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The source video I used to create this one is here: [ Ссылка ]
That was the best-quality upload of this music video I could find. I have replaced the audio track with a high-quality one of the single, and this involved slowing down the footage slightly, as it was running a bit too fast compared to the HQ audio track I am using. I have not used any of the first 52 seconds of footage, as it did not include any of the performance of the song. The performance footage does not include the instrumental intro of the track, so to accompany this I have put up on screen two pictures of the single. The source video ends before the music has fully faded out and come to an end, so to accompany the ending of the track, I have put up on screen a picture of the single. The source video was also slightly out-of-sync, with the picture running a bit late compared to the sound, so I have fixed that. I have also adjusted the colours of the footage, increasing their intensity and making the dark areas a bit darker. I have also upscaled the resolution from 480p to 1080p, as this increases the bitrate, which slightly improves picture quality at all the different resolution settings the viewer can select, but please be aware that playing it at the 1080p setting is not going to make it look as good as a true 1080p video. I have also added optional subtitles for the lyrics.
This song was written by Dana Meyers and William Shelby. This track was produced by the Whispers, Dick Griffey and Leon Sylvers III, and was released in 1980. The lead vocals are by Wallace and Walter Scott. Here are the track's credits according to the liner notes of the 1980 album "Imagination", as presented on the Discogs website:
It's A Love Thing
Arranged By [Horns, Strings], Contractor [Horns] – Gene Dozier
Arranged By [Vocals], Bass, Co-producer – Leon Sylvers, III
Drums – Wardell Potts, Jr.
Guitar – Ernest "Pepper" Reed, Stephen Shockley
Keyboards – Joey Gallo, Kevin Spencer, Ricky Smith, William Shelby
Percussion – Harvey Mason
Written-By – Dana Meyers, William Shelby
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According to Wikipedia, this single reached No. 9 in the UK and Belgium, No. 10 in France, No. 11 in the Netherlands, No. 12 in Finland, No. 17 in Ireland, and No. 28 in their native USA.
For more information about this song and track, see these pages:
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Incidentally, the song's Wikipedia page claims that it was not released as a single until 1981, and prior to this was only released as an album track on the 1980 album "Imagination", but on the Discogs website you can see pictures of several 1980 releases of the single, and if you look at the record label I have shown at 0:13 in my video, you will see that the year is stated as being "1980".
I have not been able to find an official presentation of the lyrics to this song. Presented as a pinned comment below and as optional subtitles in the video is my own transcript of the lyrics, for which I have used the transcripts found on lyrics websites as a guide.
