| It's a Love Thing | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Whispers |
| Album: | Imagination |
| B-Side: | Girl I Need You |
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| Label: | SOLAR |
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| Prev Title: | Out the Box |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | I Can Make It Better |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"It's a Love Thing" is a song by American R&B group The Whispers, released in January 1981 (and in March in the UK) as a single from their 1980 album Imagination.
Reviewing the song for Record Mirror, James Hamilton described it as "skippable, but distinctive synth tones intro this thunderously smacking 0-117-118-119 bpm 12in smash-bound chunderer with cheerful catchy vocals and, as has been proved beyond question, real grow-on-you appeal".[1]
The music video features then-unknown actress Daphne Maxwell Reid as a correspondent in Hollywood waiting for the arrival of the group. As Scott gets out of the limousine, she asks him "how does it feel being platinum?", to which he replies "it feels great". She then asks another question and talks to the rest of the group before it cuts to the Whispers performing the song.[2]
7"
12"
The Whispers
Additional musicians
It peaked at number 2 on Billboard's R&B chart and number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their second and last UK top-ten hit.
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 12 |
| France (IFOP)[4] | 10 |