My Forbidden Lover

"My Forbidden Lover" is the second single from the band Chic's 1979 album Risqué. The song was written and produced by Chic's two frontmen, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

The song's backing track has been sampled in the 2001 Alcazar song "Sexual Guarantee", the 2006 Luther Vandross song "Shine" (along with its cover by Booty Luv), the Darryl Pandy song "Sunshine & Happiness", and the 2010 The Black Eyed Peas song "Fashion Beats".

Canadian producer deadmau5 sampled this song in one of his early works, I Don't Want No Other, released on his SectionZ page in 2001.

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
United Kingdom	15
Belgium	19
Netherlands	23
Ireland	28
Germany	47

Track listings

US promo 12" single including the extended version of "My Forbidden Lover".

Atlantic 7" 3620 September 18, 1979

A. "My Forbidden Lover" (7" Edit) - 3:30
B. "What About Me?" - 4:10

Atlantic promo 12" DSKO 207, 1979

A. "My Forbidden Lover" (Extended 12" Mix) - 6:29
B. "What About Me?" - 4:10

Chart

The song reached #15 on the UK pop charts in October 1979, spending 8 weeks on the chart. On US disco chart, along with the tracks, "Good Times" and "My Feet Keep Dancing", "My Forbidden Lover" went to #3.^[1] It failed to enter the US Billboard top 40 pop chart.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 56.

Chic

Bernard Edwards Nile Rodgers Tony Thompson Nathaniel S. Hardy, Jr. Omar Hakim Robert Sabino Sylver Logan Sharp Luther Vandross Norma Jean Wright

Studio albums	Chic (1977) C'est Chic (1978) Risqué (1979) Real People (1980) Take It Off (1981) Soup For One (1982) Tongue in Chic (1982) Believer (1983) Chic-ism (1992)

Live albums	Live at the Budokan (1999) A Night in Amsterdam (2006)

Produced by Chic	Norma Jean Wright: Norma Jean (1978) Sister Sledge: We Are Family (1979) Sheila and B. Devotion: King of the World (1980) Sister Sledge: Love Somebody Today (1980) Diana Ross: diana (1980) Debbie Harry: KooKoo (1981) Johnny Mathis: I Love My Lady (1981, unreleased)

Main compilations	Les Plus Grands Succès De Chic: Chic's Greatest Hits (1979) Freak Out: The Greatest Hits of Chic and Sister Sledge (1988) Megachic: Best of Chic (1990) Dance, Dance, Dance: The Best of Chic (1991) The Best of Chic, Volume 2 (1992) Everybody Dance (1995) Dance, Dance, Dance & Other Hits (1997) The Very Best of Chic & Sister Sledge (1999) The Very Best of Chic (2000) Good Times: The Very Best of the Hits & the Remixes (Chic & Sister Sledge) (2005) The Definitive Groove Collection (2006) Up All Night (2013)

Notable singles	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" "Everybody Dance" "Le Freak" "I Want Your Love" "Good Times" "My Forbidden Lover" "My Feet Keep Dancing" "Rebels Are We" "Real People" "Stage Fright" "Soup for One" "Hangin'" "Chic Mystique" "I'll Be There"

Related articles	Discography The Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"

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