My Kinda Lover

"My Kinda Lover" is a rock song written and performed by American hard rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier.[1] It was the third and final single released from his Triple Platinum 1981 album Don't Say No,[1] following "In the Dark".[2]

"My Kinda Lover"
Single by Billy Squier
from the album Don't Say No
B-side"Christmas Is the Time to Say 'I Love You'"
ReleasedNovember 1981
GenreRock, hard rock
Length3:32
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Billy Squier
Producer(s)Reinhold Mack
Billy Squier
Billy Squier singles chronology
"In the Dark"
(1981)		 "My Kinda Lover"
(1981)		 "Emotions in Motion"
(1982)

It peaked at number 45 on the United States Billboard Hot 100,[3] and number 43 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart in early 1982. It also reached number 31 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[4]

Charts
Chart (1981/82) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 64
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 45
US Cash Box Top 100[6] 43
US Billboard Rock Tracks[4] 31

Later uses
  • Rapper Eminem sampled "My Kinda Lover" on his 2014 song "Shady XV".[7]
  • The song was used in the Mötley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, when lead singer Vince Neil is performing it with a cover band at a party when Tommy, Mick, and Nikki arrive to recruit Neil into the band.

References
  1. "Billy Squier: My Kinda Lover". allmusic. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 594. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. "Billy Squier: Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 289. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 23, 1982". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  7. "My Kinda Lover by Billy Squier". Who Sampled. Retrieved June 10, 2018.


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