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"Jack and Jill" is a 1978 hit song by R&B vocal group Raydio. It was the first single from their debut album Raydio, and became an international top 10 hit. It reached number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Cashbox Top 100. It reached number five in Canada, number four in Australia, and the top twenty in UK. It was the first of five U.S. top 10 singles by Ray Parker Jr. and/or Raydio.

"Jack and Jill"
Single by Raydio
from the album Raydio
B-side	"Get Down"
Released	December 1977
Recorded	1977
Length	4:35
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Ray Parker Jr.
Producer(s)	Ray Parker Jr.
Raydio singles chronology
"Jack and Jill" (1977) "Honey, I'm Rich" (1978)
Music video
"Jack and Jill" on YouTube

The song describes how "Jack" is lonely and so, in spite of his good intentions, wanders down the hill to find love elsewhere after being neglected by "Jill," who is seldom home.

In 1981, "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" became a hit as an answer song to "Jack and Jill". Parker wrote an antithesis from "Jill's" perspective, according to the lyrics, "By the time poor Jack returned up the hill, somebody else had been loving Jill."

In 1982, Parker recorded an extended version of the song.[1] It was released on a re-issue of his second solo album. In this version, Parker performed all of the vocals instead of just some of them.

Personnel

Raydio

• Ray Parker Jr. – guitars, chorus lead vocals
• Jerry Knight – bass, first lead vocals
• Arnell Carmichael – second lead vocals

Additional personnel

• Ollie E. Brown – drums
• Sylvester Rivers – piano
• Sylvia Duckworth – background vocals
• Valerie Jones – background vocals
• Francine Pearlman – background vocals
• Rochelle Runnels – background vocals*
• Janice Williams – background vocals*

* from the band Stargard

Chart performance

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song
• Raydio - Jack and Jill on YouTube

На других языках

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- [en] Jack and Jill (Raydio song)

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[es] Jack and Jill (canción de Raydio)

«Jack And Jill» es una canción de 1978 que fue un éxito de R&B vocal de Ray Parker, Jr. y su grupo Raydio. Fue el primer sencillo del primer álbum del grupo del mismo nombre Raydio, y se convirtió en un éxito internacional, quedando en el lugar número 8 del Billboard Hot 100[1] y el número 6 en la lista Cashbox Top 100[2] de EE. UU.. En Canadá alcanzó el número 5 en ventas y el número 4 en Australia, en Reino Unido alcanzó la lista "Top 20 in UK".

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