This Time I Found Love
| "This Time I Found Love" | ||||
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| Single by Rozalla | ||||
| from the album Look No Further | ||||
| Released | July 1994 | |||
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| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
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| Producer(s) | Stuart Crichton | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "This Time I Found Love" on YouTube | ||||
"This Time I Found Love" is a song by Zambian-born singer Rozalla, released in July 1994 by Sony Records as the second single from her second album, Look No Further (1995). It was produced by Grammy-nominated music producer/songwriter Stuart Crichton and later also included on her Best Of album. The song reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the top-40 for two weeks. It was also released in some other countries, including Germany, with little success.
Critical reception
Upon the release, Larry Flick from Billboard magazine felt the "bracing" song "will leave familiar techno-pop skids all over the dancefloor, it is only one of many styles successfully explored here [on the album]."[4] A reviewer from Music & Media wrote, "Since 1991's 'Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)' the Zimbabwian has failed to come up with as strong a single, until this one with all the cheerfulness pop dance records should have."[1] Alan Jones from Music Week said, "Not wholly successful in its pre-release club trials, and considerably less obviously hitbound than her early Pulse 8 hits, this is nonetheless a happy house anthem that will find enough buyers to save face."[2]
James Hamilton of the Record Mirror Dance Update named it a "diva-like joyful galloper" in his weekly dance column.[5] Al Weisel from Rolling Stone stated that the "scorching techno beat" on 'This Time I Found Love' "will have dance floors skirting fure-code regulations."[3] Tony Cross from Smash Hits gave the song a full score of five out of five, writing, "If there was a happy house heaven, this is what would greet you at the pumping pearly gates. Rozalla has created a club classic that's as perfect on the dancefloor as it is on your stereo."[6]
Music video
The accompanying music video for "This Time I Found Love" was directed by Katie Bell and produced by Susan Pluckrose for Excess. It was released on 25 July 1994 and is a stylised studio shoot on 35mm.[7]
Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scotland (OCC)[8] | 31 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 33 |
| UK Dance (OCC)[9] | 31 |
| UK Airplay (Music Week)[10] | 35 |
| UK Dance (Music Week)[11] | 31 |
| UK Club Chart (Music Week)[12] | 41 |
References
- ^ a b "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 33. 13 August 1994. p. 6. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ a b Jones, Alan (23 July 1994). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 20. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ a b Weisel, Al (21 September 1995). "Recordings". Rolling Stone. Issue 717.
- ^ Flick, Larry (8 July 1995). "Dance Trax: For Diversity, Look No Further Than Epic's Rozalla" (PDF). Billboard. p. 20. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ Hamilton, James (9 July 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Cross, Tony (20 July 1994). "New Singles". Smash Hits. p. 57. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Promos In Production" (PDF). Music Week. 16 July 1994. p. 10. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 7 August 1994". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "UK Dance Singles Chart Top 40 6 August 1994". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "The Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 13 August 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 6 August 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 23 July 1994. p. 6. Retrieved 18 May 2023.