| Popcorn Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | New Edition |
| Album: | Candy Girl |
| B-Side: | Jealous Girl |
| Released: | August 6, 1983[1] |
| Recorded: | 1982 |
| Studio: | Unique Recording Studios[2] |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 4:52 (album version) 3:45 (single version) 7:27 (instrumental version) |
| Label: | Streetwise |
| Producer: | Maurice Starr |
| Prev Title: | Is This the End |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Cool It Now |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"Popcorn Love" is a single by New Edition, released on August 6, 1983.[1] It was released as the third and final single from their debut album, Candy Girl on the Streetwise label. The single read #25 on the R&B chart.
| Chart (1983–84) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 73 |
| UK Singles Chart | 43 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[6] | 25 |
| Jealous Girl | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Another Bad Creation |
| Album: | Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! |
| Released: | July 23, 1991 |
| Recorded: | Spring 1990 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 5:38 |
| Label: | Motown |
| Prev Title: | Playground |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Spydermann |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
Another Bad Creation covered "Popcorn Love"'s flip side, "Jealous Girl"[7] (in a slightly extended version)[8] on July 23, 1991, which also reached #25 on the R&B chart.[9]
Mase recorded a parody of "Jealous Girl" for his Harlem World album, called "Jealous Guy", with him, 112 and Puff Daddy singing like New Edition but with altered lyrics.[10]
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 215. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and June 19, 1988.