| I Still Can't Get Over Loving You | |
| Cover: | Ray Parker Jr - I Still Can't Get Over Loving You - single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ray Parker Jr. |
| Album: | Woman Out of Control |
| B-Side: | She Still Feels the Need |
| Released: | October 1983 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 4:09 |
| Label: | Arista - Arista 9116 |
| Producer: | Ollie E. Brown and Ray Parker Jr. |
| Prev Title: | The People Next Door |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Woman Out of Control |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" is a 1983 song written and performed by Ray Parker Jr. It was the lead single from his Woman Out of Control album of the same year, and it reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984.[2] It was Parker's fifth top 20 hit, the sixth being 1984's "Ghostbusters".
The song is an up-tempo ballad with electronic instruments.[3] While initially the song speaks of lost love and an ended relationship, the lyrics gradually take a considerably more sinister tone, ultimately implying that the man either is stalking his former girlfriend, or potentially preparing to do harm to her. A turning point in the tone occurs when Parker borrows a line from The Police's "Every Breath You Take", "Every breath you take, I'll be watching you." It is summarily followed by closing lines which indicate that the relationship has taken a dark turn: "There's no way that this thing is through, no; Not yet, I ain't through lovin' you; I'm gettin' mad, girl, don't you ever try to leave, no, no; It'll be the last thing you'll ever do."
| Chart (1984) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 84 | |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] | 10 | |
| U.S.Billboard Hot Black Singles[6] | 12 |
. Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 189.
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 449.