Jody Watley – Looking For A New Love (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Looking for a New Love” is a song by American dance-pop singer Jody Watley. It was released in January 1987 as the first single from her eponymous debut album. The song became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1987. Watley re-recorded and re-issued the song in various remixes in 2005.

The single hit number two for four consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1987 and spent four weeks at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart. It is the only single between 1985 and 1990 in the United States to have spent four weeks in the runner-up position and not have reached the number one. The single was kept out of the top spot of the Hot 100 by Cutting Crew’s “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” and U2’s “With or Without You”, and would itself keep Club Nouveau’s Hot 100 number-one single “Lean on Me” out of the top spot of the R&B chart. It ranked number 16 on Billboard’s year-end chart for 1987.

The song also reached number-one on the RPM Singles Chart in Canada.

In 1988 the song was nominated for two Soul Train Music Awards for Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video, and Best R&B/Soul Single, Female. She was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

While listening to a tape of instrumental tracks given to her by producer André Cymone, Watley reflected on a recent sour romantic breakup. Fusing her own feelings of “I’ll show you” with the feel of the track, Watley came up with the basic premise of “Looking for a New Love.” The released record is the eight-track demo of the song; that way the emotional urgency of Watley’s vocal was still intact. One of the song’s key phrases became a popular saying: “Hasta la vista, baby.” It wound up on innumerable answering machines and was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

SIDE A:
Looking For A New Love (Extended Club Version) 7:30

SIDE B:
Looking For A New Love (Radio Edit) 5:06
Looking For A New Love (Instrumental) 7:29
Looking For A New Love (A Cappella) 5:06
Looking For A New Love (Bonus Beats) 4:34

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1987 Looking For A New Love U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #2
1987 Looking For A New Love U.S. Billboard Hot Black singles #1
1987 Looking For A New Love U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: MCA Records ‎– MCA-23689
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: RnB/Swing, Soul

CREDITS:
Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Taavi Mote
Producer – André Cymone, David Z.
Recorded By – Eric Zobler*
Remix – Louil Silas, Jr.*
Written-By – A. Cymone*, J. Watley*

NOTES:
Original version appears on the Jody Watley album, “Jody Watley”

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp:
Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Damien Stewart
Damien Stewart
March 8, 2021 1:06 am

I just found out Jody Watley sang this song. I don’t know why but I always thought it was Paula Abdul. I just spent the last ten minutes looking for “Looking for a New Love” by Paula Abdul and found no evidence of it as if it was scraped off the earth! I don’t know how this happened. Perhaps because they sound similar. I don’t think they mention enough on the radio who the artist is because I keep finding songs I know are made by artists I don’t. 😕

Last edited 3 years ago by Damien Stewart
Muff Diver
Muff Diver
January 22, 2021 3:17 pm

Thank you, Paul 🙂

Sergio Mario Romero Herrera
Sergio Mario Romero Herrera
June 21, 2020 5:53 pm

Thanks

karen
karen
May 28, 2020 2:58 am

thank you so much! your work is so appreciated here! i really hope to see you post the ‘some kind of lover’ 12″ at some point.

Conner
Conner
April 10, 2020 8:35 am

YES! Thank you!

Jay
Jay
April 9, 2020 1:13 pm

Thank you this Paul, and all your hard work ensuring the highest quality.
I loved this back in the day.. and the video was so good too 🙂

Fred
Fred
April 9, 2020 12:17 pm

Fantastic quality and great song, Paul! I played this song to death back in the day. I had 2 copies of this 12″ and practiced so long with mixing, scratching, stuttering, and other tricks. Playing the song takes me right back to my house in the 80s.

Thanks so much again!

Jeff
Jeff
April 9, 2020 11:34 am

Seeing so many mixes here, this must have taken you a lot of time to get this done Paul. And I can only imagine how much time you worked on the a capella version. I really appreciate your time and effort working on multiple versions on a twelve inch single. Your work always amazes and delights me!

Thank you so much Paul!!!!

Jeff

Jeff
Jeff
Reply to  DjPaulT
April 9, 2020 12:33 pm

Absolutely incredible!!

Jeff