Barry White Sings for Someone You Love

Studio album by Barry White

Released

August 30, 1977

Recorded

1977

Genre

Soul, funk

Length

40:30

Barry White chronology

Is This Whatcha Wont?
(1976)

Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
(1977)

The Man
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	C+^[2]

Barry White Sings for Someone You Love is the self-produced seventh album by soul singer Barry White, released in 1977 on the 20th Century label.

History

The album topped the R&B albums chart, White's first to do so since 1975. It also reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200, his second to reach the top ten. The album was a success, yielding two Billboard R&B Top Ten singles, "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", which peaked at No. 1, and "Playing Your Game, Baby". "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" was also a hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #4. A third single, "Oh, What a Night for Dancing", reached No. 13 on the R&B chart and No. 24 on the pop chart. The album was digitally remastered and reissued on CD on September 24, 1996 by Mercury Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Playing Your Game, Baby"	Austin Johnson, Smeed Hudman	7:12
2.	"It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"	Nelson Pigford, Ekundayo Paris	7:00
3.	"You're So Good You're Bad"	Aaron Schroeder, Jerry Ragovoy	6:15

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"I Never Thought I'd Fall in Love with You"	Ronald Edward Coleman	4:48
5.	"You Turned My Whole World Around"	Frank Wilson, Danny Pearson	7:49
6.	"Oh, What a Night for Dancing"	Barry White, Vance Wilson	3:48
7.	"Of All the Guys in the World"	Barry White, Danny Pearson	3:50

Charts

Chart (1977)	Peak ^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	8
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[3]	US R&B ^[3]	US Dan ^[3]	UK ^[4]
1977	"It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"	4	1	5	40
1977	"Playing Your Game, Baby"	101	8	—	—
1978	"Oh, What a Night for Dancing"	24	13	—	—

References

↑ Elias, Jason. Barry White Sings for Someone You Love > review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "Barry White Sings for Someone You Love > review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
1 2 3 4 "US Charts > Barry White". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-10-29.
↑ "UK Charts > Barry White". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

External links

'Barry White Sings for Someone You Love' at Discogs

Barry White

Studio albums	I've Got So Much to Give (1973) Stone Gon' (1973) Can't Get Enough (1974) Just Another Way to Say I Love You (1975) Let the Music Play (1976) Is This Whatcha Wont? (1976) Barry White Sings for Someone You Love (1977) The Man (1978) I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing (1979) The Message Is Love (1979) Sheet Music (1980) Barry & Glodean (with Glodean White) (1981) Beware! (1981) Change (1982) Dedicated (1983) The Right Night & Barry White (1987) The Man Is Back! (1989) Put Me in Your Mix (1991) The Icon Is Love (1994) Staying Power (1999)

Compilations	Barry White's Greatest Hits (1975) Barry White's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1977) Heart and Soul (1985) The Collection (1988) Just for You (1992) All-Time Greatest Hits (1994) The Ultimate Collection (2000) Love Songs (2003) The Millennium Collection: The Best of Barry White (2003) White Gold: The Very Best of Barry White (2005) Gold (2008) Number Ones (2009) Unlimited (2009) Icon (2010)

Singles	"Man Ain't Nothin" "All in the Run of a Day" "In the Ghetto" "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" "I've Got So Much to Give" "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" "What Am I Gonna Do with You" "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To" "Let the Music Play" "You See the Trouble with Me" "Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together" "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You" "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" "Playing Your Game, Baby" "Oh, What a Night for Dancing" "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" "Just the Way You Are" "Sha La La Means I Love You" "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing" "Any Fool Can See (You Were Meant for Me)" "It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)" "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" "How Did You Know It Was Me?" "Love Ain't Easy" "Sheet Music" "Love Makin' Music" "I Believe in Love" "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" (with Glodean White) "I Want You" (with Glodean White) "You're the Only One for Me" (with Glodean White) "Louie Louie" "Beware" "Change" "Passion" "America" "Don't Let Them Blow Your Mind" "Sho' You Right" "For Your Love (I'll Do Most Anything)" "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (Paul Hardcastle Remix) "Super Lover" "Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'All)" "I Wanna Do It Good to Ya" "When Will I See You Again" "Put Me in Your Mix" "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Isaac Hayes) "Practice What You Preach" "Love Is the Icon" "Come On" "I Only Want to Be with You" "There It Is" "Staying Power" "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan) "Let the Music Play" (Funkstar Deluxe Remixes)

Featured singles	"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, & El DeBarge) "All of Me" (with Big Daddy Kane) "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Tamia, & Portrait) "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Tina Turner)

Related articles	Discography Love Unlimited The Love Unlimited Orchestra

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