In 1992, it was remixed by Swedish house music production duo StoneBridge and Nick Nice, and re-released in many European countries as well as the United States and Japan.
Confusion arose with the 1997 hit "Show Me Love" by Swedish singer Robyn, due to their homonymous names and identical titles.
The original version of "Show Me Love", released in 1990 on British label Champion Records, is officially credited as being written by Allen George and Fred McFarlane and performed by Robin S.[9] Initially reluctant to sign on due to its fast tempo given her prior background in solely R&B and pop music, Robin struggled through the recording process as heard in the hoarseness and frustration on the final track as she was recovering from the flu.
[11] In 1992, Swedish DJ and producer StoneBridge contacted Champion, looking for songs to remix; they suggested "Show Me Love".
[12] StoneBridge recalls this process: I stripped the track to just the kick drum and vocal, Richard suggested we changed the bass sound I had used for the latest mix for something different which happened to be an organ ...
[12][dead link]StoneBridge only learned his remix was a global hit months after its release during a visit to London when he turned on the weekly TV show Top of the Pops.
[13][14][15][11] Following her death in 2021, longtime songwriting partner to Andrea, Ivan Matias, clarified to Billboard in 2022 that her comments at that panel had been widely misinterpreted for years and that while Andrea had written the entire melody and vocal arrangement as well as sung the demo, it was in fact Robin's vocal on the final recording.
For the demo Andrea took a one-time $300 fee for her contribution rather than asking for writing credits which would have entitled her to publishing income, a decision they said she regretted for years and blamed on her naivete of the then-common industry practice.
[11] However, Andrea always kept her version of the story and insisted on several interviews that it was indeed her voice on the final recording of the track and even sang an acappella to prove herself.
AllMusic editor Alex Henderson noted that Robin S. is "greatly influenced" by Evelyn "Champagne" King, "but obviously her own person".
Robin's big, finger-wavin' performance is laid atop an understated arrangement of icy cool electro beats.
"[26] Howard Cohen from Knight-Ridder Newspapers stated, "Distinctive, burbling keyboard pattern and rich singing infuse this house classic.
"[28] Pan-European magazine Music & Media remarked its spine of "buzzing synth bass lines and synthesised xylophone" by the "American dance prima donna".
[31] Jeremy Helligar from People Magazine remarked that the singer "sounded so caught up in the rapture of the rhythm that listeners couldn't help following suit.
"[32] Popdust noted "that gorgeous, glorious riff", adding that Robin S. "sounds shell-shocked and devastated, like she's pleading for her guy to show her love, because she just doesn't know if she can take another crushing disappointment.
According to The Guardian, "Show Me Love" has influenced contemporary house songs such as Kiesza's "Hideaway" (2014) and Disclosure's "White Noise" (2013), and artists such as Clean Bandit and Felix Jaehn.
1993's 'Show Me Love' was as representative as any track of the way house distilled disco's flamboyant, strings-and-all yearning into a minimal thump with skeletal keyboards doing the bulk of melodic support (as defined by Swedish producer Stonebridge's remix).
They wrote, "Whatever the case may be, there are memorable hooks or vocals from that era, but "Show Me Love" is indicative of the soul and heart that resided within the house scene for a while.
[39] American hip hop recording artist Kid Ink interpolated the song in his 2013 single "Show Me", which features guest vocals from singer Chris Brown.
[40][41][42] It was later interpolated in the 2016 song "Your Love by French DJ and producer David Guetta and Dutch electronic dance music duo Showtek.
"[45] In 2023, Robin S. told TMZ that her personal favorite sampling of the song was on Kid Ink and Chris Brown's "Show Me".
[139] The song is based on his illegal bootleg mashup of Mobin Master's cover of "Show Me Love", with vocalist Karina Chavez and the instrumental track "Be" by Steve Angello & Laidback Luke.