Like a Prayer (song)
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In the early 1980s, she had another dance hit with "Crash Goes Love" (#5 on the Hot Dance Club play chart, #86 on the US R&B Chart) before her vocals from "Love Sensation" were used in the UK number one hit, "Ride On Time" by Black Box. Holloway, however, was uncredited for her powerful vocals, and both Holloway and her attorneys successfully launched a press-attack, and, subsequently, sued Black Box, leading to an undisclosed court settlement in Holloway's favor. In 1992 she also had a hit with dance band Cappella. There she appeared as Cappella featuring Lolleatta Holloway, of which the single called "Take Me Away" (UK #25). Holloway's fortunes dramatically improved, however, when she had her first US number-one hit when Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featured her vocals in the chart topping song Good Vibrations (1991). Holloway also performed with Marky Marky and the Funky Bunch to promote to single, and she received full vocal credit and a share of the royalties. Despite the Black Box copyright infringements, both "Ride On Time" and "Good Vibrations" helped elevate Holloway to legendary status in the dance music community.
More recent dance chart entries include "What Goes Around Comes Around" (GTS featuring Loleatta Holloway) in 2000 and "Relight My Fire" (credited to Martin featuring Loleatta Holloway), which hit #5 in 2003. While not a single, "Like a Prayer", a Madonna cover, was a standout track on a Madonna tribute album, Virgin Voices.
Her latest hit "Love Sensation '06" peaked at #22 in the Dutch Top 40 and reached #37 on the UK Singles Chart as well as #49 in Australia.
Today, Holloway resides in Chicago, and occasionally tours.
