I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips

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"I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips"
Single by Eric Carmen
from the album Eric Carmen
B-side"Spotlight"
"I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips (Instrumental)" [12" version only]
ReleasedDecember 1984
Recorded1984
GenreNew wave - soft rock
Length3:12 (7" version)
3:17 (Album version)
5:58 (12" version)
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Eric Carmen, Dean Pitchford
Producer(s)Bob Gaudio[1]
Eric Carmen singles chronology
"It Hurts Too Much"
(1980)
"I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips"
(1984)
"I'm Through With Love"
(1985)

"I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips" is a 1984 hit song by Eric Carmen. It was the lead single from his sixth album, which was his second eponymous album.

The song reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 during February 1985, becoming his sixth of eight Top 40 singles during his solo career. The song was a bigger adult contemporary hit, reaching number 10 in the United States[2] and number 17 in Canada.

Charts[edit]

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 17
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 35
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 10
US Radio & Records[5] 30
US Radio & Records Adult Contemporary 8
US Cash Box Top 100 37

Cover versions[edit]

In 1986, Louise Mandrell recorded a country version of "I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips". Her rendition reached number 35 on the US country chart,[6] and number 41 on the Canadian country chart.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Eric Carmen - I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips | Top 40".
  2. ^ Billboard Adult Contemporary, March 16, 1985
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ^ Billboard Adult Contemporary, March 16, 1985
  5. ^ Radio & Records, February 22, 1985
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 214.