Year in 1988 and 1989...

, Blue Magic

Blue Magic

Blue Magic can refer to:* Blue Magic , a R&B and soul music vocal quintet.*"Blue Magic" , a song from rapper Jay-Z's album American Gangster...

 and Margie Joseph

Margie Joseph

Margaret Marie "Margie" Joseph is an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. Her greatest success came in the 1970s, with her biggest hits being her version of Paul McCartney's "My Love", her version of The Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love" and her duet with Blue Magic...

, recorded at the Latin Casino. In 1990, Chicago House music vocalist Darryl Pandy released a version of the song on Warner Bros. Records

Warner Bros. Records

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 remaining faithful to the original version. The track featured a prominent keyboard riff, brass, and a driving House beat. In 1993

1993 in music

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 the Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

n born singer Rozalla

Rozalla

Rozalla is a dance music performer, born to a Zambian mother and a Zimbabwean father...

 covered

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 "I Love Music" on her album Look No Further. Her version of the song also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way is a 1993 crime film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels Carlito's Way and After Hours by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo, and...

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Chart information

Rozalla's recording of "I Love Music" reached number one on the 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. It also dented the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, peaking at number 76. The song reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 in 1994

1994 in music

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 and marked something of a comeback after various earlier singles had failed to crack the top 40. In the rest of the world the song, however, struggled to end up in the lower regions of the chart.

Trivia

The solo bongo-drum intro to this song was performed by none other than Bill Cosby, while the "Get-it-on" chorus was sung by the late actor Cleavon Little, both long-time friends and admirers of the Ojays. "I Love Music" was the first of a series of cover versions Rozalla was to record over the years. It was also her first "new" song to be released on Sony Records, as her earlier released had all been released by British

United Kingdom

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 indie label Pulse 8 first.

Usage in film

The song appears in the 1993 film Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way is a 1993 crime film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels Carlito's Way and After Hours by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp. It stars Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo, Jorge Porcel, Joseph Siravo, and...

and in the 2007 film Pride

Pride (2007 film)

Pride is a 2007 biopic drama feature film released by Lionsgate Entertainment on March 23, 2007. Loosely based upon the true story of Philadelphia swim coach James "Jim" Ellis, Pride stars Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, and Kimberly Elise, and was directed by Sunu Gonera.Pride is a film that depicts...

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