from what i've read, Motown bungled Force but then radio refused to do anything with Take Me Higher. potentially if Motown had applied some common sense and strategic thinking to promoting Force and laying out a logical series of singles, it might have worked. but then again, she'd been off the charts since 1984 and "diva" was still a dirty word then. so the US public might have ignored it anyway.

By the time Take Me Higher was released in the US, it was pretty much a lost cause to do much here. she would have gotten some airplay but I Will Survive had already been released again as a techno/dance version of the Gloria Gaynor original. frankly she was a little late with that track. Of course the die-hard fans and dance clubs would have played it more but mainstream radio may or may not have.

i find it curious that she'd so nonchalant about releasing an album she really didn't care for or much about - Workin' and Everyday.