Popcorn Love#Cover version
{{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 = She Gives Me a Bang
| 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 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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