Night Time Lover

"Night Time Lover"
"Night Time Lover"
Single by La Toya Jackson featuring Michael Jackson
from the album La Toya Jackson
B-side	"Lovely Is She"
Released	1980
Recorded	July 1980
Studio	Hayvenhurst (Encino, Los Angeles)
Genre	Pop; R&B; soul;
Length	4:22
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Michael Jackson; La Toya Jackson;
Producer(s)	Michael Jackson
La Toya Jackson singles chronology

"Night Time Lover" is a song by American singer La Toya Jackson, released as the second single from her eponymous debut album (1980).

Background

The track was produced and co-written by her brother, fellow American singer Michael Jackson, who was credited for background vocals. They originally wrote the song for Donna Summer under the title "Fire Is the Feeling".^[1]

Bobby DeBarge of American musical band Switch, La Toya's love interest at the time, wrote the 1980 song "You and I" in response. The song begins: "You know, I was listening to the radio the other day, and I heard the words that you said, that I'm your night time lover."^[2]

La Toya performed the song on the November 10, 1980 episode of the Dutch TV program TopPop, and a month later on the December 13 episode of American Bandstand.^[3]

Critical reception

In a review for AllMusic, editor Justin Kantor states that "Night Time Lover" is "another primer [...] a softly seductive, simultaneously kinetic number produced by brother Michael."^[4]

Charts

Chart performance for "Night Time Lover"
Chart (1980–1981)	Peak position
US Cash Box Black Contemporary Top 100^[5]	60
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[6]	59

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Johnson, Robert E. (July 31, 1980). "Michael Teams With Sister LaToya Jackson". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. pp. 22–24. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
^ "Switch You And I Lyrics". Justsomelyrics.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
^ "American Bandstand Jimmy Hall / LaToya Jackson Season 24, Episode 6, Aired 12/13/80". TV.com. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
^ Kantor, Justin. "La Toya Jackson – La Toya Jackson". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. October 25, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
^ "La Toya Jackson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[Jet-1] Johnson, Robert E. (July 31, 1980). "Michael Teams With Sister LaToya Jackson". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. pp. 22–24. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

[2] "Switch You And I Lyrics". Justsomelyrics.com. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

[3] "American Bandstand Jimmy Hall / LaToya Jackson Season 24, Episode 6, Aired 12/13/80". TV.com. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

[4] Kantor, Justin. "La Toya Jackson – La Toya Jackson". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2024.

[5] "Cash Box Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. October 25, 1980. p. 18. Retrieved July 3, 2024.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_La_Toya_Jackson-6] "La Toya Jackson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

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Discography
Albums	La Toya Jackson My Special Love Heart Don't Lie Imagination La Toya Bad Girl No Relations Formidable From Nashville to You Stop in the Name of Love
Extended plays	Starting Over
Bibliography	La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family Starting Over
Singles	"If You Feel the Funk" "Night Time Lover" "Stay the Night" "I Don't Want You to Go" "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'" "Heart Don't Lie" "Hot Potato" "Private Joy" "Baby Sister" "He's a Pretender" "Imagination" "Oops, Oh No!" with Cerrone "Yes, I'm Ready" "(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" "(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All" "You're Gonna Get Rocked" "Such a Wicked Love" "You Blew" "Bad Girl" "You and Me" "Sexual Feeling" "Why Don't You Want My Love?" "Oops, Oh No! (Remix)" "Sexbox" "Let's Rock the House" "I Can't Help Myself" "Don't Break My Heart" with Tom Beser "Just Wanna Dance" "Free the World" "Home" "Feels Like Love" "Trouble"
Promotional singles	"I Don't Play That"
Notable collaborations	"We Are the World" "Stop the Madness"
Related articles	Jackson family The Jacksons Life with La Toya Jack Gordon Gordon v. Gordon
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Singles Songs Unreleased songs
1970s	"Got to Be There" "Ain't No Sunshine" "I Wanna Be Where You Are" "Rockin' Robin" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "You've Got a Friend" "Ben" "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "My Girl" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "We've Got a Good Thing Going" "With a Child's Heart" "Morning Glow" "All the Things You Are" "Happy" "Too Young" "Music and Me" "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "You Can't Win" "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Rock with You" "Working Day and Night" "It's the Falling in Love"
1980s	"Off the Wall" "Girlfriend" "She's Out of My Life" "One Day in Your Life" "The Girl Is Mine" "Billie Jean" "Beat It" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "Thriller" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" "Lonely Teardrops" "That's What Love Is Made Of" "Farewell My Summer Love" "Girl You're So Together" "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Speed Demon" "Liberian Girl" "Just Good Friends" "Another Part of Me" "Man in the Mirror" "Dirty Diana" "Smooth Criminal" "Leave Me Alone" "Twenty-Five Miles"
1990s	"Black or White" "Jam" "In the Closet" "Remember the Time" "Heal the World" "Who Is It" "Give In to Me" "Will You Be There" "Gone Too Soon" "Dangerous" "Come Together" "Scream" "Childhood" "They Don't Care About Us" "Stranger in Moscow" "This Time Around" "Earth Song" "D.S." "You Are Not Alone" "Tabloid Junkie" "HIStory" "Smile" "Mind Is the Magic" "Blood on the Dance Floor" "Ghosts" "Is It Scary" "On the Line"
2000s	"Speechless" "You Rock My World" "Heaven Can Wait" "Butterflies" "Cry" "One More Chance" "Cheater" "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" "Fall Again" "This Is It"
2010s	"Hold My Hand" "Hollywood Tonight" "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" "Behind the Mask" "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" "I'm So Blue" "Price of Fame" "Love Never Felt So Good" "Chicago" "Loving You" "A Place with No Name" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Do You Know Where Your Children Are" "Blue Gangsta"
2020s	"She's Trouble"
Other	"We Are the World" "What More Can I Give" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" "Diamonds Are Invincible"
Featured	"A Brand New Day" "Ease on Down the Road" "Who's Right, Who's Wrong" "Night Time Lover" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "State of Independence" "Muscles" "Say Say Say" "Somebody's Watching Me" "Don't Stand Another Chance" "Centipede" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Eaten Alive" "Get It" "2300 Jackson Street" "Do the Bartman" "Whatzupwitu" "Why" "I Need You" "We Be Ballin'" "Girls, Girls, Girls" "All in Your Name" "There Must Be More to Life Than This" "Low" "Don't Matter to Me"
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