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TIL that The Source and Candi Staton recorded "You Got the Love" for a diet product's video about a 900lb (408kg) man. The film was canned when the man dropped to 300lb (136kg). Candi Staton thought that was that until the song reached top 10 in Europe - by which time she'd forgotten how to sing it.

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