Diana Ross – Love Hangover (Special Disco Version) Motown Records 1976

Diana Ross – Love Hangover (Special Disco Version) Motown Records 1976

“Love Hangover” was the fourth number one single for Motown singer Diana Ross. Ross recorded “Love Hangover” in 1975. It was released in March 1976, and rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Soul Singles and Hot Dance Club Play charts simultaneously.

The song was written by Pamela Sawyer and Marilyn McLeod as a disco number. Producer Hal Davis recorded the instrumental track in 1975 thinking it ideal for Marvin Gaye or Diana Ross, who were his two favorite vocalists to work with. He thought Diana would be sexier on it, so he recorded the song with her. Background vocals on the track were provided by Motown’s in-house trio, The Andantes.

Hal Davis instructed the song’s engineer Russ Terrana to install a strobe light so that Ross could be in the “disco” mindset. As the song changed from ballad to uptempo, Ross became more comfortable with the material; she hummed, sang bit parts, laughed, danced around and even imitated Billie Holiday. The carefree and sensual nature of Ross’ vocals and the music’s direction helped to sell the song.

The song was released on the Diana Ross LP in February, 1976. The lead single from the album was “I Thought It Took A Little Time.” Singing group The 5th Dimension also released “Love Hangover” as a single. Motown then issued Ross’ version on 45. Both versions entered the chart the same day. By the time Ross’ version of “Love Hangover” went to number one, Ross had reinvented herself as a disco diva and The 5th Dimension’s version had peaked at number 80. It won Ross a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Female Vocal Performance.

Motown released versions of Ross’s version in 1988 (remixed by the British team PWL) and 1993 (remixed by Frankie Knuckles for the album Diana Extended: The Remixes and by Joey Negro for a single).

Almighty Records released a remixed version in 2007 (remixed by the UK team Almighty). The song would become part of the hip-hop lexicon via sampling by Will Smith, Heavy D, Master P, Monica, Janet Jackson, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, French artist MC Solaar and Emily King, who made use of it for her 2007 debut album, East Side Story, in the song Walk in My Shoes.

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, actress, record producer and an occasional songwriter. Born and raised in Detroit, she rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown’s most successful act and is to this day America’s most successful vocal group as well as one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. As part of the Supremes, Ross most notably rivaled the career of The Beatles in worldwide popularity, and her success made it possible for future African American R&B and soul acts to find mainstream success. The group set a record scoring twelve number-one hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including the hits “Where Did Our Love Go”, “Baby Love”, “Come See About Me”, “Stop! In the Name of Love”, “You Can’t Hurry Love”, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, “Love Child” and “Someday We’ll Be Together”.

If there’s a cure for this I don’t want it, don’t want it
If there’s a cure for this I don’t want it, I don’t want it

Think about it all the time Thinking only makes me smile
And say hey, I don’t want to shake it, love the love you’re making

If there’s a cure for this,I don’t want it, I don’t want it
If there’s a remedy I’ll run from it, from it

Think about it all the time never let it out of my mind
‘Cause I love you

I’ve got the sweetest hangover, I don’t wanna get over
Sweetest hangover, yeah, I don’t wanna get over

Sweet love, sweet love

I’ve got a love hangover, sweet love hangover
Yea, I don’t wanna cure for this
I don’t wanna get, I don’t wanna get over

Ooh, I don’t need no cure
I don’t need no cure , I don’t need no cure, sweet love

(Sweet, sweet love, sweet, sweet love hangover)

Oh, oh, oh yea, oh, oh, oh yea
Don’t want it, don’t need it, don’t want it, don’t need it

Don’t call the doctor, don’t call my mama, don’t call the preacher
No I don’t need it, I don’t need it

‘Cause if there’s a cure for this
I don’t want it, I don’t want it

(Love to love you, sweet)

Sweet love I love you, sweet love I need your love
Rare love, sweet love hangover

I don’t want no cure, sweet love hangover
Love, love, love, love hangover, I don’t want no cure, I don’t want no cure
I don’t want no cure

Sweet love hangover
Ooh, love

(In Billie Holiday Voice)
If there’s a cure for this, I don’t no, no, no, no, no, no
If there’s a cure for this
I don’t want it, NO… I don’t want it, no no, I don’t want it uh
If there’s a cure for this I don’t need it

Get away from here ooh

Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet love

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