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"You"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Faces
B-side	"Share Your Love"
Released	November 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Funk R&B
Length	3:56 (7" version) 5:09 (album version)
Label	ARC/Columbia
Songwriter(s)	David Foster Brenda Russell Maurice White
Producer(s)	Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Let Me Talk" (1980) "You" (1980) "Back on the Road" (1980)

"You" is a song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire, released as a single in November 1980 on Columbia Records. The single reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Overview

You was produced by Maurice White and composed by White, David Foster and Brenda Russell. The song also came upon EWF's 1980 album Faces.

Critical reception

Billboard described the song as "a smooth ballad with lush strings and a tight production that make it appealing". Paul Sexton of Record Mirror called You an "After The Love Has Gone clone" Stephen Holden of Rolling Stone called You an example of "Bee Gees-influenced pop romanticism". Phyl Garland of Stereo Review also called "You, the (album's) standout." Garland went on to state that "You is every bit as good as After the Love Has Gone on I Am which is saying quite a lot".

Cover versions

Jazz singer Nancy Wilson covered "You" on her 1983 album I'll Be a Song.

Charts

References

1. ^ Earth, Wind & Fire: You. ARC/Columbia Records. November 1980.
2. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: You (Hot R&B Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
3. ^ "Earth Wind & Fire: You (Adult Contemporary)". billboard.com. Billboard.
4. Billboard Top Single Picks. Vol. 92. Billboard Magazine. November 15, 1980. p. 93.
5. Sexton, Paul (October 25, 1980). Earth, Wind & Fire: Faces. Record Mirror. p. 20.
6. Holden, Stephen (March 5, 1981). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Faces". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
7. Garland, Phyl (March 1981). Popular Music (Earth, Wind & Fire: Faces) (PDF). Vol. 46. Stereo Review. p. 122.
8. Nancy Wilson - I'll Be A Song. Nippon Columbia Records. 38C38-7061
9. "The CASH BOX Top 100 Black Contemporary". cashboxmagazine.com. Cashbox. December 27, 1980.

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