What's being sung on LOVE HANGOVER??

[Boogiedown]

.....by the "Supremes" starting at 2:20 and repeated through 3:03 ??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOzO_4NS8NI

[BayouMotownMan]

By The Supremes?

[reese]

Sounds like they're singing "Love to love you. Sweet!"

[sup_fan]

Sounds like they're singing "Love to love you. Sweet!"

agreed. Diana had been repeatedly singing sweet love, i love you, sweet love hangover, etc. so the word "sweet" makes sense. I wouldn't be shocked if the "love to love you" isn't a direct steal from the recent Donna Summer song. it was just SOOOOOO massive of a song in late fall 75. the backing vocals for LH were recorded in late Jan 76 so timing is perfect

[Boogiedown]

Thank you both! That's the way I've always heard it and I always presumed it was a nod to Donna Summer .......but then I wondered if I'd just convinced myself to hear it that way as I've done with other lyrics that then turned out to be something different.

I find the deference to Donna Summer a nice touch if that's indeed the case.:)

[Boogiedown]

The amount of “Sweet” used in this .
I wonder how close they were to calling the song “SWEET HANGOVER” ? Or “SWEET LOVE HANGOVER” or “SWEETEST HANGOVER”

[Boogiedown]

By The Supremes?

Is it known who they are??

[brothadc]

What's being sung is "I love to love you, sweet, ha!" The word "ha" is performed as a loud whisper.

[Boogiedown]

What's being sung is "I love to love you, sweet, ha!" The word "ha" is performed as a loud whisper.

I hear it , but more as an "ahhh!"

[Boogiedown]

Is it known who they are??


as with most Diana lead singles, I guess who's back there is hard to know...

can't ask Diana ....she likely wouldn't/ couldn't ...

[midnightman]

Definitely "love to love you, SWEET! Ah..."

I definitely look at it as a jab at Donna Summer. "Love to Love You Baby" had just gotten released and was climbing up the charts when Hal Davis planned the track.

[Boogiedown]

finally looked at wiki:


As the song changed from ballad to uptempo, Ross became more comfortable with the material; she hummed, sang bit parts, laughed, danced around and even imitated Billie Holiday [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday).[5] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Hangover#cite_note-5) The carefree and sensual nature of Ross' vocals and the music's direction helped to sell the song, in addition to the background vocals relying heavily on Donna Summer [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer)'s 1975 hit "Love to Love You Baby [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_[[song))".

didn't realize it was accepted as fact that Donna Summer was being tapped into. Never heard that stated before.
I also had no idea Diana was channeling Billie Holiday to achieve her tipsy 'hangover' delivery.

[midnightman]

^ Notice at one point she was singing "if there's a cure for this, I don't want it, I DON'T WANT IT" very drawn out at one point, that was her Billie impression.