"Your Body's Callin" is a song by American singer and songwriter

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, released in April 1994 as the third single from his debut album, ''

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'' (1993). It peaked at number 13 on the US ''

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and reached the top 40 in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Kelly also released a

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as a B-side to the single featuring

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called the "Your Body's Calling His N Hers Mix".

Critical reception

Andy Beevers from ''

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'' gave the song four out of five. He wrote, "Having narrowly missed out on a mainstream Top 40 placing with his last single, " Bump'n'Grind", R Kelly looks set to be more successful with this smooth and mellow

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. Not only is it a stronger song, but it will be helped by the US singer's recent UK tour, which included a four-night stint at the Apollo Hammersmith." James Hamilton from the '' RM'' Dance Update deemed it a "sexy tortuous 67bpm slow jam".

Music video

The accompanying

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for "Your Body's Callin'" was directed by American music video, television and film director

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/ref> The video, set to appear that it was filmed in the summer, was filmed in the winter.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Samplings and covers

* Hip hop producer DJ Premier sampled Kelly singing "It's unbelievable" for

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's song "Unbelievable" on his album '' Ready to Die'' released later in 1994. * The song has been interpolated the line by Ron Isley's longtime collaborator Kelly by The Isley Brothers on the song "Warm Summer Nights", with background vocals by Angela Winbush towards the end of the track from the album ''

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'', released in 2001. * The song has also been sampled by

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on the song "Be My Lady" also featuring Kelly, from their album ''Six''. * Norman Brown covered the song in 1996 in his album ''

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''.

References

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