Night Time Lover

{{Infobox song

| name = Night Time Lover

| cover = Nighttimelover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = La Toya Jackson

| album = La Toya Jackson

| B-side = Lovely Is She

| released = {{start date|1980}}

| recorded =

| studio = Hayvenhurst (Encino, Los Angeles){{cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Robert E. |date=July 31, 1980 |title=Michael Teams With Sister LaToya Jackson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aD4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |magazine=Jet |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |pages=22–24 |access-date=March 9, 2012}}

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:22

| label = Polydor

| writer =

Michael Jackson
La Toya Jackson

| producer = Michael Jackson

| chronology = La Toya Jackson

| prev_title = If You Feel the Funk

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Stay the Night

| next_year = 1981

}}

"Night Time Lover" is a song by American singer La Toya Jackson, released as the second single from her eponymous debut album (1980).

Background

The track was produced and co-written by her brother, fellow singer Michael Jackson, who was credited for background vocals. They originally wrote the song for Donna Summer under the title "Fire Is the Feeling".

Bobby DeBarge of band Switch, La Toya's love interest at the time, wrote the 1980 song "You and I" in response. The song begins: "You know, I was listening to the radio the other day, and I heard the words that you said, that I'm your night time lover."{{cite web |url= http://www.justsomelyrics.com/584984/Switch-You-and-I-Lyrics |title= Switch You And I Lyrics |publisher= Justsomelyrics.com |access-date= 2012-03-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120314215621/http://www.justsomelyrics.com/584984/Switch-You-and-I-Lyrics |archive-date= 2012-03-14 |url-status= dead }}

La Toya performed the song on the November 10, 1980 episode of the Dutch TV program TopPop, and a month later on the December 13 episode of American Bandstand.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/american-bandstand/jimmy-hall-latoya-jackson-212186/|title=American Bandstand Jimmy Hall / LaToya Jackson Season 24, Episode 6, Aired 12/13/80|publisher=TV.com|access-date=22 April 2012}}

Critical reception

In a review for AllMusic, editor Justin Kantor states that "Night Time Lover" is "another primer [...] a softly seductive, simultaneously kinetic number produced by brother Michael."{{cite web |last=Kantor |first=Justin |title=La Toya Jackson – La Toya Jackson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/la-toya-jackson-mw0000778563 |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 12, 2024}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Chart performance for "Night Time Lover" ! scope="col"\| Chart (1980–1981) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| US Cash Box Black Contemporary Top 100{{cite magazine \|date=October 25, 1980 \|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles \|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-10-25.pdf \|magazine=Cash Box \|page=18 \|access-date=July 3, 2024}} \| 60
{{single chart\|Billboardrandbhiphop\|59\|artist=La Toya Jackson\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 10, 2019}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Chart performance for "Night Time Lover"

! scope="col"| Chart (1980–1981)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| US Cash Box Black Contemporary Top 100{{cite magazine |date=October 25, 1980 |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-10-25.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |page=18 |access-date=July 3, 2024}}

| 60

{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|59|artist=La Toya Jackson|rowheader=true|access-date=November 10, 2019}}

References

Category:1980 songs

Category:1980 singles

Category:La Toya Jackson songs

Category:Michael Jackson songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Jackson

Category:Songs written by Michael Jackson

Category:Polydor Records singles