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Not to be confused with Night Time Lover or Part-Time Love.
"Part-Time Lover"
Single by Stevie Wonder
from the album In Square Circle
B-side"Instrumental"
ReleasedAugust 24, 1985
Genre
Length4:12 (album version)
3:43 (7" version)
8:20 (12" version)
Label Tamla
Songwriter(s)Stevie Wonder
Producer(s)Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder singles chronology
" We Are The World"
(1985) 		"Part-Time Lover"
(1985) 		" That's What Friends Are For"
(1985)

"Part-Time Lover" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder, released as the first single from his twentieth studio album, In Square Circle (1985). The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, dance, and adult contemporary charts, becoming Wonder's final number one hit to date. The song's simultaneous chart successes made Wonder the first artist to score a number-one hit on four different Billboard charts. The song was also released as a special 12" version. Lyrically, it tells the story of a man who is cheating on his wife with a mistress, only to find out in the end that his wife is cheating on him as well.

"Part-Time Lover" also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart thanks in large part to a performance by Wonder on Top of the Pops in late 1985.

The song featured R&B singer Luther Vandross singing the ad-libs and backing vocals, in addition to Syreeta Wright and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind and Fire. Wonder earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1986, for the song. Wonder is noted in the liner notes of the 4-CD set Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972-1992 as describing the music for the song as an ode to " You Can't Hurry Love" and " My World Is Empty Without You", both by the Supremes, former Motown labelmates of Wonder.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom ( BPI) [27] Silver 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Cover versions

See also

References

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External links

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