My Kinda Lover
1981 single by Billy Squier
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"My Kinda Lover" is a rock song written and performed by American hard rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier.[1] It was the third and final single released from his Triple Platinum 1981 album Don't Say No,[1] following "In the Dark".[2]
ReleasedNovember 1981
Length3:32
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| Single by Billy Squier | ||||
| from the album Don't Say No | ||||
| B-side | "Christmas Is the Time to Say 'I Love You'" | |||
| Released | November 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:32 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter | Billy Squier | |||
| Producers | Reinhold Mack Billy Squier | |||
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Record World said that "While his band spanks, crunches and crashes, Billy seduces with a light, likeable tenor."[3]
It peaked at number 45 on the United States Billboard Hot 100,[4] and number 43 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart in early 1982. It also reached number 31 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[5]
Charts
Later uses
- Rapper Eminem sampled "My Kinda Lover" on his 2014 song "Shady XV".[8]
- The song was used in the Mötley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, when lead singer Vince Neil is performing it with a cover band at a party when Tommy, Mick, and Nikki arrive to recruit Neil into the band.
