Popcorn Love
{{Short description|1983 single by New Edition}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Popcorn Love
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = New Edition
| album = Candy Girl
| B-side = Jealous Girl
| released = August 6, 1983[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=new edition|chart=all}} Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – New Edition]. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
| recorded = 1982
| studio = Unique Recording Studios{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_unique_recording_studio/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324005414/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_unique_recording_studio |archivedate=March 24, 2006 |title=Unique Recording Studio |publisher=Mixonline.com |date=August 1, 2000 |accessdate=July 6, 2020}}
| genre =
- R&B
- soul{{cite book|first= David|last= Smay|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= A Brief History of Boy Bands|publisher= Feral House|location= Los Angeles|page= 39}}
- bubblegum pop{{cite book|first= David|last= Smay|editor1-first= Kim |editor1-last= Cooper|editor2-first= David|editor2-last= Smay|year= 2001|title= Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth|chapter= A Brief History of Boy Bands|publisher= Feral House|location= Los Angeles|page= 39}}
| length = 4:52 (album version)
3:45 (single version)
7:27 (instrumental version)
| label = Streetwise
| writer = Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun
| producer = Maurice Starr
| prev_title = Is This the End
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Cool It Now
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|J5_v-0Fvw7Q|"Popcorn Love"}}}}
}}
"Popcorn Love" is a single by New Edition, released on August 6, 1983. It was released as the third and final single from their debut album, Candy Girl on the Streetwise label. The single read #25 on the R&B chart.
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1983–84) !Peak |
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970-1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=215|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and June 19, 1988.
| style="text-align:center;"|73 |
| UK Singles Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|43 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/new-edition/chart-history/bsi/|title=New Edition Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=2019-11-07}}
|align="center"|25 |
Cover versions
{{Infobox song
| name = Jealous Girl
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Another Bad Creation
| album = Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!
| released = July 23, 1991
| recorded = Spring 1990
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = R&B
| length = 5:38
| label = Motown
| writer = Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun
| producer =
| prev_title = Playground
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Spydermann
| next_year = 1991
}}
Another Bad Creation covered "Popcorn Love"'s flip side, "Jealous Girl"[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r437206|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Jealous Girl
References
{{reflist}}
{{New Edition}}
{{Another Bad Creation}}
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Category:Another Bad Creation songs
Category:Songs written by Maurice Starr
Category:Songs written by Michael Jonzun
Category:Contemporary R&B ballads
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