"A Deeper Love," Clivilles & Cole

[tozion]

This was a great gospel-tinged dance track done by Clivilles & Cole in the early 90's at the height of their success. It was originally released by the C+C Music Factory in 1992. In 1994, Aretha Franklin released her version giving an absolutely phenomenal vocal performance.. It became a #1 club hit twice.

[Truly Truly Truly Outrageous!]

I love this song! Aretha's version is incredible, her vocal precense is fantastic. Too bad they didn't give Martha Wash a chance to do this one, because that would've been incredible as well.

[discodude]

I liked C&C's version of this, but it was all about Aretha Franklin's one for me! She did a spectacular job on it

[duh5]

Fantastic song! I like both versions.

[West End]

tozion said:

This was a great gospel-tinged dance track done by Clivilles & Cole in the early 90's at the height of their success. It was originally released by the C+C Music Factory in 1992. In 1994, Aretha Franklin released her version giving an absolutely phenomenal vocal performance.. It became a #1 club hit twice.

Actually, this was never released under the C+C moniker but rather under Clivillés + Cole feat. Deborah Cooper moniker. I never liked this version, but I love love love Aretha's version. It should've been a hit. It was made for the "Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit" soundtrack, and it sounds amazing on the big screen. "Sister Act" contained "Just A Touch Of Love (Everyday)" by C+C Music Factory feat. Zelma Davis... the original version, and once again, it sounded great on the big screen.

Their second album sucked to seventh heaven, but that's nothing compared to their third album... a complete piece of garbage. I was more upset because I paid $$$ for the import version, since MCA canceled its stateside release. The album has nothing but bad hip-hop/R&B tracks. The only dance music included are two bonus tracks, which are remixes. Avoid.

I was really disappointed that their other project, The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., fell apart quickly even though they had an scheduled album ("Anything Goes!"). "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day" is one of my favorite songs, and it's one of the sexiest club jams around. ;D

[tozion]

"A Deeper Love" was ranked #5 on Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Dance Songs.

Shortly after Robert Clivillés and David Cole formed their prefab outfit C+C Music Factory and scored major hits with "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)," "Here We Go," and "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm," songs which infectiously cheesed up the duo's already accessible pop-house sound for the masses, they helped invigorate Aretha Franklin's career for all of four-and-a-half minutes with a cover of their own "A Deeper Love." Aretha's big-throated sister-act rendition has its fans, but it isn't the real deal. For that you'd have to turn to the original, featuring Deborah Cooper on vocals. The former Change frontwoman takes the song to church on the Club Mix but takes it to the dance floor on the Underground Mix, which features much of the same beeps, scratches, and horns but dares to put the church's organ on equal footing with Cooper. The woman's vocal goes in some incredibly fierce directions on the 12-minute Club Mix (it's so towering and soulful people have understandably mistaken the voice for that of Martha Wash's, which only deepens the song's cred), but the condensed Underground Mix evokes an awesome vogue war. Here, a flurry of synthesized beeps attacks the song toward the end, threatening to wring out its soul, but Cooper dashes our fears with a series of coyly combative la-da-de-da-da-da-das, banishing the noise while a sampled Jomanda belts, "I need a rhythm." Real rhythm, that is, and the rest of the song grants that wish.