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Looking For A New Love by Jody Watley
Jody Watley
Artist Biography For Jody Watley
Jody Watley Born Jan. 30 1959 Chicago Emerged From The R&B Group Shalamar To Score A String Of Solo Hit Singles Chiefly From 1987 To 1990 A Period In Which She Reached The Top 10 Of The Billboard Hot 100 Six Times. Watley Got Her Start As A Dancer On The Television Dance Show Soul Train Which Led To Her Being Tapped For A Spot In Shalamar. Her First Solo Album Jody Watley Yielded #2 Hit Looking For A New Love Which Was Followed By Two More Top 10 Singles — Don’t You Want Me #6 And Some Kind Of Lover #10 . Two Other Singles From The Album Charted — Still A Thrill #56 And Most Of All #60 . The Success Propelled Her To A Best New Artist Grammy Win For 1987. Subsequent Album Larger Than Life Produced Another Three Top 10 Singles Real Love #2 Everything #4 And Friends #9 . Her Only Other U.S. Top 40 Appearances Came In 1992 With I’m The One You Need #19 And As One Of Several Featured Artists On Babyface’s This Is For The Lover In You #6 In 1996. She Is Ranked #21 On Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Top Dance Club Artists.
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"Looking For A New Love" Is The First Single From Jody Watley's Eponymous Debut Album. "Looking For A New Love" Became One Of The Biggest Pop And R&B Singles Of 1987. The Single Hit Number Two On The Billboard Hot 100 In May 1987 And Spent Four Weeks At Number-One On The Billboard R&B Chart. The Song Also Reached Number-One On The Billboard Hot Dance Club Play And The RPM Singles Chart In Canada. The Single Was Kept Out Of The Top Spot Of The Hot 100 By Cutting Crew's " I Just Died In Your Arms" And U2's "With Or Without You". The Song Reached Number 13 On The UK Singles Chart. In 1988 The Song Was Nominated For Two Soul Train Music Awards For Best R&B/Soul Or Rap Music Video And Best R&B/Soul Single Female. She Was Also Nominated For A Grammy Award For Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. While Listening To A Tape Of Instrumental Tracks Given To Her By Producer André Cymone Watley Reflected On A Recent Sour Romantic Breakup. Fusing Her Own Feelings Of "I'll Show You" With The Feel Of The Track Watley Came Up With The Basic Premise Of "Looking For A New Love." The Released Record Is The Eight-Track Demo Of The Song That Way The Emotional Urgency Of Watley's Vocal Was Still Intact. One Of The Song's Key Phrases Became A Popular Saying "Hasta La Vista Baby." It Wound Up On Innumerable Answering Machines And Was Used By Arnold Schwarzenegger In The 1991 Film Terminator 2 Judgment Day See Hasta La Vista Baby . In 2005 Jody Watley Re-Recorded And Released "Looking For A New Love" On Water Music Records In Conjunction With Her Own Avitone Label Curvve Recordings And Peace Bisquit. The Reissued Classic Was Remixed In Various Styles House Electro Breakbeat. The Newly Imagined "Looking For A New Love" Proved To Be A Historic Undertaking For Watley As It Peaked At #1 On The Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart Making Her The First Artist Ever To Take The Same Song To No. 1 In Two Decades.
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Jody Watley Born Jan. 30 1959 Chicago Emerged From The R&B Group Shalamar To Score A String Of Solo Hit Singles Chiefly From 1987 To 1990 A Period In Which She Reached The Top 10 Of The Billboard Hot 100 Six Times. Watley Got Her Start As A Dancer On The Television Dance Show Soul Train Which Led To Her Being Tapped For A Spot In Shalamar. Her First Solo Album Jody Watley Yielded #2 Hit Looking For A New Love Which Was Followed By Two More Top 10 Singles — Don’t You Want Me #6 And Some Kind Of Lover #10 . Two Other Singles From The Album Charted — Still A Thrill #56 And Most Of All #60 . The Success Propelled Her To A Best New Artist Grammy Win For 1987. Subsequent Album Larger Than Life Produced Another Three Top 10 Singles Real Love #2 Everything #4 And Friends #9 . Her Only Other U.S. Top 40 Appearances Came In 1992 With I’m The One You Need #19 And As One Of Several Featured Artists On Babyface’s This Is For The Lover In You #6 In 1996. She Is Ranked #21 On Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Top Dance Club Artists.
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"Looking for a New Love" is the first single from Jody Watley's eponymous debut album. "Looking for a New Love" became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1987. The single hit number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1987 and spent four weeks at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart. The song also reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and the RPM Singles Chart in Canada. The single was kept out of the top spot of the Hot 100 by Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and U2's "With or Without You". The song reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.
In 1988 the song was nominated for two Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, and Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
While listening to a tape of instrumental tracks given to her by producer André Cymone, Watley reflected on a recent sour romantic breakup. Fusing her own feelings of "I'll show you" with the feel of the track, Watley came up with the basic premise of "Looking for a New Love." The released record is the eight-track demo of the song; that way the emotional urgency of Watley's vocal was still intact. One of the song's key phrases became a popular saying: "Hasta la vista, baby." It wound up on innumerable answering machines and was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (see Hasta la vista, baby).
In 2005, Jody Watley re-recorded and released "Looking for a New Love" on Water Music Records in conjunction with her own Avitone label, Curvve Recordings, and Peace Bisquit. The reissued classic was remixed in various styles: house, electro, breakbeat. The newly imagined "Looking for a New Love" proved to be a historic undertaking for Watley, as it peaked at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, making her the first artist ever to take the same song to No. 1 in two decades. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.