Painted Picture

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"Painted Picture"
File:Commodores- PaintedPicture.jpg
Single by Commodores
from the album All the Great Hits
B-side"Reach High (Instrumental)"
Released1982
GenreR&B
LabelMotown
SongwritersHarold Hudson, Walter Orange
ProducersThe Commodores, James Anthony Carmichael
Commodores singles chronology
"Lucy"
(1982)
"Painted Picture"
(1982)
"Reach High"
(1983)

"Painted Picture" is a single by the Commodores released in 1982 by Motown Records. The song peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[1][2]

Critical reception

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RPM in their review of All the Great Hits, described "Painted Picture" as a "danceable, funkier than usual track".[3]

Dave Marsh of Rolling Stone, in his review of the parent album, described "Painted Picture" as one of "the most funk-oriented (tracks) the Commodores have offered in awhile."[4]

Sampling

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"Painted Picture" was sampled on "Dollars Make Sense" by Warren G featuring Kurupt and Crucial Conflict from the 1999 album I Want It All.[5]

Charts

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Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 70
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[2] 19

References

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