Your Secret Love (song)

"Your Secret Love" is a 1996 song by American recording artist Luther Vandross. It was released as the lead single in support of his album of the same name. The single peaked at No. 5 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles and No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

"Your Secret Love"
Single by Luther Vandross
from the album Your Secret Love
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
(U.S., Europe)
Length4:01 (single edit)
LabelEpic Records
Songwriter(s)L. Vandross, Reed Vertelney
Producer(s)Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross singles chronology
"Every Year, Every Christmas"
(1995)		 "Your Secret Love"
(1996)		 "I Can Make It Better"
(1996)

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song three out of five, writing, "This slick, somewhat passionless mid-tempo ballad is definitive Luther, and should please pop radio."[2] Alan Jones stated that Vandross "is back on form" on "a slow-burning R&B plodder". He added that it "has a warmly familiar feel, and Luther's honeyed vocals lend it a pedigree few can match."[3] Ralph Tee from the magazine's RM Dance Update commented, "Luther's still got one of the best voices in the busines, and here he sounds as good as ever on a brand new beat ballad that seems to have been landed on us out of nowhere. The song itself is not the greatest he's ever done, but a crispy urban mix is very agreeable indeed and for more welcome than another cover version."[4]

Track list

US, UK CD Single

  1. "Your Secret Love (Single Mix)" - 4:01
  2. "Your Secret Love (Remix)", produced by Frankie Knuckles - 4:02
  3. "Power Of Love/Love Power (Power Remix)" - 4:15
  4. "Please Come Home For Christmas" - 3:37

Charts

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 597.
  2. "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. August 31, 1996. p. 10. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  3. Jones, Alan (September 28, 1996). "Talking Music" (PDF). Music Week. p. 24. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  4. Tee, Ralph (September 14, 1996). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week. p. 10. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  6. "Luther Vandross Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  7. "Luther Vandross Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  8. "Luther Vandross Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  9. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
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