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Practice What You Preach (Barry White song)

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"Practice What You Preach"
Single by Barry White
from the album The Icon Is Love
B-side
  • "Love Is the Icon"
  • "Super Lover"
Released1994
GenreR&B
Length4:02
LabelA&M Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Barry White
  • Tony Nicholas
  • Gerald Levert
Barry White singles chronology
"Dark and Lovely (You Over There)"
(1992) 		"Practice What You Preach"
(1994) 		"Come On"
(1995)
Music video
"Practice What You Preach" on YouTube

"Practice What You Preach" is a number-one R&B single by American singer-songwriter Barry White, written by White, Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas, from White's 1994 album The Icon Is Love. The hit song spent three weeks at number-one on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It became a gold record and also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Song of the Year. The accompanying music video was directed by Randee St. Nicholas.

Critical reception

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Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "'Nuff said, now it's time to shake some action, demands the high priest of midnight love. As always, he dims the lights and puts on his most sensual coffee-brown voice. Hallelujah, play him!"[2]

Charts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 621.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 8. February 25, 1995. p. 12. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
  3. ^ "Barry White – Practice What You Preach" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Barry White: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "Barry White Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "Barry White Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  7. ^ "Barry White Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
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