"Got A Love For You," Jomanda

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Jomanda were one of the groups trying to capitalize on the early 90's R&B girl group explosion although they experienced way more success as a dance group. They had tight harmonies like En Vogue with a dance vibe. This was their biggest hit. Steve "Silk" Hurley did a popular remix of this song that topped the club play chart in 1991. Their only other hit was a cover of DeBarge's "I Like It" two years after this one came out.

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Loved this one! They had great vocals!

Dance singer Reina covered this a few years ago on the now-defunct Groovilcious Music label.

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"Got A Love For You" was ranked #72 on Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Dance Songs.

The rare first-wave Chicago house producer to find most of his success post-acid, Steve "Silk" Hurley took years to come into his own. One of many self-proclaimed "non-musicians" who helped house become a global phenomenon (his "Jack Your Body" was the first house track to hit No. 1 in England), Hurley's aim was simple: to replicate the disco that inspired him to make music in the first place. By the late '80s, he knew enough to give his work a distinctly plastic pop sheen, and by 1991, he had perfected his craft. Every component of his definitive remix of house girl group Jomanda's "Got A Love For You," from the three-note piano riff to the chop-chop-chop-chopped vocal patterns to the obnoxiously fake horns to the f**king bongos (!), is a hook, the perfect realization of how house could be a vehicle to speak to millions (unsurprisingly, the song landed in the U.S. Top 40). Lead singer Joanne Thomas opens her lungs so wide, it's like she was born with Aretha Franklin in her mouth. "The first day we met/My heart stood still," she starts, and by then, you can already relate.

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Unsung club classic. It very much carries that whole loved-up vibe of the club music explosion Europe and especially the UK were experiencing back then.

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Music video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YC9RVhtsAw

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This is a really fun track, not my favorite by them though. I prefer "Don't You Want My Love"

[West End]

It's criminal that the single peaked at No. 40. The Steve "Silk" Hurley remix was THE single version, "Hurley's Radio". "Hurley's House Mix" was the mix of choice in the clubs, and the version featured on the reissue of Jomanda's debut album. Great great song.

A lot of people don't realize that Yavahn (Joanne "Yavahn" Thomas) was one of the girls from Jomanda. She had a HUGE worldwide hit with Ruffneck, "Everybody Be Somebody", as well as their follow up "Move Your Body". (The other two girls in Jomanda were Renee Washington and Cheri Williams).

Sadly, Yavahn lost her three year battle with colon cancer, and passed away in 2003. RIP.

[Be Real]

I like it