There have been many songs about a love so strong it takes over the brain's decision-making process, but Robert Palmer hit on a new way to say it in "Addicted To Love," a #1 hit in America. "The song could have been about substance abuse but I lightened it up," he wrote in his Addictions: Volume 1 compilation. "It could have been drugs or food or drink but if you make it love, that's more attractive."
Palmer wanted this song to be a duet with Chaka Khan, and he almost got his wish. He recorded it with her, but Chaka's label, Warner Brothers Records, would not allow her voice to be used on the record, so Palmer had to erase her part and re-record her high notes before releasing it. Chaka Khan did appear on Steve Winwood's "Higher Love," which beat out this song for the 1987 Record of the Year Grammy.
The video shows Palmer singing in front of a "band" of beautiful women who look exactly alike. They wear lots of makeup and identical outfits as they pretend to play the instruments. The video became an icon of the '80s and is constantly parodied, including in a Pepsi commercial with Britney Spears.
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