Popcorn Love

"Popcorn Love" is a single by New Edition, released on August 6, 1983.^[1] It was released as the third single from their debut album, Candy Girl on the Streetwise label. The single read #25 on the R&B chart.

"Popcorn Love"
Single by New Edition
from the album Candy Girl
B-side	"Jealous Girl"
Released	August 6, 1983[1]
Recorded	1982
Studio	Unique Recording Studios[2]
Genre	R&B soul[3] bubblegum pop[3]
Length	4:52 (album version) 3:45 (single version) 7:27 (instrumental version)
Label	Streetwise
Songwriter(s)	Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun
Producer(s)	Maurice Starr
New Edition singles chronology
"Is This the End" (1983) "Popcorn Love" (1983) "She Gives Me a Bang" (1984)
Music video
"Popcorn Love" on YouTube

Charts

Chart (1983–84)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	73
UK Singles Chart	43
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[5]	25

Cover versions

"Jealous Girl"
Single by Another Bad Creation
from the album Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!
Released	July 23, 1991
Recorded	Spring 1990
Genre	R&B
Length	5:38
Label	Motown
Songwriter(s)	Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun
Another Bad Creation singles chronology
"Playground" (1991) "Jealous Girl" (1991) "Spydermann" (1991)

Another Bad Creation covered "Popcorn Love"'s flip side, "Jealous Girl"^[6] (in a slightly extended version)^[7] on July 23, 1991, which also reached #25 on the R&B chart.^[8] Mase recorded a parody of "Jealous Girl" for his Harlem World album, called "Jealous Guy", with him, 112 and Puff Daddy singing like New Edition but with altered lyrics.^[9]