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I ' m In Love Again is the sixth solo ___MASK89___ released by American recording artist Patti LaBelle in 1983 . LaBelle ' s commercial breakthrough , it featured her first top ten R & B hits , " Love , Need and Want You " and " If Only You Knew ", the latter topping the R & B chart in early 1984 . It was later certified gold for selling half a million copies and paved the way for her ___MASK66___ breakthrough in late 1984 with the dance hit " New Attitude ". In statistics , the mid - range or mid - extreme of a set of statistical data values is the arithmetic mean of the maximum and minimum values in a data set , defined as : " Lady Marmalade " is a song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan . The song is famous for its sexually suggestive chorus of " Voulez - vous coucher avec moi ( ce soir )?", which translates into ___MASK25___ as " Do you want to sleep with me ( tonight )?" The song was originally recorded in 1974 by the group Eleventh Hour . It first became a popular hit when covered by the American girl group Labelle . Labelle held the number - one spot on the " Billboard " Hot 100 chart for one week , and also topped the Canadian " RPM " national singles chart . Labelle was an American all - female singing group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s . The group was formed after the disbanding of two rival girl groups in the Philadelphia / Trenton areas , the Ordettes and the Del - Capris , forming as a new version of the former group , later changing their name to The Blue Belles ( later Bluebelles ). The founding members were Patti LaBelle ( formerly Patricia Holt ), Cindy Birdsong , Nona Hendryx and Sarah ___MASK20___ . " If Only You Knew " was a single written and produced primarily by Dexter Wansel and Cynthia Biggs for American singer Patti LaBelle ' s sixth solo ___MASK89___ , " I ' m in Love Again ". It was released as the ___MASK89___ ' s official first single in 1983 , spending four weeks at number one on the U . S . R & B charts during January and February 1984 , and reached number forty - six on the " Billboard " Hot 100 , marking her first crossover ___MASK66___ hit . `` Love , Need and Want You '' is a song recorded by Patti LaBelle , released in 1984 as the second single from her ___MASK89___ , I ' m in Love Again . The song is a mid - tempo R & B number written for LaBelle by accomplished musician Bunny Sigler and Kenny Gamble . Following the success of her breakthrough R & B hit , `` If Only You Knew '' , the song peaked at no . 10 on the R & B chart . Like `` If Only You Knew '' , the song features LaBelle singing the song at her mid - range whereas in previous songs prior to 1983 , LaBelle mostly sung in a straightforward soprano voice . " You Are My Friend " is a ballad co - written and recorded by American singer Patti LaBelle , released as the second single off her self - titled debut ___MASK89___ , in 1978 on the Epic ___MASK88___ . While it only reached as high as number sixty - one on the Billboard Hot - Selling Soul Singles chart upon its initial release , it has gone on to become one of the singer ' s signature anthems . Statistics is the study of ___MASK58___ , analysis , interpretation , presentation , and organization of data . In applying statistics to , e . g ., a scientific , industrial , or social problem , it is conventional to begin with a statistical population or a statistical model process to be studied . Populations can be diverse topics such as " all people living in a country " or " every atom composing a crystal ". Statistics deals with all aspects of data including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments . Dexter Gilman Wansel ( born August 22 , 1950 ) is an American keyboardist , raised in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He contributed to the development of the Philly Sound and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at ___MASK22___ . Walter " Bunny " Sigler ( born March 27 , 1941 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is a ___MASK66___ and R & B songwriter and record producer who has done extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff , and who was instrumental in creating the " Philly Sound " in the early 1970s . He is nicknamed " Mr . Emotion ." A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics , melodies and chord progressions for songs , typically for a popular music genre such as rock or ___MASK21___ . A songwriter can also be called a composer , although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre . The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people . For example , a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies . Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers  songwriters directly employed by music publishers . Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers , while others have outside publishers . In mathematics and statistics , the arithmetic mean , or simply the mean or average when the context is clear , is the sum of a collection of numbers divided by the number of numbers in ___MASK58___ . ___MASK58___ is often a set of results of an experiment , or a set of results from a survey . The term " arithmetic mean " is preferred in some contexts in mathematics and statistics because it helps distinguish it from other means , such as the geometric mean and the harmonic mean . Patricia Louise Holt - Edwards ( born May 24 , 1944 ) better known under the stage name Patti LaBelle , is an American singer , author , actress , and entrepreneur . LaBelle began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and front woman of the vocal group , Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles . Following the group ' s name change to Labelle in the early 1970s , she released the iconic disco song " Lady Marmalade " and the group later became the first African - American vocal group to land the cover of " Rolling Stone " magazine . After the group split in 1976 , LaBelle began a successful solo career , starting with her critically acclaimed debut ___MASK89___ , which included the career - defining song , " You Are My Friend ". LaBelle became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles , " If Only You Knew ", " New Attitude " and " Stir It Up ", with the latter two crossing over to ___MASK66___ audiences becoming radio staples . A ___MASK8___ producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer ' s music , which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept ___MASK89___ . A producer has many roles during the recording process . The roles of a producer vary . He or she may gather musical ideas for the project , collaborate with the artists to select cover tunes or original songs by the artist / group , work with artists and help them to improve their songs , lyrics or arrangements . Disco is a genre of dance music containing elements of ___MASK1___ , soul , ___MASK66___ , and salsa . It achieved popularity during the mid - 1970s to the early 1980s . Its initial audiences in the U . S . were club - goers from the gay , African American , Italian American , Latino , and psychedelic communities in Philadelphia and New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s . Disco can be seen as a reaction against both the domination of rock music and the stigmatization of dance music by the counterculture during this period . It was popular with both men and women , from many different backgrounds .