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"Sweet Thing" is a song performed by American funk and R&B band Rufus with vocals by band member Chaka Khan. As a single, it peaked number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. Mary J. Blige recorded her version, which charted in the United States and New Zealand in 1993.
It is covered by R&B vocalists Kelly Price as Aunt Sarah, Marsha Ambrosius as Safronia, Jill Scott as Sweet Thing, and Ledisi as Peaches. American experimental band Xiu Xiu covered "Four Women" on its 2013 Nina Simone tribute album Nina. The song inspired the 2016 play Nina Simone: Four Women by Christina Ham.
Marifil Niña Girado-Enriquez (born November 1, 1980), known professionally as Nina, is a Filipino singer and record producer. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines. [2]
"Color Is a Beautiful Thing" – 1:03 "There Is No Returning (Le peuple en Suisse)" – 4:58; Additional CD tracks "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan, Simone) – 6:27 "Stop" – 2:19 "They Took My Hand" – 0:34; The bonus tracks were first released on the digital reissue of the album in 1988 on the French CY Records label.
The lyrics say "Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me" Big Country, after a line in Roxy Music's "Prairie Rose": "Lonesome star, shine on The big country" Big Fat Snake, after a line in Bob Dylan's "Wiggle Wiggle": "Wiggle like a big fat snake" The Black Angels, after Velvet Underground's "The Black Angel's Death Song"
"Sweet Thing" is a song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released on his second studio album Astral Weeks (1968). It was on the first side of the album, that was under the heading: In the Beginning. The song was later used in 1971 as the American B-side to Morrison's single "Blue Money".
This cover includes "Sweet Thing" and the reprise. Awaken – on the album Party in Lyceum's Toilets (2001). This is a cover of only the "Sweet Thing" song proper. Paper Jones – on the album Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered (2008). This is a cover of only the "Sweet Thing" song proper. Momus – on the album Turpsycore (2015). This is a cover ...
[5] [6] Like Nina Live!, the album was certified Gold a week after its commercial release. Its lead single, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", became her ninth number-one single in the country. Nina's fifth studio album, Renditions of the Soul, [7] was released in 2009. The album became a commercial success, certifying Platinum in the Philippines ...