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Not to be confused with For the Love of You (Earth, Wind & Fire song).

"For the Love of You"
Single by the Isley Brothers
from the album The Heat Is On
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1975
RecordedKendun Recorders, Burbank, California, 1975
GenreSmooth soul
Length5:38 (Album version)
4:44 (7" edit)
LabelT-Neck/Epic
Songwriter(s)Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley and Chris Jasper
Producer(s)The Isley Brothers
The Isley Brothers singles chronology
"Fight the Power (Part 1)"
(1975) 		"For the Love of You"
(1975) 		"Harvest for the World"
(1976)

"For the Love of You" (sometimes titled "For the Love of You (Part 1 & 2)") is a song recorded by the Isley Brothers, who released the song as the second single off their 1975 album, The Heat Is On. The record showcased the two sides of the act, with the album's first single "Fight the Power" reflecting a fast-paced funk vibe while showcasing a ballad side on the latter. The song later became a crossover hit for the brothers.

Release

"For the Love of You" was released in September 1975, after the success of its predecessor, "Fight the Power", had started to dwindle, leading to a drop of the charts. "For the Love" nearly repeated the success of its predecessor reaching #22 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the brothers the rarity of having two top 40 singles off one album as opposed to one every album, marking it as the first time that had happened since the 1972 album, Brother, Brother, Brother, where two top 40 singles emerged from that album ("Work to Do" and "Pop That Thang"). The song peaked at #10 on Billboard's R&B chart.

The song's success was contributed to the album's sequencing in which the harder, funk and rock-oriented first three tracks were placed on side one, while the more melodic, sensual soul ballads were placed on side two. As a result of the success of "For the Love of You", R&B radio began playing the album's other two ballads regularly – the O'Kelly Isley-led ballad "Sensuality" and the Ronald swan song, "Make Me Say It Again, Girl". Since then, all three of the songs from the album's second side continued to get play on quiet storm radio playlists.

Cover versions and samples

Covers

Samples

  • "For the Love of You" was sampled by Masta Ace in his song entitled "The I.N.C. Ride",[2]
  • 3 E Oeil sampled the song for their song “Laise Toi Aller".[3]
  • 504 Boyz sampled the song on "I Gotta Have That There" off their 2002 album Ballers.[4]
  • Murs sampled the song in "Me and This Jawn" off of his Murs for President album in 2008.[5]

Credits

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes[6]

References

  1. ^ "Regina Belle: Lazy Afternoon". Soulexpress.net. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Dope Isley Brothers Tracks Sampled by Hip-Hop". Thegmanifesto.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "les samples de Va /33549 jazz liberatorz clin d oeil". Du-bruit.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "504 Boyz :: Ballers :: No Limit Records/Universal". Rapreviews.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  5. ^ Murs. Murs for President (Album notes). Warner Bros. Records. 2008.
  6. ^ The Isley Brothers. The Heat is On (Album notes). T-Neck / Epic. 1975.
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