Cruisin'
D'Angelo's reading of Smokey Robinson's 1979 hit, the only cover on Brown Sugar.
D'Angelo, from Brown Sugar (1995)
- Written by
- Smokey Robinson, Marvin Tarplin
- Released
- 1995
- Length
- 6:28
- Album
- Brown Sugar
A cover of Robinson's 1979 hit, it is a quiet storm love song with a string section, with additional recording at Back Pocket Studios in New York. It became one of the album's R&B top-ten singles. Rolling Stone's Cheo H. Coker wrote that D'Angelo strokes the blue-light classic with his own touch but does not ruffle it, and Stereogum's Tom Breihan said even this relatively straightforward cover hits like a cloud.
More songs by D'Angelo
Brown Sugar, Lady, Untitled (How Does It Feel), Really Love
Sources
- Brown Sugar (D'Angelo album), Wikipedia
- Brown Sugar, Rolling Stone (1995-09-07)
- Brown Sugar turns 20, Stereogum (2015-07-02)