Hit by Love

"Hit by Love" is a 1994 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, released as the fourth single from her album record Thought 'Ya Knew, and the fifth number one hit in the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play for the artist. The song, issued in Europe with "I'm Not Over You" on B-side, climbed in the UK Top 75 chart to number thirty-three and number ninety in the Hot 100 chart.

"Hit by Love"
Single by CeCe Peniston
from the album Thought 'Ya Knew
A-side"I'm Not Over You"
B-side
ReleasedJuly 25, 1994 (1994-07-25)
Genre
Length4:34 (Album version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
CeCe Peniston singles chronology
"Keep Givin' Me Your Love"
(1994)		 "Hit by Love"
(1994)		 "Movin' On"
(1996)
Audio sample
"Album version"
  • file
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Music video
"EU version" on YouTube
"US version" on YouTube

Critical reception

Jose F. Promis from AllMusic said the song "was closer in spirit to her early dance hits, but by that time the steam had worn off and the song didn't become a hit."[1] Larry Flick from Billboard called "Hit by Love" "her best single" since "Finally".[2] People described it as "jumping".[3]

Track listings and formats
CD3, JP, #PODM-1041[4]
  1. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
CD, NL, #580 758-2[5]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "I'm Not Over You" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:35
CS, UK, #580 692-4[6]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "I'm Not Over You" (Hip Hop Mix) - 4:35
  3. "Through Those Doors" (Alternative Mix) - 4:35
12", EU, #580 693-1[7]
12", UK, #AMY 693[8]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  2. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
MCS, UK, #31458 0768 4[9]
  1. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  3. "Hit by Love" (Alternate Radio Mix) - 4:30
  4. "Hit by Love" (Down Tempo Swing Mix) - 4:01
MCD, EU, #580 759-2[10]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  4. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
MCD, US, #31458 0769 2[11]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  2. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 7" Mix) - 4:33
  3. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
  4. "Hit by Love" (LP Edit) - 4:10
  5. "Keep Givin' Me Your Love" (West End Remix) - 5:56
MCD, US, Promo, #31458 8329 2[12]
  1. "Hit by Love" (LP Edit) - 4:12
  2. "Hit by Love" (Alternate Radio Mix) - 4:30
  3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  4. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
  5. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
12", UK, Double, Promo, #AMY693DJ[13]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  2. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
  3. "Hit by Love" (Acappella) -
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  5. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  6. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
12", US, #31458 0765 1[14]
12", US, TP, #31458-0765-1[15]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
  2. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
  3. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  5. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  6. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
MCD, UK, #AMCD 693[16]
MCD, UK, #580 693-2[17]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Radio Mix) - 3:25
  2. "Hit by Love" (Classic Radio Mix) - 3:52
  3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  4. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
  5. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  6. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
12", US, Double, Promo, #31458 8307 1[18]
  1. "Hit by Love" (Alternate 12" Mix) - 7:40
  2. "Hit by Love" (D-Max Dub) - 6:45
  3. "Hit by Love" (Def Classic Mix) - 8:16
  4. "Hit by Love" (Def Dub) - 7:25
  5. "Hit by Love" (LP Version) - 4:36
  6. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
  7. "Hit by Love" (Instrumental) - 4:41
  8. "Hit by Love" (Classic Dub) - 5:40
  9. "Hit by Love" (The Factory Vocal Mix) - 10:14
  10. "Hit by Love" (Fierce Factory Dub) - 7:26

Double A-side

12", EU, #580 723-1[19]
12", UK, #AMY 723/580 723-1[20]
  1. "Hit by Love" (The Body) - 6:55
  2. "I'm Not Over You" (Jamie's Under The Swing Mix) - 6:56
  3. "I'm Not Over You" (Junior's Factory Mix) - 9:30

Charts

Credits and personnel

See also

References
General
  • "CeCe Peniston - Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  • "CeCe Peniston - Discography - Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
Specific
  1. Promis, Jose F. "CeCe Peniston – Thought 'Ya Knew". AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  2. Flick, Larry (August 6, 1994). "Dance Trax: Eric Kupper On The Move; Jon Secada Finds A Groove" (PDF). Billboard. p. 24. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  3. "Picks and Pans Review: Thought Ya Knew". People. February 7, 1994. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  4. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - CD3, JP, #PODM-1041". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  5. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - CD, NL, #580 758-2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  6. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - CS, UK, #580 692-4". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  7. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", EU, #580 693-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  8. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", UK, #AMY 693". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  9. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCS, UK, #31458 0768 4". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  10. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, EU, #580 759-2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  11. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, US, #31458 0769 2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  12. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, US, Promo, #31458 8329 2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  13. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", UK, Double, Promo, #AMY693DJ". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  14. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", US, #31458 0765 1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  15. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", US, TP, #31458-0765-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  16. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, UK, #AMCD 693". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  17. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - MCD, UK, #580 693-2". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  18. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - 12", US, Double, Promo, #31458 8307 1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  19. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love"/"I'm Not Over You" - 12", EU, #580 723-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  20. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love"/"I'm Not Over You" - 12", UK, #AMY 723/580 723-1". Discogs. Zink Media. discogs.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  21. For peak positions of "Hit By Love" single in UK, choose the singles link, or the OfficialCharts link to view full run of the single in England.
  22. For peak positions of "Hit By Love" in the US, use the general links, and/or, in order to view there not-listed top positions, respectively additional information such as peak date(s) and/or weeks spent on chart(s), you will have to subscribe to billboard.biz website to vie also the specific billboard.biz links.
  23. "CeCe Peniston - "Hit By Love" - US Cashbox". Cashbox. Cashbox Magazine. December 3, 1994. cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved March 20, 2011. #78
  24. To check the U.S. end-of-year positions of "Hit By Love" single, only billboard.biz subscribers will access the specific billboard.biz link.
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