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"We Got a Love Thang" is a song by American singer-songwriter CeCe Peniston, originally released in January 1992 by A&M Records as the second single from her debut album, Finally (1992). The song was co-written by Chantay Savage and produced by Steve "Silk" Hurley, and became the second number one hit for the artist, remaining on the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart for two weeks. In the United Kingdom, the title scored number six, while on the BillboardHot 100, it reached number twenty. The song contains a sample of the drum break from "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson.
Critical reception
Larry Flick of Billboard wrote, "Duplicating the magic of the now-classic club anthem "Finally" was a seemingly impossible task. However, with the aid of producer Steve "Silk" Hurley, Peniston has come pretty darn close on this delicious pop/houser, on which she exudes immeasurable charm and the sass of a diva." A reviewer from Cash Box described the song as an "uptempo, club-oriented song that resembles her previous single, but still has a sound of its own."
Matthew Cole from Music Week's RM Dance Update felt that it sees her "sunshine vocals" given the Steve "Silk" Hurley treatment, adding, "The result is sheer smoothness. The song has none of "Finally"'s irresistible cutesy charm, but CeCe's vocal once more refines everything that makes you want to dance." Stuart Maconie from New Musical Express found that "this has aspirations to being a very good record, chiefly by virtue of a brilliantly cheesy tooting (technical term) horn sound and crappy Bontempi organ doodlings."
Retrospective response
In a 2017 retrospective review, Steven E. Flemming Jr. of Albumism stated that the song "skillfully melded the insistent grace of all that’s right about dance production values with grand vocals." AllMusic editor Craig Lytle remarked that "We Got a Love Thang," like "Finally", "employ that rapid dancehall groove better known as house music." In a 2014 review, Pop Rescue viewed it as "perfectly up-beat."
Cole, Matthew (December 14, 1991). "DJ Directory: Ce Ce Peniston" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 3. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
^ For peak positions of "We Got A Love Thang" single in Canadian RPM 100 chart, use the first link. For its peak position in RPM 10 Dance/Urban chart, use the second link. Note: Up to 1994 RPM published only Top 10 positions for dance/urban category, since 1995 Top 30 list is effective.
^ For peak positions of "We Got A Love Thang" single in the Netherlands, follow the Dutch Top 40, or the Single Top 100 link, depending on a preferred chart list. Both are considered as the official charts in the country, however 'Nederlands Top 40' does not provide an albums chart. Note: When using the Dutch Top 40 link, click at the song's title to view its highest position placed in section called 'positieverloop'.
For peak positions of "We Got A Love Thang" single in UK, choose the singles link, or the OfficialCharts link to view full run of the single in England.
^ For peak positions of "We Got A Love Thang" in US Billboard, use the general links, and/or, in order to view there not-listed top positions, respectively additional information such as peak date(s) and/or weeks spent on chart(s), you will have to subscribe to billboard.biz website to vie also the specific billboard.biz links.
For the top position of "We Got A Love Thang" in US Cashbox chart, follow the either the cashboxmagazine link, or see the pdf document at hitsofalldecades link in addition.
^ For peak year-end chart positions of "We Got A Love Thang", use a link depending on a chart territory. To check also the US year-end positions, only billboard.biz subscribers will access the specific billboard.biz links.
