Love Sneakin' Up On You

"Love Sneakin' Up On You"
Single by Bonnie Raitt
from the album Longing in Their Hearts
B-side "Hell to Pay"
Released March 1994
Length 3:39
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Bonnie Raitt singles chronology
"All at Once"
(1993) 		"Love Sneakin' Up On You"
(1994) 		"You"
(1994)

"Love Sneakin' Up On You" is a song by American blues singer Bonnie Raitt. Released in March 1994 from her 12th album, Longing in Their Hearts (1994), the song topped Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart for three weeks and reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also charted in Germany and the United Kingdom. In 1995, it was nominated for both the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Meiert Avis directed the song's music video.

Critical reception

Fell and Rufer from the Gavin Report wrote, "Bonnie gets up and down with this funky preface to her next album, Longing In Their Hearts. How great it is to have a beat-driven fresh track from one of our format's icons."

Track listings

  • US 7-inch and cassette single; Japanese mini-CD single
  1. "Love Sneakin' Up On You" – 3:39
  2. "Hell to Pay" – 4:02
  • European CD single
  1. "Love Sneakin' Up On You" – 3:39
  2. "Nick of Time" – 3:52
  3. "Baby Mine" – 3:14
  4. "Hell to Pay" – 4:02

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States February 28, 1994
Capitol
March 1994
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
United Kingdom March 28, 1994
  • CD
  • cassette
Japan March 30, 1994 Mini-CD EMI Japan