L.T.D., Back In Love Again | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 5^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again” by L.T.D.. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 5^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again”, performed by 🎙 L.T.D.. 

“Every time I move, I lose / When I look I’m in / And every time I turn around / I’m back in love.” Woo – what an incredibly catchy chorus, 🎙 L.T.D.! 🎵 “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again” is easily one of the funkiest soul records of all time – NO CAP!  This top-five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 (peaked at no. 4) appears as the third track from L.T.D.’s 1977 LP, 💿 Something To Love.  Both “Back In Love Again” and Something To Love earned gold certification by the RIAA.

So, what makes “Back In Love Again” so effing funky? The groove is electric, the bass line robust, while the guitar and keys are also absolutely sick 💪.  Furthermore, those horns are epic to the n^th  degree – the riffs are killer!  Beyond the backdrop, among the biggest selling points is the assertive, nuanced lead vocals by 🎙 Jeffrey Osborne, who would go on to have a successful solo career beyond L.T.D.  He shines on the verses, impressing most on the centerpiece, the chorus.  Beyond Osborne’s excellent pipes, he’s aided by superb of backing vocals which up the ante.  The theme of 🎵 “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again” is simple: even though love can be hell, Jeffrey can’t help but find himself falling in love over and over again.  The same could be said about any of us, right? Right!

🎙 L.T.D. • 💿 Something To Love • 🏷 A&M • 🗓 1977

L.T.D., “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 5 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; A&M; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]