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You Got The Love by Candi Staton
Candi Staton
Artist Biography For Candi Staton
Candi Staton Born Canzetta Maria Staton On 13 March 1940 In Hanceville Alabama USA Is An American Gospel Singer. She Is Best Known For Her Disco Hit Young Hearts Run Free And Dance Hit You Got The Love. Staton Sang With The Jewell Gospel Trio And As Teenagers They Toured The Traditional Gospel Circuit In The 1950s With The Soul Stirrers C. L. Franklin And Mahalia Jackson. They Recorded Several Sides For Nashbro Apollo Disambiguation Needed And Savoy Records Between 1953 And 1963 Before Launching A Solo Career In 1968. She Had 16 R&B Hits For Fame Studios And Received Grammy Nominations For Cover Versions Of Country Standards. In 1975 She Started Working With Disco Producer Dave Crawford And Had Hits "Young Hearts Run Free" And "Victim". Also The Mighty Majors "You Can Never Go Back" Was Her Backup Band Once On The Road.
In 1982 She Returned To Gospel Forming Beracah Ministries With Her Husband John Sussewell. In 1991 She Had A Top 10 UK Hit As The Source Featuring Candi Staton With Dance Track "You Got The Love". In 2004 When Sex And The City Ended Its Successful Six-Year Run The Last Song Played On That Show Was "You Got The Love" With Sarah Jessica Parker Walking Down New York City Streets And Talking About The Endless Relationship With Herself.
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The Original Version Is A Soul/disco/gospel Track Released In The UK By Streetwave In 1986 Written By Anthony B. Stephens Arnecia Michelle Harris And John Bellamy. It Featured An A Cappella Version Utilised By Paul Simpson When He Combined This With The Backing Track To The Adeva Song "Musical Freedom You've Got The Love In 1989. The Most Well Known House Mix By DJ Eren Was Released In 1991 And Layered The Vocal Track Over An Instrumental Version Of The Frankie Knuckles/Jamie Principle House Song "Your Love" Itself A Stripped Down Version Of The Italo-Disco Track Feels Good Carrots And Beets By Electra Featuring Tara Butler. The Original Candi Staton Track Had Been Recorded For A Video-Only 1980s Documentary About An Obese Man Who Was Trying To Lose Weight. When Approached By The Source Candi Said She Couldn't Remember Her Having Recorded A Song Called "You Got The Love". It Was Only Later When She Realised She Had Performed The Song Years Earlier For The Documentary. The Producers Of The Video Had Selected The Song For Her To Sing But As They Had No Funds To Pay Her They Donated Half Of The Copyright And Publishing To Candi
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Candi Staton Born Canzetta Maria Staton On 13 March 1940 In Hanceville Alabama USA Is An American Gospel Singer. She Is Best Known For Her Disco Hit Young Hearts Run Free And Dance Hit You Got The Love. Staton Sang With The Jewell Gospel Trio And As Teenagers They Toured The Traditional Gospel Circuit In The 1950s With The Soul Stirrers C. L. Franklin And Mahalia Jackson. They Recorded Several Sides For Nashbro Apollo Disambiguation Needed And Savoy Records Between 1953 And 1963 Before Launching A Solo Career In 1968. She Had 16 R&B Hits For Fame Studios And Received Grammy Nominations For Cover Versions Of Country Standards. In 1975 She Started Working With Disco Producer Dave Crawford And Had Hits "Young Hearts Run Free" And "Victim". Also The Mighty Majors "You Can Never Go Back" Was Her Backup Band Once On The Road.
In 1982 She Returned To Gospel Forming Beracah Ministries With Her Husband John Sussewell. In 1991 She Had A Top 10 UK Hit As The Source Featuring Candi Staton With Dance Track "You Got The Love". In 2004 When Sex And The City Ended Its Successful Six-Year Run The Last Song Played On That Show Was "You Got The Love" With Sarah Jessica Parker Walking Down New York City Streets And Talking About The Endless Relationship With Herself. read less
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In 1982 She Returned To Gospel Forming Beracah Ministries With Her Husband John Sussewell. In 1991 She Had A Top 10 UK Hit As The Source Featuring Candi Staton With Dance Track "You Got The Love". In 2004 When Sex And The City Ended Its Successful Six-Year Run The Last Song Played On That Show Was "You Got The Love" With Sarah Jessica Parker Walking Down New York City Streets And Talking About The Endless Relationship With Herself. read less
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The original version is a soul/disco/gospel track (released in the UK by streetwave in 1986) written by Anthony B. Stephens, Arnecia Michelle Harris and John Bellamy. It featured an a cappella version utilised by Paul Simpson when he combined this with the backing track to the Adeva song "Musical Freedom (You've got the Love) in 1989. The most well known house mix by DJ Eren was released in 1991 and layered the vocal track over an instrumental version of the Frankie Knuckles/Jamie Principle house song "Your Love" itself a stripped down version of the italo-disco track Feels Good (Carrots and Beets) by Electra featuring Tara Butler. The original Candi Staton track had been recorded for a video-only 1980s documentary about an obese man who was trying to lose weight. When approached by The Source, Candi said she couldn't remember her having recorded a song called "You Got the Love". It was only later when she realised she had performed the song years earlier for the documentary. The producers of the video had selected the song for her to sing, but as they had no funds to pay her, they donated half of the copyright and publishing to Candi Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.