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One Song

Robin S.'s "Show Me Love"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9876 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week on One Song, we’re talking house music and the enduring influence of Robin S.’s “Show Me Love.” In their discussion, Diallo and LUXXURY trace the song's evolution from its R&B pop origins to the transformative remix by DJ StoneBridge that propelled the song to the top of the charts. Plus, LUXXURY recreates the iconic bass line that gets everyone out on the dance floor.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Luxury, today's song is an iconic house anthem that to this day still gets everyone to the dance floor.

0:05.6

In fact, when it dropped in 1993, it was part of a wave of dance music that took the mainstream by storm,

0:10.9

topping the charts across Europe.

0:12.7

That's right, Diallo.

0:13.4

And since then, the song's iconic baseline, and this very specific synth sound that it uses

0:17.6

has been interpolated and reused by everyone from Daddy Yankee to

0:21.5

DJ Mustard to Charlie XX and even Beyonce, though actually technically Beyonce didn't even

0:26.6

interpolate it, even though she gave up half the publishing on her song. We will be getting

0:30.1

into that on this episode later. We will. Today, you're going to find out how this song went from

0:34.2

an unknown flop to an era defining hit, a real chum.

0:38.5

I bet most of us have never even heard the original version of this song.

0:42.9

We're talking about one song, and that song is Show Me Love by Robin S. Ready to launch your business? Get started to help.

0:57.0

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1:09.1

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1:13.2

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1:19.0

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1:21.7

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1:28.7

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1:35.3

I'm actor, writer, director, and sometimes DJ Diallo Riddle.

1:38.4

And I'm producer, DJ, songwriter, and musicologist luxury, aka the guy who whispers,

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