nobody even nominated "Rocket 2 U," which i assume means everyone else, like me, completely forgot it existed when this poll was going on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkTMLMICR3Y
― korla pundit (crüt), Monday, 26 June 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
i love this song
― maura, Monday, 26 June 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
This is driving me insane...do any of my 80s R&B headz recognize the interpolation at the chorus where he sings the title??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SnWTW6YXbE
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 17 March 2018 06:22 (six years ago) link
Several elements of the song sound like a de- and reconstruction of the Doobie Brothers' version of 'You Belong to Me':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpHnVyAyJFU
If that's not quite it, it feels like the Doobies/Michael McDonald are a good first route of inquiry. That opening synth line is all them.
― Another helping of mouthwatering cobbler? (Old Lunch), Saturday, 17 March 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
The chorus backing track sounds a bit like Wham "Everything She Wants" tbh.
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 17 March 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
I was going to say the backing track sounds like “yah mo be there”
One of his recent hits interpolated Eugene Wild
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Saturday, 17 March 2018 16:27 (six years ago) link
I'm a little late to the Alexander O'Neal party, because I only just discovered that 'Criticize' is the best song ever written.
― ArchCarrier, Sunday, 20 March 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link