Make It Easy on Me
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| "Make It Easy on Me" | ||||
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| Single by Sybil | ||||
| from the album Sybilization | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
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| Length | 3:50 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Stock Aitken & Waterman | |||
| Sybil singles chronology | ||||
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"Make It Easy on Me" is a song by American R&B singer Sybil, written and produced by the British team Stock Aitken & Waterman. It was released as the lead single from her third album, Sybilization, in 1990.
While Sybil had landed a deal in the UK with Pete Waterman's PWL Records for her previous album, Sybil, the song was her first direct involvement with the producers Stock Aitken & Waterman, although some of her previous singles had been remixed by the production team and their associates on PWL Records. Sybil later worked with Mike Stock and Pete Waterman on her 1993 album Good 'N' Ready, on which a remixed version of the song is included.
"Make It Easy on Me", a mid-tempo R&B jam, received good reviews (especially for signalling a different, more soulful and mature sound atypical of the producers' Europop fare), but failed to make an impact on the charts, barely making the UK top 100 peaking at #99, and peaking at #52 on the Billboard R&B charts.
Critical reception
[edit]Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Honey-voiced diva who scored big last year with back-to-back Dionne Warwick covers dives into her new "Sybilization" set and proves that she can tackle original material. Lithe and spirited midtempo charmer should work well at both radio and club levels."[1]
Cover versions
[edit]British pop group Steps covered the song on their 1999 album, Steptacular. It was sung as a solo by Lisa Scott-Lee.
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA) | 160 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[2] | 14 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 76 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 99 |
| US Hot Black Singles (Billboard) | 52 |
References
[edit]- ^ Flick, Larry (10 November 1990). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 91. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Sybil — Make It Easy On Me". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
