Body Heat (Quincy Jones album)

Body Heat is an album by Quincy Jones.^[1]

Body Heat
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	May 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Soul^[1] pop^[2]
Length	38:31
Label	A&M
Producer	Quincy Jones, Ray Brown
Quincy Jones chronology
You've Got It Bad, Girl (1973) Body Heat (1974) Mellow Madness (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

1. "Body Heat" (Quincy Jones, Leon Ware, Bruce Fisher, Stanley "Stan" Richardson) – 3:58
2. "Soul Saga (Song of the Buffalo Soldier)" (Ray Brown, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler, Joseph Greene) – 4:58
3. "Everything Must Change" (Benard Ighner) – 6:01 - vocals by Benard Ighner
4. "Boogie Joe the Grinder" (Quincy Jones, Dave Grusin, Tom Bahler) – 3:09
5. "Everything Must Change (Reprise)" (Benard Ighner) – 1:01
6. "One Track Mind" (Quincy Jones, Leon Ware) – 6:14
7. "Just a Man" (Valdy) – 3:31
8. "Along Came Betty" (Benny Golson) – 4:47
9. "If I Ever Lose This Heaven" (Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer) – 4:52 - vocals by Leon Ware & Minnie Riperton

Personnel

• Quincy Jones - Arranger, Composer, Producer, Trumpet, Vocals
• Dave Grusin - Composer, Drums, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
• Herbie Hancock - Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
• Bob James, Richard Tee - Electric Piano
• Larry Dunn, Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff, Mike Melvoin - Synthesizer
• Wah Wah Watson, Phil Upchurch, David T. Walker, Arthur Adams, Dennis Coffey, Eric Gale - Guitar
• Grady Tate, Paul Humphrey, Bernard Purdie, James Gadson - Drums
• Max Bennett, Chuck Rainey, Melvin Dunlap - Bass
• Hubert Laws (Flute), Frank Rosolino (Trombone), Clifford Solomon, Chuck Findley (Trumpets), Jerome Richardson, Pete Christlieb (Saxophones)
• Tommy Morgan - Harmonica
• Billy Preston - Organ
• Bobbye Hall - Percussion
• Leon Ware, Minnie Riperton, Myrna Matthews, Al Jarreau, Jesse Kirkland, Carolyn Willis, Benard Ighner, Bruce Fisher, Jim Gilstrap, Joseph Greene, Tom Bahler - Vocals

Charts

Body Heat was Quincy Jones' highest-charting album on the Billboard 200, peaking at number six.

Year	Album	Chart positions^[5]
		US	US R&B	US Jazz
1974	Body Heat	6	1	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions^[6]
		US	US R&B	US Dance
1974	"Boogie Joe the Grinder"	—	70	—
1974	"If I Ever Lose This Heaven"	—	71	—
1974	"Body Heat"	—	85	—

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Samples

• "Body Heat"
  • "How Do U Want It" by 2Pac on All Eyez on Me
  • "Temperature's Rising" by Mobb Deep on The Infamous^{[citation needed]}
• "If I Ever Lose This Heaven"
  • "Foolin'" by De La Soul on Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000)
  • "Too Old For Me" by Jerome on Bad Boy Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (1998)
  • "Nobody Sound Like Me" by Xzibit feat. Montage One on 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz (1998)

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1974

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. "Body Heat". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
2. Tower, Chris (January 1, 1998). "Quincy Jones". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 254–256.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 114. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
5. "Quincy Jones US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
6. "Quincy Jones US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
7. "American album certifications – Quincy Jones – Body Heat". Recording Industry Association of America.