My_Kinda_Lover

My Kinda Lover

My Kinda Lover

1981 single by Billy Squier

"My Kinda Lover" is a rock song written and performed by American hard rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier.[1] It was the third and final single released from his Triple Platinum 1981 album Don't Say No,[1] following "In the Dark".[2]

Quick Facts Single by Billy Squier, from the album Don't Say No ...

Record World said that "While his band spanks, crunches and crashes, Billy seduces with a light. likeable tenor."[3]

It peaked at number 45 on the United States Billboard Hot 100,[4] and number 43 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart in early 1982. It also reached number 31 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5]

Charts

More information Chart (1981/82), Peak position ...

Later uses

  • Rapper Eminem sampled "My Kinda Lover" on his 2014 song "Shady XV".[8]
  • The song was used in the Mötley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, when lead singer Vince Neil is performing it with a cover band at a party when Tommy, Mick, and Nikki arrive to recruit Neil into the band.

References

  1. [1]
    "Billy Squier: My Kinda Lover". allmusic. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  2. [2]
    Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 594. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  3. [3]
    "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 28, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. [4]
    Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. [5]
    "Billy Squier: Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  6. [6]
    Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 289. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. [7]
    "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 23, 1982". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  8. [8]
    "My Kinda Lover by Billy Squier". Who Sampled. Retrieved June 10, 2018.


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