"Gimme Your Love" is a song recorded as duet between American singers Aretha Franklin and James Brown in 1989. The two singers' only collaboration, it is the lead track on Franklin's album Through the Storm and also appeared on Brown's Soul Session Live.[1] It was written by Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen, and produced by the former. It was released as the album's third and final single on September 18, 1989 by Arista Records which charted #48 R&B.[2] The song was poorly received by critics, with Rolling Stone describing it as "a series of whoops and grunts as challenging to [the singers] as yawning".[3] Nevertheless, it was nominated for the 1990 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[4]

Personnel

• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards, synth bass
• Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
• James Brown – lead vocals
• Lincoln Clapp – engineer
• Marlene Cohen – art direction
• Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, vocal engineer
• David Frazer – engineer
• Liz Jackson – backing vocals
• Skyler Jett – backing vocals
• Ren Klyce – Fairlight CMI programming
• Peter Max – front & back cover art
• Norman Parkinson – photography
• Marc Russo – saxophone solo
• Corrado Rustici – guitar
• "Bongo" Bob Smith – drum programming
• Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements, Simmons drums

See also

• Sandy Wilson

References

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