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"Is It Love You're After?" is a 1979 song by Rose Royce from the 1979 album Rainbow Connection IV, which was the last album with lead singer Gwen Dickey before she left to embark on a solo career. It was also the band's fourth highest-charting single in the UK.

Chart performance

Personnel

• Gwen Dickey – lead vocals
• Kenny Copeland – trumpet
• Kenji Brown – guitar
• Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass
• Michael Nash – keyboards
• Henry Garner – drums
• Freddie Dunn – trumpet
• Michael Moore – saxophone
• Terry Santiel – congas

Samples

• The brass riff of the song was sampled for S'Express' 1988 song "Theme From S'Express," which reached no. 1 in the UK.

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Rainbow Connection IV review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
2. "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 501.
4. "www.whosampled.com". Retrieved October 31, 2022.

• Rose Royce songs
• 1979 songs
• 1979 singles
• Warner Records singles