"Lovin You" is one of the most iconic songs in history, mainly because of Minnie Riperton's vocal performance and that high note.
The 1974 song was written by Riperton and her husband Richard Rudolph, and was produced by Stevie Wonder.
The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, number three on the Billboard R&B chart and ranked number 13 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975.
"Lovin' You" was originally written as a lullaby for her infant daughter, Maya Rudolph. Maya is now a highly respected actress, appearing onSaturday Night Liveand in movies like Bridesmaids and Grown Ups. The track started as a melody Riperton hummed to distract one-year-old Maya and her brother Marc so she and her husband could have "grown-up time".
If you listen closely, you can hear Riperton softly whispering "Maya, Maya" at the very end of the track.
Minnie Riperton, her husband Richard Rudolph and children Maya Rudolph and Marc Rudolph attend the Hollywood Christmas Parade in December 1978 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)Maya Rudolph didn't realize she inspired the much-loved soul ballad until she was an adult. “I didn’t really put together that ‘Lovin’ You’ was for me and my brother. I heard my name and was kind of like, ‘Oh that’s cool, it’s for us,’ but we didn’t really know,” she told uDiscover in 2019.
Rudolph is not surprised that the song is still played and loved, over 50 years after its release. “It’s amazing to me, though not surprising that it’s such an iconic song [‘Lovin’ You’] and record. It was the debut of this special quality my mother had and people were just… blown away," she told uDiscover. "So really, it was her big introduction to people. It just sounds like a perfect example of that time and everything coming together in the right way.”
Minnie Riperton tragically died from breast cancer in 1979, aged just 31. Maya was only six years old at the time, her mother passing away just two weeks before her seventh birthday
“Over the course of my life I’ve become a receptor to the world for people who want to tell me [or tell her] how great she was,” says Rudolph. “How much the song affected their lives, how much her music meant to them and how special her voice was."
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