{{Refimprove|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = Who's Making Love | artist = Johnnie Taylor | type = single | album = Who's Making Love... | B-side = I'm Trying | released = {{start date|1968|10}} | recorded = 1968 | genre = * Southern soul<ref name= "Marsh 1989">{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=253}}</ref> * northern soul<ref name= "Marsh 1989"/> | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=47}} | label = Stax (STA-0009) | writer = *Homer Banks *Bettye Crutcher *Don Davis *Raymond Jackson | producer = Don Davis | prev_title = I Ain't Particular | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = Take Care of Your Homework | next_year = 1969 }}
"'''Who's Making Love'''" is a song written by Stax Records staffers Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis and Raymond Jackson and recorded by singer Johnnie Taylor in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/sta0009|title=Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref>
Released on the Stax label in the late summer of 1968, it became Taylor's breakthrough single, reaching number one on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart and number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=568}}</ref> It became one of the few singles Taylor would become primarily known for in the mainstream.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} The song featured the Stax house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and Isaac Hayes (on keyboards).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} It was Taylor's best-selling single before the release of "Disco Lady" almost a decade later.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
According to Bettye Crutcher, the lyrics were inspired by the 1920s novelty song, "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter (While the Caretaker's Busy Taking Care)".<ref>[https://archive.org/details/soulsvilleusasto00bowm/page/236 <!-- quote="Bettye Crutcher". --> Rob Bowman, ''Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records'', p. 163], Archive.org</ref>
==Chart history== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1968–69) !Peak<br>position |- |Canada (RPM Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5820.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - November 25, 1968}}</ref> |align="center" | 7 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="center"|5 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot R&B singles |align="center"|1 |- |}
==Cover versions== *Tony Joe White covered the song on his 1968 album ''Black and White''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/black-and-white-mw0000404867|title=Black and White - Tony Joe White | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> *Young-Holt Unlimited released a cover on the album ''Soulful Strut'' in 1968<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/soulful-strut-mw0000874146|title=Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> and as a single in 1969 (#47 Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.6060.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - March 17, 1969}}</ref>), both on Brunswick Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/55400|title=Young-Holt Unlimited - Who's Making Love|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=45cat.com}}</ref> *The Blues Brothers released a cover version as a single in 1980,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/blues-brothers|title=Blues Brothers Discography - USA - 45cat|website=45cat.com|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> which reached number 39 on the US chart.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} *Christian McBride included the song in his 2013 album ''Out Here''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/out-here-mw0002549026|title=Out Here - Christian McBride, Christian McBride Trio | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> *The Nation Funktasia covered the song on their 1991 album ''In Search of the Last Trump of Funk''.
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