Sunday, April 24, 2022

10-22-15: This Is The Last Time To Cheer Me

"I Was Made To Love Her" is a Stevie Wonder single that reached #2 on the charts in the summer of 1967. Previous mixes featured the original along with covers by Jackie Wilson with Count Basie, Charles Earland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience with Stevie on drums alongside gender-flipped versions by Fancy and Chaka Khan. This mix features similarly gender-flipped versions by Whitney Houston and Sister Sledge as well as one by The Jackson 5.

One other song repeats this week: Sylvester's disco anthem "You Make Me Feel (Might Real)" along with the epilogue version.

The rest: Edwin Starr's late disco edit "Get Up Whirlpool", the late 80s house track "It's You" by Mr & Mrs. Dale, St. Etienne's Dusty Springfield-sampling "Nothing Can Stop Us Now", the sweet "Flowers" by The Emotions, the Spanish-language version of Stevie Wonder's hit "My Cherie Amour", Electric Light Orchestra's celestial "So Fine", the re-recording of "Cant Run But" by Paul Simon, Ghostface Killah's early Wu-Tang track "When You Walk" with Method Man and Streetlife, Pusha T's Donny Hathaway-sampling "Dreams Of The Past" produced by and featuring Kanye West, Arizona Dranes' spiritual "I Shall Wear A Crown", the J Dilla production "Hold Tight" by Slum Village with Q-Tip, Wee's winsome "You Can Fly My On Areoplane", Stevie Wonder's hopeful "Looking For Another Pure Love" and Carmen McRae's version of his "You And I".