I Am Love (Jennifer Holliday song)

"I Am Love"
Single by Jennifer Holliday
from the album Feel My Soul
B-side"Heartstrings"
ReleasedAugust 1983
GenreR&B, soul
Length4:34
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Maurice White, David Foster, Allee Willis
Producer(s)Maurice White
Jennifer Holliday singles chronology
"I Am Love"
(1983) 		"Just Let Me Wait"
(1983)

"I Am Love" is a song by singer Jennifer Holliday, released as a single in 1983 by Geffen Records from her album Feel My Soul. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[1][2]

Overview

"I Am Love" was produced by Maurice White and written by White, David Foster and Allee Willis. The B-side of the single is a song called "Heartstrings".[1]

Critical reception

Stephen Holden of The New York Times called "I Am Love" a "big, bursting ballad..that deliberately recall(s) her Dreamgirls arias" and a "big, swelling tune and lyrics that make a grand pronouncement".[3] Johnny Loftus of Allmusic proclaimed that "I Am Love" is the real standout. Beginning as a fluttering, austere piano ballad, the song abruptly shifts into high gear, where Holliday's high note trills and enormous chorus vocalizing recall her mind-blowing performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls."[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Jennifer Holliday: I Am Love. Geffen Records. 1983.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Holliday: I Am Love (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (October 2, 1983). "JENNIFER HOLIDAY MAKES THE JUMP FROM BROADWAY TO POP". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Jennifer Holliday: Feel My Soul". allmusic.com. Allmusic.