You and I (Black Ivory song)

"You and I" is a top 40 single by American soul/R&B vocal group, Black Ivory. The song was written by group members Leroy Burgess and Stuart Bascombe and produced and arranged by record producer, Patrick Adams[1]

"You and I"
Single by Black Ivory
from the album Don't Turn Around
B-side"Our Future?"
ReleasedFebruary 1972
StudioSound Ideas Studios
GenreR&B, Soul
Length3:57
LabelToday Records/Perception Records
Songwriter(s)Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe
Producer(s)Patrick Adams
Black Ivory singles chronology
"Don't Turn Around" "You and I"
(1972)		 "I'll Find Away (Loneliest Man in Town)"
(1972)

Song information

Black Ivory's single, "You and I" is a song from their debut album, Don't Turn Around. The song was written by Leroy Burgess and Stuart Bascombe. It was produced and arranged by Patrick Adams. The group recorded the song at Sound Ideas Studio in New York City, and released in February 1972. Larry Blackmon of the R&B/funk band Cameo was a friend of the group and played the drums on the track. The song entered the Billboard Soul singles chart in late April 1972, spending 6 weeks there and peaking at No.32 on May 20, 1972.[2] The B-side, "Our Future?", was written by Adams and Terry Phillip, and produced by Adams and Black Ivory. The album version of the song clocked in at seven minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

Covers/samples

Rapper Q-Tip sampled the Black Ivory song on his 2008 release, "Gettin' Up"[3] which was the first single from his album, "The Renaissance",[4][5][6] that was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2010.

Personnel

Black Ivory

Additional personnel

  • Patrick Adams – bass, guitar, piano, organ, drums, celeste, Moog synthesizer, timpani
  • Larry Blackmon – drums on "You & I"
  • Gordon Edwards – bass
  • Harry Lookofsky – concert master

Production

  • Produced by Black Ivory and Patrick Adams
  • Arraneged and conducted by Adams
  • Vocal arrangements by Leroy Burgess

References
  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/28602-Patrick-Adams?filter_anv=0&subtype=Production&type=Credits
  2. https://www.billboard.com/music/black-ivory/chart-history/BSI
  3. "Q-Tip - Gettin' up".
  4. "The Renaissance - Q-Tip | Credits".
  5. "Q-Tip's swabs are legendary". Yale News.
  6. "Q-Tip: Road to the Renaissance". Prefix.
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