Love's Comin' at Ya

"Love's Comin' at Ya" is a song recorded and released by singer Melba Moore in 1982. Originally released on EMI America, it was also the first single released off her Capitol Records debut album, The Other Side of the Rainbow.[1]

"Love's Comin' at Ya"
Single by Melba Moore
from the album The Other Side of the Rainbow
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Funk, post-disco, synthpop, dance-pop
Length	3:56 (single version) 5:45 (album & 12" version)
Label	EMI America, Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Paul Lawrence Jones II
Producer(s)	Paul Lawrence Jones II, Kashif, Morrie Brown
Melba Moore singles chronology
"Take My Love" (1981) "Love's Comin' at Ya" (1982) "Mind Up Tonight" (1983)

Served as a follow-up to her Kashif-produced hit, "Take My Love", "Love's Comin' At Ya" became an even bigger hit, produced by Kashif and Paul Lawrence Jones II, who also wrote the song, reaching No. 5 on the R&B chart, also reaching No. 2 on the Hot Dance Singles chart, and also became a hit overseas reaching number-fifteen in the United Kingdom, bringing the singer her best charted single in the country since "This Is It" seven years earlier. The song didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

Personnel

• Lead vocals: Melba Moore
• Background vocals: Melba Moore, Alyson Williams, B.J. Nelson, Fonzi Thornton, Lillo Thomas, Freddie Jackson and Phillip Ballou
• Drums: Leslie Ming
• Guitar: Ira Siegel
• Other instrumentation: Paul Lawrence Jones II and Kashif

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Hot Black Singles[2]	5
US Hot Dance Club Songs[3]	2
UK Singles Chart[4]	15

References

1. "Melba Moore Stakes Claim to Fame as Recording Star". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 63 (16): 64. January 3, 1983. Retrieved April 5, 2020 – via Google Books.
2. "Love's Comin' at Ya (R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
3. "Love's Comin' at Ya (Dance)". Billboard. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
4. "Love's Comin' at Ya (UK)". Official Charts. Retrieved April 3, 2020.