I Still Can't Get Over Loving You

"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You"
Single by Ray Parker Jr.
from the album Woman Out of Control
B-side"She Still Feels the Need"
ReleasedOctober 1983
Genre
Length4:09
LabelArista - Arista 9116
Songwriter(s)Ray Parker Jr.
Producer(s)Ollie E. Brown and Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Parker Jr. singles chronology
"The People Next Door"
(1983) 		"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You"
(1983) 		"Woman Out of Control"
(1984)

"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" is a 1983 song written and performed by Ray Parker Jr. It was the lead single from his Woman Out of Control album of the same year, and it reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984.[3] It was Parker's fifth top 20 hit, the sixth being 1984's "Ghostbusters".[3]

Background

The song is an up-tempo ballad with electronic instruments.[4] While initially the song speaks of lost love and an ended relationship, the lyrics gradually take a considerably more sinister tone, ultimately implying that the man either is stalking his former girlfriend, or potentially preparing to do harm to her. A turning point in the tone occurs when Parker borrows a line from The Police's "Every Breath You Take", "Every breath you take, I'll be watching you."[4] It is summarily followed by closing lines which indicate that the relationship has taken a dark turn: "There's no way that this thing is through, no; Not yet, I ain't through lovin' you; I'm gettin' mad, girl, don't you ever try to leave, no, no; It'll be the last thing you'll ever do."

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 84
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 48
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 12
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 10
U.S.Billboard Hot Black Singles[9] 12

Year-end charts

Year-end chart (1984) Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[10] 77

References

  1. ^ Sheffield, Rob (February 24, 2023). "The 100 Best Songs of 1983, the Year Pop Went Crazy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 4, 2023. I Still Can't Get Over You" is a sly, sexy, painfully sad synth-pop slow jam from a soul man...
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (September 16, 2024). "What's 1984 Got to Do with It Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 480. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  4. ^ a b "Ray Parker, Jr. - I Still Can't Get Over Loving You". BackToThe80s.com. August 26, 2002. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 229. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Ray Parker Jr. – (I Still Can't Get Over) Loving You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  7. ^ "Ray Parker Jr Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 189.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 449.
  10. ^ "Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. TA-19.
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