LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE 1986 DON'T YOU WANT ME 1987 SOME KIND OF LOVER 1987 MOST OF ALL 1988 JODY WATLEY 1986
A1: Extended Club Version - 7:28 A1: Remix - 6:48 A1: Extended Version - 7:18 A1: Remix - 8:15 01: Looking For A New Love - 5:05
B1: Radio Edit - 5:06 A2: A Cappella - 4:12 B1: Instrumental - 7:18 B1: 7" Version - 4:10 02: Still A Thrill - 4:48
B2: Instrumental - 7:28 B1: Radio Edit - 4:17 B2: Dub - 4:18 B2: Dub - 7:20 03: Some Kind Of Lover - 4:08
B3: A Cappella - 5:06 B2: Dub Version - 7:54     04: For The Girls - 3:51
B4: Bonus Beat - 4:33       05: Love Injection - 3:45
        06: Don't You Want Me - 4:10
        07: Do It To The Beat - 4:45
        08: Most Of All - 4:48
        09: Learn To Say No - 3:35
        10: Looking For A New Love - 7:28


FRIENDS 1989 REAL LOVE 1989 PRECIOUS LOVE LARGER THAN LIFE 1989 I'M THE ONE YOU NEED 1992
A1: Extended Version - 8:05 A1: Extended Version - 6:59 A1: Tongue In Groove Mix - 6:48 01: Real Love - 4:23 A1: Extended Club Version - 7:20
B1: Instrumental - 5:31 B1: Extended Instrumental - 7:40 B1: Dub Instrumental - 4:58 02: Friends - 4:30 B1: Def Dub Version - 5:21
PRIVATE LIFE 1989 B2: Dub Version - 6:15   03: Everything - 4:15  
B2: Album Version - 4:50 B3: Bassapella - 4:28   04: What'cha Gonna Do For Me - 4:12  
      05: L.O.V.E.R. - 4:49  
      06: For Love's Sake - 5:26  
      07: Lifestyle - 4:14  
      08: Precious Love - 4:45  
      09: Something New - 4:20  
      10: Once You Leave - 4:01  
      11: Come Into My Life - 5:31  
      12: Only You - 3:53  
      13: Real Love (extended version) - 7:05  


I WANT YOU 1991 AFFAIRS OF THE HEART 1991 YOUR LOVE KEEPS WORKING ON.. INTIMACY 1993 AFFECTION 1995
A1: The Funk You Up Mix - 5:44 01: I Want You - 4:04 A1: Extended MK Mix - 5:43 01: Workin' On A Groove - 4:58 A1: Album Version - 3:58
B1: The Ultimate Love Letter Mix - 7:16 02: Call On Me - 4:18 B1: MK Brooklyn Mix - 7:18 02: When A Man Loves A Woman - 5:34 A2: Instrumental - 3:58
B2: In My House Version - 6:30 03: I'm The One You Need - 4:21 B2: MK's Working Dub - 7:10 03: Are You The One - 4:52 B1: Album Version - 3:58
  04: Affairs Of The Heart - 5:31   04: Too Shy To Say - 3:13 B2: Instrumental - 3:58
  05: Commitment Of Love - 4:52   05: Your Love Keeps Working On Me  
  06: It All Begins With You - 4:56   06: Ecstasy - 5:14  
  07: Dance To The Music - 4:16   07: To Be With You - 4:42  
  08: Strange Way - 5:15   08: Together - 4:52  
  09: Always And Forever - 4:52   09: Take Me In Your Arms - 4:32  
  10: Until The Last Goodbye - 6:06   10: Best Of Me - 5:35  
  11: Stolen Moments - 4:42      

 

