Hit by Love

"Hit by Love"
Single by CeCe Peniston
from the album Thought 'Ya Knew
A-side	"I'm Not Over You" (EU, exclud. NL)
B-side	"Keep Givin' Me Your Love" (US) "Through Those Doors" (UK) "I'm Not Over You" (NL) Remix
Released	August 1994 September 24, 1994 (JP)[1]
Format	12" CS MCS CD3 CD MCD
Genre	House dance
Length	4:34 (Album version)
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Steven Nikolas Brendon Sibley Carsten Schack Kenneth Karlin Cutfather
Producer(s)	Soulshock and Karlin David Morales (remix)
CeCe Peniston singles chronology
"Keep Givin' Me Your Love" (1994) "Hit by Love" (1994) "Movin' On" (1996)
Music sample "Album version" Music video "EU version" on YouTube "US version" on YouTube

"Hit by Love" is a 1994 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, released as the fourth single from her album record Thought 'Ya Knew, and the fifth number one hit in the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play for the artist. The song, issued in Europe with "I'm Not Over You" on B-side, climbed in the UK Top 75 chart to number thirty-three and number ninety in the Hot 100 chart.

Credits and personnel

• CeCe Peniston – lead/back vocal, executive producer
• Steven Nikolas – writer, vocal arrangement
• Brendon Sibley – writer, vocal arrangement
• Carsten Schack – writer, producer, mix
• Kenneth Karlin – writer, producer, mix
• Cutfather – writer
• David Morales – remix, additional producer
• Mads Nilson – mix
• Doug Michael – engineer
• David Sussman – engineer
• Manny Lehman – executive producer
• Damon Jones – executive producer
• David Collins – mastering
• Patricia Sullivan – mastering
• Studio 56 – studio
• Medley Studio, Copenhagen – mix
• A&M Mastering Studios – mastering
• Steven and Brendon Songs/Casadida Publishing (ASCAP) – publisher
• EMI Virgin Music – admin, publisher

Track listings and formats

CD3, JP, #PODM-1041^[2]

1. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52

CD, NL, #580 758-2^[3]

1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
2. "I'm Not Over You" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:35

CS, UK, #580 692-4^[4]

1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
2. "I'm Not Over You" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:35
3. "Through Those Doors" (Alternative Mix) - 4:35

12", EU, #580 693-1^[5]

12", UK, #AMY 693^[6]

1. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
2. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25

MCS, UK, #31458 0768 4^[7]

1. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
3. "Hit by Love" (Alternate Radio Mix) - 4:30
4. "Hit by Love" (Down Tempo Swing Mix) - 4:01

MCD, EU, #580 759-2^[8]

1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
4. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55

MCD, US, #31458 0769 2^[9]

1. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
2. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 7" Mix) - 4:33
3. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
4. "Hit by Love" (LP Edit) - 4:10
5. "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" (West End Remix) - 5:56

MCD, US, Promo, #31458 8329 2^[10]

1. "Hit by Love" (LP Edit) - 4:12
2. "Hit by Love" (Alternate Radio Mix) - 4:30
3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
4. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
5. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16

12", UK, Double, Promo, #AMY693DJ^[11]

1. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
2. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
3. "Hit by Love" (Acappella) -
4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
5. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
6. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45

12", US, #31458 0765 1^[12]

12", US, TP, #31458-0765-1^[13]

1. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
2. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
4. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
5. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
6. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36

MCD, UK, #AMCD 693^[14]

MCD, UK, #580 693-2^[15]

1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
4. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
5. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
6. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40

12", US, Double, Promo, #31458 8307 1^[16]

1. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
2. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
5. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
6. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
7. "Hit by Love" (Instrumental) - 4:41
8. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
9. "Hit by Love" (The Factory Vocal Mix) - 10:14
10. "Hit by Love" (Fierce Factory Dub) - 7:26

Double A-side

12", EU, #580 723-1^[17]

12", UK, #AMY 723/580 723-1^[18]

1. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
2. "I'm Not Over You" (Jamie's Under The Swing Mix) - 6:56
3. "I'm Not Over You" (Junior's Factory Mix) - 9:30

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1994) Peak position UK Top 75 Singles[19] 33 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles[20] 78 U.S. The Billboard Hot 100[21] 90 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play[21] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[21] 47

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Peak position U.S. Billboard Top Dance Music Club Play[22] 24

Chart successions

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1994 (U.S.)

References

General

• "CeCe Peniston - Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
• "CeCe Peniston - Discography - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.

Specific

1. "シー・シー・ペニストン". オリコン (in Japanese). Oricon. oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-03-21. ヒット・バイ・ラブ" ▪ 発売日 1994年09月24日 ▪ 品番 PODM-1041
2. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - CD3, JP, #PODM-1041". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
3. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - CD, NL, #580 758-2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
4. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - CS, UK, #580 692-4". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
5. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", EU, #580 693-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
6. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", UK, #AMY 693". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
7. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCS, UK, #31458 0768 4". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
8. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, EU, #580 759-2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
9. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, US, #31458 0769 2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
10. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, US, Promo, #31458 8329 2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
11. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", UK, Double, Promo, #AMY693DJ". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
12. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", US, #31458 0765 1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
13. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", US, TP, #31458-0765-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
14. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, UK, #AMCD 693". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
15. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, UK, #580 693-2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
16. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", US, Double, Promo, #31458 8307 1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
17. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love"/"I'm Not Over You" - 12", EU, #580 723-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
18. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love"/"I'm Not Over You" - 12", UK, #AMY 723/580 723-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
19. For peak positions of "Hit By Love" single in UK, choose the singles link, or the chartstats link to view full run of the single in England.
    • "CeCe Peniston - Singles - UK". The Official Charts Company. Music Week. theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19. #33
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - UK". The Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. 1994-08-06. chartstats.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19. #33
20. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - U.S. Cashbox". Cashbox. Cashbox Magazine. 1994-12-03. cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #78
21. For peak positions of "Hit By Love" in USA, use the general links, and/or, in order to view there not-listed top positions, respectively additional information such as peak date(s) and/or weeks spent on chart(s), you will have to subscribe to billboard.biz website to vie also the specific billboard.biz links.
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - The Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-11-12. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #90
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-10-29. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #4
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - Hot Dance Club Play". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-10-15. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #1
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-09-17. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #17
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-10-01. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #2
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-11-12. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #47
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-11-12. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #48
22. To check the U.S. end-of-year positions of "Hit By Love" single, only billboard.biz subscribers will access the specific billboard.biz link.
    • "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - Year-End - USA - Top Dance Music Club Play Singles". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 1994-12-31. billboard.biz. Retrieved 2011-03-20. #24

External links

• CeCe Peniston at AllMusic