Fastlove
Sign in to save"Fastlove" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 22 April 1996 as the second single from Michael's third album, Older (1996). Written by Michael, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington and Terri McFaddin and produced by Michael and Jon Douglas, the song interpolates Rushen's 1982 single "Forget Me Nots". Virgin and Aegean Records issued the song worldwide while DreamWorks Records issued it in the United States.
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- Song.name
- Fastlove
- Song.cover
- FastloveImYourMan96.jpg
- Song.border
- yes
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- George Michael
- Song.album
- Older
- Song.B side
- I'm Your Man '96
- Song.studio
- Sarm West (London)
- Song.genre
- Dance-pop R&B new jack swing
- Song.length
- 5:26 (album version) 4:45 (radio version) 5:06 (video version)
- Song.label
- Virgin Aegean
- Song.writer
- George Michael Patrice Rushen Freddie Washington Terri McFaddin
- Song.producer
- George Michael Jon Douglas
- Song.prev_title
- Jesus to a Child
- Song.prev_year
- 1996
- Song.next_title
- Spinning the Wheel
- Song.next_year
- 1996
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- publication date
- 1996-04-22
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"Fastlove" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 22 April 1996 as the second single from Michael's third album, Older (1996). Written by Michael, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington and Terri McFaddin and produced by Michael and Jon Douglas, the song interpolates Rushen's 1982 single "Forget Me Nots". Virgin and Aegean Records issued the song worldwide while DreamWorks Records issued it in the United States.
The song received positive reviews from music critics and topped the charts in Australia, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and the UK. It also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary chart. It was Michael's seventh and final number-one single in the UK during his lifetime and is his seventh-most downloaded track there, earning a gold certification for selling and streaming over 600,000 units. It was nominated for Best Single at the 1997 Brit Awards. In the US, the single peaked at number eight and number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the US Cash Box Top 100.
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