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  • Sweet Thing
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  • Maxi single
  • Promotional recording
  • Single (music)
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  • 1993 singles
  • Mary J. Blige songs
  • 1975 singles
  • 1975 songs
  • 1976 singles
  • Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles
  • ABC Records singles
  • Chaka Khan songs
  • Songs written by Chaka Khan
abstract
  • %22Sweet Thing%22 is a soul single that was first a hit with Rufus featuring Chaka Khan when they recorded the song in 1975, eventually reaching number-one on the R&B singles chart and number five on the pop chart. The song was co-written by Khan (For her then husband, Richard Holland) and Rufus band mate Tony Maiden and became one of the band and Khan's signature songs.Eighteen years later, in 1993, the song was covered by R&B singer Mary J. Blige who had a version that was a top forty hit on both sides for a second time with it reaching number twenty-eight pop and number-eleven R&B. In 1997, contemporary jazz saxophonist Boney James did a cover of the song, included on the album titled Sweet Thing. The album's title track included background vocals by original co-writer Tony Maiden.Khan recorded it again for the New York Undercover: a Night at Natalies soundtrack, released in 1998.Initially, Khan disliked Blige covering it but eventually Khan befriended Blige and the two singers later sang the song together during a VH-1 Divas Live concert in 2003.Khan and Blige have since recorded the duet %22Disrespectful%22, for Khan's recent release, Funk This.UK soul singer Beverley Knight has also recorded a version of the song. Knight's version was recorded for a BBC Radio 2 session and was included as the B-side to her single %22Not Too Late For Love%22. Due to the popularity of Knight's version with her fans, it was later included on her Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight compilation. Knight has since been invited to perform the song at Khan's London O2 Arena date on her UK tour, after collaborating with the singer on her Blige duet %22Disrepectul%22 at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.
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  • Chaka Khan
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  • 5714dedb25ac0d8aee4a54a9
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  • USMC19341790
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  • Rufus
  • Sean Combs
  • Prince Markie Dee
  • Mark C. Rooney
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wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 152
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  • 2531869
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  • english
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  • ABC Records
  • MCA Records
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  • 1992
  • November–December 1975
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  • Sweet Thing
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  • TRZJTEE128E078F51D
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