My Kinda Lover
{{Infobox song
| name = My Kinda Lover
| cover = My_Kinda_Lover_-_Billy_Squier.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Billy Squier
| album = Don't Say No
| B-side = Christmas Is the Time to Say 'I Love You'
| released = November 1981
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:32
| label = Capitol
| writer = Billy Squier
| producer = Reinhold Mack
Billy Squier
| prev_title = In the Dark
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Emotions in Motion
| next_year = 1982
}}
"My Kinda Lover" is a rock song written and performed by American hard rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier.{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=song|id=in-the-dark-t2767111|pure_url=yes}} | title = Billy Squier: My Kinda Lover | work = allmusic | accessdate = January 15, 2017 }} It was the third and final single released from his Triple Platinum 1981 album Don't Say No, following "In the Dark".{{cite book | first = Joel | last = Whitburn | author-link = Joel Whitburn | title = The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits | year = 2004 | publisher = Billboard Books | page = 594 | isbn = 0-8230-7499-4| edition = 8th }}
Record World said that "While his band spanks, crunches and crashes, Billy seduces with a light, likeable tenor."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=November 28, 1981|page=1|accessdate=2023-03-02|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-11-28.pdf}}
It peaked at number 45 on the United States Billboard Hot 100,Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}} and number 43 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart in early 1982. It also reached number 31 on Billboard{{`s}} Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=billy-squier-p5507/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} | title = Billy Squier: Billboard Singles | work = AllMusic | accessdate = January 15, 2017}}
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (1981/82) !align="center"|Peak |
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=289}}
|align="center"|64 |
| US Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|45 |
| US Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19820123.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 23, 1982 |access-date=January 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603073440/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19820123.html |archive-date=June 3, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
|align="center"|43 |
| US Billboard Rock Tracks
|align="center"|31 |
Later uses
- Rapper Eminem sampled "My Kinda Lover" on his 2014 song "Shady XV".{{cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Billy-Squier/My-Kinda-Lover/|title=My Kinda Lover by Billy Squier|publisher=Who Sampled|accessdate=June 10, 2018}}
- The song was used in the Mötley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, when lead singer Vince Neil is performing it with a cover band at a party when Tommy, Mick, and Nikki arrive to recruit Neil into the band.
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|xtKRkAhY7cg|Listen to "My Kinda Lover"}}
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Category:Songs written by Billy Squier
Category:Song recordings produced by Reinhold Mack
Category:Capitol Records singles
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