Who Do You Love (Bernard Wright song)

{{short description|1985 single by Bernard Wright}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Who Do You Love

| cover = Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love single cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bernard Wright

| album = Mr. Wright

| released = {{start date|1985}}

| recorded = {{start date|1985}}

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = R&B

| length = {{duration|m=4|s=16}}

| label = Manhattan

| writer = {{flatlist|

• Bernard Wright
• Lenny White{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/who-do-you-love-mt0005030496|title=Who Do You Love - Bernard Wright {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=November 17, 2015}}}}

| producer = {{flatlist|

• Lenny White
• Marcus Miller

|]]{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bernard-Wright-Who-Do-You-Love/release/928004|title=Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love (Vinyl) at Discogs|work=Discogs|publisher=Zink Media|accessdate=November 17, 2015}}}}

| prev_title = Video Generation

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = After You

| next_year = 1985

| misc = {{External music video|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072341/http://www.vh1.com/video/bernard-wright/297669/who-do-you-love.jhtml "Who Do You Love"] on VH1.com}}

}}

"Who Do You Love" is a song performed by American contemporary R&B singer Bernard Wright, co-written{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/who-do-you-love-mt0005030496|title=Who Do You Love - Bernard Wright {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=November 17, 2015}} by Wright and Lenny White. The song was issued as the first single from Wright's third studio album Mr. Wright. The song was his highest chart appearance on the Billboard R&B chart, peaking at #6 in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bernard-wright-mn0000057427/awards|title=Bernard Wright {{!}} Awards {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=November 17, 2015}}{{Cite book |last=Company |first=Johnson Publishing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s7MDAAAAMBAJ&dq=who+do+you+love+-+bernard+wright&pg=PA61 |title=Jet |date=1985-12-30 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |language=en}} The female vocalist was Marla Adler.

"Who Do You Love" was covered by co-writer Lenny White in 1995{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/present-tense-mw0000643928|title=Present Tense - Lenny White {{!}} AllMusic|work=AllMusic|accessdate=February 11, 2018}} as well as gospel group Winans Phase 2 in 1999. Since the song's release, it has been sampled in numerous songs: "Never Been in Love B4" by Shinehead, "If It Ain't Love" by Tichina Arnold, "Tell Me (I'll Be Around)" by Shades, "Who Is a Thug" by Big Pun, and "Is It Kool?" by Luniz; as well as in the remix of "Loungin" by LL Cool J.{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/Bernard-Wright/Who-Do-You-Love|title=Who Do You Love - Bernard Wright {{!}} WhoSampled|work=WhoSampled|accessdate=November 17, 2015}} The song was regarded as Wright's most significant R&B appearance.{{Cite web |last=Neog |first=Anupal Sraban |date=2022-05-21 |title=Who was Bernard Wright? Tributes pour in as Roberta Flack's godson dies aged 58 |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/who-bernard-wright-tributes-pour-roberta-flack-s-godson-dies-aged-58 |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}

The official music video for the song was directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=34437|title=mvdbase.com - Bernard Wright - "Who do you love?"|work=Music Video DataBase|last=Garcia|first=Alex S|accessdate=November 17, 2015}}