Night Time Lover should not be confused with Part-Time Lover.
| Night Time Lover | |
| Cover: | Nighttimelover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | La Toya Jackson featuring Michael Jackson |
| Album: | La Toya Jackson |
| B-Side: | Lovely Is She |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Length: | 4:22 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Michael Jackson |
| Chronology: | La Toya Jackson |
| Prev Title: | If You Feel the Funk |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Stay the Night |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Night Time Lover" is the second single by American singer La Toya Jackson, from her eponymous debut (1980). The track was produced and co-written by her brother, fellow American singer Michael Jackson, who was credited for background vocals. They originally wrote the song for Donna Summer under the title "Fire Is the Feeling".[1]
Bobby DeBarge of American musical band Switch, La Toya's love interest at the time, wrote the 1980 song "You and I" in response. The song begins: "You know, I was listening to the radio the other day, and I heard the words that you said, that I'm your night time lover."[2]
La Toya performed the song on the November 10, 1980 episode of the Dutch TV program TopPop and a month later on the December 13 episode of American Bandstand.[3]
On the online music database AllMusic, editor Justin Kantor provides the following description to the song: "Another primer is 'Night Time Lover,' a softly seductive, simultaneously kinetic number produced by brother Michael."[4]
| Chart (1980–1981) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[5] | 59 |
| US Cash Box Black Contemporary Top 100[6] | 60 |