"Street Love" is the debut single by British
boy band
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Rough Copy
Rough Copy were a British boy band from Croydon, London. The group consists of Kazeem Ajobo, Sterling Ramsey and Joseph James Thomas. They finished fourth on the The X Factor (British series 10), tenth series of ''The X Factor (UK TV series), T ...
. It was released through
Epic Records
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on 29 June 2014. The song, produced by hAZEL and Da Beatfreakz, is a reworking of
Anita Baker's 1986 hit single "
Sweet Love". Whilst new verses were written by Crush Boys, the chorus from the original remains mostly the same. The initial idea to use a rework of Anita Baker's "Sweet Love" chorus on this track is where Singer-songwriter Tejai Moore came into play.
The song failed to chart on the
UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 29 on the
UK R&B Chart.
Background and composition
On 8 December 2013, Rough Copy finished fourth on the
tenth series of ''
The X Factor''. On 21 April 2014, the group announced that they had signed a record deal with
Sony Music subsidiary
Epic Records
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. They also announced that their debut single "Street Love" would be released on 29 June 2014.
"Street Love" is a reworking of
Anita Baker's 1986 hit single "
Sweet Love". It was produced by hAZEL (
Kardinal,
Akon,
Kos,
Planet VI,
2 Chainz
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) and Da Beatfreakz (
Usher
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Several jobs which originally involved directing people and ensuring people are in the correct place:
* Usher (occupation)
** Church usher
** Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony
** Fiel ...
,
Jason Derulo
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In an interview with Singersroom.com, Crush Boys explained, "...we've had a long standing relationship with the platinum selling producers, Da Beatfreakz, for a while. With this particular record, they teamed up with a friend of ours named hAZEL to create a record tailored for Rough Copy. They (Da Beatfreakz) sent us the beat back with a vocal reference on the hook (Tejai Moore was the vocal reference) and asked us to do our thing with the verses. We finished the record in like an hour, sent it back, and a couple weeks later they called us back and said Rough Copy was interested in taking the record and potentially making it a single."
Chart performance
The song failed to chart on the
UK Singles Chart, although it did chart at number 29 on the
UK R&B Chart.
Music video
The music video was filmed in
London. It was uploaded to
YouTube on 12 May 2014 at a total of three minutes and twenty-eight seconds. It features Rough Copy walking around the streets serenading a woman.
Charts
Release history
References
{{Reflist
2014 debut singles
2014 songs
Songs written by Anita Baker