"Yearning for Your Love" is a 1980 ballad recorded and released by the Gap Band on Mercury Records. The single was the third release off the band's fifth album, The Gap Band III (1980). Four different singles, each with a different B-side, were released in 1981.
The song became a modest hit on the US and UK charts when it was released; it arose to number 5 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100. Written by Gap Band keyboardist Oliver Scott and keyboardist Ronnie Wilson, it was a romantic love song dedicated to Wilson's wife at the time and was performed by Ronnie's brother Charlie Wilson.
Structure The song was markedly different in style from the past few hits, with less emphasis on synthesizers, instead on "light slices of guitar, smooth keyboard pads and soft percussion".
Releases "Yearning for Your Love" / "Burn Rubber" "Yearning for Your Love" / "Humpin'" "Yearning for Your Love" / "When I Look in Your Eyes" "Yearning for Your Love" / "Oops Upside Your Head"
Personnel Lead vocals by Charlie Wilson Background vocals by Oliver Scott, Ronnie Wilson and Robert Wilson Drums by Ronnie Kaufman Guitars by Fred Jenkins, Glenn Nightingale Bass by Robert Wilson Synthesizers by Ronnie Wilson Keyboards by Oliver Scott
Charts Chart (1981)Peak positionUS Billboard Hot 10060US Hot Soul Singles Chart5
Famous cover versions In 1990, Guy also covered the song on their 1990 album, The Future.
In 2001, keyboardist Kevin Toney covered the song on his album Strut. The song featured Evelyn "Champagne" King on vocals.
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