Remember this one? Here’s Jackie Moor with “This Time Baby” from 1979:

Or how about this, Diana Ross with “The Boss”:

And then there’s Bonnie Pointer with “Heavy Must Have Sent You”:

And a personal favorite, even if she has gone all Christian is Stephanie Mills with “Never Knew Love Like This Before”:

And a little Shalamar to round it out. Shalamar produced both Jodi Watley and Howard Hewett on solo efforts in the 1980’s.

Which leads me to:

Jodi Watley feat. Eric B. and Rakim here’s “Friends”

*Side Note – Whodini also did a song called “Friends”:

And Howard Hewett gives us “For the Lover in You”: