Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"
Single by Barry White
from the album Can't Get Enough
B-side	"Just Not Enough"
Released	July 25, 1974
Format	7 inch vinyl
Recorded	1974
Genre	Soul, disco
Length	3:28 (Single version) 4:31 (Album version)
Label	Philips, 20th Century Fox
Writer(s)	Barry White
Producer(s)	Barry White
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Barry White singles chronology
"Honey Please, Can't Ya See" (1974) "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (1974) "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (1974)
Music sample Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe

"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" is a song written, recorded, and produced by Barry White. Released as the first single from his album Can't Get Enough in 1974, the song topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts^[1] and has since become one of his signature tunes. It was his second U.S. chart-topper, after "Love's Theme".

The song is a pop-soul track with lush string arrangements and a disco-influenced beat behind it. The single differs from the LP version in that White sings solo during the intro whereas on the LP version he performs background vocals. The single is also an edit and is mixed differently.

White performed this song live on The Midnight Special in 1974, and on Soul Train on May 24, 1975.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1
UK Singles Chart	8

Taylor Dayne version

"Can't Get Enough of Your Love"
CD Single Cover
Single by Taylor Dayne
from the album Soul Dancing
B-side	"Let's Spend the Night Together"
Released	June 10, 1993
Format	Cassette single CD single 12" vinyl
Recorded	1993
Genre	Pop
Length	4:25
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Barry White
Producer(s)	David Cole, Robert Clivillés
Taylor Dayne singles chronology
"Heart of Stone" (1990) "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" (1993) "Send Me a Lover" (1993)

In 1993 the song was covered – as "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" – by Taylor Dayne. When Dayne submitted her planned third album to Arista Records, label president Clive Davis strongly suggested that she remake the Barry White classic to serve as the album's lead single (replacing Dayne's choice, the self-penned "I'll Wait" which was the planned title cut; the album's title was amended to Soul Dancing).

Produced by David Cole and Robert Clivillés of C+C Music Factory, Dayne's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" became a smash dance club hit peaking at #2.^[3] However, the track evinced a sharp drop in Dayne's profile on the Billboard Hot 100 with a #20 peak; Dayne's first seven singles had all reached the Top Ten but her eighth single "Heart of Stone" peaked at #12. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" was her final Top 40 hit with the follow-up single, "Send Me a Lover", being her last Hot 100 entry.

The track had more impact for Dayne internationally; in Australia, it spent three weeks at #2 in August 1993.

Track listing

1. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (Album version) - 4:25
2. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (C+C extended club mix I) - 6:05
3. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (C+C extended club mix II) - 6:46
4. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (C+C special edition mix) - 6:12
5. "Let's Spend the Night Together" - 5:35

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	14
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	2
UK Singles Chart	14
Australian Singles Chart	2
Japanese Orican Singles Chart	6
Swiss Singles Chart	17
Austrian Singles Chart	29
Dutch Singles Chart	9
Swedish Singles Chart	34
German Singles Chart	56

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4]	99

In popular culture

• It was covered by the Belgian act Big Tony in 1983.
• The Barry White recording was featured in the films Cookie (1989), Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (2004), Robots (2005), and 16 Blocks (2006), where the song appeared on the soundtrack and, in the film, was heard during the closing credits.
• The song appears in several episodes of the Fox TV series The Simpsons, most notably, during scenes in "Whacking Day" and "The Last Temptation of Homer". Barry White was a big fan of The Simpsons. He recorded a version specially for the episode "Whacking Day", in which he also appeared as a guest star. The song also appeared in the 1994 clip show episode in one of the clips at the end.
• The song also appears on the original motion picture soundtrack for the movie Beautiful Girls (1996). This version, by the band Afghan Whigs, has a distinctly rock sound while maintaining the underlying soul influence of the original.
• The song also appeared in the Nickelodeon show Angry Beavers in the episode "Beaver Fever". One of the characters, Barry the Bear (A Barry White Parody), sang a slight variation of the song called "Oh Baby".
• It was also featured in the comedy film Down to You (2000) as a song that Al sings to Imogen when they get back together.
• In 2004, Ricki-Lee Coulter performed this song in the semi-finals of the second season of Australian Idol and progressed to the Top 12 the following night.
• In the Supernatural episode "Tall Tales" (2007), the song appeared in the background of one scene.
• Hall & Oates covered the song on their album Our Kind of Soul.
• The song also appeared in national security when Martin lawrence's character(earl) has an office girl dance to the song for him.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 620.
2. The Best of Soul Train Live (booklet). Time Life. 2011.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 71.
4. "Billboard Top 100 – 1993". Archived from the original on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2010-08-27.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics