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((Short description|1986 single by Luther Vandross))
((more citations needed|date=October 2015))
((Infobox song
| name       = Give Me the Reason
| cover      = Luther-Vandross-Give-Me-The-Reaso-301208.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Single Cover
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Luther Vandross]]
| album      = [[Give Me the Reason (Luther Vandross album)|Give Me the Reason]] & [[Ruthless People|Ruthless People Soundtrack]]
| released   = 1986
| recorded   = 1986
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| length     = 4:39
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| writer     = [[Luther Vandross]], [[Nat Adderley, Jr.]]
| producer   = [[Marcus Miller]]
| prev_title = [[Wait for Love]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[Stop to Love (song)|Stop to Love]]
| next_year  = 1986
))
((Music ratings
| title = Professional ratings
| subtitle = 
| rev1 = ''[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]]''
| rev1score = ((Rating|5|5))<ref name="numberonemagazine"/>
))

"'''Give Me the Reason'''" is a song by American recording artist [[Luther Vandross]],<ref>((Cite web |title=spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/4jwj7WcGHwNpG0ovatCbST))</ref> issued as the first [[single (music)|single]] from the [[Give Me the Reason (Luther Vandross album)|album of the same name]] (1986). The single was a top-five hit on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''(('))s [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]] chart.  It also reached  No. 57 pop hit on ''Billboard''(('))s Hot 100 Charts.

==Critical reception==
In review of "Give Me the Reason", Karen Swayne from ''[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]]'' wrote that "it's one of the most seductive sounds you'll ever hear, featuring a voice like melted chocolate caressing a melody so sexy you'll think all your [[Valentine's Day]]s have come at once."<ref name="numberonemagazine">((cite magazine|first=Karen|last=Swayne|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50184210927/in/album-72157715344528482/|title=Singles|work=[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]]|date=January 23, 1988|page=42|access-date=March 11, 2023))</ref>

==Music video==
The single's [[music video]] was directed by [[Andy Morahan]].<ref name="mvdbase">((MVDBase|space=video|id=28976|title=Luther Vandross - "Give me the reason"|access-date=October 31, 2015))</ref> It features Vandross [[greenscreen|behind a greenscreen]], putting himself in certain scenes of the movie ''[[Ruthless People]]''.<ref name="reason">((cite web|url=http://www.rhapsody.com/luther-vandross/the-night-i-fell-in-love-give-me-the/give-me-the-reason-from-ruthless-people/lyrics.html |title=Rhapsody listing.|publisher=rhapsody.com|access-date=January 9, 2009))</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (1986)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/308632/luther-vandross/chart Luther Vandross - Singles Chart history].Billboard.com</ref><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=597))</ref><ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ Vandross - UK Singles Chart history]. Chart Archive</ref> 
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|26
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|align="center"|57
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B Singles]]
|align="center"|3
|-
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Luther Vandross))

((Authority control))

((DEFAULTSORT:Give Me The Reason))
[[Category:1986 songs]]
[[Category:1986 singles]]
[[Category:Epic Records singles]]
[[Category:Luther Vandross songs]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Andy Morahan]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Marcus Miller]]
[[Category:Songs written by Luther Vandross]]
[[Category:Songs written by Nat Adderley Jr.]]

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