Robin S - Show Me Love - Still played on dancefloors around the world after all these years.
Probably one of the biggest House music anthems of the early 1990s which shocked everyone at the time in the way that it went global. And I mean global.
The track that is still played today around the world is would you believe is called “Show me love” by Robin S - 1993.
This was/is a bouncy, melodic House music tune with outstanding vocals from the New York City-born vocalist known as Robin Stone. However, to the world in general she will always be known as Robin S.
The year was 1993, and then Robin S hit the music scene with her debut single.
The single that she is remembered for to this day is called “Show Me, love”.
The Song was written by songwriters of the name of Allen George and Fred McFarlane, who had previously worked with artists of the caliber such as Jenny Burton and Jocelyn Brown.
The song was initially released in the year 1990 on an English dance label called Champion Records with remixes by Anthony King.
However, in 1992, the Swedish DJ and producer StoneBridge remixed the song after phoning up Champion Records looking for remixing work. The UK Newspaper called the Guardian article on RoBIN S - SEPT 8TH 2015
The song's bass organ sound comes from the Korg M1 synthesizer that was used by StoneBridge.
The remixed version was later included in Robin S.'s 1993 debut album Show Me, Love.
It was this version and remix that he did, that he and Robin S is best to remember for.
The song went global after DJs around the world from all areas - Europe, Africa, Japan, and Europe in the year 1993 played this song constantly.
For instance, within the Uk, it entered the Pop charts top at number 10, and within the top 5 via the USA.
In the US, it was even more surprising as the US the home of House music didn’t really cater to House music at all within their music charts.
Robin S ( the Vocalist) and Stone Bridge ( the remixer) have since gone on to create successful careers for themselves out of this one record.
However, in a recent interview with FOX NEWS USA (Bianca and Dan - JULY 2022), we learn that Robin S when presented the song all those years ago.
Robin S explains to us initially, that she didn't like the song. Not one bit. Please click on the YouTube video below as Robin S explains her initial "dislike" of the single called "Show me, love" -
FOX NEWS - BIANCA AND DAN REPORTERS TALKING WITH ROBIN S - ABOUT THE "SHOW ME LOVE" SINGLE - JULY 2022
Robin S is able to create a career out of it. In fact, the single has been reissued six times in 30 years on.
For instance, she still performs the song at nostalgia concerts, Gay Pride events, and cruise liners!
StoneBridge was able to be put forward to countless remixing works ever since doing the remix for “Show me, love”.
StoneBridge adds “The phone didn’t stop ringing for four years”. “Every day someone wanted a remix”.
StoneBridge - TALKING ABOUT DJ, REMIXING, RECEIVING PROMOS AND THAT REMIX CLICK ON VIDEO BELOW
The track still holds sway in a number of nightclubs around the world even today. When the Dj drops the track it usually brings up a cheer where ever you are in the world. Especially that is so in England.
Robin Stone (Robin S) took time off to work to concentrate on her songwriting, and then she began to begin working with producers House music producers such as Eric "E-Smoove" Miller (Chicago) and Todd Terry (New York City) on her second album.
This album got released in 1997 on Atlantic Records and was called “From Now On”, which encompassed Gospel music, R&B ballads, and the occasion Hi-NRGdance-floor material to boot.
StoneBridge in the meantime reflects on how the track continues to cause so much interest from the year 1993 to the present day.
Maybe he is right as you can hear how the song by the Canadian singer called Kiesza in 2014 had a number-one hit with a track called Hideaway.
Hideaway certainly does resemble “Show Me, Love”.
However, it could be said that the track called “Show me love” influence could be also heard in the track called “White Noise” by the Uk group called Disclosure in 2013.
It has to be said the 1990s house revival may be a reaction to the rise of the music known as EDM – the noisy pop-rave sound that’s taken mainstream America by storm in recent years.
Many including myself stated that EDM seems to lack a certain Soulful feel within its grooves.
However, maybe that's not the way we should be looking at EDM. Maybe we should be looking at it as a refined Acid house revival that is happening within the US instead of the Uk
The 1990s House music revival operated in the other way. It was infused with a Soulful vibe about it.
The House tracks from the 1990s were not just made on a laptop, but made with real instruments, real vocalists, and guitars added to boot.
It is this revival and interest within House music and Garage music from 1990 that has the return of Detroit house producer Marc “MK” Kinchen.
The man behind another iconic 1992 house remix driven by a Korg M1 bassline, The Nightcrawlers’ Push the Feeling On comes back to the scene he is so loved.
Kinchen spent the last decade or so as Will Smith’s in-house producer before he decided the time was right to return to House music.
This proved to be right as Kinchen had a huge number 1 hit on his hand via the Pop charts. When his remix of Storm Queen’s - Look Right Through, went to No 1.
Getting back to Robin S though. What has she been doing lately? Well?
In 2009, she recorded a new song with Corey Gibbons, the single "At My Best".
On August 12, 2011, Robin S. appeared on the BET talk program The Mo'Nique Show, where she sang her number #1 hit, "Show Me Love".
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In 2016, Robin S.'s collaboration with DJ Escape on the track, "Shout It Loud", went to number one on the US dance chart.
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Here is Robin S performing the show on a TV show in Holland - February 2016 for instance! Please click on the Video link below!
And here is an even better performance of the song (*In my opinion) by Robin S.
ROBIN S performs LIVE at the Symphonic Sounds of Back to Basics, Leeds, Uk 2018
Let's hope DJs from around the world keep on playing this tune which represents just one of the great tunes to come from that period of time.
In my opinion.
The greatest period in House music and Garage music was the 1990s.
Do you agree? Let me know.
Well, that's all folks for me now anyway.
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