Love on a Two-Way Street

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"Love on a Two-Way Street"
All Platinum
Songwriter(s)Sylvia Robinson, Bert Keyes
Producer(s)Sylvia Robinson
The Moments singles chronology
"I Do"
(1969) 		"Love on a Two-Way Street"
(1970) 		"If I Didn't Care"
(1970)

"Love on a Two-Way Street" is a

RIAA
for sales of one million copies.

Musical composition

Willie and The Mighty Magnificents provided most of the musical backing on the song and Bert Keyes created the string arrangement that was overdubbed onto the track while also playing piano on the recording session.

According to the song's original vocalist, Lezli Valentine, she was a third contributor to the song, writing most of the song's lyrics:

Sylvia came into the office on the morning Two Way Street was created and said that she had a dream but that the only thing she remembered was "Love on a Two-way Street, Lost on a lonely Highway."--We went into Bert's office . . . Sylvia asked Bert to play what he felt (that became the melody) . . . I, Lezli Valentine, began to write the story line . . . "True love will never die, so I've been told but now I must cry, it is finally goodbye, I know . . . With music softly playing his lips were gently saying honey I love you". . .Sylvia wrote "he held me in desperation, I thought it was a revelation and then he walked out". . . I, Lezli Valentine wrote . . ."how could I be so blind to give of love the very first time, to be fooled is a hurting thing". . . Sylvia wrote "to be loved and fooled is a crying shame". . .Lezli Valentine wrote "while I bear the blame, as he laughs my name", the rest was completed, I recorded it; the lead sheets were hand delivered by one of the original Moments, John, who lived in DC. The original application was altered without my knowledge (omitting Lezli Valentine's name as a lyric writer . . . there are three writers on I Found Love On A Two-Way Street) Joseph Robinson, Sr. definitely knew this, (Joseph R.Robinson, Sr. said he would rectify this, evidently he never did. Each time I telephoned him on this he said he would take care of it) as did Ebert Mahon . . . AKA Bert Keyes and several recording artists in the Soul Sound Studios at the time! This was nerve-racking and resulted in hospitalizations.[citation needed]

Chart history

Stacy Lattisaw version

"Love on a Two-Way Street"
Single by Stacy Lattisaw
from the album With You
B-side"Baby I Love You"
ReleasedJune 1981
Recorded1981
Genre
Length4:11
LabelCotillion
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Narada Michael Walden
Stacy Lattisaw singles chronology
"
Let Me Be Your Angel
"
(1980) 		"Love on a Two-Way Street"
(1981) 		"Attack of the Name Game"
(1982)

In 1981, 14-year-old artist

R&B, and number 26 on the Hot 100.[9]
As well as number 19 on the US Adult Contemporary chart. This version also peaked at number 23 on the Cash Box Top 100 during August of that year. The song was her second U.S. Top 40 hit.

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[10] 39
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 26
U.S.
R&B
 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] 19
U.S.
Cash Box Top 100[13]
 23

Other cover versions

Sampling

The Moments' version of the song has been sampled by

Caribou in the track "Subotnick" from 2005's The Milk of Human Kindness, and by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' single "Empire State of Mind
" in 2009.

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 408.
  2. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  4. ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 13, 1970
  6. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  7. ^ Top 100 R&B & Soul Singles of 1970
  8. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970". Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 341.
  10. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-09-26. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  11. ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 141.
  13. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 29, 1981
  14. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  15. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.

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