AFFECTION 1995 OFF THE HOOK 1998 FLOWER 1998 MIDNIGHT LOUNGE 2003
01: The Beat Don't Stop - 4:44 A1: D-Dot Remix - 4:03 01: Lovin' You So - 3:37 01: Midnight Lounge - 4:40
02: Affection - 4:36 A2: D-Dot Remix Instrumental - 4:03 02: Flower - 4:02 02: Whenever - 5:44
03: (We Gotta Be) Together - 4:42 B1: Album Edit - 3:57 03: Off The Hook - 4:14 03: Photographs - 4:57
04: The Way (PTS. 1&2) - 10:17 B2:Album Instrumental - 4:10 04: Everything You Do - 5:13 04: I Love To Love - 3:39
05: Pride And Joy - 5:28   05: Just One More Time - 4:49 05: Skin Deep - 3:34
06: All Night Love Affair - 5:47   06: If I'm Not In Love - 3:45 06: More - 4:50
07: Stay - 6:07   07: A Lifetime - 4:02 07: Saturday Night Experience - 8:27
08: Faithful - 5:22   08: No More Tears To Cry - 4:00 08: Clouds - 4:00
09: I Care For You - 3:53   09: You'll Never Find A Love - 4:16 09: Don't Give Up - 5:15
10: Lookin' For A New Love - 4:53   10: I Don't Want You Back - 4:00 10: The Essence - 4:46
    11: Baby Tonight - 3:54 11: Midnight Lounge (reprise) - 1:40
    12: 16 - 3:47 12: Whenever - 5:24
    13: Off The Hook (d-dot remix) - 4:03 13: Photographs - 4:21


Watley was born in Chicago, IL, on January 30, 1959, but grew up in Los Angeles. Jody's teenage gig as a dancer on Soul Train would lead to a meeting with the hit TV show's booking agent, Dick Griffey. Along with fellow singers Jeffrey Daniels and Gerald Brown, Watley was recruited by Griffey to join Shalamar in 1977. A string of poppy dance-soul hits that would chart in America and the U.K. began in 1979 with "Take That to the Bank." Watley would leave the group in 1982 and eventually move to London, where she recorded some demos with the Art of Noise. It was during this time that she was invited by Bob Geldof to appear on the 1986 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid. She returned to the U.S. late in the year and began working on her solo debut. Recorded with hit producers Bernard Edwards, David Z., Patrick Leonard, and André Cymone -- who eventually become her husband until 1995, when the two divorced -- Watley's 1987 self-titled debut became an instant smash courtesy of its lead single, "Looking for a New Love," and "Don't You Want Me" and "Still a Thrill" and would help earn her the award for Best New Artist at the 30th annual Grammy Awards. Two years later she would return with the ambitious album Larger Than Life and the number one hit "Real Love." The album's second single, "Friends," was an early R&B/hip-hop blend with Eric B. & Rakim making an appearance. The remix album You Wanna Dance with Me? surfaced a year later as did the million-selling exercise video Dance to Fitness. Fashion spreads and an appearance in a Gap ad campaign were other non-musical activities, all helping to earn her a spot on People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list. More mature music appeared on both 1991's Affairs of the Heart and 1993's Intimacy, and while they weren't the major hits her earlier efforts were, they were well received by critics and helped strengthen her loyal fan base. She also worked with legendary composer Henry Mancini on the soundtrack to the Blake Edwards film Switch during this time and accepted an offer to sing at the White House in 1992. The 1995 album Affection found the singer off her longtime label, MCA, and on her own independent label, Avitone. Her 1998 effort Flower found her on Atlantic worldwide, but the label didn't release the album in the States. A year later Destiny's Child put the Watley-penned "Sweet Sixteen" on their multi-platinum album The Writing's on the Wall while Watley herself was working on a new dance sound that was slightly more left-field but still stylish and tasteful. The Japanese-only The Saturday Night Experience, Vol. 1 landed in 1999 while 2000 saw her return to the dance charts with the Masters at Work-produced "I Love to Love" featuring Roy Ayers. Tastemaker DJs Ron Trent and Blaze would remix the single "Saturday Night Experience" for the U.K. label Giant Steps in 2001, and a new, sophisticated album, Midnight Lounge, would appear on Shanachie the same year. In 2005, she appeared on King Britt's album This Is and climbed back on top of the dance charts with a new remix of her classic "Looking for a New Love." The following year, Watley released a cover of Madonna's "Boderline" as a single. In 2008 she appeared in a fashion spread alongside Iman, Naomi Campbell, and Tina Turner in Vogue Italia. Featuring black models almost exclusively, the issue was the first to sell out in the magazine's history. That same year, the 1998 album Flower was issued for the first time in the States.