Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)

"Sweet Love"
A-side label of U.S. vinyl pressing
Single by Anita Baker
from the album Rapture
B-side"Watch Your Step"
Released1986
Recorded1985
Genre
Length4:26
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Michael J. Powell
Anita Baker singles chronology
"Feel the Need"
(1984) 		"Sweet Love"
(1986) 		"Caught Up in the Rapture"
(1986)
Alternative release
Cover art for German vinyl pressings,[4] distributed in continental Europe
Audio
"Sweet Love" on YouTube

"Sweet Love" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Anita Baker from her second studio album, Rapture (1986). It was written by Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson, and Gary Bias, and produced by Michael J. Powell. It was released in May 1986 as the album's first single.

The song was Baker's first big hit single, peaking at number two on the US Billboard R&B chart, number three on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1986.[5] In the UK, it reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 21 on Canada's Top Singles chart.[6][7]

"Sweet Love" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards (1987).

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  2. ^ "80 best love songs of the 1980s". Cleveland. August 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Moon, Tom (28 August 2008). "Anita Baker - Rapture". 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 39–40. ISBN 9-780761-139638.
  4. ^ "Sweet Love" by Anita Baker. Photo by Mark Weiss. Elektra Records. 7": catalog no. 969 557-7. 12": Catalog no. 966 845-0. "Manufactured in Germany by Record Serve GmbH."
  5. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
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