# Popcorn Love

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"**Popcorn Love**" is a single by [New Edition](/source/New_Edition), released on August 6, 1983.[1] It was released as the third single from their debut album, *[Candy Girl](/source/Candy_Girl_(album))* on the [Streetwise](/source/Warlock_Records) label. The single read #25 on the [R&B](/source/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs) chart.

## 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 and samples

[Harlem World](/source/Harlem_World_(group)) [sampled](/source/Sampling_(music)) *Popcorn Love* in their song *[I Really Like It](/source/I_Really_Like_It)*.[6] [Another Bad Creation](/source/Another_Bad_Creation) covered "**Popcorn Love**"'s flip side, "**Jealous Girl**"[7] (in a slightly extended version)[8] on July 23, 1991, which also reached #25 on the R&B chart.[9] [Mase](/source/Mase) recorded a parody of "Jealous Girl" for his *[Harlem World](/source/Harlem_World)* album, called "Jealous Guy", with him, 112 and Puff Daddy singing like New Edition but with altered lyrics.[10]

## References

1. [ Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – New Edition]. Retrieved October 24, 2007.

1. ["Unique Recording Studio"](http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_unique_recording_studio/). Mixonline.com. August 1, 2000. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20060324005414/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_unique_recording_studio) March 24, 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

1. Smay, David (2001). "A Brief History of Boy Bands". *Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth*. Los Angeles: [Feral House](/source/Feral_House). p. 39.

1. Kent, David (1993). *Australian Chart Book 1970-1992*. Illustrated ed. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 215. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by [ARIA](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association) between 1983 and June 19, 1988.

1. ["New Edition Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs"](https://www.billboard.com/artist/new-edition/chart-history/bsi/). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Retrieved 2019-11-07.

1. ["Popcorn Love by New Edition"](https://www.whosampled.com/New-Edition/Popcorn-Love/). [WhoSampled](/source/WhoSampled). Retrieved September 23, 2025.

1. [ allmusic ((( Jealous Girl [Cassette Single] > Overview )))]. Retrieved October 24, 2007.

1. [ allmusic ((( Coolin’ at the Playground Ya Know > Overview )))]. Retrieved October 24, 2007.

1. [Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – Another Bad Creation](http://billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?JSESSIONID=5vWTGwSLMvVRQq60dLygBTpvt6b4FHG1FGhdxvT7G1ff2qJw0b2y!-942623400&model.vnuArtistId=3980&model.vnuAlbumId=1607)[dead link]. Retrieved October 24, 2007.

1. *[Harlem World](/source/Harlem_World)* (1997)

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