Where My Lips Have Been
"Where My Lips Have Been" | ||||
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Single by Dionne Warwick | ||||
from the album Friends Can Be Lovers | ||||
Released | June 1993 | |||
Length | 4:35 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Barry Eastmond | |||
Dionne Warwick singles chronology | ||||
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"Where My Lips Have Been" is a song recorded by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was written by Robert Charles Burns, Sandy Knox, and Don Huber for her studio album Friends Can Be Lovers (1993), while production was helmed by Barry Eastmond. The sensual, downtempo ballad was released as the album's second single in 1993,[1] and peaked at number 95 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[2]
Background
"Where My Lips Have Been" was written by Robert Charles Burns, Sandy Knox, and Don Huber and produced by Barry Eastmond for Warwick's tenth album with Arista Records, Friends Can Be Lovers (1993).[3] The sensual, downtempo ballad features Everette Harp on the saxophone.[3] In her 2011 autobiography My Life, As I See It, Warwick revealed her discontent with the song and its parent album, writing: "I hated this project. I did not feel the songs or production met the standards I was accustomed to. The one song that I still feel uncomfortable even mentioning is "Where My Lips Have Been." It was a lot – not a little – outside of the messages I was known to deliver lyrically, and I think it tested me to the brink."[1]
Track listings
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Where My Lips Have Been" |
| Eastmond | 4:35 |
2. | "Fragile" | Sting |
| 4:09 |
Credits and personnel
Credits lifted from the liner notes of Friends Can Be Lovers.[3]
- Ray Bardani – mixing
- Robert Charles Burns – writer
- Todd Childress – mixing assistance
- Earl Cohen – engineer
- Barry Eastmond – arranger, keyboards, producer
- Everette Harp – alto sax
- Don Huber – writer
- Sandy Knox – writer
- Yolanda Lee – background vocals
- Sammy Merendino – drum programming
- Eric Rehl – keyboards, keyboard programming
- Mike Ross – engineer
- Joe Schiff – engineer
- Ira Siegel – guitar
- Dionne Warwick – vocals
Charts
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[2] | 95 |
References
- ^ a b Warwick, Dionne; Freeman Wooley, David (2011). My Life, as I See It – An Autobiography. Atria Books. ISBN 978-1439171356.
- ^ a b "Dionne Warwick Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c Friends Can Be Lovers (booklet). Dionne Warwick. Arista Records. 1993.
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