I Still Can't Get Over Loving You

"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" is a 1983 song written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr.. It was the lead single from his Woman Out of Control album of the same year, and it reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984.[1] It was Parker's fifth Top 20 hit, the sixth being 1984's "Ghostbusters".[1]

"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You"
Single by Ray Parker, Jr.
from the album Woman Out of Control
ReleasedLate-1983
GenrePop rock
Length4:09
LabelArista - Arista 9116
Songwriter(s)Ray Parker, Jr.
Producer(s)Ollie E. Brown and Ray Parker, Jr.
Ray Parker, Jr. singles chronology
"The People Next Door"
(1983)		 "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You"
(1983)		 "Woman Out of Control"
(1984)

The song is an up-tempo ballad with electronic instruments.[2] The lyrics are about lost love, with close similarities to The Police's "Every Breath You Take", at one point even borrowing the lines "Every breath you take, I'll be watching you."[2]

Charts
Year-end chart (1984)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[3] 77

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th Edition). Billboard Books. p. 480. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  2. "Ray Parker, Jr. - I Still Can't Get Over Loving You". BackToThe80s.com. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  3. "Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96 no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. TA-19.
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