"My Kinda Lover" is a rock song written and performed by American hard rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier.[1] It was the third and final single released from his Triple Platinum 1981 album Don't Say No,[1] following "In the Dark".[2]
Rapper Eminem sampled "My Kinda Lover" on his 2014 song "Shady XV".[7]
The song was used in the Mötley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, when lead singer Vince Neil is performing it with a cover band at a party when Tommy, Mick, and Nikki arrive to recruit Neil into the band.
References
^ ab"Billy Squier: My Kinda Lover". allmusic. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
kinda, lover, rock, song, written, performed, american, hard, rock, singer, guitarist, billy, squier, third, final, single, released, from, triple, platinum, 1981, album, following, dark, single, billy, squierfrom, album, side, christmas, time, love, releasedn. My Kinda Lover is a rock song written and performed by American hard rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier 1 It was the third and final single released from his Triple Platinum 1981 album Don t Say No 1 following In the Dark 2 My Kinda Lover Single by Billy Squierfrom the album Don t Say NoB side Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You ReleasedNovember 1981GenreRock hard rockLength3 32LabelCapitolSongwriter s Billy SquierProducer s Reinhold MackBilly SquierBilly Squier singles chronology In the Dark 1981 My Kinda Lover 1981 Emotions in Motion 1982 It peaked at number 45 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 3 and number 43 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart in early 1982 It also reached number 31 on Billboard s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart 4 Contents 1 Charts 2 Later uses 3 References 4 External linksCharts EditChart 1981 82 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 5 64US Billboard Hot 100 3 45US Cash Box Top 100 6 43US Billboard Rock Tracks 4 31Later uses EditRapper Eminem sampled My Kinda Lover on his 2014 song Shady XV 7 The song was used in the Motley Crue biopic The Dirt when lead singer Vince Neil is performing it with a cover band at a party when Tommy Mick and Nikki arrive to recruit Neil into the band References Edit a b Billy Squier My Kinda Lover allmusic Retrieved January 15 2017 Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 8th ed Billboard Books p 594 ISBN 0 8230 7499 4 a b Joel Whitburn s Top Pop Singles 1955 1990 ISBN 0 89820 089 X a b Billy Squier Billboard Singles AllMusic Retrieved January 15 2017 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 289 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Cash Box Top 100 Singles January 23 1982 Archived from the original on June 3 2015 Retrieved January 15 2017 My Kinda Lover by Billy Squier Who Sampled Retrieved June 10 2018 External links EditListen to My Kinda Lover on YouTube This 1980s rock single related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title My Kinda Lover amp oldid 1057571456, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,