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"Real Love"
Song

"Real Love" was the first single from Jody Watley's second album, Larger than Life. "Real Love" became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1989. The single reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and dance chart.

History

On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Real Love" rocketed into the Top 40 from #51 to #37, the week of April 1, 1989. The single lingered in the Top 10 for six weeks, peaking at #2 for two weeks, beginning May 20, 1989, held out of the top position by Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl".

During the summer of 1989, Watley's "Real Love" video, directed by David Fincher, was nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Dance Video, and Best Female Video at the 1989 award show. That record was held until Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's video "Scream" received eleven VMA nominations in 1995. The song was also nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best Female Single. The music video premiered in March 1989 on Cable television networks.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Dance Video for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Direction for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Art Direction for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Editing for "Real Love"
1989	MTV Video Music Award nomination for Breakthrough Video for "Real Love"

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	56
Belgian Singles Chart	26
Canadian Singles Chart	2
Dutch Singles Chart	21
German Singles Chart	15
Irish Singles Chart	25
New Zealand Singles Chart	35
Swiss Singles Chart	21
UK Singles Chart	31
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

Year-End Charts (1989)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	46
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	25
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance 12-Inch Singles	17

References

top30-2.radio2.be
dutchcharts.nl
www.musicline.de
www.irishcharts.ie
www.charts.org.nz
www.hitparade.ch
"Billboard Pop Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
"Billboard Black Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
"Billboard Dance Club Play Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
"Billboard Dance 12-Inch Singles - 1989". Retrieved 2011-12-15.

External links

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Preceded by"Love Saw It" by Karyn White	Billboard's Hot R&B Singles & Tracks number one single May 6, 1989	Succeeded by"Start of a Romance" by Skyy
Preceded by"Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single May 6, 1989 - May 13, 1989	Succeeded by"We Call It Acieed" / "Trance Dance" by D Mob featuring Gary Haisman

v t e Jody Watley
Studio albums	Jody Watley (1987) Larger Than Life (1989) Affairs of the Heart (1991) Intimacy (1993) Affection (1995) Flower (1998) The Saturday Night Experience (1999) Midnight Lounge (2001) The Makeover (2006)
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1996)
Remix albums	You Wanna Dance with Me? (1989) Remixes of Love (1994)
Singles	"Looking for a New Love" "Still a Thrill" "Don't You Want Me" "Some Kind of Lover" "Most of All" "Real Love" "Friends" "Everything" "Precious Love" "I Want You" "I'm the One You Need" "It All Begins with You" "Your Love Keeps Working on Me" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Ecstasy" "Affection" "Off the Hook" "Looking for a New Love" "Borderline" "I Want Your Love"
Featured singles	"This Is for the Lover in You" (w/ Babyface feat. LL Cool J, Howard Hewett & Jeffrey Daniel)
Related topics	Discography Shalamar Avitone Records

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